Many experts and connoisseurs of the beautiful consider the author’s song a purely Russian phenomenon. Maybe this is not entirely true, but there have been no official denials yet. Anton Dukhovskoy continues to compose and perform his songs.
Children's hobbies
Mathematics puts the mind in order, and literature teaches proper communication with people around. Based on these postulates, in Soviet times the program of a comprehensive secondary school was imposed. Anton Vladimirovich Dukhovskoy was born on February 21, 1967 in an intelligent family. Parents lived in the capital of Russian provinces, Leningrad. My father worked as a surgeon in a hospital. Mother taught economic geography in one of the higher educational institutions.
Anton grew up a curious and active child. He studied well at school. His favorite subjects were history and literature. Among peers, he was distinguished by sociability. Easily found a common language with classmates and guys from a neighboring yard. In high school, he attended classes at a literary studio, which operated in the palace of pioneers. It was in this chronological segment that he began to write poetry. He mastered the technique of playing the six-string guitar. He liked to read the poem "Woe from Wit" and learned it by heart.
Creative activity
After school, in 1984, Dukhovskoy entered the department of literature and the Russian language at the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute. However, the future poet failed to complete his education, he was drafted into the army. Had to serve in the Far East. As soon as Anton picked up the guitar, he was immediately assigned to the army song ensemble. At the final stage of the service, for his successful work, he was temporarily seconded to the troupe of the Russian Theater of the city of Birobidzhan.
Returning to his native Leningrad, Dukhovskoy entered the Department of Dramatic Art of the famous Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. In the spring of 1988, Anton first performed on the stage of the Variety Theater as a performer of his own songs. The career of the author-performer was developing successfully. Two seasons later, Dukhovskaya became the laureate of the All-Union Festival, which was held in Kiev. Two years later, the first collection of poems, The Music Box, was released.
