The life of the famous singer Igor Talkov, whose songs are still heard by numerous fans, was literally cut short on takeoff, at 34, when the performer had a lot of creative plans and ideas in his head, which, unfortunately, were not destined to come true. The fact that over the past 25 years since his tragic death, the popularity of the artist has not faded, is evidenced by the reviews of his fans and the flowers that they continue to lay on his grave. Fortunately, the singer's family will not die out, as it will continue son of Igor Talkov- Igor Talkov Jr. Although after the death of the performer, as often happens, many tried to make a name for themselves, declaring that they had children from him, in reality, the artist managed to give birth to only one and only son.
In the photo - Igor Talkov Jr. with his father and mother
In the photo - the son of Igor Talkov
The son of Igor Talkov was born in the legal marriage of his father and a girl named Tatyana, which lasted 11 years. As the son of a celebrity recalls, the artist's family went through different times - both happy and problematic, but the last years of the life of Igor Talkov and his wife were truly harmonious and happy. At the time of the death of his father, the son of the star was not yet ten years old. That is why his memories of the artist are limited only to childhood. In addition, in the last years of his life, the performer became incredibly popular, and therefore was rarely at home with his family, disappearing at concerts and tours. Nevertheless, Igor Talkov Jr. recalls that his father wanted to see him as an athlete in the future, and therefore the guy was engaged in the Taikwang-do section for a long time. True, he never had a chance to become a professional athlete. The son of Igor Talkov from childhood was distinguished by a freedom-loving and straightforward character, which is very reminiscent of his famous father. Of course, because of this, problems and difficulties often arose with schooling.
In the photo - Igor Talkov Jr.
To date, the son of Igor Talkov has found his calling in music. He has been doing it for almost two decades (from the age of 15). True, he works in a different genre than his father. By his own admission, Igor Talkov Jr., until the 15th birthday, he did not even think about making music, and then the guy accidentally caught his eye on his father's old synthesizer. So, in an attempt to independently understand the instrument, gradually a craving for art appeared. Like the famous father, his son himself writes both songs and music, arranges. Igor Talkov Jr. has a group, and even his own music album, “We Must Live,” published in 2005. The next - "Society" - was planned to be released in five years, in 2010, but, apparently, has not yet seen the light of day, because the musician and his team simply did not have enough financial resources. It should be noted that Igor Talkov Jr. makes his way to the stage on his own, without resorting to the help of influential acquaintances or his famous surname. Indeed, now it would certainly be possible to become recognizable and popular very quickly, appearing in at least one of the many talk shows with the story of the tragic death of his father (which has remained an unsolved mystery to the end). By the way, the guy in one of the interviews admitted that although he was proud of being the son of Igor Talkov, he tries not to flaunt his own name and calls it only in extreme cases.
In the photo - the son of Igor Talkov, his wife Svetlana, their baby and singer Aziza after the rite of baptism
As for the personal life of Igor Talkov, Jr., then, as far as we know from an interview given to him several years ago, he got married quite early. His first wife was an artist named Anastasia. To date, the guy is already in his second marriage. His fiancee's name is Svetlana. The family continues, as before, to live in St. Petersburg. In June 2013, she gave the son of Igor Talkov a small heir, named Svyatoslav. By the way, the godmother of the baby was the singer Aziza, who at one time was even considered by many to be the culprit of the death of Igor Talkov Sr.
Igor Vladimirovich Talkov. Born on November 4, 1956 in Gretsovka, Shchekinsky district, Tula region - killed on October 6, 1991 in St. Petersburg. Soviet rock musician, singer, songwriter, poet, film actor.
At the beginning of his career, he collaborated with the April, Kaleidoscope and Electroclub groups. At this time, Igor wrote many songs, but he did not have the opportunity to perform them.
By 1989, Igor had written more than two hundred songs.
Talkov's work is difficult to attribute to any particular genre, it is located approximately at the junction of pop music, rock music and author's song.
Igor Talkov (documentary)
Igor Talkov was born on November 4, 1956 in the village of Gretsovka, not far from Shchekino, Tula Region.
Father - Vladimir Maksimovich Talkov (1907-1978).
Mother - Olga Yulyevna Talkova (d. Schwagerus) (March 3, 1924 - April 24, 2007), died of cancer of the esophagus.
Maternal grandfather - Julius Rudolfovich Schwagerus (1901-1986), Volga German.
