Sergey Kristovsky is a Russian singer and rock musician, one of the founders of the popular group “Uma2rmaH”.

Sergey was born and raised in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The boy’s parents were engineer Olga Vladimirovna and professional athlete Evgeniy Visvaldovich, who played hockey for the Dynamo-Gorky team. The family also raised a younger brother, a future colleague in a rock band, and a little sister, Nadezhda. The girl also wanted to follow in the footsteps of her brothers, but in the end she became a designer.

The Kristovsky couple, despite their main professions, were creative. From a young age, my mother was fond of writing her own poems, and my father was an amateur musician. Seryozha fell in love with sports when he was still tiny. The boy was not even two years old when he first picked up a hockey stick. And at six Kristovsky was already accepted into the children's hockey section.

In addition, Sergei played football and went to the pool. Another hobby of the teenager was biking. For his 10th birthday, his parents gave their son his first moped, and later the boy assembled motorcycles on his own, from the simple Voskhod to the prestigious Java by Soviet standards.

However, the guy's thoughts were connected with the hockey rink. Sergei was sure that he would become a professional player, but at the age of 19 Kristovsky received a serious injury, which put an end to his hopes for big-time sports. Sergei’s sports biography was not destined to happen.

It was then that, in order not to fall into depression, Sergei picked up the guitar for the first time. The first chords were shown to the young man by his father, always ready to help the children in their endeavors. The Kristovsky brothers still say that their parents have always been best friends. Gradually, the young man learned to play and even began to compose his own songs.

After school, Sergei did not go to college. Sergei changed many professions: he was a turner at a factory, a postman, a loader, a laborer at a construction site, and even a nanny in a kindergarten. Eventually, he got a job as a DJ in a nightclub and began singing in public for the first time. The young musician’s mini-performances were well received, so Kristovsky came up with the idea of ​​creating his own musical group.

Music

Sergei Kristovsky named the first team “Broadway”. The guys compiled a repertoire based on the principle of cover versions of famous hits, most often Western ones. Sergei translated the texts into Russian and, with the help of poetic talent, adapted them to the old music. Broadway recorded a studio album, went on tour, and then broke up.

Kristovsky himself became a member of the rock group “Country Saloon”, in which he became a bass guitarist. And here Sergei’s original songs were released to the people for the first time. In 1995, the musician again created his own band, which he called “Sherwood”. Within Nizhny Novgorod, the guys are gaining popularity, especially since Sergei now offered the public completely new songs, and not covers, as before.

This team is still alive, despite the fact that the creator often performs in a new project. But whenever possible, Sergei Kristovsky returns to his native brainchild and records records with the musicians. Albums such as “Twelve Zero Zero”, “Step Behind You” and “Look into Your Eyes” were released. The songs for them were created at different times, but all three recordings appeared on CDs in 2002.

The most popular project of Sergei Kristovsky remains the duet “Uma2rmaH” organized together with his brother. This team formed spontaneously. Vladimir Kristovsky showed Sergei his own songs, the brothers began to discuss the music, and as a result, each track was reworked and perfected, with both young men putting in the same amount of effort and emotion. In 2003, 15 tracks were recorded at a Nizhny Novgorod studio for a demo album sent to Moscow production centers.

The song “Praskovya” received the first approval, and from the song itself. The singer invited Nizhny Novgorod residents to a solo concert at the Moscow club “16 tons”, where she performed a hit together with the Kristovskys. In the spring of next year, the first video was recorded for the song. Then the compositions “Say Goodbye” and “Uma Thurman” gained popularity, and the first album “In the City of N” was a huge success. The disc received platinum status after selling millions of copies across the country.

The producer, who at that time was filming the blockbuster “Night Watch,” became interested in the work of Sergei and Vladimir. The Kristovskys were invited to write the soundtrack. The popularity of the film and the song, which stayed at the top of the Russian charts for several weeks, influenced the group’s rating.

In 2005, at the MUZ-TV awards, “Uma Thurman” received prizes in the categories “Breakthrough of the Year” and “Best Song” for the musical composition “Forgive.” In the same year, the brothers delighted their fans with their second disc, “Or Maybe This Is a Dream?...”, which included the songs “Hey, Fat One,” “River,” and “Bird of Happiness.” In support of the album, Sergei and Vladimir Kristovsky gave a concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, where they gathered a full house.

“Uma Thurman” becomes a participant and then a headliner at the “Invasion” music festival. In 2007, continuing their collaboration with filmmakers, the Kristovskys created the soundtrack for the popular TV series. The third album, “Where Dreams May Come,” appeared in 2008. When creating the songs “You Won’t Call”, “Paris”, the brothers collaborated with, and vocals were heard in the song “Love on a Snowboard”. By this time, the clips “Give me a cigarette!”, “California”, “Romance” appeared.

