Мало кто из любителей юмора и сатиры не знает twin brothers Valery and Alexander Ponomarenko. Favorite artists have taken and continue to take part in many TV projects, comic festivals and various shows on the most popular channels, touring a lot with their own numbers and program.
Ponomarenko brothers: biography, family
Parodists Ponomarenko brothers were born on June 131967 in the city of Rostov-on-Don. From a very young age, the guys were “do not spill water” - they stood up for each other in the children's fights and, taking advantage of their striking similarity, they took the exams one by one at school.
Со сдачей экзаменов дело происходило так:one of the brothers taught, say, chemistry and algebra, and the other English and literature. Then everyone passed the exam for himself and for his brother. At school, the "scheme" operated flawlessly, but later, in the Rostov kinotechnikum, where Alexander and Valery were studying cinematographic art, their scam was revealed. This happened at the exam in electromechanics, where Valery mistakenly put his gradebook in front of the teacher, in which the mark was already given.
Ponomarenko brothers whose biographyfans, in his personal life also do not lag behind each other - the family of each consists of four people. Both are married and have two children each: Valery has two sons, and Alexander has a son and a daughter.
The beginning of creative activity
The creative abilities of the guys manifested themselves withearly childhood. Even being in the army, where they served in one military unit, the Ponomarenko brothers whiled out their free time while playing the guitar. Their biography in 1991 was replenished with a new event, when they first performed a duet on the stage of some state-farm club. But the debut was unsuccessful, which, however, did not break the parodists - they continued to hone their acting skills with teacher Valery Tsypkin.
As befits twins, future comedians brothersPonomarenko, whose biography is considered in the article, had the same interests: they were engaged in the same circles and sports sections. Their parents even assumed that the guys would succeed in one of the professions, but not on the stage, because they considered this to be just pampering. Until one day the duet of the Ponomarenko brothers appeared on television in 1999, at a competition of pop artists, organized by E. Petrosyan. At the contest the nomination “Pop duet” brought joyful first place to humorists. After the success at the competition, the master of humor and satire G. Khazanov invited them to the “Variety Theater”, where the Ponomarenko brothers began their professional career. The biography of humorists after this was inextricably linked with the scene.
Tours and programs of the comic duo
Humor Brothers tour the country a lotwith its program “Look at yourself!”, which includes the numbers “In train” and “Eagles”, which are already beloved by the audience, as well as parodies - the duet of the duet - on popular TV presenters: L. Yakubovich, N. Drozdova, A. Maslyakov, D. Kiseleva and others. In addition to solo tours, parodists participate in concerts and programs that involve famous musical performers and actors. So, in the early 2000s. they were participants in a series of concerts held on European and intercontinental cruise liners, where Alexander and Valery could get acquainted with M. Boyarsky, L. Durov, E. Vitorgan and other famous artists.
Participation in TV shows and programs
After performing in Smehopanoram, humoristsdrew the attention of the audience and were invited to the "Full House", and then to the "distorting mirror" to E. Petrosyan. This program has become significant in the duo's career: the Ponomarenko brothers, whose biography began to replenish with numerous TV broadcasts, have gained long-awaited popularity. They began to be invited to participate in such shows and programs:
- "Izmailovo Park".
- "Parade of Stars".
- "Halloween, Rush."
- New Year's "Blue Light".
- "Inviting Boris Notkin."
- “Repeat” and many others.
In addition, they are frequent guests and participants.benefit performances and anniversaries of other artists (duet V. Danilets and V. Moiseenko, A. Buldakov, and others), with whom the artists of the Ponomarenko brothers became friends. Their biography is connected not only with participation in comic programs and concerts on TV: they are TV presenters of the Morning Mail. Also, Alexander and Valery are frequent participants of the regular humor festival in Jurmala.
