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Musical producer, composer and songwriter, double laureate of the Grammy Music Award (Grammy Award), well-known long cooperation with the singer Mariah Carey, for which he wrote songs and produced since 1990. In 1999, he won the "Grammy" as a producer in the nomination "The Best Song Song of the Year for" My Heart Will Go On "Celine Dion (Celine Dion), and in 2000 he became the owner of the second Grammy in the category" Neklussical Music ".

Afanasyeff wrote and produced music for many famous performers, including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie (Lionel Richie), Group "Destiny" s Child ", Kenny Gi (Michael Bolton), Australian Darren Hase (Darren Hayes) from "Savage Garden", Andrea Bocelle (Andrea Bocle), Barbra Streisand (Barbra Streisand), Christina Aguilera (Christina Aguilera), Ricky Martin (Marc Anthony), Josh Groban (Josh Groban ) And Tina Arena (Tina Arena). It is curious that in his school yearbook Walter wrote that his goal would be "writing and playing better than Keith Emerson (Keith Emerson)" from "Emerson, Lake & Palmer".

Vladimir Nikitich Afanasieff (Vladimir Nikitich Afanasieff), Son Nikita (Nikita) and Tatiana (Tatiana), appeared on February 10, 1958 in São Paulo, Brazil (São Paulo, Brazil). His father is from the Soviet Leningrad (Leningrad), and the mother was born in Chinese Harbin (Harbin), where many white-emigrant settled in the 20s. They met Brazil in the early 50s. Walter began his career as a jazz musician in 1980, playing by keyboards with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. He then gathered the group "The Warriors" together with Gitarist Joaquin Lievano and the Narada Michael Walden Drummer (Narada Michael Walden), part-time - composer and one of the leading musical producers of the 80s, and this experience turned out to be very useful for activities Athanasief itself as a producer.

Walden hired Afhanasifefe as a producer and arranger, and also used his keyboard player talent in a wide range of projects, including when recording the debut album Whitney Houston, which was released in 1985 and became the most-selling singer album to this day. In the same period, Walter and Walden began to write pop songs together. Together with his mentor, Afanasyeff wrote a soundtrack for the film about James Bond (James Bond) "license

gladys Knight (Gladys Knight).

One of the biggest hits of Afanasifeife as a producer became the World Hit "My Heart Will GO ON" performed by Celine Dion, the main theme of the Grand Film of 1997 "Titanic" (Titanic). This composition has become the world's best-selling single in 1998. Afanasyeff was a producer and arranger of many other successful soundtracks for movies, including Disney And The Beast, 1991), where the main song was again performed by Celine Dion in Dua with Poebruson (Peabo Bryson); Aladdin (Aladdin, 1992) with the song "A WHOLE NEW WORLD" and "HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, 1996) with the song "Some Day". Afanasief also acted as a producer and an arguer for "Go The Distance", nominated for the Oscar of Michael Bolton from Michael Bolton (Hercules). Walter himself participated in most records of his releases, mainly on the keyboard or synthesizer.

Afanasyfeff for a long time worked on songs for Mariah Carey and played an important role in creating many of the most successful Carey songs, including "Hero", which he wrote in collaboration, produced and with the record of which all musical tracks played. "Hero" came out as a second single from the album "Music Box", took the 1st place in the hot hundred "billboard" on December 25, 1993 and held his position for four weeks. "Hero" became the corporate song of Mariah, who often closes her concerts. Carey and Afanasyeff also wrote together "One Sweet Day", Carey Duet and "Boyz II Men", which broke all records on staying on the first line of the hit parade "Billboard Hot 100" - 16 weeks. In 1996, the song was nominated for "Grammy" as the "Best Song Song" and for the "Best Joint Vocal Pop Performance", and received a prize as the "best song of the year" from ASCAP, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)

Walter Afanasyev (real name - Vladimir Nikitich Afanasyev) was born on February 10, 1958 in São Paulo in the Nikita family and Tatyana Afanasyev. His father arrived in Brazil from St. Petersburg, where he met at the beginning of the 50s his wife - Tatiana, rendering in South America after moving from Harban. When Walter was 5 years old, the family moved to San Francisco, USA. The boy since childhood was engaged in music and early decided on a future profession.

Career.

At the end of the school, Afanasyev entered the conservatory of the city of San Mateo (California), and then went to Europe to master classical music. In 1980, Walter began a musician career in Jazz, playing with violinist Jean-Luc Ponti. Later Afanasyev participated in the group of The Warriors with Gitarist Joaquin Lieseno and a successful producer and the author of the texts by Narada Michael Valden. The latter eventually hired Walter as a keyboard player and an arguer. Afanasyev learned a lot from more experienced Valden. They worked on the debut album Whitney Houston in 1985, which became a Best Seller (11 million discs sold). Later Afanasyev began writing texts, continuing to play on the synthesizer. In particular, together with Vallan, a soundtrack for the film Bondiana was created - "Murder License" (1989) - Spit Gladys Knight. In 1990, Sony Music invited a noticeable figure in the American Walter Afanasyev show business to the position of the general producer. His successes were noticed in Hollywood, where he was involved in the creation of soundtracks to such well-known films as "beauty and monster", "Aladdin" (1992), "bodyguard" (1992), "Hercules only" (1994) "," Game "(1997)," Other sister "(1999)," Mrs. Maind "(2002). One of the largest producer success of Walter was the song "My Heart Will Go On" for the film Titanic 1997 with DiCaprio and Winslet, Sweat Celine Dion.

