Peter Podgorodetsky was born in 1957 on February 12 in Moscow. He is known not only as a writer, but also as a showman, Russian and Soviet musician. He worked in the groups “Time Machine” and “Sunday”. He led various programs on radio and television. He is currently the leader of a group called "XO".
Biography
The grandmother of Peter Podgorodetsky was a pianist. Her name was Vera Fedorovna. Mom Victoria Ivanovna is a professional singer who worked most of her life at Moskontsert. Peter Podgorodetskiy has been making music since his youth. He began at the Gnessin Institute in the chapel of boys. Later, he entered an ordinary music school. After the tenth grade, he went to the Music College of the Moscow Conservatory, choosing a conductor-choral department. In 1975 he went to Italy as part of a musical collective. He became the laureate of the competition of choirs of the international level, which was held in Arezzo. In 1976 he graduated from college.
He served in the army of the Soviet Union for two years. Incidentally, at this time I almost lost my sight.
He played as part of the orchestra of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. In 1978 - 1979 he was accompanist at the Yudenich experimental theater. He worked part time in restaurants, playing the piano, then began working with the groups “Time Machine” and “Leap Summer”. They took him a second keyboard player with Chris Kelme.
He underwent surgery to restore vision. He spent a month and a half in the hospital. After that, he was invited to participate in the updated group "Time Machine". He left the team in 1982. From 1982 to 1990, he was actively involved in music. He plays in the "SV" group. 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 dismissed from the group. As he himself noted, the motives for this event were purely political. In 2000, he worked as a DJ for a radio station called Silver Rain. Participated in the program "Bully Show". Was fired.
A family
The first wife (Lyubov Yakimova) was a student in the pop department of the circus school. The second wife is Natalia. The third wife is Svetlana Samoilova. The fourth wife named Irina is an architect. Podgorodetsky Peter Ivanovich has two daughters. Both were born in 1987. Daughter Anastasia died in 2003. Anna graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical University, studied at the Faculty of Slavic and Western European Philology.
Filmography
Peter Podgorodetsky also played a number of roles in the movie. In 1978, he starred in the film "Once upon a time there was a tuner." In 1980, appeared in the episode of the film "Be My Husband." In 1981, as a member of the group appeared in the film "Soul." In 1983, he recorded music for the film Mary Poppins, Goodbye! In 1989, he got a role in the film "Rock and Fortune." In 1991, he took part in the film "Genius". In 1995, starred in the film "Moscow Vacations." Among his friends are Alexander Gordon, Robert Gorodetsky, Igor Butman, Levan Lomidze, Alexei Alekseevich Bogomolov, Roman Lvovich Trakhtenberg.
Bibliography
Peter Podgorodetsky also 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 take up the writing of this work. The book is dedicated to the group "Time Machine". According to the writer, he tried to do everything possible so that his memories reached the readers in an unchanged and understandable way. The second book of Peter Podgorodetsky is called "Russians are coming." She was published in 2009. This work tells about the Russians who were outside their homeland. Now you know a little more about a man like Peter Podgorodetskiy - a musician, actor and writer.