Biography
Sergey Yakovlevich Nikitin (Russian: Серге́й Яковлевич Никитин, born 8 March 1944) is a prominent Soviet and Russian bard, composer, and biophysicist. He performs both solo and in a duet with his wife, Tatyana Nikitina all over Russia, the former Soviet republics, and other countries with significant Russian-speaking diaspora. Nikitin is also known as a composer and performer of songs for children. Sergey Nikitin graduated from the Physics Department of Moscow State University in 1968. After completing postgraduate studies at the department of Biophysics at Moscow State University, he worked as a researcher in Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry in Moscow (1971–1980). In 1980–1987 he was a researcher at the Institute of Biophysics in Pushchino and received a PhD in Physics in 1983.
Nikitin wrote music to his first song, En route (lyrics by Iosif Utkin), in 1962. In 1963, he founded an all-male quartet in the Department of Physics at Moscow State University, together with Sergey Smirnov, Boris Geller, Aleksei Monakhov, and later Vadim Khait.From 1968 to 1977, he appeared at numerous concerts, together with other members of his quintet, including his wife, Tatyana Nikitina, Carmen Santacreu, Vladimir Ulin, and Nikolai Turkin. In 1987–1995, he was Musical Director at the Oleg Tabakov Studio-Theater in Moscow, and became a full-time singer and composer since 1995.Sergei and his wife Tatyana are very close friends of Grigory Luchansky and, beginning in 2002, the three of them provided funding to improve the Smolensk Special School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Children (Russian: Смоленская специальная школа для слепых и слабовидящих детей)
Filmography
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Movies 15
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (2005)
Still Waters (2000)
The Little Bee (1993)
For What Sake are You in a Tailcoat? (1993)
Trips on an Old Car (1985)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1983)
The Old New Year (1980)
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Big Secret For A Small Company (1979)
Mary Poppins (1979)
A Tale of Lost Time (1978)
An Almost Funny Story (1977)
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975)
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GenderMale
Birthday1944-03-08 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceMoscow, Russia
SpouseTatyana Nikitina
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsСергей Никитин
AwardsHonored Artist of the Russian Federation
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