Andrei Razin (singer)
Andrei Razin | |
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| Born | 15 September 1963 |
| Occupation(s) | singer producer politician |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Spouse | Maritana Razina |
| Children | 2 |
Andrei Aleksandrovich Razin (Russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Ра́зин; born September 15, 1963, Stavropol, RSFSR, USSR[1]) is Soviet and Russian musician, producer group Laskovyi Mai.[2][3]
Biography
Razin was born on September 15, 1963 in Stavropol[4] .
From 1964 to 1972 he was brought up in the Kislovodsk sanatorium orphanage. From 1972 to 1978 he was a pupil of the Svetlogradsky orphanage, where he finished 8 classes[4].
From 1977 to 1979 he studied at the Stavropol GPTU 24, received the profession of mason. From 1979 to 1982 he worked on the direction of the Komsomol in the regions of the Far North.[4]
He graduated from the East Siberian Academy of Culture and Arts and Stavropol State University. Candidate of Economic Sciences[4].
In 1985 he first appeared on television as a singer. From 1988 to 1991 - General Director of the All-Union Central Creative Studio of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR for gifted orphans.
In 1993, Andrei Razin became the rector of the Stavropol Institute of Contemporary Arts at the Stavropol State University. In the presidential election in 1996, he was the trustee of Gennady Zyuganov[4].
Also in December he ran for the State Duma of the third convocation in Stavropol single-mandate electoral district No. 55 as an independent deputy. In the elections he took 2nd place out of 16 (14.38% of votes), losing to Vasily Iver (18.08%).
On July 1, 2008, by the decision of the president of the Russian Olympic Committee, he was appointed general director of the International Olympic Festival and the post of artistic director of the Russian Olympic Committee.
Since 2015 he is an adviser to the mayor of Yalta.
Worked as the administrator of the Mirage group. For the first time he performed a duet with singer Katya Semyonova.
From 1987 to 1990 he worked as a producer-manager in the All-Union Association of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR SPM Record. In June 1988 in the hands of Razin got the album of the group Affectionate Mai recorded in the city of Orenburg. July 4 of the same year, he transported the group Tender Mai to Moscow. September 9, 1988 thanks to Sergei Kuznetsov in the capital is the lead singer of the group Yuri Shatunov. Then follows work in the studio and numerous tours of the band. His idol was the singer Donna Summer, so he himself becomes a soloist of Laskovyi Mai. He performed songs of his band and hits of other famous authors, for example, the song On the White Cover of January by Oleg Khromov[5].
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