Maternal grandmother - Tatyana Ivanovna (nee Mokrousova, 1902-1949), Stavropol Cossack.
The elder brother - Vladimir Vladimirovich Talkov (born April 14, 1953), sculptor, created a monument to P. A. Stolypin in Saratov together with the sculptor Vyacheslav Klykov, he has two sons, Igor's nephews: Vladimir Talkov (September 29, 1983 - May 30, 2013) and Georgy Talkov (born April 20, 2000). Vladimir Talkov became the concert director of the bard Nikolai Emelin, he accompanied Igor at concerts, and during the recording of songs, when Igor was killed, Vladimir was in Hamburg.
The Talkov clan belonged to the nobility, Igor's paternal grandfather Maxim Maksimovich Talko was a hereditary Cossack and military engineer, and his uncles were officers of the tsarist army. Igor's parents were repressed and met in places of detention (the village of Orlovo-Rozovo, Chebulinsky district, Kemerovo region), where on April 14, 1953, their son Vladimir was born. After rehabilitation, the family was sent for further residence in the city of Shchekino with a ban on another place of residence.
Until 1974, Igor Talkov studied at secondary school No. 11 Shchekino, while (in 1966-1971) studying at a music school in the accordion class. From school subjects, he liked literature, history and geography, and mathematics and physics, on the contrary, were unloved lessons. During training, Igor dreamed of becoming a hockey player and for this he seriously trained. In 1972, he came to Moscow to enter the CSKA or Dynamo school, but did not pass the selection.
Igor Talkov loved music from early childhood. He put a chair on it, one on top of the other, put two saucepan lids, put a can lid on his leg, and put another lid on the floor. Thus, the chair was used as a drum, and the covers as cymbals and the pedal to the bass drum. Also, together with his brother, Igor arranged a concert, where the audience were toys, and musical instruments - a washboard (button accordion) and iron plates (drum). The first real musical instrument of Igor Talkov was the accordion "Kirov" bought by his parents.
At school, Igor was a member of the Guitarists ensemble and led the choir. In high school, Igor Talkov played the piano and guitar, and later he independently mastered the bass guitar, violin and drums. It is known that the musician's favorite instrument was the saxophone, but he did not know how to play it.
Igor did not learn musical notation, which he regretted, but he quickly perceived the melodies by ear and could reproduce them in a few minutes.
In her memoirs, Olga Yulyevna Talkova, Igor's mother, told how once in childhood he lost his voice, after which he became hoarse. Having gone to the otorhinolaryngologist, he found out that he had chronic laryngitis. In this regard, Igor had to do special breathing exercises, which after a while helped him develop his voice again, but still in the future after concerts he sometimes could not speak at all.
Songs Igor Talkov began to write in 1973: the first composition was "I'm a little sorry." After that, many different sketches were created, and in 1975 a ballad about the fate of a person in the world called “Share” was born, which the author considers his first professional work. At the age of sixteen, Igor Talkov created the vocal and instrumental ensemble "Past and Thoughts" with friends, and after graduating from school he became a member of the Tula professional musical group "Fanty", led by G. Vasiliev. At rehearsals, the musicians played sheet music, and therefore Igor had to learn musical notation, which he missed at the music school. This was done in one summer.
In addition to music, Igor Talkov was attracted to the theater. After leaving school, he went to Moscow to enter the theater school, but encountered difficulties in passing the exam in literature, as he was not familiar with the text of Maxim Gorky's novel "Mother". Then in 1975 Igor became a student at the Faculty of Physics and Technology of the Tula Pedagogical Institute (specialty 2120), where he studied for one year, but then he realized that he had no craving for the exact sciences. After leaving the Tula Pedagogical Institute, he studied at the Institute of Culture in Leningrad for a year, but the education system could not suit him. Igor also did not have a higher musical education.
As a child, Igor Talkov believed in communism, and his parents did not want to convince him. Once, when Igor's mother expressed her dissatisfaction with the rule of Leonid Brezhnev, her son said that he would leave home if this happened again. The realization that these ideals did not materialize became painful for Igor.
In 1975, Igor Talkov criticized the policy of Leonid Brezhnev on the square in Tula. Troubles with the Soviet system were avoided with the help of the famous cyclist A. Kondratyev, with whom Igor played in the same Tula musical group. Talkov's case was not brought to court, however, as an "unreliable intellectual", he was sent to serve in a construction battalion in Nakhabino, Moscow Region. In his free time, Igor Talkov writes songs and rehearses with the Zvyozdochka ensemble he created.
