Egor Timofeev: biography, creativity, career, personal life

Timofeev Egor Andreevich - the founder of the rock band "MultFilm", famous in 2000-2003. He is also a composer, poet, performer, musician, actor, animator.

Biography

Childhood

Egor Timofeev was born and raised in the city on the Neva on April 14, 1976. Mom and dad had nothing to do with music, and the boy already showed his creative abilities in childhood: he sang perfectly and danced great. Therefore, he enjoyed attending piano and violin classes at a music school.

Youth and creative career

After graduating from music and general secondary school, Yegor entered the Faculty of History at the Pedagogical University. As a first-year student, Yegor created the band The Ears ("Ears"), which included several music guys. They performed simply for themselves the hits of the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Doors and other world-famous ensembles. Four years later, at the end of the institute, Yegor received a higher education, a teacher’s diploma, but did not work a day in his chosen profession, but the group first appeared in front of the audience with their songs included and the new name of the group “Deep Water Miracles”. Timofeev became a soloist, as well as an author of music and texts. In addition to him, the collective included: Maxim Voitov (drums), Evgeny Lazarenko (electric guitar), Victor Novikov (keys) and Rustem Gallyamov (bass guitar).

"Cartoons"

After another year, the name of the group was changed to "Animated Films". Within five years, the team is gaining momentum. The music of the group had its own unique sound style, similar to the British direction of Brit-pop. Songs were heard on many radio stations and television, performances took place at prestigious festivals. The popular love for the musicians was given by the hit “They Follow Us”. In 2004, Yegor Timofeev recorded a solo album "The Pentagon", in which he himself plays almost all instruments. In the same year, a break for several years was made in the creative activities of the musicians. In 2007, she again began to give concerts in clubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In 2015, after an eight-year break, the multfilm rock band set to work again and appeared in front of the public. The team became most famous for the Brit-pop style, which was already evident on the first album of the same name. For the upcoming tour, the musicians have prepared several new songs.

During its existence, the "Animation" group has released more than 10 studio albums and gave dozens of concerts in Russia.