Boris Grebenshchikov

Soviet and Russian recording artist; singer

Boris Grebenshchikov is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Boris Grebenshchikov as Soviet and Russian recording artist; singer.

Boris Grebenshchikov was born at Saint Petersburg in 1953. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Faculty of Applied Mathematics - Control Processes, St. Petersburg State University and Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239.

Amplification, television and the album as an art form defined this period, and the record industry reached its greatest scale.

He worked as actor, poet and singer-songwriter.

The instruments recorded are guitar, harmonica and keyboard instrument.

His work is classed as rock music, reggae and folk rock.

He performed with Aquarium.

What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.

That the work came out of Russia shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

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