Pyotr Podgorodetsky


Pyotr Ivanovich Podgorodetsky is a Russian musician and showman. He was the keyboardist of the rock band Mashina Vremeni in 1979-1982 and 1990-1999, respectively. He also worked in the group Voskreseniye and led a program on television and radio. At the present time, he is leader of the group X.O.

Biography

Podgorodetsky was born February 12, 1957 into a family of musicians in Moscow. His mother, Victoria Ivanovna Podgorodetskaya, was a singer. His grandmother, Vera Fyodorovna, was a pianist.
In 1976 he graduated from the conducting and choral department at the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory.

Career

In 1978-1979 he held the position of concertmaster at the Polyphonic Drama Theater.
In 1979 he became a member of the "Time Machine" group. He was a keyboardist and vocalist until 1982.
The band has released albums:
  • "Songs from the movie Soul"
  • "Moscow – Leningrad"
  • "Fortune Hunters"
  • "Slow good music"
  • "Freelance commander of the Earth"
  • "Unplugged"
  • "Megamix"
  • "Cardboard wings of love"
  • "Coming off"
  • "The Best"
  • "Clocks and signs"
  • "The Little Prince"
  • "XXX years of the "Time Machine""
  • "The best songs of the "Time Machine" 1989-2000"
  • "Unreleased"
In 1982-1987 he played in the band "SV". He played in the country band "Kukuruza".
In 1987-1990 he worked on a personal project: the "Free Flight" show club.
Записал сольные альбомы:
  • "09"
  • "Concert at the Crazy Milk club"
  • "Walruses. Kosher songs about the main thing"
  • "I'm on my own and with friends"
In 1990-1999 he took part in the "Time Machine" again.
In 2000 he worked as a DJ in the program "Hooligan show" on the radio station Silver Rain.
In 2007 the book "The Car with the Jews" was published, and in 2009 the book "The Russians are Coming" was published.

Awards and honours

Personal life

In 1976 he married Lyubov Yakimova. In the 1980s he married Natalia for the second time. From 1985 to 2005 he was married to Svetlana Samoilova, in 1987 they had two twin daughters Anastasia and Anna. In 2005 Podhoretsky married architect Irina.