Born in 1957.
In 1976 he graduated from the Gnesin State Music College (bayan class of V. F. Nazarov and Al. T. Gatsenko), and in 1981 from the correspondence department of the Gnesin State Music and Pedagogical Institute (now the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, bayan class of M. I. Imkhanitsky).
From 1980 to 1982 he worked as an instrumentalist with the Moscow Musical Ensembles Association, and from 1982 to 1986 as an instrumentalist in the Rossiya Dance Ensemble (Rosconcert). Since 1986 he has been Music Director of the ensemble «Rossiyane» (later «Kupina», Artistic Director L. Ya. Zhuk). From 1988 he has also served as repetiteur in the Solo Folk‑Singing Department of the Gnesin Academy, from 1993 as teacher of garmoshka at the A. G. Schnittke Moscow State Music College, and since 1995 as a folk‑instruments teacher at the A. G. Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music.
In 2016 he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor.
He serves as chair and jury member at many competitions and festivals, including:
- the 1st All‑Russian Music Competition (St Petersburg, gusli, 2013);
- the All‑Russian and International Children’s and Youth Creativity Competition «Roza vetrov»;
- the All‑Russian and International Children’s and Youth Creativity Competition «Slavsya, Otechestvo!»;
- the 6th International Competition for Performers on Folk Instruments and Folk‑Song Performers (Smolensk, 2014);
- the International Instrumental Performance Competition «Zelenogradskaya syuita detstva» (Zelenograd, 2015–2017);
- the 7th All‑Russian Festival‑Competition «Simvoly natsional’noy kultury» (Moscow, 2020), among others.
He takes part in academic‑practical conferences in Moscow and across Russia, including:
- the International Academic‑Practical Conference «Gusli: istoriya i perspektivy izucheniya» (St Petersburg, 2010);
- «Problemy i perspektivy razvitiya narodno‑pevcheskogo ispolnitel’stva i obrazovaniya v Rossii» (Moscow, 2008–2017);
- «Sokhraneniye natsional’nykh traditsiy v narodno‑instrumental’nom iskusstve: problemy i perspektivy» (Moscow, 2017).
His compositions are included in the teaching‑methodology manuals for ringing gusli «Iskusstvo igry na guslyakh» (1998) and «Iskusstvo igry na mnogostrunnykh bezgrifnykh shchipkovykh instrumentakh» (2007). He is the author of concert pieces and arrangements of Russian folk songs and dances for bayan, garmoshka, gusli, as well as instrumentations and arrangements for various folk‑instrument ensembles, many of which have been published. He is a laureate of international competitions and festivals and a diploma winner at all‑Russian competitions.
Published collections include:
- V. I. Malyarov, «Pyat’ russkikh narodnykh pesen» for voice and Russian folk‑instrument ensemble, full score (2002);
- V. I. Malyarov, «Kraski mira», album for ringing gusli (2008);
- V. I. Malyarov, «Illyuzii», collection of pieces for ringing gusli (2016);
- V. I. Malyarov, «Detskiye syuity», collection of pieces for ringing gusli and piano (2016);
- co‑author of the textbook «Iskusstvo igry na okarine» (Malyarov V. I., Kozyrev G. F., Butushin S. I., Uskov A. S., 2016).
Selected publications:
- Malyarov V. I., Kozyrev G. F., Butushin S. I., Uskov A. S., «Iskusstvo igry na okarine», teaching‑methodology manual, Moscow, Sovremennaya muzyka, 2016, 136 pp., ISBN 978‑5‑93138‑188‑6;
- Malyarov V. I., «Detskiye syuity», collection of pieces for ringing gusli and piano, Moscow, Sovremennaya muzyka, 2016, 63 pp., ISBN 978‑5‑93138‑193‑0;
- Malyarov V. I., «Illyuzii», collection of pieces for ringing gusli, Moscow, Sovremennaya muzyka, 2016, 40 pp., ISBN 978‑5‑93138‑194‑7;
- Malyarov V. I., «Gusli v tvorchestve sovremennykh kompozitorov», in Problemy narodnogo ispolnitel’skogo iskusstva i obrazovaniya, Moscow, Izdatel’stvo «Soglasie», 2016, 90 pp.;
- Malyarov V. I., «Sovremennyye tendentsii primeneniya okariny v narodno‑pesennom ispolnitel’stve», in Problemy i perspektivy razvitiya narodno‑pevcheskogo ispolnitel’stva i obrazovaniya v Rossii, Moscow, Probel‑2000, 2017, pp. 142–149;
- Malyarov V. I., «V monastyre», «Po motivam russkikh skazok» for solo ringing gusli and piano, in Syuity dlya gusley zvonchatykh i fortepiano, Moscow, Sovremennaya muzyka, 2018, 38 pp., ISBN 978‑5‑93138‑285‑2;
- Malyarov V. I., «Muzykal’naya estafeta», pieces and arrangements for ringing gusli and piano for children’s music schools, Moscow, Sovremennaya muzyka, 2018, 106 pp., ISBN 978‑5‑93138‑286‑9;
- Malyarov V. I., introductory article «Aleksey Muravlyov» in the edition Aleksey Muravlyov, «Dve kontsertnyye piesy dlya gusley zvonchatykh i fortepiano», Moscow, Kompozitor, 2010;
- Malyarov V. I., «Osobennosti ispol’zovaniya narodnykh instrumentov v narodno‑pesennom ispolnitel’stve», in Narodno‑pevcheskoye obrazovaniye v Rossii, Moscow, Gosudarstvenny respublikansky tsentr russkogo fol’klora, 2009, pp. 216–223, ISBN 978‑5‑86132‑064‑1;
- Malyarov V. I., «Koloristicheskiye osobennosti primeneniya narodnykh instrumentov v narodno‑pesennom ispolnitel’stve», in Problemy narodno‑pevcheskogo ispolnitel’stva i obrazovaniya, Moscow, MGIM imeni A. G. Shnitke, 2012, pp. 85–92;
- Malyarov V. I., Bazikov A. S., Uskov A. S., «Gusli», booklet of the 14th International Festival «Sozvezdiye masterov», Moscow, 2020;
- participation as composer in the Pedagogical Repertoire Anthology for Ringing Gusli (junior and middle classes of children’s music and arts schools), where his pieces include «Kotik i kozlik», «Zimnim vecherom», «Veselaya», «Pesnya», «Veselyy volchok», «Malen’kiy duet», «Starinnyye chasy», «Pro starinu» and studies nos. 25, 26, 36, 41, and 45.
