Beno (BÃÂno) Axionov (; ; ; ; born 2 April 1946) is a Russian-Moldovan actor, director, drama teacher, screenwriter. Meritorious Artist of Moldova (1991). Laureate of national and international theater festivals.10.
Axionov was born in Minsk, to father Max Fishman and mother Lydia Axionova. At age 5 he moved to Kishinyov, now ChiÃÂinÃÂu, the capital of Moldova. He attended schools No. 3, 5, 41, 4. He began taking part in sports at the age of 14, was by track coach Evgeniy Zybchenko, who recommended he tries hurdling. He became the 1963 - 1966 national champion in the 200-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.
Since 1965 Axionov studied at the and the Leningrad University of Theater, Music and Cinematography with , then continued his studies in Moscow at the Maria Knebel's Laboratory of Directing, in higher director's courses and an internship at the Mossovet Theater with in Moscow.
From 1969 to 1973 he worked as an actor and director assistant in Tiraspol. From 1973 to 2006 he has worked as an actor and director in the Russian State Drama Theater "A.P. Chekhov" in Kishinyov. From 1969, he director at various theatres, including the in the Republican Theater LuceafÃÂrul, in the Moldovan State Philharmonic, on National TV, in the theater "Actors House", in the Organ Hall, in the theater of the State University of Chisinau, in the People's Theater, in a tiny Theater near Deribasovskaya (Odessa). Many of his productions were the first in Moldova. From 1969 to 2006 simultaneously with working in the theater Axionov appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in Moldova and was involved in several TV projects about culture, theater, and literature as an actor, and interviewer. He had great success with his show where he was the presenter of the children's TV program "Ugodayka" (Guessing game), in the role of a cheerful, cunning, funny and all-knowing clown "Ugodayka". Axionov has made appearances on a variety of television shows as the host of actual satirical television programs "Arichul" (Hedgehog) and "Arichul's Shop". From 1976 to 2000 he was a regular figure of the TV program "Theater of Miniatures", as an actor and director. Many years directors actively filmed him in commercials. From 1971 to 1985 he was a drama teacher at the Moldovan State Institute of Arts.
His works gained critical and viewers acclaim, however since 1992 Axionov became increasingly uncomfortable with the adoption and adaptation of his ideas and practices, from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic. One after another, unprofessional managers began to be appointed to the Russian State Drama Theater "A.P. Chekhov", who tried to privatize the theatre building, which Axionov was against. They began to forbid him to stage performances, threaten, and as a result, "unknown people" severely beat him. So, at what seemed to be the height of his public profile, he left Moldova and since 2007 he lives in Karlsruhe, Germany.
He has been working as an independent director and theater teacher, he has taught and conducted master classes, and given lectures on the history and culture of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. From 2007, he director at various theatres, including in the Badischen Staatstheater Karlsruhe, in the "Uni-Theater" Karlsruhe, in the art association "KABAX", in the "Kellertheater" Germersheim, in the student theater Karlsruhe, in the Theater Group Mannheim, in the Evangelical theater fraternity, in the "Film Studio Germersheim", in the Centrum "De Strandjutter" Blankenberge. Axionov has written plays and staged them as director in Moldova and Germany.
