The author of the hit “White Roses” transferred the rights to the song to the wife of Yuri Shatunov

09.08.2022

Composer and founder of the musical group “Tender May” Sergey Kuznetsov transferred the copyright to his songs to the wife of the ex-soloist of the group Yuri Shatunov.

“Yura is not with us now, but there is his wife Svetlana. Firstly, she is an heiress, and secondly, to be safe, I signed a contract with her, according to which I now transfer all my rights to the songs to her. The same contract as I signed with Shatunov,” Kuznetsov shared.

The composer noted that he did not receive a reward for the transaction, but Svetlana Shatunova undertook to help him financially, as Shatunov had previously done.

Kuznetsov also said that all these years he had not received royalties from the “Tender May”. Specialists of the Russian Authors’ Society considered that the composer should have received a reward of 18 million rubles for the songs he created.