Arthur Berkut is a famous Russian rock musician, songwriter, composer and singer. He gained the greatest popularity thanks to cooperation with the famous hard rock band "Aria".
Biography
Arthur's parents have devoted most of their lives to the circus. In 1962, during a regular tour on May 24, a boy was born who was named Arthur. Despite the fact that the circus history of the Mikheev family lasts for many years, the child did not follow in the footsteps of their ancestors. Instead, he became interested in music and from the age of 11 began to perform with the school ensemble.
He was very fond of singing in his school years, and after graduation he decided to enter the famous Gnesinka. After graduating from a vocal class, Arthur receives the first offers from already known musical groups.
Career
Arthur Mikheev received his first experience of performing on the hard rock stage in the group "Magic Twilight". The team was created long before the well-known "Aria" by students of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute V. Kholstinin and V. Dubinin. After leaving the second Arthur received an invitation to take his place. He agreed, but didn’t stay there for a long time, a month later he left Twilight and moved to the new Autograph team. Arthur, by and large, got a place as a soloist in this group thanks to the father of the former soloist. Under the pressure of his father, an employee of the KGB, Sergey Brutyan was forced to leave his creative activity and engage in science.
From that moment on, the voice of Autograph was Arthur Mikheev. With the beginning of a new activity, the artist took the pseudonym Berkut, under which fans and fans of the difficult stage know him. The group lasted until 1990. In the late 80s, heavy performers began to actively conquer the stage, and Autograph, with its intricate compositions, began to actively lose ground, and by the year 90, group leader Alexander Sitkovetsky announced the dissolution of the collective. It is noteworthy that the last performance of the group was 1333th.
After a long collaboration with Autograph, Arthur Berkut managed to change about a dozen different little-known musical teams. In the period from the 92nd to the 94th year, he even managed to work in the United States with the Siberia group. From the 94th to the 97th, he played the guitar in ZOOOM, along the way he wrote lyrics and music for the group. For a long time he performed as a session (temporary) musician in already well-known bands.
In 1998, he, along with Sergei Mavrin, recorded his debut album for the label "Mauritius", in some compositions he acted as the author. After a short collaboration, due to ongoing disputes over the future of the group, Arthur leaves the project. In 2000, Berkut, together with the author and poet Sergei Yelin, tried to revive the famous Autograph, but faced with disapproval from the copyright holders, the guys abandoned the idea.
Nevertheless, a new team of "Golden Eagle" appears. In 2002, the debut album of the team "Until death do us part." The group is already throwing ideas for a future album and plans to arrange a tour, but at this time an unpleasant event takes place in the camp of the legendary Aria. After a scandal, Valery Kipelov left his team.
Vladimir Kholstinin, who had already worked with Berkut as part of the Magic Twilight project, asks him to join the group. After a short meeting with Sergei Yelin, Arthur accepts the invitation.
In 2003, the long-awaited album "Baptism of Fire" was released. The work was harder than usual, and in addition a new voice of the soloist provoked a split among the devotees of the “Aryans”. From that moment, the fans of the group were divided into fans of “Aria” with Kipelov and fans of “Aria” led by Berkut. Over the following years, several group singles were released. In 2005, Berkut still manages to re-assemble the Autograph team, and by the 25th anniversary they release the disc "25 years later."
The following year, "Aria" records the second disc with a new soloist, this work is perceived by fans much better. Big tours around the cities of Russia begin, along the way the group stops in the studio to record the next singles. The last joint work of Arthur with the group "Aria" appeared in 2009. The single "Battlefield" was supposed to be the harbinger of the next numbered album. Golden eagle actively worked on new material, but in 2011, suddenly for all fans and Arthur himself, Vladimir Kholstinin announced the termination of all agreements with the vocalist.
The last performance of the band "Aria" with vocalist Arthur Berkut took place in late August of the same year. After leaving the Aryan team, Arthur decides to revive the once-abandoned Golden Eagle project. Already in September, a small collection of "Right is Given" is published, with the material of which the team gives numerous concerts around the country. The following year, the guys released another small collection, "To Each His Own."
The band’s first full-length album was released only in 2014. Presentation of the work "Winners are not judged" took place in the Moscow club Monaclub. The group recorded the second disc in 2016. The album was called "Suite of the Eternal Theme." The following year, the single "Be Yourself" was released.
In 2018, the city of Kemerovo hosted the premiere of the unique Heaven symphony project, in which Arthur Berkut took a direct part. In addition to recording albums and concerts, Arthur actively takes part in projects of other musicians, conducts master classes in vocal skills and participates in charity.
