It was in the program “Wider Circle” that Agutin and Apina, Koroleva and Kirkorov, Malikov and Malinin debuted in different years ...

About how it was, tells the permanent artistic director and music editor of the program Olga Molchanova.

- Olga Borisovna, every editor of radio and TV has their own so-called artists, favorites. Who was among yours?

- I honestly say that I fell in love (of course, in a creative sense) first of all with those whom I discovered. This is Dima Malikov, and of course Philip Kirkorov, the love for which I have kept to this day.

To tell the truth, I did not really believe that something would come of it. Yes, external data is brilliant, plus internal culture, musicality. But the vocals are pretty average. And I didn’t even imagine that a person, working on himself, would grow up in this sense, just make a giant leap and become a very good pop singer.

Among my favorites are Sasha Serov and our nightingale Yaroslav Evdokimov, with whom we have been friends for a very long time. Glory to Dobrynin, whom I put on the air with incredible efforts, up to reaching the then chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Lapin. After all, Dobrynin was banned, considered almost a homeless person and never agreed to be shown on TV ...

Philip Kirkorov: - I was invited to television for the first time. I was terribly worried and did not even remember how I sang. I found out the day of the broadcast, called all my friends and acquaintances the day before, warned them to watch. It was very nice to see myself on the screen, and even know that it was being shown all over the country. Of course, in the depths of my soul, I expected that in the morning, as it happens, I would wake up famous: well, there is coffee in bed, a Mercedes to the entrance! And he was unpleasantly surprised that none of this happened. I went out into the street, looked into people's faces: they say, here I am, it was me who sang on TV yesterday! - but no one really recognized me, of course. Later I realized that it is not enough to flash once, even with a wonderful song.

- Why? And how did you manage to overcome the obstacles?

Anna Herman was recording a song for a TV program. As the highest professional, she did it very quickly, all the work was done before the end of the paid studio time. Then Anya decided to record Dobrynin's song "White Fragrant Bird Cherry".

The next day I was going to fly to another city. Suddenly the bell rings, and my boss says: “What did you write with Dobrynin there? Lapin is calling us!” That is, "well-wishers" have already reported that a song is being written by a composer who was under an unspoken ban.

When we came to Lapin, he attacked us with anger: “Do you know who this Dobrynin is? They say he runs around the editorial offices with a briefcase full of money, and distributes this money to everyone so that his ugly work is shown on TV!

And only when I explained that Dobrynin was an intelligent person, an art critic, graduated from Moscow State University, wrote the song “Komsomol is my destiny!”, Lapin softened. For him it was a discovery, and for Dobrynin it was a green light on television.

- Olga Borisovna, they say that you can determine the creative future of an artist without even seeing him, but simply by listening to a disc or cassette. It's true?

- Composer Igor Matvienko once brought me a cassette with the words: "Here is a new young group." I listened and was blown away! They were Ivanushki. Then I saw them at some concert and said to Igor: “Believe me, there will be a bomb!”

I just fell in love with these guys, and most of all with Igor Sorin, who seemed amazing to me in terms of talent, depth and, in general, in his charm. They held several Wider Circle programs, and I am glad that I predicted such a take-off for them, which took place ...

And somehow a young Barnaul composer Oleg Ivanov came to me with the verses “The sorceress of the forest Alesya lives in the Belarusian woodland”, he really wanted these lines to be performed by the popular ensemble “Pesnyary”. But it was at this time that I had young guys from Gomel called “Syabry” in my studio, and I told Oleg: “Pesnyary already has a song about this name, they are unlikely to need two Alesyas. Let's try to give it to these guys!" As a result, "Alesya" became the signature song of the "Syabry" ensemble, and even their leader Anatoly Yarmolenko named his daughter Alesya!

Irina Barysheva.

The legendary personality - music editor, creator and inspirer of the Wider Circle program - tells TN about the television of the past, the popular program and the once unpopular Kirkorov and Krutoy.