In parallel with his work in the Uma Thurman group, Sergei Kristovsky begins his solo career with the creation of the album “Through the Cities,” which includes the musician’s musical compositions recorded over several years.

In 2011, the fourth album “Uma2rmaH” - “Everyone is Crazy in This City” - hit the shelves of music stores, which was included in the ranking of the 25 best Russian albums of the year. Two years later, Sergei repeated his solo experience, releasing the album “Tomorrow”.

The most famous hits of the group “Uma2rmaH” are, in addition to those already listed, “You’re Far Away”, “You Won’t Call”, “Olya from the Network”.

Among the solo songs of Sergei Kristovsky, it is necessary to note “Snowfall”, “Through the Cities” and duet compositions “Fallen” with and “You and I” with. Sherwood musicians helped Sergei Kristovsky in creating solo projects.

Personal life

Sergei Kristovsky was already popular with the opposite sex in high school. Young fans did not give the tall and broad-shouldered athlete a pass at school. But the young man experienced his first feeling for his classmate Lyuba. For some time, the lovers even lived together and were planning to get married.

But at the age of 20, the girl left Sergei. Having experienced a difficult separation, Kristovsky married a girl named Anna, but the marriage did not last long. Seeing that her son could not improve his personal life, his mother introduced Sergei to his colleague’s daughter. Natalya was an intelligent and calm girl. Soon the wedding took place.

Sergei Kristovsky lived with his wife Natalya for many years. In this marriage, the musician had three sons - Vladislav, Evgeniy and Ilya, as well as a daughter Alisa. The children turned out to be musically gifted and already play instruments and sing. And the little daughter became an ardent fan of her father’s songs. However, despite the apparent idyll, this union also cracked.

In 2014, the musician, while on tour in Minsk, met a young actress, star of a television series. Sergei and Natalya met without plans for the future. Both were sure that the affair would soon end. Sergei broke up with the young actress several times, but returned again. Soon Zemtsova became pregnant and gave birth to a son, Ivan, while the lovers hid the name of the baby’s father. Kristovsky tried to hide the break with his family from the public.

But in the spring of 2016, Sergei and Natalya began to appear at social events together, and then announced their wedding. took place in the Spanish resort town of Marbella, where relatives and close friends of the bride and groom came.

It is worth adding that the singer and musician never forgot his childhood dream of becoming a professional athlete. The artist periodically plays for the football club of Russian pop stars “StarCo”, as well as for the hockey team “KomAr”.

Sergey Kristovsky now

Sergei Kristovsky still tours a lot with the Uma Thurman group, and also gives solo concerts. In 2016, the brothers recorded their fifth album, entitled “Sing, Spring!”, which included the tracks “Toxins”, “One on One”, “Happy”. In the same year the composition “Jules Verne” appeared. Sergey and Vladimir dedicated a song to the monument to the French writer, which is located in Nizhny Novgorod. Kristovsky also pleased fans with new videos for the songs “Bestia” and “Envy”.

In 2017, the Kristovskys resumed their collaboration with television, recording the musical composition “Vanyusha”, used in the film. The last two videos for the hits “Uma2rmaH” were videos called “Kamon” and “One Way”.

Discography

• 2002 - “Twelve Zero Zero”
• 2002 - “Step after you”
• 2002 - “Look into your eyes”
• 2004 - “In the city of N”
• 2005 - “Or maybe this is a dream?..”
• 2008 - “What Dreams May Come”
• 2008 - “Through the Cities”
• 2011 - “Everyone is crazy in this city”
• 2013 - “Tomorrow”
• 2016 - “Sing, spring!”

“Umaturman” (Uma2rman) is a Russian musical group performing pop-rock compositions with elements of reggae and funk. They quickly burst into domestic show business in 2003, as soon as the hit “Praskovya” appeared on the radio, and the soundtrack to the film “Night Watch” helped consolidate their success. The first group in the history of the Moscow Film Festival to have the honor of performing at its opening.

History of creation

Before they started performing together, brothers Vladimir and Sergey Kristovsky, natives of Nizhny Novgorod, managed to work with many musical groups. Vladimir, the younger brother, loved to sing since childhood. However, Sergei was the first to write songs and make a living from music. Soon they recorded their first joint composition; Sergei wrote the words, and Vladimir wrote the music.

As time passed, the skill of the performers grew. In 1998, Vladimir Kristovsky decided to show his demo tape to agents in Moscow. It was not yet “Umaturman” - the younger Kristovsky assembled the punk band “View from Above”. In all the recording studios he was advised to return from where he came. The guy did not give up and recorded a demo tape with three new songs, with which he won the competition of the music publication “Live Sound”. The main prize was a contract to record an album in one of the capital's studios, but a default occurred, and the matter was limited to a note about the group in the newspaper.

