Anton Belyaev - biography, family, musical activity

More recently, Russian musician Anton Belyaev and his band Therr Maitz were known and loved only in a narrow circle of people who are like-minded. Now the whole country knows about them. Their music inspires something new and unusual, awakens creativity. Thanks to participation in the national project "The Voice", Anton Belyaev and the band Therr Maitz became national favorites. In this article we will get to know the leader of the group.

The roots of the artist

The parents of a successful musician, producer and TV presenter are far from the world of show business. Anton's father - Vadim Borisovich Belyaev - was born on December 4, 1946 in the city of Saratov, he practically worked all his life at the computer center as an electronic technician. The mother of the artist - Alfina Sergeevna Belyaeva (maiden name - Konishcheva) - was born on January 30 in 1949 in the village Zharbulak in Kazakhstan. She studied at the geological college, and also received a diploma from the pedagogical institute. Worked as a computer programmer and teacher of informatics.

Future spouses met in Kazakhstan, and in 1962 moved to Magadan with their parents. In early 1968 they were married, and in November of the same year they had a first-born daughter, Lilia, Anton's older sister. Lilia is a graduate of the Khabarovsk Institute of Culture and works as a bibliographer. On September 18, 1979, another joyful event occurred in the Belyaev family: a son was born, who was named Anton.

The beginning of the creative path

Anton Belyaev from childhood was a musical child. His first drum set consisted of kitchen utensils of the mother - pots, lids and spoons. Parents immediately noticed the talent of his son, so at the age of five they took him to a music school. Apparently, his strength was no longer tolerated by his kitchen concerts.

Anton really wanted to learn how to play the drums, but to his regret the drums were played by children from nine years old. He had no choice but to master the pianoforte. Despite the fact that the boy often missed classes due to illnesses, he participated in almost all musical competitions and even received awards for prizes.

Difficult teenager and music

Anton was a very problematic child, a real hooligan. His parents suffered a lot from his youthful tricks. The only thing that saved him from the adverse influence of the street is music.

When the future artist was thirteen, he met Chernomon Evgeny, the owner of a jazz studio, who invited the young man to his classes. Already at the age of fourteen, Belyaev played jazz compositions with famous Magadan musicians, and at sixteen became part of the youth jazz orchestra.

From the English gymnasium number 17, where Anton studied, he was expelled. The ninth grade he had to finish at school number 29. He did not see the point further, so he decided to enroll in the Magadan Musical College at the piano department. But even there he did not last long - he was expelled for absenteeism.

Life in Khabarovsk

In 1997, Anton finally received a certificate of secondary education in Magadan Gymnasium No. 30, and then thanks to his heartfelt play on the piano, which was so admired by local teachers. After that, at the insistence of his mother, Anton went to Khabarovsk, where he entered the pop and jazz section of the ChGIKh.

At first, the guy was easily given study, he even received an increased scholarship. Still, in wiping his pants in class, he did not see the point, so almost immediately got a job. Anton Belyaev, whose biography is filled with extraordinary actions and decisions, went to work as a musician in one of the clubs in Khabarovsk to the detriment of his studies.

Beginning of the producer's career

In 2004, Anton was appointed art director of the club "Rus". There the musician gathered talented guys into one collective. His part was Pavlov Dmitry (guitar), Bondarenko Maxim (bass), Kozhin Eugene (drums), Drobitsko Constantine (trumpet). At the same time, Anton begins to write music, which will later become the basis for the repertoire of the group created by Therr Maitz. So did his first steps in the field of show business Anton Belyaev.

Moscow was already waiting for a talented musician. In 2006, Belyaev moved to the capital and began collaborating as an arranger with such eminent Russian pop stars as Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Igor Grigoriev, Polina Gagarina, Elka, Nikolai Baskov, Maxim Pokrovsky and others. The arranger's work brought its financial benefits, but the artist always attracted high-quality music, which in Russia belongs to the category of underground. In Moscow, the musician meets the guys invited to the already formed team, and launches a project called Therr Maitz.

