Yuri Shatunov Explained

Yuriy Shatunov
Юрий Шатунов
Birth Date:6 September 1973
Birth Place:Kumertau, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Death Place:Domodedovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:1986–2022[1]
Children:2[2]
Signature:Автограф Юрия Шатунова.png

Yuriy Vasilevich Shatunov (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Шатунов; 6 September 1973 – 23 June 2022)[3] was a Russian singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Russian band Laskoviy Mai (Ласковый май), which were active during the 1980's. After Laskoviy Mai disbanded in 1992, Shatunov found recognition as a solo singer.

Name

Due to a non-existent relationship with his father, Vasiliy Klimenko, Yuriy chose to use his mother's, Vera Shatunova's, surname at a young age.[4]

Personal life

Shatunov was born on the 6th of September 1973 in the city of Kumertau (Bashkir ASSR), Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the former Soviet Union. His father, Vasiliy Vladimirovich Klimenko, was half Russian and half Ukrainian.[5]

At the age of three, Yuriy was abandoned by his father and thereafter, raised by his grandparents and then by his mother. When he was 11, his mother died of a heart disease. He went to live with his aunt's family, who soon found themselves unable to support him.[6] [7]

Shatunov was sent to Orenburg Children's Home Number 2 in Orenburg, where he had a reputation for poor behavior. This included running away from the orphanage, playing the guitar, singing on the streets to get money and cigarettes, getting into fights, and avoiding work.[8] [9]

He met with Sergei Kuznetsov, a music teacher in the orphanage, and they formed the band, "Laskoviy Mai" ("Tender May"). One of the most common themes the young band members would sing about was unfortunate love. This was uncommon at the time, although, atypical considering the age of the two, both young teenagers.[10] This group, in which Shatunov was the most famous lead singer, existed from 1986 to 1992. It was very popular in Russia.

In 1996, Shatunov moved to Germany, where he wanted to complete his education, but left unfinished as a result of his turbulent youth and early career in music. Whilst in Germany, Shatunov learned how to become a music producer.[11]

Shatunov had a wife, a son and a daughter. Shatunov and his wife married in 2007 in Germany, after seven years of dating.[6]

Before Shatunov died, he was busy working on his solo career and performed frequently in the Eastern European countries, Germany and Russia, as well as some of the former Soviet bloc countries in Central Asia such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[12]

Yuriy Shatunov died on the night of 23 June 2022 of acute heart failure (myocardial infarction) in a Moscow hospital.[13] [14] The singer's condition deteriorated critically on the way to a hospital in Domodedovo[15] where he underwent intensive resuscitation, but could not be saved.[16] Funeral ceremonies for Yuriy Shatunov were held on 26 June 2022 in the farewell hall of Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery. He was cremated a day later.[17] On 28 June 2022, the urn containing his ashes was partially buried in Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery[18] [19] [20] and the other part of the ashes, in accordance with the singer's wishes, were to be scattered into one of the lakes in Munich, Germany.[21] [12] [22]

Rights to songs and performances

On 17 June 2022, it became known that Shatunov had sued for the rights to the compositions of the group "Tender May". On 20 June the singer gave the last TV interview in his life, in which he commented on the trial with Razin.[23] In 1992, the songwriter Sergey Kuznetsov signed a contract with Andrey Razin and 14 years later they made a deal, based on which the producer became the sole owner of the group's hits. However, during the trial it turned out that "no one has ever seen the original contract." Moreover, the examination proved that Kuznetsov's signature was forged, which meant that the transaction was wrong.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Умер солист группы «Ласковый май» Юрий Шатунов. Новая газета. 2022-06-23. 2022-06-23. 2022-06-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20220623093656/https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/06/23/umer-solist-gruppy-laskovyi-mai-iurii-shatunov-news.
  2. http://heat.ru/news/108310 У Юрия Шатунова родилась дочь
  3. https://news.rambler.ru/starlife/48878009-glavvrach-rasskazal-o-reanimatsii-yuriya-shatunova/ Главврач рассказал о реанимации Юрия Шатунова
  4. Web site: Отец Юрия Шатунова: «Сын не хочет общаться» | STARHIT. www.starhit.ru.
  5. Web site: Настоящая фамилия и национальность Юрия Шатунова. 2022-08-26.
  6. Web site: Официальная биография Юрия Шатунова. ru. 2020-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919044809/http://shatunov.com/articles/biographia.html. 2020-09-19.
  7. Web site: Юра Шатунов стал сиротой при живых родителях . 2011-03-02 . 2011-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111020090408/http://kp.ru/daily/24076.5/312551/.
  8. Web site: Тяжёлая судьба Юрия Шатунова. Регина. Бродская. 14 November 2020. Интернет-журнал «Чеснок».
  9. Web site: Болезни, аварии, драки, убийства. Как уходили из жизни участники «Ласкового мая». 24 June 2022. Ямал-Медиа.
  10. Web site: Официальный сайт Сергея Кузнецова (Фан-клуб) О себе и не только.... kuziaart.ru.
  11. Web site: Группа «Ласковый май». Переезд в Москву. 2020-02-19 .
  12. Web site: Прах Юрия Шатунова частично захоронят в Германии. 26 June 2022. РЕН ТВ.
  13. Web site: Появились подробности последних часов жизни Юрия Шатунова. versia.ru.
  14. Web site: Jurij Szatunow nie żyje. Wykonawca przeboju "Biełyje Rozy" zmarł na atak serca. 23 June 2022. gazetapl.
  15. Web site: Умер солист «Ласкового мая» Юрий Шатунов. 23 June 2022. Коммерсантъ.
  16. Web site: Рот открыт, в глазах боль: опубликовано видео с умирающим Шатуновым. EG.RU.
  17. Web site: Юрия Шатунова кремировали на Троекуровском кладбище | STARHIT. Евгения. Виноградова. www.starhit.ru.
  18. Web site: Плачущая семья похоронила часть праха Юрия Шатунова на Троекуровском кладбище | STARHIT. Евгения Виноградова, Маргарита. Новак. www.starhit.ru.
  19. Web site: Экс-солиста "Ласкового мая" Юрия Шатунова похоронили на Троекуровском кладбище. 28 June 2022. Life.ru.
  20. Web site: Тело Юрия Шатунова собираются кремировать. 3 August 2023. Вокруг.ТВ.
  21. Web site: Сотни белых роз и «Седая ночь» хором. В Москве прошло прощание с Юрием Шатуновым. 26 June 2022. Свежие новости в России и мире - RTVI.
  22. Web site: «Папа, прощай!»: дети и жена Юры Шатунова у гроба – фото | STARHIT. Евгения. Виноградова. www.starhit.ru.
  23. Web site: 2022-06-20 . Как Шатунов отвоевал у Разина права на песни «Ласкового мая» . www.ntv.ru.

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