Leonid Agutin
Leonid Nikolayevich Agutin (Russian Леонид Николаевич Агутин; * July 16, 1968 in Moscow ) is a Russian singer and musician. His music style is Russian pop music with jazz and Latin American elements. To date, he has sold over 10 million albums.
Biography
Leonid Agutin was born on 16 July 1968 in Moscow. His father, Nikolai Petrovich Agutin was also a singer, his mother a primary school teacher. During his youth Agutin played the piano and graduated from the Moscow School of Jazz Moskworetschje ( Москворечье ). After his military service, he enrolled at the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts ( Московский государственный университет культуры и искусств ), where he made his degree in 1992. Since the year 1989, he toured the USSR, was the opening act for several Russian bands and wrote songs for other artists. Agutin worked since 1991 in the Salem Studios in Tver and took there, among others, the song Bossonogi maltschik ( Босоногий мальчик, German Barefoot Boy) on. The barefoot appearance on the stage was also at this time his trademark as a musician. In 1992 received the award Yalta 92 and in 1993 the price Urmala 93 In 1994, he released his debut album Bossonogi maltschik, which had great success and it as well as including a nomination for Best Artist of the Year, Best Album of the Year Best song of the year earned. Since 1996, he regularly tours the U.S. and took there as a singer, the album " Cosmopolitan Life " with guitarist Al Di Meola on. Agutin is with the singer Anschelika Why married.
December 30, 2008 Agutin received by President Dmitry Medvedev, the title Honored Artist of the Russian Federation ( Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации )