MOSCOW, September 17 Producer Joseph Prigozhin called songwriter Nikolai Dobronravov a symbol of the era and the gold of Russia.
Dobronravov died at the age of 95 on Saturday.
«Valeria sang songs based on his poems. For us, this is such a symbol of the era, a symbol of the time. He was always such a good-natured person who always brought a smile. Today there are simply no such people. This is gold, this is the diamond of our country. It is becoming more and more difficult for our generation, because we are orphans. In his songs, in his poems, he will always be alive,» Prigogine said in a conversation with.
He also noted the creative tandem of Dobronravov and his wife, composer Alexandra Pakhmutova.
“I remember them all my adult life together with Alexandra Nikolaevna (Pakhmutova — ed.), 65 years, in my opinion, they lived in marriage. And it’s simply impossible to count the number of songs they wrote together. This is such a fantastic, creative tandem. For «In our family, they are a shining example of a creative family, love and devotion to each other. To be honest, I have never seen them apart. They were an incredible couple,» Prigozhin emphasized.
According to him, when a person leaves, it doesn’t matter how old he is.
“It’s always painful and difficult to say goodbye to people,” the producer concluded.
Music based on Dobronravov's poems was written by Mikael Tariverdiev, Arno Babajanyan, Polad Bul-Bul ogly, Evgeny Martynov, Leonid Afanasyev, Eduard Kolmanovsky, Arkady Ostrovsky and many others.
Particularly popular were the songs based on Dobronravov’s poems, written by Pakhmutova — “Geologists”, “The main thing, guys, is not to grow old with your heart!”, “Hugging the sky”, “You know what kind of guy he was!”, “Tired submarine”, “A coward does not play” hockey», «Tenderness», «Melody», «Goodbye, Moscow», «Hope», «We cannot live without each other», «Russian Waltz», «How young we were», «Belovezhskaya Pushcha», » The team of our youth”, “Furious construction squad”, “And the battle continues again”, “I can’t do otherwise” — a total of more than 400.
Songs based on Dobronravov’s poems were performed by Sergei Lemeshev, Georg Ots, Lyudmila Zykina, Yuri Gulyaev, Muslim Magomaev, Joseph Kobzon, Maya Kristalinskaya, Anna German, Lev Leshchenko, Nonna Mordyukova, Edita Piekha, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Alexander Gradsky, Eduard Khil, Yuri Bogatikov, Valentina Tolkunova, Lyudmila Senchina, Yulian, Nikolai Baskov, ensembles “Pesnyary”, “Flame”, “Gems”, “Nadezhda”, “Verasy”, “Good fellows”, “Syabry”, Stas Namin’s group and many others.