from an interview with anatoly vasiliev.een, there would have been many other groups, but maybe it wasn't, i heard the beatles and, of course, i got hooked, i wanted to create the same ensemble, because i'm a choir singer by profession. at first, there was an idea to make a group, a soloist and an accompanying group that could sing and play. anatoly was invited as a soloist when the application was submitted. always you then whose words we want to live with a smile so smile he had a unique voice, and when the choir sang... arriving in murmansk, he naturally, first, what, he started looking for the palace of culture, where it is, and he wanted to eat, and he could not think of anything else, when he saw a policeman on duty nearby at the intersection, asked him for 3 rubles to borrow, he went and bought some pies for these 3 rubles, went inside this palace. he saw that there was some kind of rehearsal going on there, he said, is this how they sing, let me sing for you, the director laughed, said: well, sing, anatoly came out a

lyudmila petrovna worked with anatoly vasiliev for more than 30 years, she has been serving in the maly theater, listen. you know her biography amazingly, but that's all, no, igor, that's not all, lyudmila petrovna, we crossed paths recently in the corridors of the maly theater, i saw you, you were waiting for me, and i was struck by your warmth, and i was shocked, i thought, he knows me, wow, and my breath was taken away, i thought, and it's her, i'm nearby, you know, i'm nearby, you know, why? from you some kind of energy comes out, such a strong one, well, you know it, great, well, i don’t even understand what it is, so i feel it as some kind of gift, if there is no such need, i can just crawl along barely, something so slowly, but then i know what i need, yes, and even if i say so, i feel bad. the performance, all the same, goes brilliantly, brilliantly, because precisely, i’m not ashamed, and why, i feel the energy that comes from the audience, accordingly, i throw mine to it, this mutual, this is the best pleasure, yes, this is the best pleasure, and i say, it is always so nice to