I first heard about Len Agutin from his father, Nikolai. Kolya was at one time the director of Slava Malezhik, the host of the Wider Circle program. And with Slava, respectively, I was friends. Nikolai once told me: “Olya, such a cool kid is growing up with me - I think you will like it. I'll show you in a few years." He dreamed of bringing his son to the stage. But Lenya was brought to me not by him, but by Oleg Nekrasov, who became Lenya's director many years later. It happened in the early 1990s.

With Vyacheslav Malezhik (1980s)

Oleg went to music editorial offices and everywhere offered a young artist, but, as I understand it, to no avail. Once he brought him to us in the Wider Circle program. Frankly, Leonid did not make any special impression on me then. “This is a rumba” - that, in my opinion, was the name of the song that Lenya first performed in the “Wider Circle” program. Then he began to appear in other programs. Well, then he sang "Barefoot Boy" and instantly became popular.

A couple of years later, Igor Krutoy asked me: “How do you like Agutin?” I think Igor helped Lena in his promotion. I answer: "No way." - "And I bet he will be a star?" I argued and, as you know, I lost. (Laughs.) This is, perhaps, the only case when I did not guess right. But now Agutin is one of my favorite artists.

Igor Krutoy, too, did not immediately become known to the general public and made his way to the musical Olympus with difficulties.

Igor owes everything to Alexander Serov, his voice, charisma. He became popular earlier. The first song that Sasha sang in the Wider Circle program and in general on Central Television was written not by Krutoy, but by Zhenya Martynov. This is "Echo of First Love" to the words of Rozhdestvensky.

With this song, Martynov and Serov appeared in our editorial office on Shabolovka. Zhenya introduced me to Sasha. We liked the song, we immediately recorded it. And Sasha was liked by all of us, the editors - still, in his youth he was an incredible handsome man! And the voice! And the manner! At that time, there were no such "Western" artists on our stage. Serov sang in my program more than once and often spoke about the songs of his friend, Igor Krutoy. And I already knew that Igor was not very favored on television. There was such a rustle: the surname was somehow suspicious, and most importantly, not a member of the Union of Composers. They preferred that only "members" ...

And yet, when Sasha brought Igor Krutoy's song to the verses of Rimma Kazakova "Madonna", and then "You love me", the TV people could not resist. They were broadcast, and Krutoy woke up famous.

With Philip Kirkorov (early 1990s)

- Tell us about the "king of pop" Philip Kirkorov. After all, he also became famous thanks to his participation in the program “Wider Circle”.

Philip is the only artist who does not get tired of saying thanks to the program in any interview - not necessarily Olga Borisovna Molchanova. (Laughs) He is a very grateful person. I will not say that we have untwisted it, no. But he lit up precisely in the “Wider Circle”.

For Philip, his appearance is the main trump card. I saw him at the age of seventeen and was literally blinded by his beauty. He then studied at the Gnessin School, where my close friend, pianist Lidia Lyakhina, worked. She accompanied the students of the class of Margarita Iosifovna Landa. And one day Lida called me: “Olya, what a guy appeared, go crazy! Handsome as a god." By the way, she once “looked after” Serezha Zakharov (also a pupil of Landa) and introduced me to him. Philip and Sergey in their youth are one person.

When Lida told Philip that she knew me, he began to ask her to introduce us, because every performer dreamed of getting into the Wider Circle program. I allowed him to give my number, and he began to cut off the phone. And I kept thinking - it is necessary, it is not necessary. Lida said that she didn’t sing very well ... And when the phone rang, I whispered to my mother that I was not at home. But Philip turned out to be persistent and eventually found an approach to his mother - he picked up the key to his heart: he said that she had a beautiful young voice.

Mom began to persuade: “Listen, Olya, this is becoming indecent - come to the phone. Such good boy, polite, delicate." Finally, I made an appointment with him at the editorial office. He came in a white ironed suit. He stared at me with his already huge eyes. And while we were talking, he stood all the time.

With Lev Leshchenko (1974)

- Is it because of the women present nearby?

