Mikhail Grebenshchikov: biography, photo and personal life

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

On March 10, 1976, the famous artist Mikhail Grebenshchikov was born in Voronezh. Since childhood, the biography of our hero has shown us the makings of an artist and the first steps along the difficult path to the world of show business. Misha has a vivid memory of kindergarten, where he yelled them out of place while learning songs to make it funnier. When guests came to their parents, little Misha showed them a gypsy girl with an exit. Our hero was fond of football, was amorous. He showed leadership abilities from childhood, when he was a ringleader in children's games and amusements. In the hope of finding ammunition left from the war, he dug through all the Voronezh forests.

From the age of nine, Mikhail Grebenshchikov participated together with his neighbor Andrey Shumsky in the informal movements "Heavy Metal". Teenagers made plans to conquer show business. Mikhail managed to write poetry, play the guitar.

Creative path

After school, our hero went to study at the Voronezh Assembly College, and soon, in 1991, he went to the school of modern pop dance. He really liked this occupation, and he enthusiastically plunged into training. A year later, Michael createdpop musical group "Creazy of dance" and for the first time tried himself as a DJ in the House of Culture of the 50th anniversary of October in the city of Voronezh. The team was invited to various entertainment and official events as exotic actors. A year later, the members of the Grebenshchikov group teamed up with Mikhail Sergeev, a Voronezh DJ. The name of the new boy band project is "DJ MMM".

Soon began touring the country. The DJ MMM team performed on the same stage with the groups "Bachelor Party", "Gaza Strip" and with performers Bogdan Titomir, Jimmy G, Mr. Boss and others.

Started shooting clips, recording new songs. The group began to be recognized, fans appeared.

In 1994, our hero was drafted into the army, where he served for two years.

In 1996, Grebenshchikov was offered to become the host of the Dance Pavilion program on Russian Radio Voronezh, where he worked for about five years.

In 2000, the leaders of "DJ MMM" signed a contract with Moscow producers Seleverstov and Velichkovsky. The group was renamed "Basic Instinct". Later, their first album was recorded, the team took part in the “Song of the Year”, MTV. Young people toured with the Strelka and Virus groups.

For unknown reasons, the contract with the producers was terminated a year later, but the team itself continued to exist.

In 2001, Mikhail Grebenshchikov became an art director at the Hundred Ruchey nightclub, but left his job in 2002 to participate in Star Factory-1 on Channel One.

Participation in the "Factorystars"

Mikhail got to the "Factory" thanks to a cassette with cuts of his speeches, which was watched by I. Matvienko. For a week, Matvienko was looking for a talented artist in Voronezh to invite him to Moscow for the casting of the Star Factory. Despite the lack of vocal abilities, Mikhail made a great impression on the jury and

passed the casting due to his creativity, mobility. He won the hearts of many people with the way he presented himself.

On the very first day, Mikhail managed to excel. I received a watch from Oleg Gazmanov as a gift, which surprised his competitors a little. In the Internet voting of the Star Factory, our hero took second place.

On the project, the manufacturers were taught vocals, choreography, artistry and other tricks of show business.

Grebenshchikov's participation in the TV show "Star Factory" led him to the final, where he took third place. This can be considered one of his achievements on a thorny path. It was not possible to take the first place, but the songs performed by Mikhail Grebenshchikov - “Hug Dances”, “Bulki”, “Nadezhda Babkina” - became real hits and brought him the love of the audience and fame.

After the end of the Star Factory, Mikhail Grebenshchikov toured the country for more than a year, was the director and director of the concert tour. Then the manufacturers performed in 300 cities and gave 500 concerts.

After returning from the tour, Grebenshchikov began to write new songs, shoot videos, participated in various programs and talk shows.

Life after the "Factory"

In 2004Mikhail became a member of the Last Hero-5 project. Unfortunately, participation in this show did not bring him victory. In the same year, he worked as a VJ for the MTV channel. In 2007, our hero became the host of Channel Five and Star Factory-7. He was a radio host on DFm Moscow, Mega polis 89.5Fm, Rai Club.

Mikhail was invited as the host of such projects as "Bomb of the Year", "Night Life Avords", "Live 8", "Ru Net Award", "Sea Knot", "VERDICT FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP", "Forte Fest.”

Our hero became a participant in many TV shows: “Thank God you came”, “Style Guide”, “Good Jokes”, “Big Wash”, “Stories of Oksana Barkovskaya”, “Life is Beautiful”, “Joke”, "Wall by wall", "Army store" and others.

Misha about himself

Most of all in life Mikhail is afraid of indifference and betrayal. His favorite pastime was collecting points. He considers himself a great comedian. Loves to read. The house contains a small library of books. Of living creatures, he prefers snakes because of their unpretentiousness, so two individuals live in Misha's apartment. In the kitchen, she prefers vegetarianism. His most vivid desire is to become a star.

The artist's family

Mikhail Grebenshchikov, whose personal life is not advertised, tries not to expose his family to publicity and protects them from the prying eyes of journalists. He gives interviews on the topics of his creative plans and achievements.

Talking about family life in an interview, our hero, Mikhail Grebenshchikov, tries to avoid. The artist's wife is an attractive blonde with whom theyabout 15 years together. She even starred in one of Misha's first videos for the song "Bulki".

Albums and filmography of the artist

Grebenshchikov starred in several films: "Egorino grief", "Nepruhi", "Terminal", "My Fair Nanny", "Wanted" and others.

Mikhail Grebenshchikov released three albums. These are collections of his compositions, which are known to listeners under the names: "Hit", "Electrophoresis", "Pirate Disc".

Grebenshchikov Mikhail now

Mikhail Grebenshchikov, whose biography is a bright creative path, continues his activities with already vast experience. Today he is a TV and radio host, actor, sound producer, poet-composer, MC, DJ.

Mikhail became an employee of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, at the School of Professional Creative Development of A. B. Pugacheva has been a musical creative producer since 2012. From 2010 to the present, he has been working on Channel One.