For some time, Vladimir tried to settle in Moscow. He wrote songs and offered them to other performers, including the Tatu group, but to no avail. He worked as a fitter, a gas welder, a gas station attendant, a janitor in a kindergarten, a courier, studied at a music school, tried to become a hairdresser... But in the end he returned to Nizhny Novgorod, where he swore off working as anyone other than a musician, and began performing in restaurants and clubs.

As for Sergei Kristovsky, at first he worked as a DJ, then he was a bass player in the Broadway group, with which he went on tour in Germany, and in 1995 he put together his own group, Sherwood, which at first was a frequent guest in Nizhny Novgorod restaurants, then she traveled all over Russia. It is noteworthy that the group did not perform cover versions of songs by popular artists, but their own. In those same years, Sergei became one of the founders of the local Center for Youth Initiatives.

In the end, Sergei suggested that his brother try to perform together, with two guitars. This is how the duet “Not Our World” was born. The public reaction was positive, and the Kristovskys recorded another “demo” of 15 songs and sent it to Moscow. Most of the songs (12) were recorded in just one night.

And then miracles began. Zemfira heard and fell in love with the song “Praskovya”. Vladimir Kristovsky’s birthday in 2003 fell on Zemfira’s concert in Moscow in a “for friends” format, and his friends gave him a gift - tickets to her performance. The brothers also offered the opportunity to sing “Praskovya” with the singer, who did not refuse.

The main stages of creativity

Soon the musicians changed their name to “Umaturman” (in honor of their favorite actress Uma Thurman) and shot a video for “Praskovya”. As soon as the song appeared in the media space, it turned into a hit and was heard everywhere.

Umaturman - Praskovya. The group's first hit

Further more. Director Timur Bekmambetov invited the brothers to record the soundtrack for the film “Night Watch,” which was positioned as the first Russian international blockbuster. The film with Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Alexey Chadov and a galaxy of other iconic artists received mixed reviews, but the final song “Once upon a time there was Anton Gorodetsky,” written by the Kristovsky brothers, was stuck in the audience’s heads for a long time.

The subsequent release of the debut album “In the City of N” in 2004 (N stands for Nizhny Novgorod, because almost all the compositions were written in the musicians’ hometown) created a sensation: all the compositions appeared in the national charts, and the record itself received platinum status. No one was surprised that at the MTV Russian Music Awards “Uma2rman” took the statuette in the “Discovery of the Year” category.

Umaturman – Night Watch

The album included 17 songs: compositions from the demo tape, the song “Night Watch”, a remix of “Praskovya” and the second version of the song “Uma Thurman”, recorded, according to the musicians, especially for Tarantino. It sounds like a joke, but they still performed this song in front of Quentin - at the opening of the Moscow Film Festival, the guys were introduced to the American director by Nikita Mikhalkov. The song was accompanied by a video with films featuring Uma Thurman and Russian classics. Tarantino appreciated the surprise and laughed at the text (the translation was subtitled synchronously with the brothers’ voices), and then accepted a gift from the Kristovskys for Uma - their CD with a translation of a song about the actress.

Umaturman - I've been waiting for you, Vova! (Uma Thurman)

The Kristovskys did not delay the release of their second album and in 2005 at the Olimpiyskiy they presented the album “Could it be a dream?...” (2005), which included 18 songs. The album began with the composition “Letter to Uma.” The new creation of Uma2rman was criticized and accused of being secondary and lacking development.

In 2007, “Umaturman” recorded the main theme for the sitcom “Daddy’s Daughters,” and absolutely free of charge. The series is close to many musicians, because both Sergei and Vladimir are fathers of many children.

Uma2rmaH – song from the TV series “Daddy’s Daughters”

The third studio album “Where Dreams May Come” (2008) turned out to be a little more experimental than the previous ones. The artists tried themselves in new genres, which is especially noticeable in the song “No Chorus.” They also worked with Patricia Kaas and together recorded the songs “Paris” and “You Won’t Call.”

Collaboration with filmmakers continued in the cartoon “Belka and Strelka. Star Dogs" (2010). Three “Umaturman” compositions were included in the soundtrack of the animated adventure of four-legged cosmonauts, whose voices were given by Anna Bolshova and Elena Yakovleva.

The album “Everyone is Crazy in This City” (2011) brought “Uma2rman” a nomination for the Muz-TV award in the “Best Rock Group” category, but the victory went to Ilya Lagutenko’s group “Mumiy Troll”. The musicians pleased fans with 18 new songs, including covers of “And you know, everything will still be” by Alla Pugacheva and “Candle” by “Time Machine”.