He later admitted that he put on his only concert costume and was afraid to wrinkle his trousers. He sat down only when he accompanied himself on the piano - he sang the Bulgarian songs of Toncho Rusev, his favorite composer. He put the music book on the music stand, and since it had previously been rolled into a tube while Philip played, it jumped and fell. He was terribly embarrassed. And I had to repeat it over and over again. At that meeting, in a professional sense, Kirkorov did not promise anything bright. But all the women of Ostankino and Shabolovka immediately fell in love with him! And they asked me: “When will the beautiful boy appear in your program?”

It was impossible not to give broadcast to such a handsome man - just as not to help find a songwriter who would make Russian-language subtexts on the melodies of Bulgarian composers. She got on the phone, started calling the “great” ones: Derbenev was ill, Tanich said that he had repairs, Shaferan refused. I remembered the poetess Natalya Shemyatenkova, the wife of a big official from the Central Committee of the party. She agreed to the meeting. We went with Philip to her luxurious apartment on Shchusev Street, Galina Brezhneva was a neighbor on the site. Everything worked out. Natasha immediately fell in love with him, tried very hard, and nice songs turned out. Philip lit up in several programs, began to gain momentum, grow and grow stronger in a professional sense.

- Did you give a start to Natasha Koroleva too? Who brought her to you?

I was friends with Leva Leshchenko, and he was with Natasha's mother. It was with Levina's submission that the Queen ended up in the Wider Circle program - she was then only 13 years old. Lyova told me that there is a girl in Kyiv who sings well. Leshchenko is an authority for me, so we immediately called Natasha to Moscow, she sang a nice little song about school love. She spoke, of course, under her real name- Break it. Alla Perfilova from Atkarsk also sang for the first time in the “Wider Circle” program, while still a student. Now you know her under the name Valeria.

With Yuri Antonov (2006)

At that time, many artists who went on tour all over the country brought cassettes to our editorial office, saying: a guy or a girl sings well. There was no video then. We listened to everything that was brought to us, and if we thought that the young performer was really worthwhile, we were invited to shoot. Sometimes they were called simply on the recommendations of correspondents. Let's read a letter from some far corner of the country, which is talented person, and send a telegram - let him leave. Some inner instinct and the style of the letters themselves suggested a solution. There were practically no mistakes.

- Did they come for public money?

No, at your own expense. It was a democratic program, I'm proud! I myself traveled around the country and, if interesting singers came across, I dragged them to Moscow. Once I was in Tallinn at a song festival. In the evening we went to the famous night variety show, and there I saw Anne Veski. Free, relaxed in a Western way, smiling ... I liked her very much, and I invited Anya to the program “Wider Circle”.

Yuri Antonov appeared for the first time on the screen in our program. By that time, he already had wild popularity, but no one knew what he looked like. The songs were distributed through underground cassettes. And no one dared to show it on TV - they let down an unspoken order from above: if not a member of the Union of Composers - do not let it in. But the program "Wider Circle" was assigned to the editorial folk art, so everything is logical: an unknown young performer, as if from the people, is taking his first professional steps - you need help. In 1980 we even filmed his little solo concert, which was a great success.

With Vyacheslav Dobrynin (1989)

The same Leva Leshchenko introduced us. He talked a lot about Yura, and one day he came to Shabolovka. I was surprised that it wasn't how I envisioned it. Dense, well-fed ... And she said bluntly: you have wonderful songs, you just need to lose weight. I didn’t know Yurin’s character, his touchiness. He got angry, flared up and left. But, apparently, he forgave my tactlessness. Then Yura and I became friends, all of his best songs first sounded in the program "Wider Circle".

- What about his character? Yuri Mikhailovich is famous for his quarrelsomeness.

With me, he was gentle and affectionate, white and fluffy. But with others ... Once we decided to put him as the host of the program. He went on stage with the singer Tatyana Kovaleva. Yura, of course, did not learn the text. He snapped at the remarks of his partner. Irritation expressed not quite censorship. By the middle of the program, we figured out to remove the hosts from the frame and just shoot concert numbers - everything in a row. And then they dismissed the audience and recorded the text separately. But it is worth noting that the audience idolized Antonov and filled the studio to capacity. Despite the fact that at that time it was difficult to gather an audience. We did not pay for participation, as it is done today. And the shooting is long, tiring, not everyone could stand it. But crowds of his fans rushed to Antonov, having fun, watching the quarrel of the presenters. (Laughs.)