After serving in the army, Igor returned to Shchekino, and from there went to work in Sochi. Here, at the Zhemchuzhina Hotel, he was accepted into a variety show, as a bass player and vocalist in a group with lead vocalist Alexander Barykin. In 1979, the Spanish singer Michel was touring in Sochi, who really liked the bass player from the variety show and the translator invited Igor to work with Michel. Igor agreed, and in Ulyanovsk he was introduced to Michel's orchestra, after which he began working as a bass player in Michel's orchestra instead of Efim Gelman, who fell ill. The tour took place throughout the USSR at the best venues and ended in May 1980 in Sukhumi. After returning to Moscow, a record was recorded. The musician worked in restaurants in Sochi and Moscow, meeting in them with the most famous performers (Pesnyary, Merry Guys). But Igor decided that playing to order was humiliating, since 1982 he stopped giving performances in such places.
Since 1976, Igor Talkov begins to perform on the professional stage: he goes on tour in small cities of the country with the April and Kaleidoscope groups. Many songs were written at this time, but it was not possible to perform them.
During one of the rehearsals of the group "April" on tour in Tajikistan, the speakers were very loud. The group followed the advice to ground the equipment to a power box, the screw from which the local electrician identified as the grounding point. Without realizing that it was the power phase of an industrial voltage of 380 V, "April" gave a performance. After the concert, Igor bowed to the audience and went behind the curtain. Suddenly, due to the electric shock, he pulled his hands away from the microphone, lost consciousness and fell. The comrades quickly managed to bring him to his senses, but for some time after that he was afraid to take the microphone and asked to wrap it with insulation.
In 1980, the director of the Nauka club in Moscow invited Igor to perform at a disco. Here, Igor Talkov read his trilogy “Grandfather Yegor”, the plot of which he defined as follows: “The old Bolshevik fell into disgrace, took to drink and “saw the light”. He looks out of the window at the street, at people and talks about borders, about his own and others, about the fact that everyone feels pain the same way, they are equally happy. Everyone has one head and five fingers on the hand, and we are still trying to separate, to disengage. After this performance, the director of the club was fired, and the musician was not invited to perform at discos.
In 1984, he performed in a group that accompanied the singer Lyudmila Senchina, and at the same time worked as an arranger for Stas Namin. At this time, songs were written to the music of Yakov Dubravin: “Vicious circle”, “Aeroflot”, “I am looking for beauty in nature”, “Holiday”, “The right is given to everyone”, “An hour before dawn”, “Devoted friend”, etc. In 1986 he became a soloist (together with Irina Allegrova) and an arranger in the Electroclub group created by David Tukhmanov. In the fall of 1987, the Electroclub group took second place at the Golden Tuning Fork popular music festival.
In 1987, David Tukhmanov's song "Clean Prudy" performed by Igor Talkov got into the program "Song of the Year", after which Igor became famous as a lyrical musician. But most of the songs that Igor Talkov wrote were not at all like Chistye Prudy, and in order to perform them, he leaves the Electroclub and creates his own group, Lifebuoy. The group goes on tour in Russia with a program that consists of two parts: songs of a civil theme and lyrics.
Igor Talkov - Chistye Prudy
In his free time, Igor studied the history of Russia based on materials that he independently searched for in archives and libraries. To do this, he always set aside at least two hours a day. A lot of Russian and foreign historical memoirs, memoirs, research, and statistical data have gathered in the house of Igor Talkov. Thus, he constantly accumulated information, and then the process of writing a song took place at lightning speed. So, after one sleepless night, Igor literally wrote the song "Russia" in two minutes, never correcting a single line.
In 1988, the Vzglyad program organized a group concert at the Sports Palace in Luzhniki. Among the invited artists was Igor Talkov. According to the agreement, his performance was supposed to consist of only one song "Exemplary Boy", but instead of it he sang the compositions that he considered necessary for that period. As a result, the hosts of Vzglyad interrupted the concert, and Igor was forced to leave the stage. In the book "The Beatles of Perestroika", the singer's claims that he was banned from this program are called a myth.
