Julius Mikhailov (Kim Julius Cherzanovich): biography and creativity

This article is dedicated to the famous personwhich is known to a wide range of people. Julius Mikhailov is a name that was heard both during the time of the Soviet Union and after its collapse. A talented poet and composer made a huge contribution to the development of drama and cinema. We will tell you about the life of the poet and about what achievements Julius (Kim) Mikhailov can boast at the moment.

Childhood

The full name of the composer is Kim Yuli Cersanovich.Julius Mikhailov is the pseudonym under which he worked. A boy was born in Moscow on February 23 in 1936, three years before the start of the war. Julia's father was Korean Kim Chersan, a translator by profession, and my mother was a Russian girl Nina Vsesvyatskaya. The child's childhood was not easy, because just two years after the birth of a son, the head of the family was shot and his mother was sent into exile. Little is known about how Julius lived all these years. Besides him, there was a sister in the family, and both of them after the arrest of the mother were sent to the grandparents in the Kaluga region. He then spent several years at his aunts in Turkmenistan, until 1945, when his mother returned from exile. But Julius was only able to return to Moscow in 1954.

Youth

Приехав в столицу, Юлий Михайлов поступил в одно from the prestigious educational institutions of that time - Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. After graduating from the institute and receiving the long-awaited diploma, Julius was determined to work in the Kamchatka school. There he worked for four years, which he remembered for the rest of his life. This was his first professional experience, and such things are never forgotten. After that, Julius worked in Moscow, where he taught such subjects as literature, history and social studies. For some time he even worked in a boarding school.

Maturity

In this period of life, Julius discovered in himself a talentwrite poems. He learned to play the guitar and began to create wonderful musical compositions. All the time while Julius worked as a teacher, he staged with his students many different scenes with musical accompaniment, which can be safely seen as musicals.

В возрасте тридцати лет Юлий Михайлов, фото of which you see here, has become an active member of the movement to protect the rights of people. This is what caused the pseudonym to appear. At the same age, life Julia changed, he got married. The wife of Julia was Irina Yakir, the daughter of the famous human rights activist Peter Yakir, whose fate was similar to the fate of the poet's parents. Peter was arrested when he was only fourteen years old, and he came out free as an adult man at thirty-two.

В 60-х годах Юлий вместе со своим тестем participated in many actions and movements in defense of rights, with the result that Julius lost the opportunity to engage in teaching. The school administration did not forgive him for participation in such actions. Since then, Julius lives and works as a free poet and composer.

Creation

Хотя Юлий начал писать стихи и аккомпанировать Himself on the guitar while still a student, it took many years until he became recognized by the public and learned about him as a great talent. In the early 60s he began to give concerts in the Moscow region and he was immediately counted among the talents of Russia. In 1968 he began his work in the theater and cinema. He began to compose songs for films and plays.

Since Kim was a dissident, in cinematographyand theatrical sphere he was known under a pseudonym. At that time, very often in the credits of the films one could see the name of Julius Mikhailov. The performances of his songs were excellent at the time of his teaching. And in the heyday of his work, his talent simply conquered people. Millions of people sang his songs, and this was tacit proof of success.

Working in the field of theater and cinema, Kim became lessengage in human rights business. He deepened more into creativity. The turning point was the time when he began writing his own plays. The work "Noah and his sons" was released in 1985, and Julius played a major role in it. It was during this period of his life that Kim stopped using his pseudonym, and also released a disc with songs under his real name. Later came the plate with his works. Until now, this talented person continues to write wonderful scripts. He lives not only in Moscow. He often goes to Jerusalem and spends a lot of time there.

Cinema

Julius Mikhailov, whose biography is considered here, made a huge contribution to the creation of many films. After all, it was his songs that sounded in such famous films as:

• Bumbarash;
• "Secret City";
• "12 chairs";
• "About Little Red Riding Hood";
• "Usatiy Nannies";
• "An ordinary miracle";
• "Matchmaking hussar";
• Dulcinea Tobos;
• "The house that Swift built";
• Peppy Longstocking;
• "Love Formula";
• "After the rain on Thursday";
• "A Man from Boulevard des Capucines";
• "Dog's heart";
• "Kill the Dragon" and many others.

List of movies that soundedcomposer and poet Julius Kim, has fifty titles. And in the films “After a rain on Thursday” and “One, two - woe does not matter!” He was not only the author of the songs, but also wrote film scripts.

Achievements

Julius Mikhailov, whose awards are impressive, forhis professional life has won many awards. So, at the age of forty-two years, he had already become the laureate of the famous festival of those years, “Song of the Year,” where his song for the movie “About Little Red Riding Hood” hit. Twenty years later, he won the Golden Ostap Award. Bulat Okudzhava established his prize, and in 1999, Kim won the prize. Later, four years later, he was also the winner of the Tsarskoye Selo artistic prize.

2007 was a special year for Julia.It was this year that Julius Mikhailov distinguished himself at two outstanding awards: “Recognition 2006” (in the nomination “Best Bard of the Year”) and “Theatrical Musical Heart” (in the nomination “Best Text of Songs”).

After two years of lull, he received the Bar Oscar at the festival in Kazan. And most recently in 2015, he again became the laureate of an award among poets.

Total at the moment, Julius Kim has created more than 500songs, a huge number of which we hear in famous films. More than twenty disks and tapes saw the light. Julius wrote about three dozen scripts and ten books. It is safe to say that there are no boundaries for this person’s talents.