We are still friends with Yura, but he has an explosive character, and excesses sometimes happen.

- Olga Borisovna, it was possible to break into Soviet television without blat, but for money?

I'm standing somehow in a smoking room on our thirteenth floor. And I hear a conversation on the floor below: “Listen, you need to somehow stuff yourself into the New Year's program. Where can we try? They will demand money in Ogonyok, no, we won’t pull it ... Let's go to the Wider Circle - it's free there. For participation in the same "Blue Light" or in the "Morning Post" one had to pay. Then I found out that they were guys from the Secret group, who also first appeared on all-Union TV in the Wider Circle program.

There was also a funny story about money. Composer Ilya Slovesnik brought me his song on an audio cassette. He was capable good music wrote, and many artists sang his songs, but he wanted to perform them himself. And then he comes, passes the box, explains that there is a record and text new song. I say that I will listen later, now there is no time. And so he starts calling: “Olga Borisovna, well, did you listen? Not? Have you seen the text? I answer: I have a parka, what will happen to the text? In short, once I open the box, and there is money. I don’t remember what the amount was, about the monthly salary of an ordinary engineer. I put it back and listened to the song. He called again, I said: “Ilyusha, come pick up the song along with the“ text ”.

I always took talented people willingly and always helped, although it was possible to fly out of work for some things. Went to the forgery more than once.

Once Oleg Mityaev - a performer without regalia, not a member of the Union of Composers, at that time a student Chelyabinsk Institute physical education - we sang a wonderful song of his own composition. And I, afraid that they would ask again, seeing an unfamiliar surname, a member or not a member of the Union, wrote in the program, which the authorities looked through before the broadcast: “Pakhmutova’s music, Dobronravov’s poems, Oleg Mityaev sings.” Looked: and, Pakhmutova? It's good. And they missed it. Since the program was being recorded, we later wrote in the credits that the author and performer of the new song is Mityaev. I liked the song.

- How did you find television?

I came to work in 1972, 45 years ago. There were very few entertainment programs. Big concerts - only on holidays. Now I think: maybe this is good! But there was a wonderful KVN. And later - Listyev's unforgettable programs, his favorite program “Around Laughter”. And to the delight of intellectuals - "Obvious - incredible", "Kinopanorama", "In the animal world". In general, a lot of interesting things.

With Alexander Serov (1992)

Then Gosteleradio was headed, according to rumors, by an odious person - Sergey Georgievich Lapin. There were legends about his tough temper. But not everyone knew that he educated person, knew poetry perfectly, quoted many outstanding poets from memory - not only Pushkin, but also the forbidden Brodsky and Pasternak. Another thing is that Lapin was the head of a huge ideological structure. And it obliged a lot. Variety programs were also subjected to a thorough check for "ideological purity". For example, he constantly found fault with the lyrics. Once from the "Song of the Year" he demanded to remove the famous "Snowfall" by Alexei Ekimyan performed by Nani Bregvadze. I clung to the line "If a woman asks." Listen, she says, what is she asking for? A woman shouldn't be asking so hard all the time!

He also introduced a system of bans on individual artists and composers. Antonov, Dobrynin, Tukhmanov were not in honor ... He said: "Let them sing in restaurants." Even such a seemingly patriotic song by Dobrynin as "Native Land" evoked negative emotions. Say, the motive is not Russian, it looks more like a Middle Eastern one, and the words are strange: “Dear, dear…” Who are we so insistently convincing that our Soviet land is our own? They tried to intercede, they said that the song is so popular that even drunks sing it. Here, he says, let the drunk and perform, but on television it is not necessary. For a long time, Slava Dobrynin did not manage to break through. Anna German helped, who performed his "White Bird Cherry".