From an article in the book ëBÃÂno Axionov Theaterû by Vitaliõ Rusu, people's artist of Moldova, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Moldova <blockquote> ë...As far as I can remember, BÃÂno Axionov has always been uncomfortable... At the same time, in some inscrutable way, he manages to charm: with his performing color, openness, attractiveness, his human and bright creative individuality. Eternal rebel leader. The performances staged by him captivate with temperamental acting, the richness of the director's imagination and the unexpectedness of the techniques...û</blockquote>
He has more than 200 stage roles. Among his works: Alexander Ostrovsky ëIt's a Family Affair-We'll Settle It Ourselvesû - (Rispolozhensky's role), Anton Chekhov ëThe Witchû - (Gykin's role), Eugène Marin Labiche ëThe Italian Straw Hatû - (Fadinard's role), Molière ëThe Imaginary Cuckoldû - (Sganarelle's role), Anton Chekhov ëA Marriage Proposalû - (Lomov's role), Romanian folklore ëFÃÂt-Frumosû - (the title role), Richard Brinsley Sheridan ëThe Duennaû - (Isaac Mendoza's role), Alexander Ostrovsky ëJokersû - (Obroshenov's role), William Saroyan ëHello Out There!û - (ëA Young Man's roleû), Charles Perrault ëPuss in Bootsû - (the title role), Friedrich Schiller ëMary Stuartû - (Mortimer's role), Molière ëForced Marriageû - (Sganarelle's role), Evgeny Schwartz ëTwo maplesû - (Baba Yaga's role), Aldo Nicolaj ëCelestino Viola's careerû - (the title role), Charine and Giovanni, musical ëA Married Idyllû - (Zanni's role, Mother's role, Taxi Driver's role, Conductor's role, Family Friend's role, Doctor's role, Policeman's role, Sea Captain's role, Dancer's role), Tudor MuÃÂatescu ëTitanic Waltzû - (Spirache NecÃÂulescu's role), Anton Chekhov ëThe Seagullû (Medvedenko's role), Molière ëThe School for Wivesû - (Molière's role and Alain's role), Grigori Gorin ëMemorial prayerû â based on the works of Sholom Aleichem - (Menahem-Mendl's role), Albert Camus ëCaligulaû - (Cherea's role), Alexander Ostrovsky ëBankruptû - (Rispolozhensky's role).
From an article in the book ëBÃÂno Axionov Theaterû by Vitalie ÃÂapeÃÂ, professor, doctor of Philosophy, people's artist of Moldova:<blockquote> "BÃÂno Axionov has undoubtedly become one of the brightest and biggest stars of our theatre... By his disposition, way of existence and self-expression he is both a skomorokh and a comedian, a clown and a tragedian. He is always different, complicated, sometimes uncomfortable and unpredictable, but always bright and very kind... He created a lot of wonderful characters: comic, tragicomic and tragic..."</blockquote>
He has staged over than 60 performances: ëKing Matt the Firstû by Janusz Korczak, ëLuise Millerû by Friedrich Schiller, ëLadies and Gentlemenû stories by Anton Chekhov, ëPages from Egmontû by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Ludwig van Beethoven, ëThe Imaginary Cuckoldû by Molière, ëHello Out There!û by William Saroyan, ëThe Robbersû by Friedrich Schiller, ëForced Marriageû by Molière, ëThe Human Voiceû by Jean Cocteau, ëBook of Songsû by Heinrich Heine, ëJust a heart...û by Marina Tsvetaeva, musical ëThe Mystery of Mother Elderberryû by Hans Christian Andersen, ëLife and Songsû by Rainer Maria Rilke, ëPuss in Bootsû by Charles Perrault. ëNothing in me will forget about thisû by Itzhak Katzenelson, Elie Wiesel, Hannah Szenes, ëStop the Plane - I'll Get Offû by Efraim Sevela, ëThe Suicideû by Nikolai Erdman, ëLove and hatredû by Victor Hugo, ëYou can't command your heart Die Mitschuldigenû by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ëThe Tale of Tsar Saltanû by Alexander Pushkin, ëDiary of a Madmanû by Nikolai Gogol, ëTrouble from a tender heartû by Vladimir Sollogub, ëAnother Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bedû by Fyodor Dostoevsky<
From an article in the book ëBÃÂno Axionov Theaterû by , professor, people's artist of the USSR <blockquote> BÃÂno Axionov is certainly the greatest representative of Russian dramatic art in our country... The performances, he directed, captivate, charm and make the spectators delve into and see the performance from the inside, feel the significant phenomena of modern life. They agitate both thoughts and feelings, at the same time leaving wonderful sensations of touching the beautiful</blockquote>
Beno Axionov participated as an actor in 20 movies:
Axionov's first wife was actress, director and teacher Liudmila Hachi. They had a son, Vladislav Aksenov (born July 12, 1976), who is a Doctor of Historical Sciences (2021), a leading researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and an associate professor who has taught at several Moscow universities (MIREA â Russian Technological University, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation). His second wife teacher, Doctor habilitatus in Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy, Principal Research Scientist. (Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law. Department of Sociology. Academy of Sciences of Republic of Moldova) Svetlana Dmitrenco.
Beno Axionov's younger brother is pianist and teacher Artur Aksenov (b.1956).