In December 1989, the host of the TV program “Before and After Midnight” Vladimir Molchanov included a video for the song “Russia”, filmed by the film crew of the TV program, in his program. After that, the audience really got to know Igor Talkov, he became known as the author and performer of diverse songs.
In 1990-91, Talkov was at the peak of popularity. After evaluating Igor's acting data after watching the video for the song "Russia", film director Alexei Saltykov invited him to the main role in the film "Prince Silver" (later renamed "Tsar Ivan the Terrible"). But after the change of director, the script was changed and began to only vaguely resemble the novel by Alexei Tolstoy, acquiring a partly parodic character. Igor did not finish his role, refused to voice it, and at the presentation of the film in August 1991, he apologized to Alexei Tolstoy and the audience for taking part in it.
Igor Talkov in the film "Tsar Ivan the Terrible"
In parallel with filming in "Prince Silver" Igor Talkov worked on the film "Beyond the Last Line", playing the leader of a gang of racketeers. One of the racketeers was played by brother Vladimir Talkov. Igor himself wanted to play a positive character in this film, but he was given the condition that for this he had to cut his hair, shave off his mustache and beard, and he refused.
Igor Talkov in the film "Beyond the last line"
In 1990, the song "Former Podesaul" sounded in the "Song of the Year". Before performing this song at one of the concerts, Igor spoke about who it was dedicated to: “The former tsarist officer Philip Mironov, the St. fight for the so-called "people's" power.
Once Igor flew to a concert in Tyumen with his band. When the plane hit a thundercloud, everyone started to worry. Then Igor Talkov said: “Do not be afraid. As long as you are with me, you will not die. They will kill me with a large crowd of people, and the killer will not be found. After this incident, the song "I'll be back" was written.
In the spring and summer of 1991, Talkov with his musical group "Lifebuoy" demonstrated the author's concert program "Court" at many concert venues in the USSR, which included the most acute social songs of the musician and his most famous lyrical songs. By design, the program was a trial of the organizers of the October Revolution of 1917 and all subsequent rulers of the Soviet state, who, according to the author, turned Russia into one of the most backward countries on the planet and a raw material base for developed capitalist countries.
On August 22, 1991, during the days of the August coup, Igor Talkov performed with his Lifebuoy group on Palace Square in St. Petersburg. The songs "War", "I'll be back", "CPSU", "Gentle Democrats", "Stop! I think to myself!”, “Globe”, “Russia”.
Igor Talkov gave Boris Yeltsin a recording of the song "Mr. President" through his personal doctor. This song reads disappointment with the policy of the first president of Russia, on whom Igor at first had high hopes.
Olga Dubovitskaya (compiler of the book “Monologue”), on the air of the program “Evening with Dmitry Dibrov”, spoke about her conversation with Igor on October 2, 1991: “Igor was convinced that there is something that has power over power, this is law over law, this is a category of people who have all the capital in their hands, who need to subjugate every part of the globe. And these people in every part of the globe determine the procurator who owns this part in order to do what is convenient for them.
Igor was convinced that at one time Lenin had been given the order to destroy the Russian Empire. Why? Because this is a dangerous people, which is very difficult to subdue, in fact, by natural roots, by the nature of the Russian soul, that this is a people who believe less in politicians and more in poets. That is why he believed the poets were the first to leave. Because indeed, if a poet or a politician comes out to the people... people will still rather believe the poet.
He believed that Gorbachev had a task from the very top he serves to destroy the Union, which Gorbachev successfully carried out. And he was raised up the hierarchical ladder, the power that is above the power. In recent days, he was disappointed in Yeltsin, he did not claim, did not say that Yeltsin's task was to destroy Russia, but he assumed that this was exactly the case. As a result, he came to the conclusion, it was all on the 2nd of the same number, that nothing good awaits us. ”
The murder of Igor Talkov
On the eve of his death, on October 5, Igor performed alone with an acoustic concert at a technical school in Gzhel, where a string broke on his guitar.
This was the last appearance of Igor Talkov on stage.
According to Tatyana Talkova, on October 3 or 4, Igor got a phone call, and the conversation ended with Igor's answer: “Are you threatening me? Fine. Are you declaring war? I accept it. Let's see who comes out victorious."
At the concert, which took place on October 6, 1991 in St. Petersburg at the Yubileiny Sports Palace, many performers performed. The singer's friend, at her request, asked Igor Talkov to perform first, since Aziza did not have time to prepare for the exit. Igor called the director of the singer, Igor Malakhov, to his dressing room, and a verbal conflict occurred between them.
After that, two guards of Igor Talkov took Igor Malakhov out of the dressing room. Igor began to prepare for the performance, but a few minutes later the administrator of his Lifebuoy group, Valery Shlyafman, ran up to him, shouting that Malakhov had taken out a revolver. Talkov pulled out a gas signal pistol from his bag, which he had acquired for self-defense, ran out into the corridor and, seeing that his guards were under the gunpoint of Igor Malakhov, fired three shots at him. Malakhov ducked down, and the guards, taking advantage of this delay, began to neutralize him. Then he fired two shots, but they hit the floor. The guards began to beat the shooter and, covering his head, he dropped his revolver. A few moments later, another shot rang out, which hit the heart of Igor Talkov. When the ambulance arrived, the doctor immediately established biological death.
The city prosecutor's office opened a criminal case. Igor Malakhov, put on the All-Union wanted list, voluntarily arrived with a confession 10 days later. In December 1991, he was cleared of the charge of premeditated murder. After conducting examinations in April 1992, the investigation established that Shlyafman fired the last shot. However, in February 1992, the defendant had already left for Israel, with which Russia did not have an extradition treaty at the time, and the murder case was suspended.
The growth of Igor Talkov: 182 centimeters.
Personal life of Igor Talkov:
On July 22, 1979, Igor Talkov met his future wife Tatyana, inviting her to a dance at the Metelitsa cafe. Igor participated in the program "Come on, girls" as a musician and invited Tatiana to act in the crowd. In 1980, the wedding took place. In a happy marriage, the family lived for more than 11 years.
On October 14, 1981, the son Igor Talkov Jr. was born, whom Igor adored. After the death of her husband, Tatyana Ivanovna Talkova tried to study as a psychologist, but then abandoned this idea. Stanislav Govorukhin offered her to work while filming one of his films. Since that time, Tatyana Ivanovna Talkova has been working as an assistant director at the Mosfilm film company, participated in the filming of films: Vise, Stilyagi, Inhabited Island: Fight.
When Igor was killed in St. Petersburg on October 6, 1991, his son Igor Talkov Jr. was nine years old. In an interview, he admitted that at that time he did not want to make music.
According to Igor Talkov, Jr., his passion for music began at the age of fifteen. At first, he found his father's synthesizer and, out of curiosity, began to understand the principle of the instrument's sound. Over time, he mastered this instrument and began to write songs. In 2005, his first album "We Must Live" was released. The album consists of eighteen songs, fifteen of which are the works of Igor Talkov Jr. himself, and three are the songs of his father in a new arrangement. In 2007, he, along with the singer Aziza, sang together for the first time (this happened on the program "Protagonist"). The musician gives concerts and at the end of each of them performs songs written by his father. In the spring of 2010, the release of Igor Talkov Jr.'s double album "Socium" was planned, which was postponed due to lack of funds.
Igor Talkov Jr.
Discography of Igor Talkov:
1982 - When the city falls asleep
1983 - Let's worship kindness
1984 - Love and separation - Lyudmila Senchina and Igor Talkov's group
1985 - Everything has its time
1986 - Magnetic album
1986 - Igor Talkov
1987 - Chistye Prudy
1989 - Chistye Prudy (minion)
1991 - Russia
1992 - My love ...
1992 - Nostalgia
1993 - Concert on February 23, 1991 at Luzhniki
1993 - My love
1993 - This world
1993 - I'll be back
1995 - Vocation
1996 - The last concert of the Court - May 25, 1991
1996 - My Motherland
1996 - Lifebuoy
1996 - Memory
Filmography of Igor Talkov:
1983 - Lyric song (short)
1989 - Very harmful production at the dream factory (documentary)
1990 - Hunt for a pimp - vocalist of "Lifebuoy"
1991 - Tsar Ivan the Terrible - Prince Nikita Romanovich Silver
1991 - Beyond the last line - Garik, gang leader
1991 - Dreams of Igor Talkov (documentary)
Igor Talkov's vocals in the cinema:
1989 - A souvenir for the prosecutor - performed the song "Day of Love"
1990 - Hunt for a pimp
1991 - Beyond the last line
1993 - Operation Lucifer
2000 - Shootout
The works of Igor Talkov in cinema as a composer:
1990 - Hunt for a pimp
2007 - Reporters
This singer was not a real "star", but everyone knew him. He did not sing easy-to-remember songs, but his work was loved. The personal life of the performer was closed, but a woman was involved in his tragic death.
If Igor Talkov remained alive, today he himself would probably be surprised by all this. Because he did not often flash on TV, did not perform songs “from the rotations” and did not tell anyone anything about himself.
He just lived, just sang, just loved. Until death, in its own way, decided his fate.
Only music…
Igor's childhood was poor, cheerful, active and carefree. Talent successfully coexisted next to carelessness. Talkov already at an early age wrote not childishly wise poems, learned to play the piano, violin, guitar and drums. Not a man - an orchestra! All school concerts were held with his participation.
Music remained his love and vocation for life. Even in the army, where Talkov was quickly sent after criticism of Secretary General Brezhnev, he assembled his own musical group. As soon as military life remained outside the barracks, Igor sat down to write songs and rehearsed with the ensemble.
Talkov's musical career began in a variety show that worked at the Zhemchuzhina Hotel in Sochi. The aspiring musician sang and played the bass guitar. Then he was noticed by a singer from Spain, Mitchell. He invited Talkov with him on a tour of the USSR. These were the best venues in the country and the first success with the public.
Upon his return, the singer was invited to expensive Moscow and Sochi restaurants, offering good conditions. But Talkov forever refused to perform in such institutions. Later, he managed to take his place in the groups popular at that time - "April", "Kaleidoscope", "Electroclub". He not only sang, but also made arrangements.
On Tatyana, the mother of his only namesake son, Talkov married when he was 23 years old. Together they lived for 11 years until the death of the singer. The wife was a very patient woman. She was sympathetic to his hobbies, explaining that women for Talkov were like "inspiration".
The Talkov family lived in poverty, if not in poverty. Igor could give the last money to his friends. And with his wife, he slept on a sofa that had no legs, because they rotted. Three-liter jars served as props for the sofa. Talkov wrote songs in the toilet, having equipped a kind of office there. Tatyana brought him food there.
…the rest is love
Creative life meant love and romance. Talkov himself never named the names of his women, but he did not deny that he was always fond of the weaker sex, and his wife Tatyana knew about it. The singer had an unusual principle - it's better to be honest than to lie.
About his connections with women outside the family, Talkov mentioned only on the pages of his book "Monologue". He said they brought him more grief than joy. However, the singer was credited with a romantic relationship with stage colleagues - Irina Allegrova, Lyudmila Senchina.
The latter spoke about Talkov not so recently and at first assured that Igor was an excellent "girlfriend" for her. “We are very cheerful with him, both are hooligans, we didn’t need any company - just to sit, chat, cook young potatoes. In general, we had a drunken friendship, ”said Senchina.
However, later Lyudmila Petrovna admitted that Talkov could sometimes tell her: "And I'm jealous of Stas" (Stas Namin, Senchina's husband). Once, when several years had passed after Igor left for the Electroclub group, and Senchina and Talkov met, he said: "Lord, how I loved you!" “That was his only confession,” Senchina said.
Few people know that Talkov had a stormy romance with the famous actress Margarita Terekhova. Despite the fact that she was 15 years older than the singer, he adored her, and they were good together.
The last love of Igor Talkov was Elena Kondaurova. In an interview with one newspaper, the woman said that she was not shy about neighbors when a famous singer came to her. She felt sorry for Talkov's wife. According to her, Tatyana was afraid all her life that the myth of how Igor loved only her could be debunked by someone.
On the day when Talkov was killed, she called Elena to her home and asked to live with her. “Once,” said Kondaurova, “we watched a melodrama together, where a man fed his beloved with cherries. “I wish I could live like this for a day!” Tatyana sighed. Elena had no doubt that if Talkov were alive, he would certainly go to her.
However, it would have happened this way or otherwise - no one will ever know. Igor Talkov was shot dead backstage at the Yubileiny concert hall in St. Petersburg on October 6, 1991 ...
On November 4, Igor Talkov would have turned 60 years old. Journalists met with the artist's widow to find out how she lives.
Today, October 26, is a sad anniversary for relatives and fans of Igor Talkov. 25 years ago, the artist died from a gunshot wound right at the concert. On November 4, Talkov would have turned 60 years old. The journalists met with the musician's widow Tatyana. " The word "widow" is not about me. I was and remain the wife of Igor ", the woman said.
Now Tatyana works and takes care of her grandchildren. " Life is divided into "before" and "after". The first year and a half was very hard. I could not believe that Igor would not return. For 12 years I worked only as a wife. And when Igor died, my friend returned me to the profession. I am currently a casting director. Loudly said, but I am a fairly well-known person in this area. And I feel comfortable and interesting there. I work in cinema, I select actors. And I'm lucky because we're working on very interesting projects and with very good directors."- said Tatyana.
Talkov's son Igor followed in his father's footsteps by taking up music. “Igor is engaged in music, but does not go into show business. He was called many times, in various television competitions, but he refuses. He's very stubborn - in a good way. And gave me grandchildren. It so happened that the granddaughter does not live with us. She moved to Germany with her mother. But we have excellent relations with them. The granddaughter is an artistic girl. He performs everywhere and always: he finds a high pedestal on the street and immediately begins to sing. Well, I have two more grandchildren - Svyatoslav and Miroslav ", said the widow.
There was also talk of the artist's death. As the publication recalls, the conflict flared up behind the scenes because of the order in which Talkov and Aziza spoke. There was a fight, during which Talkov was shot dead. According to the conclusion, his director Valery Shlyafman accidentally shot the artist from the pistol of Aziza's friend, Igor Malakhov.
Tatyana said that for many years she tried to find out the details of this dark story. However, she realized that this would not return Igor to her, but the more she plunged into the details, the more scared she was. " My friends told me: “Tanya, calm down, we won’t find out anything. They gave that kind of money to hush everything up!” Who gave it to whom, I will probably never know. The revolver from which Igor was killed was not thrown into the river. He figured a few years later. There are people who have already gone to another world, in front of whom they twisted this weapon“, said the widow.
Tatyana said that long before Talkov arrived at the concert, Igor Malakhov went to all instances and demanded that Talkov and Aziza be swapped. Shlyafman for some reason did not begin to resolve the issue quietly. " Shlyafman's actions were of such a provocative nature that it is impossible to believe in their unintentionality. Who pulled the trigger is a question, but Shlyafman did everything possible to make it happen“, the woman noted.
She stressed. that Igor did not care before whom and after whom to speak. In general, Oleg Gazmanov closed the concert. Talkov asked Shlyafman to bring Malakhov to him to discuss the situation. “I painfully want to know who really was behind everything that happened, who wrote the script and directed the tragedy. As for Malakhov and Shlyafman, it seems that they have simply already rehearsed this situation“, Tatyana concluded.
The woman said that she did not believe in the accident of the tragedy. “Perhaps Shlyafman and Malakhov were in cahoots. Malakhov at the trial said to my friend Igor and Masha Berkova (she worked for Talkov as a dresser. - Approx. ed.): "If you only knew what a scum this Shlyafman is!" Why, if he allegedly did not know him at all? And Shlyafman did not immediately flee to Israel. He didn't run away. He calmly left and the investigator pushed him to this. I knew about his imminent departure and spoke, shouted ... but they did not want to hear my words. But as soon as Shlyafman left, the next day he was declared the main suspect. And what did those months cost me, until he left, to see him every day, meet, talk ... Why did Shlyafman give away the revolver, the most important piece of evidence that could be used to make a ballistic examination? Why was Malakhov immediately released, believing in his innocence? These questions haunt me.", - the widow of Talkov admitted.
Interestingly, the day before the singer's death, Tatyana received a call and said a strange phrase: “ Tell Igor that his case is settled. And the answer is positive. “A little later, I found out that Igor turned to the authorities for help. So there were reasons. He asked that he always have a person with the right to carry firearms on tour. This person was supposed to join them in Sochi on October 7th. But on October 6, Igor was killed in St. Petersburg", - Tatyana completed the story.
The memory of Igor Talkov still lives in the hearts of many Russians, whom he fascinated with his soul-touching songs. The singer never lived to see his 35th birthday, remaining in the memory for some as a charming romantic hero, and for others as a rebel with chains who passionately loves his Russia. The essence of his short life was the struggle for goodness and justice, which Talkov sang about in his songs.
