Political orchestra from Mussolini Benito to Putin

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Vladimir Putin behind a grand piano. Archival photo © information agency "RIA Novosti", Nikolsky Aleksey | to Pass into photobank

waiting Xi Jinping in Beijing President of the Russian Federation executed two pieces of music of the 50th years. Some heads of state and government which were active in a musical field, could keep Putin the quite good company.


Putin played

on a grand piano. Expecting the reception beginning at the Chinese president Xi Jinping during holding a forum "One belt, one way", at some instant President of the Russian Federation got up, approached to a grand piano standing in a hall and sang two Russian songs of the 50th years — "The evening song" Solovyeva Vasiliya - Gray-haired and "The Moscow windows" Khrennikov Tikhon. One melody is devoted to Saint Petersburg and one — Moscow, for preservation of some kind of parity. This video which has instantly scattered on everything to , was extended by governmental agency Sputnik, the main instrument of the Kremlin promotion; all looked as if the agency invited in advance the operator that he imprinted this memorable moment in eternity.


Putin already appeared as

at public in an image of the equestrian with a naked torso, the pilot of a hang-glider in pack of migratory birds, the swimmer, the diver, the professional of hand-to-hand fight: President of the Russian Federation managed to show all sides of the versatile nature even if it and was not his first public statement behind a grand piano. In 2010 on one charitable action where apple had no place to fall because of a huge number of celebrities, Putin already sang the American song of the 40th years Blueberry Hill which has been written down, in addition, by Fats Domino and Armstrong Louie. That time it at first executed it on a grand piano, and then sang.

One more performance took place in 2011 at theater. And in 2014 he besides played "The evening song", this time MEPhI. Actually on each its performance we see that he — not too skillful pianist if to leave that fact behind brackets that in Beijing the tool was frankly upset. However at game it uses all fingers of the right hand and sometimes even accompanies left and it means that it nevertheless took any quantity of lessons. Perhaps, in the childhood if to judge on its repertoire.


In a word if to trust some certificates, Putin did not reach heights of the friend Silvio Berlusconi (Silvio Berlusconi). That played Silvio Berlusconi (Andrea Bocelli). In worldwide network, however, it is impossible to find neither video nor audio recordings Silvio Berlusconi - the pianist.

the Excellent pianist, the certificate to that it is easy to find in , is Kondoliza Rays (Condoleeza Rice): in one video it is possible to see how she addresses Queen Elizabeth. She learned to play thanks to the mother who was a musician and loved music so that called the daughter the musical term "Con dolcezza" (gently, pleasantly) which incorrectly wrote down in a passport office.


there is the whole documentary film about musical talents Khit Edward (Edward Heath), the prime minister United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and the party leader of conservatives to Margaret Thatcher. Being the son of the joiner, it could arrive to Cambridge, having got a grant as the organist, in addition, he was the pianist and the conductor in an orchestra. On the Downing street he disposed to install a piano, played in church on the organ, conducted different well-known orchestras and even wrote down some plates.


In the list of politicians-pianists, undoubtedly, allocate Ignatsy Paderevsky (Ignacy Paderewski), the great pianist and the composer who in 1919 began to deal with an issue of independence of Poland on a post of the prime minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

we, certainly, have no documentary signs of musical talents of the chancellor Germany Bismarck and the queen Victoria, however the evidence of playing music of at least two presidents of United States of America — Truman Gary and Nikson Richard remained, thus the last executes work of own composition. Nikson Richard played also a violin and an accordion, however only a few photos here remained.


But there are videos on which it is imprinted Zhiskar Valerie - d'Estaing with an accordion. The same Margaret Thatcher played on a piano, however there are only some photos of the prime minister behind the tool. They say that Emanuel Makron (Emmanuel Macron) also studied game as a piano, without having left, however, while in a network any traces.

still Have a riddle Ruzvelt Franklin Delano - the organist: in this respect exists all steam of certificates. Musical talents were shown, however, by many well-known inhabitants of the White house. From later former presidents for the love to a saxophone Bill Clinton is well-known.

to the First of playing music presidents became Dzhefferson Thomas, the third head of United States of America: he played a violin, a violoncello and clavichord, and also composed music. John Kvinsi Adams played a flute, as well as the well-known virtuoso — the king of Prussia Friedrich II. John Tyler, Linkoln Abraham and Vilson Vudro were violinists. Chester Arthur played characteristic cowboy's instrument — a banjo. Ronald Wilson Reygan, and to him Kalvin John Coolidge owned such elementary musical instrument of cowboys, as a mouth organ. Kharding Warren, holding post of the president from 1921 to 1923 was the most versatile in the musical relation: he created musical groups and claimed that the E flat" owns all tools, "except a trombone and a cornet.

the well-known keyboard player — the head Region of Lombardy and the former Minister of Internal Affairs Maroni Roberto (Roberto Maroni) is available


To Italy, he is also the leader of musical group. Founding fathers of the republic Garibaldi Giuseppe Mazzini and Garibaldi Giuseppe were known for the ability to play the guitar, from more modern guitarists it is possible to call Bettino Cracsi (Bettino Craxi) and Bossi Umberto (Umberto Bossi). Mazzini made even some musical and ethnographic transcriptions, and Bossi Umberto in youth played in a rock group.


Tony Blair (Tony Blair) also tells that in youth was the guitarist in group, and here in the movie Boris Johnson (Boris Johnson) are visible that he at all does not know how to hold a guitar in hand.

the Accordion the Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko perfectly owns, it even showed this ability during the election campaign. The dictator Uganda Idi Dada Amine was an accordion player. Ugo Raphael Chaves Frias played the Venezuelan national guitar — kuatro. The president Bolivia Morales Evo was a trumpeter in group, and this experience, besides game in soccer, provided it a place responsible for culture questions in labor union "kokaleros" with what his career in policy began.


the Passionate violinist was Mussolini Benito, in youth he acted in a tavern of the father. Recently two musicologists found out that one of violins Mussolini Benito belonged earlier to Vivaldi. It is curious that game on a violin two selfless defenders of constitutional laws Pannell Marco (Marco Pannella) and Byondi Alfredo studied in youth (Alfredo Biondi). In the past music for tools of the time kings, from Henry VIIIth to Armstrong Louie wrote even XIII. The queen Margarita was the big lover of a mandoline: in her honor at the end of the XIX century the set of the schools training to game on this tool, and frequent emigrants from Italy opened. Including from here the myth that Italians love a spaghetti also gained distribution and play a mandoline.