Sergey Zakharov is a Russian lounge singer.

Zakharov was born May 1, 1950 in Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...

 (Russian: Nikolayev) in the Ukraine in a military family. In 1971 he entered the operetta department of the Gnessin State Musical College

Gnessin State Musical College

The Gnessin State Musical College and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music is a prominent music school in Moscow, Russia...

 in Moscow in the class of Margarita Josephovna Landa, and while still a student became the soloist of the State Variety Orchestra conducted by Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov ; real name Lazar Vaysbeyn or Weissbein , was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor of jewish origin, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR .-Biography:Leonid Utyosov was brought up in Odessa...

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Since 1985, he has worked independently, first with his own band, then since 1991, with pianist Alexander Kogan.

Awards

He has been awarded both the Honored Artist of RSFSR (Заслуженный артист РСФСР)(1988)
and the higher People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...

 (Народный артист России) (1996).

Discography

• "The Poet Sergei Zakharov" "Поет Сергей Захаров"
• "Russian Romances" "Русские романсы"
• "Centripetal force. Pop Songs" "Центростремительная сила. Эстрадные песни"
• "On delicate keys of the soul" "На хрупких клавишах души"
• "Russian romances and songs" "Русские романсы и песни"
• "About you and about myself" "О тебе и о себе"
• "You my old romance" "Романс ты мой старинный"
• "Touch of Love" "Прикосновение любви"
• "Oh, if I could express in a sound ..." "О, если б мог выразить в звуке..."
• "Stay with me" "Побудь со мной"
• "The Secret" "Тайна"
• "Autumn Woman" "Осенняя женщина"
• "The Best of ""Лучшее"
• "Listen to me my dear...""Услышь меня, хорошая..."
• "I come out alone on the road ...""Выхожу один я на дорогу..."
• "S. Zakharov with N. Kalinin" "C. Захаров - Н. Калинин" cond. Nikolai Nikolaevich Kailinin

Videography

• 1975 scenes in the film Swallows in the Sky, «Небесные ласточки».
• Solo concert. "Сольный концерт"
• Unknown Zakharov. "Неизвестный Захаров"
• Star Show. "Шоу звезды"
• Jubilee. "Юбилей"

This article is partly translated from Russian Wikipedia, partly from the artist bio.