In 2011, Anton Belyaev's group began an active concert activity in the clubs of Moscow.

"Vote"

Therr Maitz had their audience, dedicated fans and connoisseurs of their creativity, but all the same, the guys, and in particular their creator and frontman Anton Belyaev, wanted more. In 2013, the music project "Voice-2" was launched. Anton Belyaev decided to go to the casting. For him it was a good opportunity to announce about himself and his team, to acquaint the broad masses with high-quality and deep music.

To participate in the casting Anton prepared a very beautiful song by Chris Isaac "Wicked Game" and was able to sing it so that in the first seconds of his speech all the judges wanted to work with him further. Anton did not expect such a turn of events, what he will have to choose among the mentors. Among the four producers - Dima Bilan, Pelageya, Alexander Gradsky, Leonid Agutin - was the one with whom the musician wanted to work the most. He chose Leonid Agutin. Together with this mentor Anton managed to reach the semi-final of the contest. The audience remembered for a long time how at the New Year's concert of Channel One they presented their number two contestants Golos, Anton Belyaev and Vadim Azarkh. They perfectly sang the song "Blurred lines". This number lit the audience and brought its bright colors into the New Year's performance.

Features of the show "The Voice"

Anton Vadimovich Belyaev admitted to the press that he planned to participate in the first season of "Golos" and even got to the casting. But Belyaev did not go further, because he was afraid that he would lose his uniqueness, that he would be broken and he would look like all other artists of the Russian stage. Worried also that many people who listened to Therr Maitz would be disappointed in their idols.

Before the second season of the project, Anton reviewed all issues in order to analyze the show for honesty and correctness. Making sure that the project is really worthwhile, he still decided to take part in it.

After the performance, the artist told the press about some of the nuances of the show, which are not visible to the viewer from the television screen. According to him, there are no random people on the "Voice", so-called amateur singers-only professional performers who want to tell the world about themselves participate in the project. All participants undergo pre-casting, as a result of which only 140 people are allowed to listen to the judges. All the compositions that are performed on the first air are also not accidental - their participants are helped to choose the mentors and teachers themselves on the vocal. It is also interesting that even before the first performance all the artists get to know each other and communicate with the judges. Belyaev is sure that the viewer generally sees less than fifty percent of everything that happens on the show.

As for the atmosphere inside the project, the artist calls her very benevolent. There are no scandals and clashes that illuminate for the viewer. All this is done for intrigue and for stirring up the interest of the public. In fact, all participants are intelligent people and treat each other very well.

Attitude to the glory

An attractive young man with a charming smile in an elegant suit with a surprisingly beautiful voice - what else does the public need? It's no surprise that Anton Belyaev woke up with the celebrity after the show "Voice". He admits that he was on the project for this, for the sake of his group's fame, but he did not expect such an effect. The artist even upsets the fact that he can not just walk down the street now and calmly get a haircut in the hairdresser's. It is everywhere pursued by fans.

But the main goal of the singer, producer and just a lover of quality music is achieved - the country became interested in his work. In April of this year the second album of the band Therr Maitz was released. And on May 15 their first enchanting solo concert will take place in the nightclub "Arena Moscow". Musicians plan to see more than 3,500,000 people on their performance.

Personal life

In 2012, unfortunately, the fans, Belyaev bound himself by marriage. Yulia Aleksandrovna Markova, who is from Szekesfehervar, one of the most important settlements of the Hungarian People's Republic, became the spouse. Julia graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at MVLomonosov Moscow State University. Lomonosov Moscow State University. She began her career in the publication "Evening Moscow", later worked as a correspondent and TV presenter for the channels "Muz-TV", "First Channel", "DTV", "Russian Music Box". At present, Anton Belyaev and his wife not only live, but also work together. Julia is the director of the group Therr Maitz and concurrently the editor of the channel "Europe-plus TV".