Biography of Pyatnitsky

Mitrofan Efimovich was born on July 3 in the village of Aleksandrovka, Voronezh region in the priest's family. His father was a clerk in the local church. After the parish school, parents sent their son to the Voronezh Theological School. Soon, the young man threw the school and began to look for his professional path.

He studied the accounting and began to work as an economist at the Theological School in which he had previously studied. At this time, as during the years of study, Mitrofan Pyatnitsky had already collected and recorded folk songs and took singing lessons from the famous music teacher Lev Mikhailovich Obraztsov. In the year, Pyatnitsky was listening to the Moscow Conservatory.

They agreed to take him to study, despite his age and the absence of a proper preparatory school, on the condition that he would take the position of an economy in the new corps of the conservatory. The implementation of these plans was placed by unhappy love: on the eve of the wedding of Mitrofan, the bride threw. Having recovered a little, he began to work as a letter from the hospital in the hospital, where he had previously been a patient.

Never leaving the idea of ​​becoming a professional singer, Pyatnitsky began to take vocals from the famous Moscow teacher Camillo Everardi. In the year, Pyatnitsky decided to create a folk song ensemble. In the year, he became a member of the musical and ethnographic commission in Moscow society lovers of natural science, anthropology and ethnography. Then Pyatnitsky actively continued at a new level to collect songs: he bought a phonograph and began to travel around the villages, recorded more folk songs performed by the peasants themselves.

Pyatnitsky, - this artistic chronicle of folk life, unfortunately, is dying out every day ... The village begins to forget its beautiful songs ... The folk song disappears and it must be saved. " In the year, he published the book "12 Russian folk songs of the Voronezh province of Bobrovsky district." Mitrofan Efimovich was not limited only to the collection of songs and instrumental tunes, he collected a large collection of folk instruments and costumes.

As a result, this enthusiasm for folk musical creativity leads Pyatnitsky to create an ensemble of folk song. It all started in a year when he met his “muse” - a summer peasant Arinushka Kolobaev, who had a magnificent voice and knew a huge number of songs. She performed with two daughters and granddaughter. Other singers gradually gained. So a choir from the singers of the Voronezh and Ryazan provinces was created.

Success came right away, in the year the choir concerts took place already at the conservatory, and the songs “How on the Flood” won more and more fans. Although the choir had a lot of competitors, and among them real professional groups. However, they performed mainly in restaurants since it brought the greatest benefit at that time, and Pyatnitsky disdained restaurants - he dreamed of high art.

With the outbreak of World War I, the choir’s performance had to be suspended - many chorists were taken into the army. Working in one of the Moscow hospitals, where the wounded, Pyatnitsky from among them created the so -called "choir of disabled people", with whom he continued to speak. But then the revolution began. Only in the year, Mitrofan Efimovich managed to rally lovers of Russian songs again.

Singers who did not have special education had good hearing, had excellent vocal data. The chorists, there were already about 30 of them, often performed in front of the fighters of the Red Army, in working villages, villages and villages. Soon the choir again became famous and popular, and by his example a large number of professional choirs were created. Pyatnitsky remained a permanent artistic director of the choir until the end of his life.

Mitrofan Efimovich Pyatnitsky died in Moscow on January 21 of the year. In memory of him, the choir received the name of its creator. In the year in Voronezh, the Festival of the song “In the homeland of Mitrofan Pyatnitsky” was first held. Since the year, he began to take place in the small homeland of Pyatnitsky, in the village of Aleksandrovka. He is located in the square near the house of officers on the Revolution Avenue.

Years passed, the chorus changed. Basically, these were composers: V. Zakharov, M. Koval, V. Pyatnitsky always dreamed of creating a dance group at the choir. His dream came true in the year when Tatyana Ustinova created a wonderful choreographer at the choir, where she taught everyone to the dance, and took the best to the dance group. Currently, the Pyatnitsky choir has retained its unique creative person, remaining the scientific center of professional folk art, and the modern performance of the choir is a high achievement and the standard of harmony of stage folk art.

The rethinking of the creative heritage of the choir made it possible to make its stage art modern, relevant for spectators of the 21st century. Such concert programs as “I am proud of you are a country”, “Russia is my homeland”, “mother Russia”, “... Rus unconquered, righteous Rus' ...” - are very popular among the audience and largely contribute to the education of Russians in the spirit of love for their fatherland.

Choir to them.Pyatnitsky is an indispensable participant in all festive events and concerts of public importance. He was honored to represent our country at the highest level abroad as part of meetings of the heads of state, the days of culture of Russia. The choir tours a lot around the country. He repeatedly visited Europe, visited China and Japan. Her purity and genuine deep spirituality.

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