Alexander Kogan: Biography and Creativity

Today we will tell you who Alexander Kogan is. His biography will be examined in detail later. It's about the Russian artist, composer, movie actor. Awarded with "Song of the Year" and "Golden Gramophone" prizes.

Biography

Alexander Kogan was born in 1980, on April 15, in Dushanbe. At the age of six he moved to Moscow with his family. In 1990 Valery Kogan, the father of our hero, is sent to work in New York to the UN headquarters. The family leaves for the USA.

Education

Alexander Kogan was educated in America. In 1995-1998 he was a student at the Woodside Priory College in California. Later he entered George Mason University in Virginia. By education is a political scientist. He plays the guitar and piano.

Musical career

Alexander Kogan began to take an interest in art from the age of seven. It was then that he was attracted to playing the piano. The first sketches of his own works for this instrument appeared at the age of 14. When he was 18, he gathered a musical group. He combined creativity and study. Having received higher education, he managed to play in a musical collective. He spoke at various student events. He toured many American cities.

After graduation at the university he returned to Moscow. In 2001 he began to cooperate with Alla Pugacheva. Taking a pseudonym Christian Ako, he writes a few songs. In 2004-2010, Alexander Kogan engaged in a solo career, while working with American producers: David Foster and Walter Afanasyev. The artist performs in New York at a solo concert. In 2011, he starts cooperation with Viktor Drobysh, a Russian producer and composer. The result of this collaboration is the recording of the single Who Invented the World. The song brings to our hero the Golden Gramophone. Then followed the creation of several more songs.

In 2012, in New York at the concert, an acquaintance with Julio Iglesias took place. In 2013, the latter invites our hero to open concerts in Ukraine and Russia. At the end of this tour Julio Iglesias proposes to continue cooperation in the world tour. The composer opened concerts in South America, Holland, Canada, Israel, USA, Great Britain, Ireland. As an honored guest musician several times took part in the "Slavic Bazaar." He was also invited to the international contest "New Wave", passing Jurmala and Sochi. In 2014, as a special guest, he took part in the concert "Stars of the 21st Century Ballet". Between tours he was engaged in his own debut album together with Victor Drobysh.