After this, Sergei took up a solo album, rumors spread about the breakup of the group, but they turned out to be wrong. In 2015, the group recorded 5 songs for the series “Prince of Siberia” with Ivan Zhidkov, including the opening theme.

In 2016, the long-awaited new album “Sing, Spring!” was released, which showed excellent results at the start of sales and soared to the first line of the iTunes chart.

Collaborations with other artists

• “You Won’t Call” (feat. Patricia Kaas)
• “Love on a Snowboard” (feat.

Vladimir Kristovsky is the youngest of the Kristovsky brothers from the Uma2rman group. Author of music and lyrics. Performer and guitarist.

Early years, childhood and family of Vladimir Kristovsky

Since childhood, Volodya had a good voice and loved to sing. The boy's love for music was fostered by his father, Evgeniy Visvaldovich, an amateur musician. Volodya always dreamed of becoming an artist.

As a teenager, the boy’s voice began to break, and for some time Vladimir did not sing at all. But the desire to be an artist did not leave him. For Volodya, an example was always his older brother Sergei, who, while still a young man, performed with his group and was successful. The age difference between the brothers was five years, and Vladimir tried to imitate Sergei in everything. He was very worried when his older brother beat him in various sports games.

Vladimir really did not like studying, and he was very reluctant to attend school. He preferred to compose poems and select music for them. But compared to Sergei’s songs, his poems seemed awkward, incomprehensible, “not like that”...

However, the younger Kristovsky is used to getting his way. At first, his older brother helped him with lyrics for songs. Over time, Vladimir felt that he could not only write music, but also compose words to the melody.

The most memorable for Vladimir during this period were the wonderful evenings when Sergei brought his many friends home, and they sang their songs until late.

The beginning of the career of musician Vladimir Kristovsky

Volodya gathered a group of guys who performed his songs and gave it the name “View from Above.” Vladimir brought the first demo recording of his songs to Moscow in 1998. However, the music was punk in nature, and not everyone perceived it the way the musician himself would have liked.

Vladimir distributed cassettes with his songs to all existing recording studios. The guy's expectations were not met. According to the conclusion of professionals from the recording company Gala Records, what the guy wrote, to use informal vocabulary, was “complete crap.”

But this did not stop Vladimir. And after a while he recorded another tape with three new songs. It was with these songs that Vladimir became the winner of the “Live Sound” competition, which was held by one of the famous newspapers.

Immediately after winning the competition, an article was published about the musician with the publication of his photograph. Vladimir was given the opportunity to record and publish an album in a studio in the capital. But this time the musician’s hopes were not destined to come true. There was a default in the country, which ruined all plans.

Life experience of Vladimir Kristovsky

After school, Vladimir received a specialty as an electrician. After some time, he became an apprentice gas-electric welder. A little later he decided to master the art of hairdressing, but he did not have the patience to work in this specialty. So all these professions remained unclaimed by Vladimir.

Vladimir Kristovsky - My favorite song

Kristovsky Jr. worked everywhere: as a night watchman at a morgue, as an operator at a gas station, as a driver at the Ministry of Finance. I managed to work as an agent selling chocolate and lemonade, worked as a courier, as a seller of household appliances, and even worked as a deputy director in one of the design firms. Going through one profession after another, Vladimir realized that his life’s work was music.

Vladimir Kristovsky's path to fame

Vladimir brought the songs written in Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow and tried to sell them. Among the potential buyers was the Tatu group, which was little known at the time. The songs of Nizhny Novgorod could be sung by Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina.

But cassette recordings of songs with a guitar were not in demand, and Vladimir had to return to his native Nizhny Novgorod with nothing.

In his hometown, Vladimir got a job at the Karambol club, where he sang his songs and accompanied himself with a guitar. The first fee he received for writing an anthem for the restaurant was $300.

Kristovsky tried to form his own group, but the idea failed. Then brother Sergei, who already had some experience and enjoyed success, came to the rescue. The elder Kristovsky invited Vladimir to perform together. They united into one group. The first performance that the public saw took place in Moscow on Vladimir’s birthday, in December 2003.

Vladimir Kristovsky told the truth about himself

Friends decided to give Volodya a gift and invited the brothers to one of the Moscow clubs for Zemfira’s concert. But the most important gift and surprise for the birthday boy was the opportunity to perform on the same stage with the famous singer. The success was so obvious that the very next year, in March, the first video was shot in Crimea, or rather in Yalta and Gurzuf, which brought real popularity to the Kristovsky brothers.

Achievements and awards of Vladimir Kristovsky, “Uma2rman”

In October 2004, the brothers became winners at the RussiaMusic Awards in the “Best Debut” category. Around the same time, their first album, “In the City of N,” was released.

