Leonidov biography musician

Artist Production Maxim Leonidov Maxim Leonidov - musician, singer, theater and film actor, songwriter and TV presenter. One of the founders and a participant in the legendary Bit Quartet "Secret". Subsequently, he successfully developed a solo career, released albums, both his and joint with other performers. The founder of his own Hippoband group. Currently lives in Israel.

The artist continues an active creative life, writes songs and tours with concerts. Along with the creation of songs, it is working on writing musicals. The boy grew up and was brought up in an artistic family. His father and mother worked at the Leningrad Academic Theater of Comedy, so Maxim spent a lot of time behind the scenes, watching the acting profession of his parents.

When his son grew up, they began to take him on tour around the country. After such a childhood, it was already difficult to choose another profession that was not related to art and scene. Maxim in childhood Maxim from parents fully got creative abilities - both artistry and love of music. The boy was not afraid of the scene - already at 4 years old he first went out to speak to the public.

This happened during a family vacation in a country house of creativity. They showed some kind of film, something happened to the equipment, and the light was lit in the hall. All the audience sat quietly in anticipation of the continuation of the movie show. As Maxim himself said, he did not want to sit. He went on stage and sang. For the performance, the boy chose the well -known song “Shalands full of Kefali”, which Mark Bernes sang in the movie “Two Fighters”, one of the most beloved artists of the USSR of the 19ths of the last century.

All those present in the hall met with approving laugh met the efforts of a young singer who performed a popular song in the style of Odessa street folklore. According to the memoirs of Maxim, after this incident he spoke on any scene that was nearby: sang or read poetry. Maxim Maxim died when her son was only five years old. The father married a second time, but the marriage was unsuccessful.

Then he again found happiness with the librarian of the Opera and Ballet Theater named after Kirov, who managed to find the way to the boy’s heart and replace him with his mother early. It was this woman who insisted on the return of the child home from the boarding school, in which he lived after entering the Glinka Church School. With her, Maxim again found his mother.

He entered the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography with a specialty "Theater and Film Actor", which he graduated from the year. And Leonidov showed his musical abilities in the performance “Ah, these stars”, which consisted of parodies on artists of the Soviet and foreign pop. Maxim Leonidov in it as part of the student ensemble parodied the Beatles. He had heard the songs of the Liverpool Four before, and this parody brought the idea to create a real team.

He was attracted by the "Beatle" aesthetics, but at the same time I wanted to perform my own musical material. After graduating from the Institute, Maxim Leonidov, together with Nikolai Fomenko, who did not have the right to release from the army, sent to serve. Given the artistic formation of recruits, they were determined in the ensemble of the song and dancing of the Leningrad Military District.

Since both served in their hometown, they often managed to gather with the rest of the group at rehearsals, the development of the repertoire and recording songs. In the same period, red ties appeared, like an indispensable attribute of the “secret”. In the year, the Bet Quartet “Secret” joined the Leningrad rock club and in May became the laureate of his II festival, fulfilling his first hits of the “thousand records” and “She does not understand.” After the end of the military service, Leonidov and Fomenko, “Secret” switched to professional activities as part of the Len Concert.

The hall was full of fans in red ties.

Solo activity Maxim Leonidov on the stage of Leonidov with his comrades in a short time managed to purchase an army of fans. In the year, the first album of the group was released - “Secret”, and two years later the next one was “Leningrad time”. They immediately dispersed with millions of circulations. In the wake of such acytic popularity, the musicians drove hundreds of thousands of kilometers on tour.

However, at some point, the creative aspirations of the team members ceased to coincide. Maxim Leonidov leaves the group and goes on free swimming. There he records two solo albums: “maxim” in Hebrew and “Highway of Memoirs” in Russian. In addition, Maxim works in the theater. In the year, he played in Hebrew the role of the pharaoh in the production of the Tel Aviv Chamber Theater "Joseph and his stunning striped shirt"-the classic musical Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

Leonidov also repeatedly performed concerts in front of emigrants from Russia and other CIS countries. However, Maxim Leonidov understood that his main audience was in Russia. In the year, he returned and immediately released the album "Commander". The songs “From Peter to Moscow” and “Two dumbbells” instantly fell into all radio stations of the country. Leonidov regained popularity and created a new Hippoband music group.With the release of the album “Do not let him go”, the team became popular throughout the country.

The group was invited to all major concerts, they interviewed glossy magazines. Active touring life began. Maxim Leonidov Maxim Leonidov in his creative activity was still not limited to writing and performing songs. He continued cooperation with theaters, played in musicals and wrote music for performances. In the year, Maxim played a major role in the comedy play “Otty -to -Fraudsters”.

In addition, there are almost two dozens of moviegoers behind Leonidov, including in full -length feature films - “Vysotsky. Thank you for alive ”and“ White Guard ”. Be in the know of the latest events!