He worked a lot with Mariah Carrie as a co-author of songs, producer and musician. Track Carrie "Hero" from the Music Box album took first place in the HOT 100 chart of the Billboard magazine on December 25, 1993 and stayed there for 4 weeks, becoming a business card of the singer. Then Carrie and Afanasyev created the song "One Sweet Day", which was a record 16 weeks on 1 place in Charter and nominated on Grammy in 1996 for several nominations.

In 1999 Walter as a producer received Grammy in the nomination "Best recording of the year" for "My Heart Will Go On" S. Dion. In 2000, he again received this prestigious award in the category "Producer of the Year" (Neklussical Music). In an interview with Afanasyev, said: "Well, get the producer of the year makes me think that now my dream will be good, as people patted me back and said that I did really good work this year." Among other things, Afanasyev worked at different times with Michael Jackson, Lyonel Richie, Destinis Child, Kenny Ji, Andrea Bocelle, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony and Laro Fabian, among others.

Personal life.

Afanasyeff wrote and produced music for many famous performers, including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie (Lionel Richie), Group "Destiny" s Child ", Kenny Gi (Michael Bolton), Australian Darren Hase (Darren Hayes) from "Savage Garden", Andrea Bocelle (Andrea Bocle), Barbra Streisand (Barbra Streisand), Christina Aguilera (Christina Aguilera), Ricky Martin (Marc Anthony), Josh Groban (Josh Groban ) And Tina Arena (Tina Arena). It is curious that in his school yearbook Walter wrote that his goal would be "writing and playing better than Keith Emerson (Keith Emerson)" from "Emerson, Lake & Palmer".

Vladimir Nikitich Afanasieff (Vladimir Nikitich Afanasieff), Son Nikita (Nikita) and Tatiana (Tatiana), appeared on February 10, 1958 in São Paulo, Brazil (São Paulo, Brazil). His father is from the Soviet Leningrad (Leningrad), and the mother was born in Chinese Harbin (Harbin), where many white-emigrant settled in the 20s. They met Brazil in the early 50s. Walter began his career as a jazz musician in 1980, playing by keyboards with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. He then gathered the group "The Warriors" together with Gitarist Joaquin Lievano and the Narada Michael Walden Drummer (Narada Michael Walden), part-time - composer and one of the leading musical producers of the 80s, and this experience turned out to be very useful for activities Athanasief itself as a producer.

Walden hired Afhanasifefe as a producer and arranger, and also used his keyboard player talent in a wide range of projects, including when recording the debut album Whitney Houston, which was released in 1985 and became the most-selling singer album to this day. In the same period, Walter and Walden began to write pop songs together. Together with his mentor, Afanasief wrote a soundtrack for the film about James Bond (James Bond) "Lice to Kill), who performed Gladys Knight (Gladys Knight).

One of the biggest hits of Afanasifeife as a producer became the World Hit "My Heart Will GO ON" performed by Celine Dion, the main theme of the Grand Film of 1997 "Titanic" (Titanic). This composition has become the world's best-selling single in 1998. Afanasyeff was a producer and arranger of many other successful soundtracks for movies, including Disney And The Beast, 1991), where the main song was again performed by Celine Dion in Dua with Poebruson (Peabo Bryson); Aladdin (Aladdin, 1992) with the song "A WHOLE NEW WORLD" and "HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, 1996) with the song "Some Day". Afanasief also acted as a producer and an arguer for "Go The Distance", nominated for the Oscar of Michael Bolton from Michael Bolton (Hercules). Walter himself participated in most records of his releases, mainly on the keyboard or synthesizer.

Afanasyfeff for a long time worked on songs for Mariah Carey and played an important role in creating many of the most successful Carey songs, including "Hero", which he wrote in collaboration, produced and with the record of which all musical tracks played. "Hero" came out as a second single from the album "Music Box", took the 1st place in the hot hundred "billboard" on December 25, 1993 and held his position for four weeks. "Hero" became the corporate song of Mariah, who often closes her concerts. Carey and Afanasyeff also wrote together "One Sweet Day", Carey Duet and "Boyz II Men", which broke all records on staying on the first line of the hit parade "Billboard Hot 100" - 16 weeks. In 1996, the song was nominated for "Grammy" as the "Best Song Song" and for the "Best Joint Vocal Pop Performance", and received a prize as the "best song of the year" from ASCAP, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers).

Producer and composer revealed the secrets of his work with Mariah Carey and Celine Dion, and I also remembered the novel with Larry Fabian and the reasons why Philip Kirkorov with Nikolai Baskov did not become stars in the US

The producer and composer revealed the secrets of his work with Mariah Carey and Celine Dion, and I also remembered the Roman with Larry Fabian and the reasons why Philip Kirkorov with Nikolai Baskov did not become stars in the United States.

Holder "Grammy" Walter Afanasyev is increasingly appearing on Russian TV. Two years ago, he flew to Moscow on the shooting of the Two Star Show, where accompanied Duet Gleb Matvechuk - Olga Korutukhin. Now he mentor the project "Home Scene".

- Walter, can I call you Vladimir Nikitich?
- Sure! This is my name on the passport (smiles like Cheshire cat).

- Then let's start: Vladimir Nikitich, how did you get from Los Angeles in a snow-covered Moscow to the project "Home Scene"?
- As soon as the vocal shows appeared, I immediately began to dream of participating in them as a judge. And not in the USA, but in Russia! And when we met with Viktor Droshend in Spain last year and spoke about it, I grabbed him for the sleeve: "Please! I really want to!" After a while I was invited. I was happy. After all, I know Russian culture, Russian soul.