Facts about Alexander Gradsky that will surprise you On November 3, 2026, Alexander Gradsky would have reached the age of 77. The artist was born in Kopysk, Chelyabinsk region, and took his surname at the age of 14 in memory of his mother, an actress. Gradsky stood at the origins of Russian rock: in 1965 he created the group "Slavs", in 1973 he wrote the first Russian rock opera "Stadium". He received Billboard's Star of the Year for his score to Konchalowski's A Lover's Affair. He worked on "The Master and Margarita" for almost thirty years. The song "How Young They Were" became his calling card, although it was written by Alexandra Pakhmutova. They met their fourth wife when he saw her from the car window and handed her a business card. But what else does the maestro's biography hide - and what detail of his childhood in Kopysk has never been immortalized, read in AiF.

Facts about Alexander Gradsky that will surprise you On November 3, 2026, Alexander Gradsky would have reached the age of 77. The artist was born in Kopysk, Chelyabinsk region, and took his surname at the age of 14 in memory of his mother, an actress. Gradsky stood at the origins of Russian rock: in 1965 he created the group "Slavs", in 1973 he wrote the first Russian rock opera "Stadium". He received Billboard's Star of the Year for his score to Konchalowski's A Lover's Affair. He worked on "The Master and Margarita" for almost thirty years. The song "How Young They Were" became his calling card, although it was written by Alexandra Pakhmutova. They met their fourth wife when he saw her from the car window and handed her a business card. But what else does the maestro's biography hide - and what detail of his childhood in Kopysk has never been immortalized, read in AiF.