Anton Belyaev

Anton Vadimovich Belyaev (born September 18, 1979 in Magadan) is a Russian musician, leader and frontman of music band Therr Maitz, sound producer, composer, semifinalist of Russian version of “The Voice” TV show.

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

Family

His mother is Alfina Sergeevna Belyaeva, born on January 30, 1949 in Kazakhstan. His father is Vadim Borisovich Belyaev, born on December 4, 1946 in Saratov (Russia). In 1962 Anton’s parents moved from Kazakhstan to Magadan (Russia).[1]

Alfina Belyaeva graduated from Geological Technical School and Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of mathematics. She worked in a geological organization as a programmer, and later as an IT teacher. Vadim Belyaev worked as an electronics engineer at a computer center.

In 1968 they married. On November 21, 1968 they gave birth to an elder daughter, Lilia. She graduated from Khabarovsk Institute of Culture as a technical literature librarian (bibliographer).[2]

In 2012 Anton Belyaev married. His wife’s name is Yulia Aleksandrovna Belyaeva, born in Szekesfehervar, Hungarian People’s Republic, in a military family. Yulia graduated from Journalism Department of Moscow State University. She started the career at newspaper “Evening Moscow”, later she worked as a TV hostess and correspondent of Russian channels: Channel One Russia, MTV, Muz-TV, Russian Music Box, DTV, conducted videos for Mainpeople.ru. Currently Yulia is a director of Therr Maitz[3]

On 22 May 2017 Anton Belyaev and Yulia Belyaeva gave birth to a son Semyon.[4]

Art

Anton’s musician skills became obvious very early. He used kitchenware as drums. In 1984 5-year-old Anton entered Music school №1 in Magadan, Russia. He wanted to study drums but was too small for that. So, he went to piano class. He got sick very often, but always participated in music contests and was awarded several times.[5]

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; recorded famous jazz standards with Evgeny Chernonog on two pianos.[6]

Anton went to School №17 (English gymnasium) and was expelled at 9th grade. He finished the 9th grade at School №29, after that entered Magadan School of Music (piano department). He studied there not for a long time, was expelled because of passion for jazz. In 1997 Anton finished Gymnasium №30 in Magadan, being loved by teachers for his soulful piano playing.

When Anton was 17, his mother insisted on move 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 clubs of Khabarovsk. In 2004 Anton became art-director of the club “Rus”, where he invited musicians Dmitry Pavlov (guitar), Maksim Bondarenko (bass), Konstantin Drobyt’ko (trumpet), Evgeny Kozhin (drums). Presence of technical equipment at the club allowed Anton to start creating music, which formed the basis of Therr Maitz.[7]

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.[8][9]

In 2011 Anton Belyaev resumed regular concert activities of Therr Maitz. That year is perceived as the second birth of the band.

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, 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.[10]

On December 9, 2013 he was a host of the hit parade “The Red Star” on Channel One Russia with Vera Brezhneva.

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 for waste recycling. The present was the song Stop.Quiet.[11][12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

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).[15]

On May 22, 2017 Anton Belyaev and his wife Yulia became parents – they gave birth to a son Semyon. Anton dedicated a lullaby “Undercover” to this event. During the process of music production Anton decided that this single can help the orphans. So, the idea of a charity release came up. This release was done in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment and fund “Bureau of Kind Actions” (“Bureau Dobryh Del”). All royalties collected from sales and streaming of the track are donated to orphanages.

In 2017 Anton took part in dubbing of the game Destiny 2 (Russian version). Character captain Jakobson got Anton’s voice.

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”.[16]

On September 22, 2018 Anton became a member of The Recording Academy – an American learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is famous for its Grammy Awards.

On November 17, 2018 Anton Belyaev performed as a speaker at educational forum for musicians Waveforum. His topic was formation of artist’s personal brand.

Advertising campaigns

In 2019 Anton Belyaev participated in the advertising campaign of UNIQLO, dedicated to a new collection and launch of online-shop in Russia.[17]

Awards

Anton Belyaev was nominated for GQ award “Man of the year – 2015” in category “Musician of the year”.[18] 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».[19] 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 2017 Anton Belyaev was chosen as “The man of the year” according to the magazine LF City (LF City Awards 2017).

In 2019 Anton Belyaev and composer Dmitriy Selipanov got the award “The Golden Eagle” for the best music for the film “The Ice”.[20]

References
  1. Антон Беляев // Собака.ru
  2. Сергей Яковлев. Антон Беляев: «Так вообще не бывает, чтобы я был доволен» // Esquire
  3. Антон Беляев: Я боялся, что «Голос» сделает из меня чудо-йогурт в красивой упаковке // Сноб
  4. Елена Редреева. Антон Беляев: "Я не жду момента, когда сын подрастет и мне станет с ним весело" // Hellomagazine.com
  5. Денис Бояринов. Как Антон Беляев стал звездой // GQ
  6. Черноног Евгений Евгеньевич // info-jazz.ru
  7. Денис Бояринов. Антон Беляев: «Я за работу, а не за ожидание» // RBK
  8. Харо, Елена. (October 18, 2015). "Антон Беляев: Четыре года я работал на износ в студии у "Шоссе Энтузиастов"". Восточный округ. 38 (127). p. 14.
  9. Что делал Беляев, пока ты о нем не слышал? // MTV Russia
  10. Анна Михайлова. "Я патриот в извращенной форме": Антон Беляев о Магадане и мании величия // RIA Novosti
  11. Екатерина Ворончихина. Антон Беляев и его группа Therr Maitz призывают россиян утилизировать мусор с умом // Hello!
  12. Therr Maitz дарит песню всем сторонникам раздельного сбора отходов! // Greenpeace
  13. "Антон Беляев: "Нравится—не нравится" здесь не прокатит — Главная сцена". Главная сцена. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  14. "Антон Беляев". www.kinopoisk.ru. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  15. «Вернувшиеся»
  16. "Лауреаты премии «Золотой Орел» за 2018 год". www.kinoacademy.ru. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  17. "Полина Гагарина и Светлана Ходченкова примерили образы из новой коллекции Uniqlo". BURO. (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  18. "Все номинанты премии «GQ Человек года 2015»". www.gq.ru. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  19. "50 самых стильных мужчин России в 2016 году". www.gq.ru. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  20. "Лауреаты премии «Золотой Орел» за 2018 год". www.kinoacademy.ru. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
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