Sergey Trofimov

Content:

• Multiple meanings.
• Religion and creativity.
• The burden of glory.
• Time of love.

In 1991, Sergei Trofimov was faced with a choice of what to do next. The young man (Trofimov's birth year was 1966) seriously thought about dedicating his future life to serving God. He had already accepted obedience, was a subdeacon in one of the Moscow temples, but his spiritual mentor advised him to compose songs. This gave rise to one of the most popular chanson singers in the post-Soviet space. Trofim is a stage pseudonym, reminiscent of the name that monks take when they are tonsured. The creative biography of Sergei Trofimov is saturated with diverse events, where money and fame are of secondary importance. The personal life of the singer, musician, poet, composer, despite an early divorce and remarriage, is filled with meaningful happiness. His life priorities are far from the molds characteristic of Russian show business.

Several meanings

Sergei Trofimov repeated the mistake of his parents when he married early and then divorced. Smart people correctly say that children do not listen, but see what kind of example adults show by their behavior. Obviously, the observant boy had a hard time growing up in an incomplete family without his own father. This affected his philosophical perception of reality, which is felt not only in the songs, but also permeates the entire biography of the popular chanson performer and author of musical material.

Trofim was born and grew up in Moscow, so he had the opportunity to get a good versatile education. In addition to a comprehensive school, he studied at a music school. Early manifested vocal abilities allowed six-year-old Sergei to enter the Moscow State Chapel at the Gnesin College. The choice of musical direction for further study was self-evident. Trofimov enters the Institute of Culture, and also graduates from the Moscow Conservatory.

A young student without parental support is forced to work part-time in one of the capital's restaurants. At that time, Sergei Trofimov had already attracted the attention of the musical community by becoming a diploma winner of the World Moscow Festival, held for young talents. Finding himself in the role of a restaurant loubouche, Trofim experiences contrasting feelings. Official newspaper editorials publicizing the achievements of Soviet citizens versus "major" promiscuity, satiety and permissiveness - all the things one sees in a restaurant that the simple builders of the socialist paradise could hardly afford.

Religion and creativity

The youthful search for meanings leads Trofim to thoughts of God. Performing and composing rock ballads together with the group "Eroplan", Sergei Trofimov part of his consciousness is trying to unravel the questions of the universe. The answers he wanted to find are so obvious and simple that many people live a long and complicated life before they see what they are looking for very close by. The complexities of working on his debut album are juxtaposed with reflections on fatal predestination. A young singer, musician, talented author almost becomes a monk.

The spiritual search lasted three long years, about which Sergey Trofimov prefers not to remember. Performing the functions of a singing regent, Trofim continues to be engaged in musical activity, having changed its orientation. Since 1992 Sergey has been working as a musician with Svetlana Vladimirskaya, participating in the recording of her first disk "My Boy". But that's not all. Poems are written, which will become songs performed by Alexander Ivanov. Thus appears a marvelous album "Sinful Soul Sadness".

The burden of glory

Since 1994, the creative biography of Sergei Trofimov becomes more and more saturated and diverse. He begins to cooperate with Stepan Razin, who did everything in his power to make the album "Aristocracy of the Dumpster" (1995) popular. It is then that the stage name Trofim appears, and the contours of that unique chanson that would become the trademark of the extraordinary singer are drawn out.

Trofim works as a session musician, not forgetting about his own solo career. He has collaborated with such names as Svetlana Almazova, Alla Gorbacheva, Lada Dance, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Nikolai Noskov. Sergey Trofimov's life is filled with other events:

• he records and releases his disks;
• writes music for movies;
• tours Russia and the world;
• performing in warring Chechnya;
• engages in public activities;
• becomes a member of the Russian Union of Writers.

In 2005 and 2012 Trofimov's solo concerts are held in the Kremlin Palace, which on one stage gather his famous friends and associates - A. Rozenbaum, I. Kobzon, M. Shufutinsky, V. Presnyakov, A. Varum and many others.

Time of love

In his personal life, Trofim is a happy man. He has a beloved and loving wife, who gave him two children. The adult daughter from his first marriage communicates little with the new family of the singer, preferring the society of her native father separately. Sergei Trofimov, from a young age engaged in sports, keeps himself in good physical shape. His children successfully master musical instruments. The older Ivan prefers drums and guitar, and the younger Lisa plays the piano. Wife Anastasia is a classic housewife, who left her career for the sake of family happiness.

Knowing that he is loved and welcomed at home, Trofim can confidently move forward, doing useful things and creating new hits. Over the years of creative activity Sergei Trofimov recorded more than fifteen solo disks, including:

• "Aristocracy of the dump" (trilogy);
• "News from the prickly distance";
• "I Am Born Again;
• "Black and White";
• "The Wind in My Head";
• "Everything is unimportant."
• "Aty-baty."

Did Trofim find the answers to his questions? Ask him about it yourself, if you can get to the performance, get an autograph and talk a little. Find out the singer's tour schedule and keep up to date with the latest information in the artist catalog at kontramarka.de.

Sergey Trofimov discography:

1995 - "Aristocracy of the Dumpster-1".

1996 - "Aristocracy of the Dumpster-2"

1998 - "News from a prickly distance".

1998 -- "The Aristocracy of the Dumpster 3."

2000 -- "I Am Born Again"

2000 -- "War and Peace"

2004 -- "The Wind in My Head"

2005 -- "Nostalgia"

2009 -- "I Live in Russia"

2010 -- "Everything Doesn't Matter"

2011 - "Sorokapyatochka"

2012 - "Aty-baty"

2014 - "Black and White"

2017 - "In the Middle"