Sergei Zakharov (singer)


Sergey Georgievich Zakharov was a Russian singer who had a rare lyrical baritone.

Biography

Zakharov was born May 1, 1950 in Mykolaiv in the Ukrainian SSR in a military family. In 1971 he entered the operetta department of the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow in the class of Margarita Landa, and while still a student became the soloist of the State Variety Orchestra conducted by Leonid Utyosov.
In 1974 he was the winner of music competitions Golden Orpheus and Sopot International Song Festival.
Beginning in 1985, he worked independently, first with his own band, then since 1991, with pianist Alexander Kogan.
Curator of the International Festival of Russian Song of Great Britain since 2011.
He died on February 14, 2019 at the age of 68 in a hospital in Moscow from heart failure.

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