With this famous song came such a story. Lapin watched all the holiday programs, and of course - "Wider Circle". He was helped by a musical consultant - Nikita Bogoslovsky, who did not like Dobrynin. It was he who said that a certain Molchanova, not with anyone, but with Anna Herman, was recording Dobrynin's song "White Bird Cherry". Lapin is furious! His favorite singer, adored by Herman, along with the hated Dobrynin and Molchanova, who always needs something, create chaos. He called me for dressing, and I declare from the threshold: “Sergei Georgievich, there is such a story. Anya and I recorded a completely different song for the program “Song far and near”. And suddenly Anna told me that Slava Dobrynin brought her a wonderful bird cherry. The soundtrack is already ready. And she asked to be allowed to sing. Sergei Georgievich, you understand, I could not tell our foreign artist that the composer Dobrynin does not enjoy the attention of television leaders, that he is actually a banned composer with us. How would she understand me? Therefore, I agreed. And we recorded - there was still some studio time left."

In fact, I openly asked: "Come on, Anya, let's record" Bird Cherry "- with this you will help a young talented composer."

Slava was quite persistent and even unceremonious when he wanted to please. Handsome, charming, immediately conquered everyone. And Anya, and me. It's a thing of the past - we even had an affair with him.

- It turns out that he did not have to enter the “text of the song” separately?

I laughed because Lapin told me then: “I heard Dobrynin runs around the editorial offices with a briefcase full of money, and distributes money to all the editors. Does he pay you too? I say: “Sergei Georgievich, I didn’t receive any money from Dobrynin. And he is not so generous as to distribute money. He is even stingy. I think it's portfolio gossip."

I remembered this episode from Malakhov in the program “Let them talk”. Slava was very offended by me. And he called at midnight - he asked why I said that. Made me hysterical. (Laughs.) But, objectively speaking, he was one of the brightest, as they say now, hitmakers. Now he writes almost nothing, but then he had hits in clips. Only with their performance on TV and on the radio were, as I said, big problems.

- What else did you get from Lapin?

I remember such a case. For the screensaver of the program, we took new song Raymond Pauls to the verses of Ilya Reznik performed by the Ariel group, it contained the following words: "Wider heart, wider our circle." They call from Lapin: “Olga Borisovna, come in!” Well, that day I was bare of makeup and appropriately dressed. The chairman of the State Radio and Television was a conservative - no makeup, no trousers.

And this is what he asked me about: “Do you know what happens when the “heart is wider”? Heart attack! Remove the song! He was adamant - had to look for another author. And then Yura Antonov wrote another song for us, “Wider Circle”, to the verses of Leonid Fadeev, and he himself performed it first.

- By the way, who came up with the name of the program, under which it existed for a quarter of a century?

I came up with it. The main idea is multi-genre! Folklore, variety art, circus, original genres, dance numbers. And at first the name "We sing and dance" was thought up. But Lapin said: “I see… So, let's sing and dance. And who will work? I say: "Let's "Wider circle"?" Lapin accepted this. It also reflected the multinational composition of the participants. Who and where to us just did not come! And for a while the program lived with that name. And suddenly one day Lapin said that he did not like the name. Sounds like a reading room. Simple, rustic.

After some time, “Wider Circle” was renamed “Welcome” by a strong-willed decision. For six months the program went under this unsightly name. And in those years, letters played a big role. There were protests: return the old name. And then our editor-in-chief Kira Veniaminovna Annenkova went to Lapin and said bluntly: “If you fell asleep yesterday with Sergey Georgievich, and woke up this morning with Ivan Petrovich, how would you feel?” He appreciated the wit. And the transfer - at the request of the workers - again became known as "Wider Circle".

- Olga Borisovna, are you watching TV now? And how do you like what is happening on the screen?

I rarely watch and see a lot of vulgarity. Irritating are scandalous talk shows designed for undemanding tastes. I would not like to return to television, although I miss it. The level of many people who work there leaves much to be desired. It seems that these "creators" - I mean editors - not only have no musical education, but no education at all. I'm not talking about intelligence, but at least I had an outlook! I confess that I am hatching a plan to revive the Wider Circle, beloved by the people. The program has been popular for twenty years! And even when the program continued its life on TVC, it was a success for another ten years. People still ask me about her when they find out that I'm a TV person.

