Aleksandr Gradskiy

Aleksandr Gradskiy was born on Nov 03, 1949 in USSR [now Russia]. Aleksandr Gradskiy's big-screen debut came with Romans o vlyublyonnykh directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy in 1974, strarring Vokal (as A. Gradskiy). Aleksandr Gradskiy is known for V avguste 44-go directed by Mikhail Ptashuk, Evgeniy Mironov stars as Capt. Pavel Alekhin and Vladislav Galkin as Senior Lt. Evgeniy Tamantsev. The most recent award Aleksandr Gradskiy achieved is Muz-TV Music Awards. The upcoming new movie Aleksandr Gradskiy plays is Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse which will be released on Jan 21, 2007.

Aleksandr Gradskiy is People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). He graduated from the Gnessin's Class on vocals (1974), studied at the Moscow Conservatoire in composition class (1975-1976, T. Khrennikov's class). Singer, composer, poet, guitarist. The founder of the rock band Skomorokhi (1966). In the early 70's he created a series of compositions for verses by Burns and Shakespeare, a musical encyclopedia of rock styles. The author of the first Soviet rock opera "Stadium" (1973, the memory of Victor Hara), music for the first domestic rock ballet "Man" (based on the novel by R. Kipling). Since 1988 - Director of the Moscow Theater and Concert Music Association. Gradskiy released CDs: "Romance of the Lovers" (1974), "Russian Songs" (1980), "The Fool's Thoughts", "Utopia A.G." (1988), "Nostalgia", "Monte Cristo", "Expedition" ( 1990), "Untimely Songs" (1993), "Fruits from the Cemetery" (1994) and others. Repeatedly performed parts in classical operas (Stargazer - "The Golden Cockerel" Rimsky-Korsakov, Bolshoi Theater). Directed the documentary "Anti-perestroika blues" (1991), the author of music for gaming, documentary and animation films.