In 2009, the group “Uma2rman” became the creator and arranger of the main song of the popular TV series “Daddy’s Daughters” and the author of the soundtrack to the film “Oh, Lucky Man”.

In 2011, the group “Uma2rman” released their fourth album, “Everyone is Crazy in This City,” for which they were nominated for the Muz-TV award in the “Best Rock Group” category. But, unfortunately, “Um2rman” lost primacy to the popular group “Mumiy Troll” and its leader Ilya Lagutenko.

In 2012, the Kristovsky group wrote the text and voiced the new title sequence for the popular sitcom “Daddy’s Daughters.”

Personal life of Vladimir Kristovsky

Vladimir married at the age of twenty. His chosen one was eighteen-year-old Valeria Rimskaya, a member of the Nizhny Novgorod KVN team. The young people met at one of the KVN games. In 1995 the wedding took place. The marriage produced four wonderful daughters.

Recently, in an interview with HELLO! the artist said that after 17 years of marriage, he decided to break up with Valeria. The reason for the divorce, according to Vladimir, was that their relationship grew from love into friendship.

The separation was not easy for the spouses. The musician even had to undergo a rehabilitation course in one of the clinics in Germany. However, Vladimir Kristovsky believes that Lera will remain his best friend.

Vladimir Kristovsky today

The younger Kristovsky is interested in cars, boxing and snowboarding. But Vladimir’s main passion is motorcycles. But everything that touches the air (planes, helicopters) causes fear.

Vladimir treats money calmly. He believes that they are necessary, but you need to earn enough so as not to think about what you will eat today.

In 2013, the premiere of an expensive and technically difficult video for the song “Muse” took place.

Currently, the Kristovsky brothers continue to work on a new album, which will include songs such as “Friday” and “Dance, Muse.”

The songs of the group "Umaturman" won the hearts of many listeners. But not everyone knows the history of its creation and the date of its foundation. This will be discussed in this article. You will also find out who is part of the group, what awards and albums they have, and what is the secret of its popularity.

The history of the creation of the group "Umaturman"

2011 was marked by the release of another album with the intriguing title “Everyone is Crazy in This City.”

Awards and group composition

The Umaturman group is a three-time winner of the popular Muz-TV award. The team also took part in such festivals as “Maxidrom”, “Megadrive”, “Megahouse”, “Invasion”.

Composition of the group:

• Vladimir Kristovsky (vocalist, guitarist).
• Sergey Kristovsky (vocalist, backing vocalist, bass guitarist).
• Alexander Abramov (saxophonist).
• Alexey Kaplun (pianist).
• Sergei Solodkin (drummer).
• Yuri Terletsky (solo guitarist).

The secret of the success and popularity of the Kristovsky brothers

Vladimir and Sergey Kristovsky are very talented. Their songs skillfully synthesize attractive melodies and ironic lyrics. This is incredibly catchy and activates the attention of listeners, lifting their spirits. Their songs have a unique and individual style, imbued with special lyricism.

Vladimir (Jr.) is an unsurpassed author of exquisite texts and charming music. Sergei manages to create unique arrangements. He is also responsible for the entire difficult recording process.

Group "Umaturman". Songs. List

• Album “Night Watch” (2004): “Bay-bayushki-bayu”, “Give me a chance”, “Why”, “And the heart will turn”, “Someone in the city”, “Night Watch”, “Lead”, Praskovya”, “Say goodbye”, “Hey, fat one”, “I’ve been waiting for you” and others.
• Album “In the city N” (2005): “Hell”, “Hello, dear”, “Give”, “No cola, no dacha”, “Explain to me”, “Say goodbye”, “Wounded in the temple”, “You are far away” ", "You're Gone", "Uma Thurman" and others.
• Album “Or maybe it’s a dream” (2006): “Everything is as usual”, “Everything will be fine”, “In my head G”, “Why”, “Lullaby”, “Someone in the city”, “He will come”, “Letter to Uma”, “Bird of Happiness”, “Say”, “Tennis”, “You are far away” and others.

What did Sergei Kristovsky talk about in his interview?

On April 28, 2009, Artem Shishkin (manager of the World of Music company) talked with musician Sergei Kristovsky (group Umaturman). He told a lot of interesting details about himself and his life. The multi-instrumentalist did not immediately devote himself to music. For a long time he was fond of hockey and swimming. Moreover, Sergei still has time for hockey. At music school he was a gifted child; teachers admired his abilities. He worked as a DJ and played in various musical groups. A real revelation was Sergei’s confession of a ten-year alcohol addiction. Having a family helped me get rid of a bad and destructive habit. After 2-3 years, he and his brother Vladimir create a joint group with the unusual name “Umaturman”.