Due to his noble origin, his father was repressed, his mother was also considered the daughter of "enemies of the people." The birth of his older brother Vladimir took place behind barbed wire, but the future singer was born in one of the villages of the Tula region, where his parents settled after being released from prison. His musical talent began to manifest itself in childhood, and at the age of 17 he began to take the first steps in his singing career.
An interesting fact is that Igor always said that he was destined to die in the prime of his life, and he knew that he would be killed with a large crowd of people. The artist played his last concert the day before his death, and then a string broke on his guitar. He never took the stage again. Talkov's life was cut short in October 1991 during a concert in St. Petersburg, when a shot was fired backstage. Despite the fact that during the tragedy there were witnesses, several versions of the crime are still put forward. The investigation found the artist's administrator, Valery Shlyafman, guilty, but he did not answer before the law, since then he hastily fled to Israel. Many rumors also circulate around the singer's personal life, in which there were many passions and love stories.
Close relationship with wife
He met his future wife Tatyana in a cafe. A tall, charismatic guy immediately attracted the attention of all the girls in the establishment, however, he drew attention to a petite brunette. Dancing with the girl, Igor invited her to take part in the extras in the TV program. Young people met for about a year, and then got married.
In the photo Igor Talkov with his family: wife Tatyana and son The artist immediately warned the girl that their family would not be perfect, as he is a creative person and he needs novels with other women. The wife accepted this condition and during the years of married life she never reproached him for treason. Moreover, Talkov himself told his wife about his hobbies, because he could not hide and deceive her. Tatyana simply dissolved in her beloved, protected him and fulfilled every desire. The couple dreamed that they would have their own house and have four children. When their son was born, the wife wanted to name his husband's honor - Igorkom.
The singer often fell in love, and he deified his beloved and saw only virtues in them. Among his passions were Margarita Terekhova, and Alla Pugacheva and even Juna. Igor was also credited with a close relationship with Irina Allegrova, Lyudmila Senchina, but the singers themselves said that they had friendly relations. His last love was a dancer from his team - Elena Kondaurova. According to her, the artist fell in love with her and even intended to leave the family. However, Talkov's wife was always sure that he truly loved only her and would never have left them with his son. In addition, she still remembers his words: “I am without you, like without skin. Now, if I tear off the skin now, and simply, I won’t survive, I won’t be able to live without you ... "
Talkov with his son Igor The artist appreciated the woman who became for him the most dear and devoted person. Their relationship lasted almost 12 years, and when the singer died, Tatyana could not believe what had happened for a long time. She was brought back to reality by her 9-year-old son, who became her support and the meaning of life. A friend suggested that she return to the profession, and now Talkova works as a casting director. The woman could not come to terms with the fact that she is now a widow. She tried to establish her personal life, but she did not manage to meet a person with whom she could create a new family. However, Tatyana is not alone, as she has a beloved son and grandchildren. She notes that the heir of the famous musician not only looks like him, but also has the same character traits as impulsiveness, restlessness, energy.
What does Talkov's son do
Igor became a singer and now performs on stage with his group "MirImiR". At his concerts, not only the songs of the star father are heard, but also his own. Despite the fact that Talkov Jr. is engaged in musical activities, he does not want to conquer the Russian show business. Previously, he was invited to take part in various television competitions, but the musician refused. For some time, Iosif Prigogine was engaged in his promotion, however, they could not work together because of the obstinate nature of the singer. He had long dreamed of performing on stage, where his father had once died. Every year, Igor performed that day near the Yubileiny concert hall to honor his memory, and only recently the musician managed to sing on this stage.
In his personal life there is everything to feel like a happy person. In his first marriage, he had a daughter, but this union soon broke up. The girl moved to Germany with her ex-wife, however, her grandmother and father maintained excellent relations with them. After the divorce, Talkov Jr. remarried, and soon his wife Svetlana bore him two sons - Svyatoslav and Miroslav. The godmother of one of his sons was Aziza, who was invited to this role by the singer himself. Then many did not understand the actions of the son of a famous musician and condemned him. However, Igor himself decided to help the artist, support her and lend a helping hand.
According to the singer himself, there was a period of depression in his life, and then he abused alcohol. But at the age of 33, he managed to defeat all addictions and lead a healthy life, as well as become a vegetarian. Igor directed all his energy to his development and self-realization, thanks to which there has been a serious growth in his career. The singer's wife supports him in everything and tries to be a reliable rear.