When I turned fifty, on the occasion of the anniversary, Central Television gave me an award, awarded me with all sorts of certificates - and released me from work. In connection with the reorganization of the Central Television, our edition of folk art was simply liquidated.

Everything is changing: it is possible that our historical program will begin a new one, extraordinary life. Dreaming is not bad!

Olga Molchanova

Education: Graduated from the Ural Conservatory. Mussorgsky

Family: son - Oleg, lawyer; grandchildren - Konstantin (25 years old), Antonina (19 years old); great-grandson - Artem (4 years old)

Career: author of the idea and music editor of the Wider Circle program popular in the 1980s and 1990s. In total, the program lasted from 1976 to 1996, from 2001 it continued on the TVC channel until 2006. Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. Ovation Award Winner

Alla ZANIMONETS

Our interview, as befits pre-morning conversations in nightclubs, came out eccentric, but ruffy. Who was ruffling at whom - maybe you will understand if you read it. Leaning on cognac, the singer either laughed, then thought seriously, then began to get a little angry.
Vyacheslav Efimovich Malezhik was born on February 17, 1947 in Moscow. Graduated music school bayan class and the regional pedagogical school guitar class. He received his higher education at the Moscow Institute of Railway Transport, where he defended his diploma on the topic “Cybernetic synthesis of music”.
Malezhik's songs "Natashka" and "You don't change anything" were very popular among student youth back in the late 60s. They were sung at camping halts, at parties and student song contests. The fate of the young musician was decided by Alexander Maslyakov, who personally crossed out the song “Natashka” from the repertoire of KVNshchikov, containing incriminating lines: “And girls without guys have sad eyes, like icons.” There was no sex in the country then ...
Vyacheslav Malezhik, who performed in the Mozaika ensemble, in collaboration with Yaroslav Kesler, managed to create a successful combination of elements of pop music, rock and song traditions of the Soviet stage. It was they who owned the first Russian-language version of the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar". Kesler translated from English, and Malezhik performed the part of Judas.
Since 1973, Malezhik has been working on the professional stage with the ensembles Cheerful Guys (with the participation of Alla Pugacheva), Blue Guitars, Flame. The first solo magnetic album - "Sacvoyage" - he recorded in December 1984. And in 1987, the Melodiya company released the singer's first vinyl disc - Cafe Sacvoyage. started tour activity: full halls, the love of the viewer ...
Start this interview- right off the bat, because my time was already passing, and the girl from the youth edition could not tear herself away from the "grandfather". Therefore, I just had to break into them and turn on the recorder in a half-phrase. Then she, to his displeasure, left. And here's what came out of it...

- ... you know, to live with wolves - howl like a wolf. But I'd better step aside, I don't want to howl like a wolf in this wild TV market. And the obvious on-screen vulgarity that is now in the solution of songs is especially annoying. Only sometimes they are successful, but these successes are too rare. And I was insanely offended when they showed Misha Muromov, who sang a song far from the worst, firstly. Secondly, a song that warmed the hearts of many of our parents, including, perhaps, those who made this program.
- What's the song?
- "I love you, life." And in the background, I remember, some half-drunk "pioneers" with bristles were making out with each other, while not removing the drum and bugle. Apparently, it seemed to someone that this was the highest shocking in humor! I was insanely sorry for Misha Muromov and insanely sorry for many viewers. This humor was so vulgar that it was even offensive. Although, relatively speaking, if some abnormal person scolds me, then this should not touch me, because it is somewhere beyond the bounds of reason.
- But in general, follow all these "superstars"?
- Sometimes. In any case, I do not turn around in the middle of the road in order to have time to see it.
- Did you personally worry about any of the participants?
- No, actually. You see, those performers who participate there, they, by and large, have already proved everything. To me, anyway, one hundred percent. What can the NTV program about Lyosha Glyzin reveal to me? I am well aware of its capabilities. I can only be happy for him, for his songs. But what they offer sometimes is just awful. Again, everything that concerns taste is very difficult to judge categorically. They may not agree with what I say. And one more thing that does not allow me to be even sharper: someone can say that Malezhik is not invited there, that's why he grumbles. Although they called me from NTV.
I don’t know, maybe from some other program, but just hearing the word “NTV”, I told them that they were worried for nothing.
- What is the reason for your rejection of this channel?
- On NTV, they somehow made a program about the TV show “Wider Circle” - like a story about some such imperishable thing. Olga Molchanova is the editor of Wider Circle, Katya Semyonova and I are the hosts with whom this program is still associated. All of us were interviewed. I spent a day on this, for them. He was going somewhere, saying something. And in the end I got cut! At the same time, no one even apologized to me, they didn’t even think about it.
- You did not get into the program at all?
- They left only a small fragment where I sing some song. And from what he said, not a word was left. They were interested in only one single story, it was really bitter and funny at the same time. Philip Kirkorov then led the program. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old. And he talked about these, how ... Ovechkins ... an ensemble of brothers from Irkutsk ...
- "Seven Simeons" they were called. Which, under the guidance of their mother, later captured a passenger plane.
- Yes, thanks for your help. After the brothers played the number, Philip had a prepared phrase according to the script: “Dear ... I don’t remember exactly her name ... Polina Matveevna (their mother), you must be watching TV now, and we are telling you that you can be proud of your children. You raised real kids. May God give you a good flight in your life!” They left in the program only this Kirkorov's blessing of future bandits.
And Olga Molchanova was asked something about Alexander Serov. And the camera was turned on. She was then perplexed: “I did not pay attention that there was a red light burning there. And I say: “Serov? Yes, he is a horse with eggs! And then, for the record, she talked about how musical he is. But in the end, only the “horse with eggs” was left. Molchanova calls me: "Slava, I want to ask your forgiveness." - "For what, Olya?" “Well, they didn’t show you.” - “They didn’t show it - and thank God!” “Can you imagine what they set me up for? How could I say about Serov only that he is a horse with balls? And I said it three times! Why did they disgrace me all over the country?
- It is interesting to know how Katya Semyonova is doing?
- And what is she? She lives her life.

October 23, 2016

Olga Molchanova was born in Yekaterinburg on March 27, 1949. In 1976, the musical performance “Wider Circle” was released on the central TV channel. The program became an unprecedented breakthrough for that period - the ratings were unrealistically off scale. Olga Molchanova, the editor of "Wider Circle", was at the same time the inspirer, soul, creator and representative person of this project.

Awards and merit

Thanks to her participation, the domestic scene received stars whose names became known in every home. It was on the set of this program that such personalities as M. Zadornov, A. Malinin, Vyacheslav Malezhik, Natalya Koroleva, F. Kirkorov and many others first appeared. For most of the artists of that time, Olga Molchanova became the second, creative, mother.

The presenter is an Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. In addition, Olga Borisovna is a laureate of the Ovation national award in the nomination "Making a special contribution to the development of music on television." In 2001, "Wider Circle" was broadcast on the TVC channel. With the drop in the popularity rating of the program, Molchanova is actively working in other countries, especially often she visited Israel.

Excerpts from the interview

Olga Molchanova, editor of Wider Circle, stated in one of her interviews that anniversary issue The program was filmed on February 11 at concert hall"Russia". It was hosted by five famous actresses who had already acted in this role at one time. Among them are Ekaterina Semenova, Alena Apina, Tatyana Ovsienko, I. Bronevitskaya and Jasmine. The purely female team was diluted by the only male representative in the person of actor Gennady Vetrov.

The host of the "Full House" R. Dubovitskaya said that it was she who gave impetus to Gena's talent. By and large, Vetrov first appeared on TV screens in the 80s with a personal unique number - playing a dozen and a half instruments at the same time in the Wider Circle project. At that time, the actor was a member theater group"Buff" from Leningrad. The first significant steps on the stage in this program were made by a young Ukrainian Oleg Zhigalkin in the parody genre. Now awarded the title People's Artist Ukraine.

