The Affectionate May group, Yuri Shatunov and Sergey Kuznetsov, this film is dedicated to their memory. Eternal Memory to Yuri Shatunov, the legendary performer, and Sergey Kuznetsov, the brilliant author of the songs of the band Tender May.
"Tender May" is a musical group created by the head of the Orenburg boarding school No.2 by Sergey Kuznetsov in 1986. During the first five years of creative activity, the group found such success that no Russian collective of that time could repeat.
The lines of the songs of the musical collective were known by almost all citizens of the USSR. In terms of its popularity, "Tender May" has overtaken such well-known groups as "Cinema", "Nautilus", "Mirage". Simple and clear songs were to the taste of the listeners. Well, the female part of the fans was in love with the soloist of "Tender May" - Yuri Shatunov, which also provided the team with a wide army of fans.
The history of the famous band begins in the Russian outback. Of course, inviting a recently enrolled pupil to the amateur activity circle of boarding school No. 2, the head of the association, 22-year-old Sergey Kuznetsov, could not have imagined that very soon the whole world would learn about the group "Tender May".
In 1986, Sergei already had a decent stock of works. Kuznetsov wrote the music and lyrics while he was serving in the army. After returning to the boarding school, Sergey, together with his friend Ponamarev, began to talk more and more about creating a musical group. The only thing they lacked to create a band was good vocalists.
Nothing has been heard about the group "Tender May" at the moment. In 2009, a documentary was made about the musical group. Razin is actively engaged and developing his business. Yuri Shatunov is engaged in solo creativity. He recently graduated from sound engineer courses.
In 2019, Yuri Shatunov told reporters that he would no longer perform the songs of the band Tender May at his concerts. In his opinion, he has outgrown these songs, and now he will delight fans exclusively with musical compositions that he recorded when he left Tender May.
The band does not tour and has put an end to their creative career. Andrey Razin has found the "vein" of an entrepreneur in himself. For some time he served as an adviser to the mayor of Yalta. In 2022, he emigrated to the territory of the United States of America.
Long-loved compositions in a new arrangement could be heard from the mouth of Yuri Shatunov. He's been touring a lot lately. The artist achieved his goal - he received an education as a sound engineer.
In 2022, composer Sergey Kuznetsov continued to cooperate with the leader of the "Tender May", sincerely rejoicing at Yuri's court won over the copyright to the performance of the group's songs from Andrey Razin.
On June 23, 2022, Yuri's life was cut short. Acute heart failure took the idol of millions of Soviet and Russian fans. The artist's body was cremated. The ashes were buried in Moscow, and another part was scattered over the artist's favorite lake in Germany
On November 5, Kuznetsov performed at a big creative evening in Orenburg. After that, his plans included a tour of the cities of Russia. However, on November 7, tragic news appeared - Sergey Kuznetsov died. The cause of death was a detached blood clot. An autopsy showed that he was stuck in the musician's heart muscle after he suffered a coronavirus infection in 2021.
Farewell to Kuznetsov took place on November 13 in the Funeral Hall of Orenburg.
16 ноя 2022
