Sergey Shnurov
Sergei Vladimirovich " string " Schnurow (Russian: Сергей Владимирович " Шнур " Шнуров; born April 13, 1973 in Leningrad, Soviet Union ) is a Russian musician, film music composer and actor. He is the singer and leader of the ska band "Leningrad".
Life
In his childhood in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, he played the violin. After school, he began several studies at various universities, including in civil engineering, but completed in religion and philosophy. He worked as a truck driver, kindergarten, Glaser, blacksmith, interior designers, as a designer at an advertising agency and as an advertising director at the radio station "Modern". At the age of 18, he founded the rap group " Alkorepiza ", then the techno project " Ucho Van Goga " ( as " the ear of Van Gogh " ), after "Leningrad", which ultimately earned him widespread success. In 2004, he founded his own music label " Shnur'OK ", since all releases of " Leningrad" appeared on the.
As an actor he appeared in 15 productions so far with (amongst others in the Day Watch ) and had his own TV show ( " string wokrug sweta ").
The breakthrough as a composer of film music, he managed with the soundtrack to the popular Russian road movie " bumer " from the year 2003. He also wrote the music for the sequel to the film ( " bumer. The second film " ) and " Day Watch ".
On stage, he regularly drunk in appearance. Wladimir Kaminer According to Schnurow in many interviews and talk shows as an intelligent young man from who philosophizes about the taboos of our civilization that it was necessary to break, and specifically about what is allowed and tolerated in a democracy. He relies here on the idealists of antiquity or the Romantics of the Middle Ages, but always relativizing everything that was said at the end with a short ironic obscene remark. He now graced the covers of magazines, including that of "Playboy".
By 2007, he had a relationship with the Russian actress Oksana Alexandrovna Akin China.
Discography (selection)
Film Music
- 2001: Agenstwo NLS ( TV series) ( Агентство НЛС )
- 2002: Teorija Sapoja ( Теория запоя )
- 2002: bumer
- 2003: Irgy Motylkow ( Игры мотыльков )
- 2005: Everything Is Illuminated ( some of his songs are heard)
- 2006: bumer. The second film ( Бумер. Фильм второй )
- 2007: 2 - Assa- 2, ili wtoraja smert Anny Kareninoj (2- Асса -2, или вторая смерть Анны Карениной )
- 2007: The Wyborow ( День выборов )
With Leningrad (selection)
Filmography (selection)
- 2001: Agenstwo NLS ( TV series)
- 2003: Igry Motylkow ( "The spectacle of the butterflies " )
- 2004: Guard of the day
- 2006: String wokrug sweta ( TV show )
- 2007: 2 - Assa- 2, ili wtoroj smert Anny Kareninoj
- 2007: The Wyborow