According to Olga Molchanova, Oleg was serving in the army when his comrades wrote a letter to the editor stating that their colleague perfectly imitates popular artists and even imitates the timbre of Zykina. The editorial board decided to invite him to film set, and Zhigalkin, as a young soldier, climbed the ladder of popularity. For the first time, another star person shone in the program - Nina Shestakova, well-known and very revered in the post-Soviet space, who worked for some time in the team of Sofia Rotaru. After years of oblivion, the audience was again able to see Nina in the anniversary program.

Olga Borisovna Molchanova, whose biography is full of numerous acquaintances (including on the personal front) with various stars, does not hesitate to say that feelings played a decisive role in choosing a soloist to participate in the program. However, all such prerogatives justified themselves one hundred percent, since people turned out to be really talented, which is confirmed by the love of fans and time.

Difficulties and overcoming them

Igor Matvienko once brought a cassette with sketches of the Ivanushki International group with a request to listen to it and give the guys a chance in the most popular program at that time, Wider Circle. After studying the material, Molchanova simply fell in love with this group, especially the soloist I. Sorin, who, in her opinion, had incredible charm and talent.

The guys performed in several programs "Wider Circle". According to Olga Molchanova herself, whose biography is full of various events, she is glad that with her help the team was at the peak of popularity. By the way, a unique creative "discovery" - a mega-talented eight-year-old girl Evgenia Aldukhova from Bryansk, who was predicted to have a great future, appeared on the site. She gives solo concerts and has recorded over twenty songs live.

Conflict moments with wards

When asked about conflict situations with celebrities, Olga Borisovna replied that such things happened. For example, the episode with Tatyana Markova, which happened on the set in Pyatigorsk. The participants were accommodated in a beautiful and fashionable sanatorium, Tanya and her husband were provided with a junior suite. Kornelyuk, Ya. Evdokimov and many others lived in the same apartments. There were only two suites. In one, Mikhail Muromov was placed together with the musicians, and the second was occupied directly by Molchanova, since the room was also the headquarters of the television program.

But Markova was cramped and uncomfortable with her husband in her junior suite, and she, positioning herself as an unsurpassed star, delivered an ultimatum, saying that if she was not moved to a suite, she would leave. The program would hardly have suffered from her absence, but Olga Molchanova, the editor of Wider Circle, whose biography contains a minimum of conflict disputes, decided to give up her number to the artist.

Favorite "creative mom"

Often the so-called "own" artists of the editors are those who pay. IN Soviet time there was practically no such comprehensive practice, but the organizers, who were not entirely clean at hand, even then demanded financial compensation from the performers, knowing about their interest in television. Olga Molchanova claims that such relationships with artists were unacceptable for her, she put on those whom she "discovered" and loved.

She appreciated and developed talent and a promising future. This is Dmitry Malikov, who at the age of 16 performed the composition " sunny city"Definitely - Philip Kirkorov, seeing whom for the first time, the editor of "Wider Circle" doubted his brilliant career. Despite the spectacular external data, combined with internal culture and musicality, the vocal part left much to be desired. "Creative mother" did not even imagine that a person will make such a giant leap and become a mega-popular pop singer.Among Olga Borisovna's favorites:

• Serov Alexander;
• Yaroslav Evdokimov;
• accordion guru Valery Kovtun;
• Dobrynin Vyacheslav.

By the way, the last artist fell into disgrace to government bodies who approved program participants. Despite this, Olga Molchanova, whose photo is presented below, promoted him to the big stage.

Personal preferences

At one time, one of Olga's favorites was Mikhail Muromov. They formed a contact after the recommendation of a friend, Rimma Kazakova, when Misha worked as a head waiter. For a certain time they had an affair with expensive gifts. After cooling in relations, Muromov and Olga Borisovna Molchanova, whose biography is surrounded by stars all the time, remained good friends. Many artists more than once rescued their "godmother" morally and financially.