Maxim Leonidov

Maxim Leonidovich Leonidov (Russian: Максим Леонидович Леонидов; born February 13, 1962) is a Soviet and Russian musician, singer, actor, songwriter and TV presenter, known as one of the founders and members of the beat-quartet Sekret, and subsequently as a solo artist. In 1997 he won the Golden Gramophone Award.

Maxim Leonidov
Born (1962-02-13) February 13, 1962
Leningrad, USSR
OccupationSinger, musician, actor, TV host
Years active1983 (1983)–present
Musical career
GenresRock
Associated actsSekret
Hippoband
WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

Maxim Leonidovich Leonidov was born in the family of actors of the Leningrad Academic Comedy Theater, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Lyudmila Lyulko (July 10, 1923 - October 25, 1967) and one of the famous skit pioneers[1] Leonid Yefimovich Leonidov (real name Shapiro, March 27, 1927 - April 30, 1996).

In 1979 he graduated from the Glinka Choral School under the Leningrad State Academic Chapel.

In 1983 he graduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, the course of Arkady Katsman and Lev Dodin. He served in the army, in the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Leningrad Military District, together with Nikolai Fomenko and Yevgeny Oleshev.

In 1983, he became one of the founders of the popular "Sekret" beat-quartet (Maxim Leonidov, Nikolai Fomenko, Andrei Zabludovsky, Alexei Murashov), who started working professionally since 1985.

After leaving the group in 1989, Maxim Leonidov began a solo career.

In late 1990, along with his first wife, Irina Selezneva, he immigrated to Israel. Until 1996 he lived and worked in Tel Aviv, after which he returned to St. Petersburg.

Periodically continues cooperation with the group "Sekret" (mainly during the jubilee dates of the group). In 2012, musicians began to record new songs. In 2013, released the first 16 years of the album "Sekret 30", and in 2014 - "Vsyo eto i est lyubov." In addition to the title track, the songs "Zabey" and "Na lyuboi storone zemli", to which the clips were released, became known.

On February 13, 2015, on his birthday at the Mongolian embassy in the Russian Federation, he received the "For the Motherland" award of the 1st degree. This honor was honored after the tour in Mongolia in May 2014 as part of celebrating the 75th anniversary of the victory at Khalkhin-Gol.[2] On the same day, Maxim received the "Chart Dozen" prize in the "Legend" nomination as part of the "Sekret" beat-quartet.[3]

Personal life
  • First wife - actress Irina Selezneva (born September 8, 1961)
  • In September 1999, he married actress Anne Banshchikova (born January 24, 1975), they divorced in 2003[4]
  • He is married by the third marriage to the actress of the Leningrad City Council Alexandra Kamchatova (born December 6, 1979)[5]
    • children: daughter Maria (2004) and son Leonid (2008)[6]

Hippoband
HippoBand — Yuri Guriev, Maxim Leonidov, Vladimir Gustov

History of the group

Maxim Leonidov's group "Hippoband" was founded in March 1996, after the return of the musician from Israel. In May of the same year their first concert was held.

The backbone of the group was composed by well-known, professional musicians: composer, guitarist and arranger Vladimir Gustov (at his recording studio "Favorite" most of the albums "Hippoband" were recorded), keyboardist Yevgeny Oleshev (classmate Maxim in the choral school), bassist Yuri Guryev (Leonidov's friend on work in the group "Collected Works" and the rock theater "Sekret").

Its current name was received only in 2003 - with the release of the album Hippopotazm. The album's name, in its turn, came about by chance, thanks to one of the songs included in it - "Hippopotam". According to musicians, Vladimir Gustov, scoring the name of the song in the computer, accidentally made a typo by pressing the "Z" key - and this word arose. Then Maxim and Co. decided to call themselves "Hippoband", and the logo of the group was decorated with a hippopotamus ("totemic animal").[7] The composition of the band has not changed since 1997, when the first drummer of the collective Evgeny Lependin moved to Moscow to work with Vladimir Presnyakov Jr., and his place was taken by a young musician Yuri Sonin.