So, “Umaturman” - a group (photos attached), the founders of which are the Kristovsky brothers - became famous and in demand in a short period of time. Their songs have repeatedly occupied the first lines of the charts. Many songs have become favorites among a large number of the public. Their concerts still attract huge crowds to this day.

Two brothers lived in the city of Nizhny Novgorod - Vladimir and Sergey Kristovsky. In July 2003, Kristovsky Jr. (Volodya) realized that he had a lot of songs that needed to be done with, and the brothers decided to create a new group. By this time, both already had a fair amount of experience working separately in local musical teams. First, the songs were tested with local audiences. Things got going, and it was decided to record a demo album. At the Nizhny Novgorod studio, 15 songs were recorded, composed and sung by Volodya, arranged by Sergei and performed together. He was sent to Moscow by record companies. The capital was very interested in the group’s work, and from that moment the history of the Umaturman group began. Before..

::Vladimir Kristovsky::(the youngest of the brothers, author of lyrics and music, vocals, guitar).

“I always loved to sing, and as a child I had a very good voice. Then my voice began to break and for some time I didn’t sing at all, but I wanted to. Therefore, I consciously began to train my voice, to “sing” it. Then I'll

I haven’t written any songs yet. This also happened to me through conscious effort - about seven years ago. Sergei was already writing songs and performing them in public. And I decided that I also needed to try. For my first song, I wrote only the music; Seryoga came up with the words. I just sat down and wrote. Those are your first

Now I can’t remember those experiences without laughing. And then the moment came when I felt that I was starting to succeed. And I got high.

I brought my first demo recording to Moscow back in 1998. I then put together a team called “View from Above”. Back then my songs sounded completely different -

something punk. So, I handed over the cassette with these recordings to record companies. I remember at Gala Records they even started listening to it in front of me. And they said, “Boy, this sucks.” Then there was another cassette with three songs. And with her we became winners of the “Live Sound” newspaper competition. There's even

There was an article about me with a photo. It was planned that the winner would have the opportunity to record an album in a studio in the capital and publish it, but at that time there was a default. I had to forget about music for a while - making money with this craft then became completely impossible.

Places of work of V. Kristovsky

Graduated from a vocational school as an electrician of some equipment

Gas-electric welder's apprentice

Self employed

I studied to be a hairdresser (but during my studies I hated this profession)

Worked in a morgue as a night orderly (a terrible place where unidentified corpses are taken)

Automobile operator

gas station

I studied at a music school for a year, while working as a janitor in a kindergarten (they paid little, but you could eat well)

He worked as a driver at the Ministry of Finance and just drove his car

Chocolate and lemonade sales agent

Office equipment seller

Sweep it away

director of a design firm

“Then I already began to understand that my life’s work – music – was standing still. I went to Moscow and started trying to sell songs. He offered them to many, even the then little-known Tatu group, recorded on a cassette with a guitar of terrible quality. I don't like anything

it turned out, and I left for Nizhny. There I decided that I would no longer make money from anything other than music.

My friend and I ended up at the Carombol billiards club. I was the official singer with a guitar, and he was a full-time entertainer. I wrote an anthem for this restaurant and they paid me a huge amount for it.

By those standards, the money was $300. My friend and I also wrote a script in verse for opening a restaurant, it was very funny. But we were fired from there, and I began to play in different cafes, restaurants, even in the canteen.

Last summer I realized that I really wanted to sing my own songs. I couldn’t put the group together, and

I decided to sing with the guitar myself. Then my brother Seryoga first suggested playing two guitars. There were 2 concerts, and we realized that we needed the sound of a group. We made a program for the keys. This is how the project “Not Our World” appeared. The name came from a tablet with an alien burned on it and the inscription “Don’t

of our world,” appearing from nowhere in our house. Then, after playing in clubs and realizing what people liked, we recorded a demo album in one night at a Nizhny Novgorod studio. They copied the same alien from the board onto the cover and sent it to Moscow.

I have long believed that I would become famous, but

when this faith left me and I thought that I was an idiot. I was a terrible maximalist and was waiting for world fame to come to me.

When I needed to form a group, I came to the music school. They had a shortage of trombonists and they offered me to enroll. At the gas station where I worked at the time, I blew into a tenor

these days, I trained. As a result, I entered and studied for a year. I had 5 in my specialty. At one point I even wanted to become the best trombonist. All my life I wanted everything and in huge quantities. My big dream is to buy a house and a good car for my parents. They almost always had to

Get ready for food - we were three children."

::Sergey Kristovsky::(the eldest of the brothers, guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, arrangements.).

