"Broadway", "Sherwood", "Country Saloon", Uma2rmaH - these are musical groups of the brainchild of Sergei Kristovsky. But only the last group that he created with his brother brought him real success. Who is he and where from? How did you come to music? What is remarkable about the biography of rock musician, singer, composer and poet Sergei Kristovsky?
We can safely say that the whole life of Sergei Kristovsky is spontaneity and a combination of circumstances. He dreamed of becoming a hockey player, but became a rock musician. He is the father of 4 children and was married four times. What else is remarkable about his biography? How did he come to the decision to do just music and why did he give up sports?
Biography of Sergey Kristovsky
The future leader of the popular Russian musical group Uma2rmaH, like his brother Vladimir, was born in a family far from professional art. Sergey Kristovsky’s mom was an engineer, and dad played for the Dynamo Gorky hockey team. Parents of boys loved to sing, but they did not even consider vocals as a profession for their children.
From early childhood, Sergei was engaged in hockey, showed excellent results in this sport, but a severe injury to the collarbone at the age of 19 crossed out plans to become a professional athlete. It was during that difficult period of his life that Kristovsky Sr. picked up his guitar.
For the guy, music became a kind of outlet. Sergei was not going to enter a specialized educational institution in this area. After school, he did not plan to go anywhere. He worked as a loader, postman, handyman, turner, nanny in kindergarten. Performances in public were just a hobby, but in the end they became the main and favorite pastime.
"Sample pen" by Sergey Kristovsky
For the first time, Sergey Kristovsky thought about music as a profession and a source of income in the early 90's. His first brainchild was the band "Broadway", which performed cover versions of foreign hits of that time. The collective repertoire included compositions of foreign performers. Sergei translated the words of songs into Russian, thanks to the poet's talent, he adapted them to the requirements of the audience of his own country.
Kristovsky’s band “Broadway” became popular in Nizhny Novgorod, then beyond, even recorded a studio song album, but soon after its founding broke up. For a while, Sergey Kristovsky became the bass player of the Country Saloon band. His author's compositions replenished the repertoire of the group, but he did not receive satisfaction from the work. In 1995, the Musician made another attempt to assemble his own band, called it "Sherwood". This group of Sergey Kristovsky continues to this day, but its creator is known to Russian and European music lovers as the founder and permanent member of another group - Uma2rmaH.
Uma2rmaH - with a song for life
This musical collective has two “faces”. It is impossible to imagine without the brothers Sergey and Vladimir Kristovsky. The group was created in 2003 at the initiative of both musicians. And the name was chosen by them together - both Sergey and Vladimir were literally in love with the American actress Uma Thurman. To avoid problems with the darling, they slightly changed her name and got the original name for their musical group.
The very first performance of Uma2rmaH at the concert of singer Zemfira was literally a "shot". The Kristovsky brothers noticed that the compositions of their group were in the charts, filmmakers of Russian and then European level became interested in their work.
Sergey Kristovsky’s songs have become the soundtracks of many high-rated films. The team has already recorded 7 studio albums, many clips on their compositions. And this is a real well-deserved success, to which both Sergey Kristovsky and his younger brother Vladimir walked for a long time.
