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    JOSEPH KOBZON SHOOTING MY ARMENIA SONG CLIP IN TZITZERNAKABERD

    http://armenpress.am/eng/news/740990/joseph-kobzon-shooting-my-armenia-song-clip-in-tzitzernakaberd.html
    17:49, 21 November, 2013

    YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS. People's Artist of the USSR Joseph
    Kobzon is engaged in the activities of shooting a music video for
    his new song titled "My Armenia" near the unquenchable fire of the
    Tzitzernakaberd Memorial dedicated to the memory of the Armenian
    Genocide victims. "Armenpress" reports about this citing the facebook
    page of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

    Iosif Kobzon is a Russian singer, known for his crooner style. Kobzon
    was born to Jewish parents in the mining town of Chasiv Yar, in the
    Donbassregion of Ukraine.

    As a boy he demonstrated a talent for singing, winning numerous
    regional singing contests. He reached the national finals on two
    separate occasions, appearing in concerts dedicated to Joseph Stalin -
    a significant honour at the time.

    Despite his talent for singing, Kobzon went on to technical
    school to study geology and mining in Dnipropetrovsk, as this was
    considered a lucrative vocation in the Soviet Unionfollowing the
    Second World War. However, in 1959, following his 1956-1959 contact
    with professional music instructors in the Soviet Army where he was
    a member of the armies song and dance ensemble, he decided that music
    would be his preferred vocation.

    In 1958, Kobzon officially started his singing career in Moscow,
    and enrolled to study at the Gnessin Institute. In the next few
    years he made valuable contacts in Moscow's entertainment world,
    and was eventually given a chance by composer Arkady Ostrovski to
    perform some of his music.

    Initially, he performed in a duet with the tenor Viktor Kokhno, but
    was eventually offered a solo repertoire by many of the outstanding
    composers of the time such as Mark Fradkin, Alexander Dolukhanian
    and Yan Frenkel.

    In 1962, he recorded his first LP which included songs written by
    Aleksandra Pakhmutova.

    In 1964, he triumphed at the International Song Contest in Sopot,
    Poland, and in the following year he took part in the "Friendship"
    contest held across six nations, winning first prize in Warsaw,
    Berlin and Budapest.

    His popularity rose quickly, and demand for his singing saw him
    frequently performing two to three concerts a day.

    His most popular hit song at the time was titled "A u nas vo dvore".

    During Leonid Brezhnev's time in office (1964-82), there was hardly
    an official concert where Kobzon did not take part, and in 1980 he
    was awarded the honour of People's Artist of the USSR.

    In 1983, Kobzon was expelled from the Communist Party and reprimanded
    for "political short sightedness," after he performed Jewish songs
    during an international friendship concert, which resulted in the
    Arab delegations leaving in protest.

    However, the following year, (1984) his reputation was restored,
    as he was honored with the USSR State Prize.

    His best known song is "Instants" from the legendary Soviet TV series
    "Seventeen Instants of Spring" (1973).

    Joseph Kobzon appeared with solo concerts in most cities of the former
    USSR. He was also bestowed the rare honour of performing international
    concerts tours as a representative of USSR in United States, Panama,
    Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Costa Rica,Argentina, Israel,
    Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Angola, Nigeria, Portugal, Spain,
    Sweden, Germany, Greece, and Finland.

    Throughout his career, he has shared the stage with many Western
    superstars, including the likes of Liza Minnelli and Julio Iglesias.

    In 1986, he was the first celebrity to visit and perform in the town of
    Chernobyl to cheer the nuclear reactor rescuers. Since then, Kobzon has
    performed on many occasions in disaster areas, and military hot-spots
    such as Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan war, and Chechnya.

    Although, Joseph Kobzon officially ended his international touring
    career in 1997, he continues to appear in regular concerts before
    audiences around the world, and is frequently seen on Russian
    television to date.

    Kobzon has a reputation for his readiness to help others. He has earned
    enormous respect amongst Russians for committing substantial sums of
    his personal wealth to help thousands of Russia's poor and unfortunate,
    including the funding of numerous orphanages around the country.

    In 2002, Kobzon is noted for risking his life as the key negotiator
    in the Moscow theater hostage crisis. His bravery resulted in a mother
    with three children and a citizen of the United Kingdom being rescued.

    Kobzon has been active in Russian politics, since 1989. He is probably
    the most experienced Russian MP, and also the one who gets reelected
    with the largest margin in the country's history. Between 2005 and
    2007, he was the head of the State Duma's culture committee.

    In 2009 he was bestowed the rare award of Honorary Citizen of Moscow,
    becoming the 24th individual ever to be so honoured, and sharing this
    status with people such as Pavel Tretyakov, Prince Vladimir Galitzine
    and Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow.

    To honour his remarkable musical, political and humanitarian
    achievements, in 2003, there was a statue of Joseph Kobzon erected
    near his birthplace, in Donetsk, Ukraine. Such an honour to be bestowed
    during one's lifetime is considered to be highly unique by any nation's
    standards, and has cemented Kobzon's popularity as a "living legend".

    In 2007 Joseph Kobzon's name was entered into the Official Book of
    Russian Records as the most decorated artist in the country's history.

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