Anton Belyaev

Anton Vadimovich Belyaev (born September 18, 1979, in Magadan) is a Russian musician, leader and front-man of music band Therr Maitz. He is also a sound producer, composer, and was a semifinalist of the Russian version of The Voice TV show.

Anton Belyaev
Background information
Born (1979-09-18) September 18, 1979
Magadan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Genreselectro, chillout, house, indie
Occupation(s)composer, singer, arranger, sound producer

Personal Life

In 2012 Anton Belyaev was married to Yulia Aleksandrovna Belyaeva. On 22 May 2017 Belyaev and Yulia gave birth to a son Semyon.[1]

Art

In 1984, 5-year-old Anton entered Music school №1 in Magadan, Russia. He wanted to study drums but was too young, so decided on piano classes. He used to get sick very often, but always participated in music contests and was awarded several times.[2]

When Anton was 13, he met Evgeny Chernonog and started to study at his jazz studio. At age 14 he played jazz compositions with famous jazz musicians in Magadan. At age 16 Anton played in youth jazz orchestra and recorded famous jazz standards with Evgeny Chernonog on two pianos.[3]

When Anton was 17, his mother insisted on moving to Khabarovsk, Russia, where he entered Khabarovsk State Institute of Art and Culture (pop-jazz department). In October, 1998 Anton Belyaev started to work as a musician in various Khabarovsk clubs. In 2004 Anton became the art-director of the club “Rus”, where he invited musicians Dmitry Pavlov (guitar), Maksim Bondarenko (bass), Konstantin Drobyt’ko (trumpet), and Evgeny Kozhin (drums). Presence of technical equipment at the club allowed Anton to start creating music, which formed the basis of Therr Maitz.[4]

In 2006, Anton moved to Moscow. There, he worked as an arranger for four years. During this time, he worked with Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Igor Grigoriev, Maksim Pokrovsky, Polina Gagarina.[5][6]

In 2013, Anton participated in the second season of the Russian “The Voice”. He was chosen by all four mentors of the show. Anton chose Leonid Agutin, a famous Russian singer, who decided to expel the participant after the second tour. However, Anton was saved by Russian ethnic singer Pelageya. Anton Belyaev left the show after the semifinal.[7]

In autumn of 2014 Anton Belyaev supported the project of Russian Greenpeace “Million for separate collection” and made an exclusive present to those who speak about waste recycling. The present was the song Stop.Quiet.[8][9]

In 2015 Anton participated in TV show “Main stage” (“Glavnaya Scena”) on Channel Rossiya-1 as a sound producer in team of Igor Matvienko. He was also a member of jury at qualifying castings.[10]

On January 7, 2015, the film “Voices of a big country” (“Golosa bolshoi strany”) saw the light. Anton Belyaev was a sound producer and composer of the movie.[11]

At the end of 2016 Anton Belyaev created music for immersive play “The Returning” (“Vernuvshiesya”), which saw the light on December 1, 2016, in Moscow. The play was a result of collaboration of directors Viktor Karina and Mia Zanette from New York theatre company Journey Lab and Russian producers Vyacheslav Dusmuhametov and Miguel (choreographer and mentor of TV Show “Dances” (“Tancy”) on TNT Channel).[12]

On February 14, 2018, Russian film “The Ice” premiered. Anton Belyaev was a composer of the film in collaboration with Dmitriy Selipanov. Later the premiere took place in Germany, China and South Korea. For this work Anton and Dmitriy received an award “Golden Eagle Award”.[13]

Advertising campaigns

In 2019 Anton Belyaev participated in the advertising campaign of UNIQLO, dedicated to a new collection and the launch of an online shop in Russia.[14]

Awards

Anton Belyaev was nominated for GQ award “Man of the year – 2015” in category “Musician of the year”.[15] In 2016 Anton was included in GQ’s list “50 most stylish men”. And he also became “The most stylish man” according to the award of Fashion TV channel - «Fashion Summer Awards 2016».[16] Anton and Yulia were included in GQ’s list “25 most stylish couples 2017”. In 2018 Anton again was included in GQ’s list “100 most stylish men”.

In 2019 Anton Belyaev and composer Dmitriy Selipanov got the award “The Golden Eagle” for the best music for the film “The Ice”.[17]

References

  1. Елена Редреева. Антон Беляев: "Я не жду момента, когда сын подрастет и мне станет с ним весело" // Hellomagazine.com
  2. Денис Бояринов. Как Антон Беляев стал звездой // GQ
  3. Черноног Евгений Евгеньевич // info-jazz.ru
  4. Денис Бояринов. Антон Беляев: «Я за работу, а не за ожидание» // RBK
  5. Харо, Елена. (18 October 2015). "Антон Беляев: Четыре года я работал на износ в студии у "Шоссе Энтузиастов"". Восточный округ. Vol. 38, no. 127. p. 14. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015.
  6. Что делал Беляев, пока ты о нем не слышал? // MTV Russia
  7. Анна Михайлова. "Я патриот в извращенной форме": Антон Беляев о Магадане и мании величия // RIA Novosti
  8. Екатерина Ворончихина. Антон Беляев и его группа Therr Maitz призывают россиян утилизировать мусор с умом // Hello!
  9. Therr Maitz дарит песню всем сторонникам раздельного сбора отходов! // Greenpeace
  10. "Антон Беляев: "Нравится—не нравится" здесь не прокатит — Главная сцена". Главная сцена. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  11. "Антон Беляев". www.kinopoisk.ru. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  12. «Вернувшиеся»
  13. "Лауреаты премии «Золотой Орел» за 2018 год". www.kinoacademy.ru. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  14. "Полина Гагарина и Светлана Ходченкова примерили образы из новой коллекции Uniqlo". BURO. (in Russian). Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  15. "Все номинанты премии «GQ Человек года 2015»". www.gq.ru. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  16. "50 самых стильных мужчин России в 2016 году". www.gq.ru. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  17. "Лауреаты премии «Золотой Орел» за 2018 год". www.kinoacademy.ru. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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