Petr Podgorodetsky: biography and creativity

Petr Podgorodetsky was born in 1957 on February 12 in Moscow. He is known not only as a writer, but also as a showman, a Russian and Soviet musician. He worked in the groups "Time Machine" and "Sunday". He conducted various programs on radio and television. Currently he is the leader of the group called "XO".

Biography

Grandma Petro Podgorodetsky was a pianist. Her name was Vera Fedorovna. Mom Victoria Ivanovna - a professional singer, who spent most of her life in the "Mosconcert". Peter Podgorodetsky was engaged in music from his youth. He started at the Gnessin Institute in the chapel of boys. Later he enrolled in a regular music school. After the tenth grade I went to the Musical College of the Moscow Conservatory, choosing a conductor-choir department. In 1975 he went to Italy as a member of the musical collective. He became the laureate of the international level choir competition, which was held in Arezzo. In 1976 he graduated from the school.

He served in the Soviet Union for two years. Accidentally at this time almost lost his sight.

He played in the orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. In 1978 - 1979 he was an accompanist in the Yudenich experimental theater. Worked as a luncheon in restaurants, playing the piano, then began working with the bands "Time Machine" and "Leap Year". We took him as the second keyboard player along with Chris Kelmi.

Has transferred operation on restoration of vision. I spent a month and a half at the hospital. After that, he was invited to participate in the updated group "Time Machine". He left the band in 1982. From 1982 to 1990 he was actively engaged in music. He plays in the group "SV". Works with Igor Granov. Participates in the ensembles of Joseph Kobzon and Vladimir Miguli. He works in an instrumental project called "Health" and the country group "Corn".

In 1987 - 1990 he was engaged in his own show club, which he called "Free Flight". In 1988 he recorded a solo album. In 1990 he returned to the "Time Machine". In 1999, he was fired from the group. As he himself noted, the motives of this event were purely political. In 2000 he worked as a radio DJ called "Silver Rain". Participated in the program "Hooligan-show." Was fired.

A family

The first wife (Lyubov Yakimova) was a student of the variety department of the circus school. The second wife is Natalia. The third wife is Svetlana Samoilova. The fourth wife, Irina, is an architect. Podgorodetsky Peter Ivanovich has two daughters. Both were born in 1987. Daughter Anastasia died in 2003. Anna graduated from Moscow State University, she studied at the Faculty of Slavic and Western European Philology.

Filmography

Peter Podgorodetsky also played a number of roles in the cinema. In 1978 he starred in the film "Once upon a time there was a tuner". In 1980 he appeared in the episode of the film "Be my husband". In 1981, as a member of the group, appeared in the film "The Soul". In 1983 he recorded music for the tape "Mary Poppins, goodbye!". In 1989, he won a role in the film "Rock and Fortune". In 1991 he took part in the film "Genius". In 1995 he appeared in the film "Moscow Holidays". Among his friends are Alexander Gordon, Robert Gorodetsky, Igor Butman, Levan Lomidze, Aleksey Alekseevich Bogomolov, Roman Lvovich Trakhtenberg.

Bibliography

Peter the Podgorodetsky managed to do something as a writer. The book "The Machine with the Jews" appeared in 2007. The author notes that he did not immediately decide to write this work. The book is dedicated to the group "Time Machine". According to the writer, he tried to do everything possible to make his memories reach readers in an unchanged and understandable form. The second book of Peter Podgorodetsky is called "The Russians are coming." It was published in 2009. This work tells about the Russians who were outside their homeland. Now you know a little more about such a man as Peter Podgorodetsky - musician, actor and writer.