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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The 54th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the Russian capital Moscow and over 40 countries are expected to be represented.
Seryoga — Show Must Go On
Theme song for Russian celebrity boxing TV show “King of the Ring”. Seryoga is the first musician in the world who obtained the right to use a sample from Queen’s “Show Must Go On”.
Olga Lepeshinskaya Dies
Russian ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya has died at the age of 92 - Lepeshinskaya was known as “the favourite ballerina of Joseph Stalin” and even rumoured to be his mistress.
Seryoga - Gangsta No More
Sergej Parhomenko is a popular Russian rapper and the owner of “KingRing” record label. His music became a unique combination of Russian folk music with modern beats and original lyrics.
The Male Choir
The Male Choir of St. Petersburg consists of 25 professional musicians. Russia’s finest composers - Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Chesnokov, Arkhangelsky - are featured in their songbook.
Hitler’s Music Collection
Who could have thought that Adolf Hitler, the man synonomous with Jewish and Russian hatred, owned a collection of records by great musicians of both nations, which he himself had banned?
Finding t.A.T.u.
Notorious Russian pop duo t.A.T.u have inspired one of Russia’s State Duma deputies Aleksey Mitrofanov to write a book named “t.A.T.u comeback”. A year later English director Roland Joffe started shooting a movie based on the novel.
Russian Group TOKiO
Music video for the song “Kto Ya Bez Tebya” by Russian group TOKiO. The song is on their second album - Pulse200.