Background
Vladimir Muliavin was born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in the family of a worker at the Uralmash plant.
Vladimir Muliavin was born in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) in the family of a worker at the Uralmash plant.
He started playing the guitar at the age of 12. In 1956, after graduating from school, he entered Sverdlovsk Musical School, department of stringed instruments. He was expelled from the school for misconduct and an overt interest in jazz, nevertheless he was reinstated after some time, and he left the school by own initiative.
Between 1958 and 1963, he worked as a staff musician at different regional orchestras.
In 1963, he was offered a job with the Belarusian State Philharmony and moved to Belarus. In 1965—1967 Muliavin conducted his compulsory two-year military service, near Minsk.
He founded a vocal quartet in the company and took a part in the Belarusian military district ensemble foundation. After his discharge from the army returned to the Belarusian State Philharmony and in 1968, he created the folk popular and rock group "Liavony".
In 1970, he became its leader and the group was renamed Pesniary.
The band gained significant popularity across the whole Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and was among the first successful and officially recognized Soviet rock bands. Foreign his work, Vladimir Muliavin was awarded the title People"s Artists of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. An ethnic Russian himself, Muliavin was inspired by Belarusian folklore. He later also recorded several Belarusian national songs as Pahonia on the lyrics by Maksim Bahdanovich.
He died on 26 January 2003 in Moscow, suffering results of a car accident of 8 months before.
In July 2004, a street in Minsk (Bulvar Mulyavina) was named after Vladimir Muliavin. in 2001 Mulyavin and "Pesniary" get star on the Star Square in Moscow. In 2006, a monument of Mulyavin was raised at his grave.
The same year, a commemorative plaque was installed in Yekaterinburg, and a monument of Mulyavin will be completed in the city around August 2014. A documentary of Mulyavin was filmed in 2007.
Belarusian postal stamp dedicated to Mulyavin was issued in 2009.
Union of Soviet Composers.