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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
[[File:Токарев Вилли.jpg|thumb|right|Willi Tokarev in 2010]]
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| birth_name = Vilen Tokarev
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|11|11}}
| birth_place = Chernyshov, [[Adyghe Autonomous Oblast]], [[North Caucasus Krai]], [[Russia]]
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| genre = [[Russian chanson]]
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'''Willi Tokarev''' ({{lang-ru|Ви́лли То́карев}}, born Vilen Tokarev on 11 November 1934) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]], [[Russia]]n and former expatriate Russian-American singer-songwriter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/the-new-emigration/398068.html|title=The New Emigration|newspaper=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=2010-01-25|accessdate=2014-10-10}}</ref>
'''Willi Tokarev''' ({{lang-ru|Ви́лли То́карев}}, born Vilen Tokarev on 11 November 1934) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]], [[Russia]]n and former expatriate Russian-American singer-songwriter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/the-new-emigration/398068.html|title=The New Emigration|newspaper=[[The Moscow Times]]|date=2010-01-25|accessdate=2014-10-10}}</ref>


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|willitokarev.ru}}
* {{Official website|willitokarev.ru}} ((ru icon}}
* {{YouTube user|TokarevWilli}}
* {{YouTube user|TokarevWilli}}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhRDI8eE-aQ "Skyscrapers" (Tokarev's classic with English subtitles)]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhRDI8eE-aQ "Skyscrapers" (Tokarev's classic with English subtitles)]

Revision as of 22:24, 22 October 2014

Willi Tokarev
Willi Tokarev in 2010
Willi Tokarev in 2010
Background information
Birth nameVilen Tokarev
Born (1934-11-11) November 11, 1934 (age 89)
Chernyshov, Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, North Caucasus Krai, Russia
GenresRussian chanson
OccupationSinger
Websitewillitokarev.ru

Willi Tokarev (Russian: Ви́лли То́карев, born Vilen Tokarev on 11 November 1934) is a Soviet, Russian and former expatriate Russian-American singer-songwriter.[1]

Biography

He was born Vilen Tokarev in the small cossack village of Chernyshov in Adyghe Autonomous Oblast, North Caucasus Krai, Russia, on 11 November 1934. His father was a Kuban cossack by birth.[2] Tokarev was named Vilen in honor of Vladimir Lenin,[3] as the Soviet name is an abbreviation of "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin".[4]

Since 1970 until 1974 he lived and performed as a singer in the town of Murmansk.[5]

In 1974, Tokarev emigrated from the USSR to the United States, where he lived in the New York City and gave concerts to the Russian community of Brighton Beach. Tokarev worked as a taxi driver and it took him four years to earn money to release his first album.[6] In the 80s his songs were widely known among the Russian emigrants in America. Back in the Soviet Union, his songs about America written from the perspective of a Russian émigré[7][8] also became became very popular.[9] They weren't broadcast and de facto were forbidden, but everyone knew them.[10][11]

In the late 80s, Tokarev began coming back to the USSR with concert tours.[9] He returned to Russia in 1996.[12]

Since 2005, Tokarev resides in Moscow. He lives in the famous Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building[13] and was named a Honorary Resident of the Moscow's Tagansky Raion.[14]

At the age of almost 80, he still tours and records new songs.[15]

As of March 2013, his discography included 48 studio and 5 compilation albums. He also had an episodic role in the movie "Night Watch".[16]

Awards

Willy Tokarev is a multiple winner of the Radio Chanson's Chanson of the Year Award, the latest time being in 2014.[17]

Mehr lesen

  • Anne Nivat (2014). "Chapter 21. Wing A. Entryway 9, Third Floor: Willy and Julia Tokarev". The View from the Vysotka: A Portrait of Russia Today Through One of Moscow's Most Famous Addresses. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781466865815.

References

  1. ^ "The New Emigration". The Moscow Times. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  2. ^ "Вилли Токарев выступил с концертом на своей исторической родине". Voice of Adygea (Голос Адыга). 2013-11-25.
  3. ^ Anne Nivat (2014). "Chapter 21. Wing A. Entryway 9, Third Floor: Willy and Julia Tokarev". The View from the Vysotka: A Portrait of Russia Today Through One of Moscow's Most Famous Addresses. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781466865815.
  4. ^ Dmitry Gordon (2006). Диалог длиною в жизнь: беседы с великими и знаменитыми. Izdatelʹskiĭ Dom "Skhili Dnipra".
  5. ^ "Мурманский календарь: 11 ноября. Признание Мурманчан было Токареву особенно приятно". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2013-11-11.
  6. ^ "Вилли Токарев. "Американский паспорт мне не мешает" — Новые Известия".
  7. ^ "From Russia, With Love for U.S. Goods". New York Times. 1989-01-10.
  8. ^ "The Last of the Defectors". What's On, #7 (2014). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ a b "Вилли Токарев в Нью-Йорке: и не страшно, и не грустно..." Voice of America. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  10. ^ "Для тамбовчан выступит легендарный Вилли Токарев". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2014-03-04.
  11. ^ "В Тамбове отменили концерт известного шансонье". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2014-03-10.
  12. ^ "Токарев Вилли Иванович". Внутригородское муниципальное образование Таганское в городе Москве (официальный сайт).
  13. ^ "Inside Moscow's titans". The Moscow News (online newspaper). 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  14. ^ "Honorary citizens". Внутригородское муниципальное образование Таганское в городе Москве (официальный сайт).
  15. ^ "Вилли Токарев – 80 лет не срок". Blatata.com. 2014.
  16. ^ "В Тамбове выступит Вилли Токарев". OnlineTambov.ru. 2014-03-05.
  17. ^ "Вилли Токарев: "Получать «Шансон года" почетно!»". Radio Chanson. 2014-02-27.
"HOLLYWOOD BEAT: The Russians Are Coming to The Hollywood Beat". Movieweb.com. 2007-05-29.
"Jubilee Concert". Arts Free Press. 2014.
"Willy Tokarev: Dedico canciones a Chávez porque él trabaja por su país" (in Spanish). Ciudad CCS. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
"Willy Tokarev: Dedico canciones a Chávez porque él trabaja por su país". RNV – Radio Nacional de Venezuela. 2008-02-24.
"Вилли Токарев: Америка и Россия должны подружиться по-настоящему". Voice of America. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-10-10. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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