“In his youth, our father played in the Dynamo-Gorky hockey team together with the future captain of the USSR national team Valery Vasiliev. Dad is a sports guy, a candidate for m

Aster of Sports in swimming and Master of Sports in volleyball and hockey. Then he went to college and eventually became a very cool specialist in nuclear energy. Our mother is an engineer. All her life she also wrote poetry. Our parents are very good people. We have always had the most democratic atmosphere in our house.

– Numerous Vovins and my companies constantly gathered. As a child, I was also very interested in sports. Started playing hockey at the age of 6. I picked up a hockey stick when I was one and a half years old. All through school I played hockey, swam, and played football. At the age of 19, at a game in Chkalovsk, my collarbone was broken, and, sitting at home, I

I was playing guitar. After school, I worked as a turner, a postman, a loader at a champagne wine factory, a nanny in a kindergarten, and built something. And then I started working as a DJ. That's when I started playing music. I've always sung well. We took branded backing tracks, I wrote Russian lyrics on them and sang in a local club

oh and restaurants. That's when I started writing my first songs. I assembled the Broadway team and off we went... We recorded an album of my and my friend’s songs and went on tour. Then the group broke up. At that time, a rock festival was taking place in Nizhny, for winning which you were given the right to go to the festival in Germ

anyu. And one country band offered to make my songs and perform at our festival. In 2 days at my home we prepared a program, took first place and went to Germany. There, in 10 days, we gave 5 concerts, which were a great success. I remained in this group as a bass player. Played to

antique and my songs. And then I decided to create my own team. So in 1995 the group “Sherwood” appeared, which became very popular in Nizhny Novgorod. In taverns we sang only our own songs, not covers, which was very unusual for our city. We traveled all over the country under the wing of the Russian Union

and the youth. Then we created the Center for Youth Initiatives under the Department of Education. We traveled throughout the Nizhny Novgorod region. At the same time, they worked in taverns. They made a living only from music. We had our own disco, bar, even a helpline. And then Vovik came with his songs, and in disputes we

recorded those same 15 songs. There was great demand in Nizhny, but we never had time to play there - we were very quickly invited to Moscow.” That same demo album... As the participants themselves have already said, 12 of the 15 songs that conquered Moscow were recorded in one night. The guys say it wasn't difficult

since the program had already been tested at concerts. The only problem was that on the same day before, the guys had to perform at several concerts, and Volodya’s voice had shrunk. Nevertheless, the mood was such that in terms of energy and mood the recording turned out to be stronger than what was later recorded

They wrote in studios in the capital. Recent history.. The first public performance in Moscow took place at the 16 Ton club at Zemfira’s concert. This happened on Volodya’s birthday in December 2003. As a gift, his friends invited him to Zemfira’s semi-underground concert. There the Kristovskys were informed

that they will be able to go on stage and perform their song “Praskovya” together with Zema. The fact is that Zemfira, at the suggestion of the same friends, heard this song at her housewarming party, and she really liked it. Zemfira repeatedly played the song to all newly arriving guests and predicted a happy fate for her

fuck. Therefore, she easily agreed to perform together, although the story was quite adventurous, since the guys had never met Zemfira before and did not have the opportunity to rehearse together. Volodya: “It was terribly scary to perform at Zemfira’s concert. But now I'm glad that we didn't then

refused. It was very cool that she sang with us. She is one of the most talented artists in the world. It was incredibly nice that she paid attention to our music at all.”

The group's first video for the song "Praskovya" was filmed on March 23-24 in Yalta and Gurzuf. Director: Natalya Pogonicheva. Name it

e “Umaturman” did not appear immediately. Previously, the group was called differently. There was a semi-mystical story associated with the name, but it did not really fit the music that the Kristovskys played. In addition, this name turned out to be so intricate that it was constantly confused, distorted or not.

remembered at all. The brothers and comrades sat down and came up with a new name for the group. Firstly, because Uma Thurman is the favorite actress of musicians, and secondly, because one of the brightest songs on the album is dedicated to this very actress. The story had a rather unexpected continuation. Somehow to America

A journalist came from Moscow to interview Uma and told her about the existence of her namesake group in Russia. Uma didn’t make a fuss about the violation of her rights, but on the contrary, she wanted to listen to their songs and generally get to know the guys.

The Kristovskys haven’t met Uma Thurman yet, but they did

whether Quentin Tarantino should sing that very song personally. This happened at the opening of the Moscow Film Festival. At the finale of the event, Nikita Mikhalkov introduced the group to his friend Tarantino, after which the guys performed the creation of the same name. Their performance was accompanied by a very funny clip, cut from footage

films with the participation of Uma Thurman and domestic film classics. The famous film director mentioned in the song was very pleased with the surprise presented. He laughed a lot while looking at the screen and listening to the simultaneous translation of the song. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Umaturman musicians gave Tarantino a package for his

her “namesake,” which contained the group’s recordings and a translation of a song about her and a video clip for “Praskovya.” The maestro promised to definitely deliver the parcel.

