Eduard Khanok: I advise all artists over 70 to perform youth hits

The People's Artist of Belarus, the author of hits about a robin, someone else's sweet and icy ceiling, will turn 82 in a few days! Eduard Semenovich has long since retired from music affairs, he is engaged in science and show business research with the help of the "wave theory" of his own composition. Why the maestro asks not to be called a popular composer, who should read his new book and what makes a person young - in our interview.

Eduard Semenovich, what is your book "Whether it was. The end of history" about?

- It is a continuation of the book "Whether it was still ...", which I wrote in 2021. Partly these are memories, yet - reasoning about the nature of some things. I think that my point of view will be accepted sooner or later. For example, in terms of oncology, which has nothing to do with radiation, ALCOHOL or smoking. They are just catalysts. When a focus appears in the body, they quickly unwind it. In fact, oncology is a disease of unspoken grievances. They generate a long sadness, which, if not blocked, leads to DNA damage.

I myself received such an oncology at the end of 2019. Accumulated grievances, innuendo at some point exploded and turned into this disease. Due to early manifestation, she was premature. For 1.5 years, the doctors and I defeated her, drowned her out with injections. The doctors then told me: if I had kept it inside myself for 3-4 years, then there would have been a Kobzon version - a fatal one. This, in particular, is discussed in my book. More about my wave theory.

Almost 40 years ago you introduced your theory of creative waves. Is she still relevant?

- How long ago was that! I came to the study of variety art at the end of 1983, when I suddenly wanted to understand and answer many questions. For example, why the songs that were popular yesterday become obsolete today, and tomorrow no one needs them at all. Why today fans carry the artist literally in their arms, and tomorrow everyone will forget about him. Thus, I discovered the law of creative waves and formed a new direction in world science - the theory of creative waves. Time has shown that they work like clockwork. There are long-term professions, and there are "perishable" ones. Singers, composers of the song genre need to understand that their time will eventually end. This is evidenced by the so-called creative x-ray (wavegram) discovered by me.

During this period, I made wavegrams not only for the representatives of the stage. For example, the great hockey goalie Vladislav Tretyak approached me. The hall where he celebrated his anniversary was decorated with a 20-meter long and more than a meter high story of his life.

The first, if you remember, was Alla Pugacheva, then I predicted two children for her. Many dogs have been set loose on me, but people do not understand that exact science can offend someone. She goes ahead and reveals those secrets that a person may not be interested or unpleasant to listen to.

In my theory, there is the concept of creative menopause and impotence. I'm talking about the accumulation of human potential and its realization through waves. Each profession has a different number of these waves. After their completion, a decline occurs - impotence, which is of three types. An example of a passive one is the singer Alsou, who calmly left, ending her career on stage. Yuri Antonov is in the active stage. He sings the same thing, but the current generation can no longer charge with his creativity, time has run out and you can’t argue with nature. The representative of the aggressive - Nikita Mikhalkov. It can be said that the fuel is over, and the ambition is the sea. He shoots films, but there is nothing interesting anymore.

The title of the book refers to the end of the story. And what's next?

- The best period in my life is coming - a happy old age. (Smiling). I am writing memoirs. Picked up the third book, which will become a sensation. In 2-3 years you will still hear about it. Now science is my profession, and my hobby is creative meetings with young people. Recently I was in Moscow, so I gave out autographs for half an hour. But when I am presented as a popular composer, I deny it. Not true!

Everyone sings your songs today! How is it not popular?

- Composers, like artists, are divided into three groups: popular, famous and unknown. In the first - those who compose and sing themselves. This is Gazmanov, Antonov. When your songs are more popular than you, you are famous. Here it is about me.

Discover the secret of how to write a hit for all time?

- These do not happen. There are songs that have lingered longer than others, but there are very few of them. It is important not to confuse with the classics here. Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky - these are hits for centuries. But this is a completely different music, it is conservative. Estrada is the profession of temporary people. Entertainers who entertain their generation. At the same time, today the songs are not better and not worse, they are just different.

Do you listen to them yourself? How do you rate?

- My last officially recognized song "Lie-lie down" was popular already in 1983. I am a legend of the Soviet stage. This is not a compliment, but the location of my location - in that era. It is important to understand and accept this, especially when I meet young people. They are introduced to: composer Eduard Hanok! The guys in the eyes of the question: who is this? Then I say that I wrote songs for their moms and dads, grandparents. I sing these compositions to them, and then I perform the so-called "dozen" - a 12-minute potpourri of the most popular songs among today's youth. The repertoire includes "Raspberry Berry", and "Forget-Me-Nots", and "Beekeeper", and "Lubimka".

But these are hits of one or two days, aren't they?

- In every period, even in Soviet times, they wrote hits of one day. I like modern songs more. Being engaged in science, I made an important discovery: if every day you sing not your own compositions, but something from a new generation, by doing this you remove obsolete energy and replace it with fresh one. It's like the hormones of youth, only without injections. Therefore, at my almost 82 years old, I feel like 25! So write: Eduard Khanok advises all artists after 70 years to perform youth hits, those that their children and grandchildren listen to. Then a second youth will come to you.

At the "Slavianski Bazaar" in 2020, the hall listened to the song "Samurai", which you have been performing since the 90s. Is there a song on your playlist that you are proud of?

- The song "Samurai" is my lifesaver. She always cheers up, she is listened to with pleasure, as well as "Someone else's sweetheart", which has lain in my table for 25 years. Many hits have been written, but the main pride, after which you can safely leave the stage, is the song "Serve Russia". It became the anthem of the All-Russian military-patriotic movement Yunarmiya. Since 2008, May 9 has been regularly heard on Red Square in Moscow. This is the highest achievement. In my youth, I could not even dream of such a thing. I look forward to May 9, when it will sound again, then I am charged for another year in advance.

Which young artist would you like to collaborate with?

- Absolutely no one! Yes, I listen to new songs, they give me emotions. But I can no longer compose myself, it is not my nature. It is impossible for an old man to become young. Maybe by chance something would have happened, but these are just fantasies.

| Marina VALAKH, , photo BELTA.

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