Permanent formation
  • Maxim Leonidov - vocals, songwriter, guitar, harmonica
  • Vladimir Gustov - guitar, vocals, arrangement
  • Evgeny Oleshev - keyboard, vocals, arrangement
  • Yuri Guryev - bass guitar, vocals, group director
  • Yuri Sonin - drums
  • Evgeny Guriev - guitar

Sessional musicians
  • Valery Shurygin - button accordion
  • Mikhail Zhidkikh - saxophone
  • Yoel Gonzalez - percussion
  • Pavel Ivanov - percussion
  • Vitaly Pogosyan - duduk

Group discography
  • 1996 - "Commander"
  • 1997 - "Sailing Over the City"
  • 1999 - "Do not let him go"
  • 2000 - "The best songs of 1985-2000"
  • 2001 - "Let's light up!" (An album of military songs)
  • 2001 - Thursday
  • 2003 - Hippopotazm
  • 2004 - "146 minutes in Russia" (live album)
  • 2006 - "Fundamentals of Feng Shui"[8]
  • 2008 - "The World for Mary"
  • 2009 - "The Wild Thing"[6]
  • 2009 - "House on the Mountain" (live album)
  • 2011 - "The Daddies of the Song"[6]
  • 2017 - "Above"

Released albums
  • 1987 - "Recognition", "Melody". Mini-record, including 4 songs by composer Yakov Dubravin, performed by Maxim.
  • 1992 - מקסים (Maxim). The first of two albums released in Israel, the only album in Hebrew.
  • 1994 - "Highway of memories". The second album of Maxim released in Israel, this time in Russian.
  • 1996 - "Commander". Album, which marked the return of Maxim Leonidov to Russia. Recorded with session musicians, the album was produced by Alexander Kutikov, who worked in his time with "The Secret" on the recording of the band's first album.
  • 2009 - The Wild Thing. Maxim Leonidov recorded a new album with ex-compatriot, and now - Canadian citizen Kirill Shirokov[9]
  • 2016 - The Best. Maxim Leonidov recorded a new album, which included new songs and old hits. The album included 30 songs.

Unreleased albums

In 1990, after leaving Sekret, Maxim Leonidov's solo album was recorded with the group "Collected Works", 6 songs in English, but there is no information that it was ever released on a record or CD.

Albums with other artists

Awards
  • 1997 - "Song of the Year", for the song "Vision"
  • 1997 - Golden Gramophone Award, for the song "Vision"[10]
  • 2009 - National Award "Musical Heart of the Theater" in the nomination "Best Performer of the Main Role" for the role of Max Bialostok in the musical "Producers".[11]
  • 2010 - "Chart Dozen", for the song "Letter" in the nomination "Poetry"[12]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Мазурова С. Прощеный вечер: Знаменитые актерские капустники проходят в Театре комедии с 1948 года. «Российская газета. Неделя» № 83, 22 апреля 2005 года.
  2. "13 февраля в Посольстве Монголии в Российской Федерации состоялось вручение наград россиянам". Монголия Сегодня. February 15, 2015. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. "Легендой "Чартовой дюжины" назвали группу "Секрет"". Национальная Служба Новостей. February 2, 2015.
  4. Светлана Шарова. (13 January 2005). "Максим Леонидов: секс-символ 80-х". Sem40. Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  5. Александра Камчатова на сайте www.voteactors.ru
  6. Максим Леонидов: «Моя задача спрятаться, а не вылезать!» ([printed fragment of the interview for the program "Vasily Kozlov. Discussions. 2013 year.)
  7. Русский рок или попсаотстой
  8. Review in FUZZ magazine, № 6(153), 2006 year
  9. Максим Леонидов записал альбом с продюсером, взломавшим чарт «Биллборда»
  10. "Вручение "Граммофона"". Коммерсантъ № 198 (1380). 18 November 1997. Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  11. Anastasia Kozlova (23 December 2009). "Родригес кричал, Гусман вручал, Леонидов получал". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  12. «Чартову дюжину» раздали в «Олимпийском»
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