Volodya believes that everything he dreams about will come true sooner or later. Therefore, he is confident that meeting the actress will definitely take place. "Uma Thurman"

The only group in the entire history of the Moscow Film Festival that received the honor of performing at the opening ceremony. They became the hallmark of the event, and gave concerts as part of its events more than once. During this time, the group “Umaturman” acquired a lot of fans in the cinema-tuso

vke. Thus, on the air of the Mayak radio station, Vladimir Mashkov conveyed greetings and compliments to the group. The connections of the Umaturman group with cinema do not end with their participation in the Film Festival. Even before this, the director of the film “Night Watch” Timur Bekmambetov, who threatens to become a sensation, became interested in the guys’ work

and the highlight of the upcoming film season. Timur wanted the title song of the film to be shocking and fundamentally different from what is commonly considered a soundtrack. We won’t reveal all the secrets of the film before its premiere, but the group “Umaturman” managed to make the song that the director dreamed of

The song was written very quickly and recorded as a demo by the guys at home. The surprising thing is that the director accepted this particular version, and not several others already recorded in a professional studio. Bekmambetov said that the imperfect demo version has the same mood

which he sought from the main song of the film.

It is planned to shoot a video clip for the song “Uma Thurman”, which became famous thanks to the Moscow Film Festival, and not just anywhere, but in America. This idea came to the mind of Timur Bekmambetov, and he also helped negotiate with the famous American music video artist

ker, author of Marilyn Manson videos. The only problem that arose in the way of this idea was the life principles of Volodya Kristovsky. The fact is that Volodya never lies. And this rule has no exceptions. And to obtain an American visa, a small white lie was simply necessary

Now the manufacturing company is trying to solve this so far insoluble problem. about the album itself...

Until this moment, the official release date was considered to be October 5th. But due to rampant piracy (the demo version of the album, as well as various collections, can already be found on the shelves of various kiosks), and, b

The title of the album "In the City of N" was not chosen by chance. Almost all the songs, except for “Night Watch,” were written by Vova Kristovsky in Nizhny Novgorod.

Vova Kristovsky: “The initial versions were recorded in Nizhny Novgorod,

and then re-recorded in the studio of the CD LAND company with Chubykin, and the final mix and mastering, the so-called final touches, as well as the re-recording of several tracks, take place in the studio of the famous arranger Evgeny Kuritsyn. The most difficult thing in recording the album was that when we were in Nizhny

we wrote a demo recording of our songs, they were of poor quality, but they had a mood... When re-recording and remixing the songs, the quality improved, but most importantly, it was lost. We had to change a lot, re-record and even radically change the song arrangements themselves... But in the end I'm very pleased with what I did

it happened...”

It is quite difficult to characterize the style and direction of both the group and the album itself. The 15 songs included in the band's debut album are quite diverse, they contain both a certain life irony and deep lyrics.

Initially, in the tender for the right to distribute

long-awaited album, 6 companies participated. Negotiations with all participants were carried out for a month and in the end the three largest Moscow distributors remained: the company "CD Land", "Monolit" and "Mystery of Sound". The release was so in demand that the most unexpected thing happened, the band's producers

It was possible to unite into a single alliance companies that had previously been fierce competitors.

To date, the album has been released in the original version, as well as the so-called “limited addition” or collector’s edition of the album.

Original version:

As we already said, in the original version of the album

MA included 15 tracks, including everyone’s favorite hits of this summer (“Praskovya”, “Night Watch”, “Farewell”), as well as songs that had been performed at concerts more than once before.

Track listing:

1. Praskovya

2. Night Watch

3. Wounded in the temple

4. Uma Thurman (Tarantino version)

6. You left

7. Hello dear

8. Explain to me

12. No cola, no dacha

13. Say goodbye

14. Praskovya (radio mix)

15. Uma Thurman (original version)*

* This version was specially recorded for Quentin Tarantino for political reasons. correctness.

Composition of the group "Umaturman" pr.

represents:

Kristovsky Vladimir - Vocals, guitar

Kristovsky Sergey - Bass guitar; vocals

Solodkin Sergey - Drums

Kozhakov Alexey - Solo guitar

Kaplun Alexey - Keyboards

Katynsky Alexander - Sound engineer

All members of the group are professional musicians, old friends and colleagues

Atyev Kristovskikh from Nizhny Novgorod, and at concerts the guys amaze the viewer’s perception with their coherence and drive. At live concerts you can hear not only songs from the album, but also new, unreleased compositions by the group.

Ahead of the group is a tour of Russian cities in support of you