Neposedy ( rus, Непоседы, , nʲɪpɐˈsʲedɨ; ) is a children's music group formed in

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in 1991 by Elena Pindzhoyan and later supported by Yuri Nikolaev. Although starting out with a group of 15 children that rotated per performance, the group later did not have a fixed membership and hundreds of children have been estimated to have been part of Neposedy at some stage during its history.

History

Neposedy was founded by then 22-year-old Elena Pindzhoyan as a children's club at Moscow's Leningrad district's local

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, focusing on children's music. Initially, Neposedy was founded as Pindzhoyan's graduation project at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University. Among the first members of Neposedy were 3-year-old Anna Topalova and her older brother

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, Vsevolod Polishchuk, Yulya and Alyona Malinovskaya, Evgeniya Tremasova, Kseniya Tremasova, Mari Suare and Evgeniya Letichevskaya. In 1992, the group received nationwide recognition as one of the regular and most successful participants in the television programme ''Morning Star''. Not much later,

Sergey Lazarev Sergey Vyacheslavovich Lazarev ( rus, Серге́й Вячесла́вович Ла́зарев, , sʲɪrˈɡʲej vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈlazərʲɪf; born 1 April 1983) is a Russian singer, dancer and actor. He is most famous for his sin ...

, Anastasiya Zadorozhnaya,

Lena Katina Elena Sergeevna Katina (russian: link=no, Елена Сергеевна Катина; born 4 October 1984), better known as Lena Katina, is a Russian musician who gained fame as one half of the pop/electronica duo t.A.T.u. She started her car ...

and

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started appearing as part the group as well. The group appeared regularly in ''Morning Star'' until 1997, as the group was likened by the show's host Yuri Nikolaev. Since 2002, Neposedy also incorporated musical theatre for children into their studio. In 2006, the group released a CD titled ''We are 15 years!'', a celebration of the group's 15 year anniversary, including a cover of Jessica Simpson's song " Irresistible". In 2016, the group celebrated its 25th anniversary, giving a large concert. The concert was titled ''Nas ne dogonyat'', after the epyonous t.A.T.u. single and was later broadcast by

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. In this concert, several current and past Neposedy members appeared, including Volkova, Katina and Topalov.

Past members

Among its first members, Neposedy knew several young singers that later became successful artists in

and

initially formed the duo

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, receiving worldwide fame with singles as "

All The Things She Said "All the Things She Said" is a song recorded by Russian music duo t.A.T.u. for their second, and first English-language, studio album ''200 km/h in the Wrong Lane'' (2002), and released as the lead single from the album in Europe on 9 Septembe ...

" and "

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and

attained commercial success as part of Smash!!. Bulgarian-Russian singer

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has been part of Neposedy.

Discography

* 1997: ''Pust' mirom pravit lyubov'' * 2001: ''10 let - luchsheye'' * 2005: ''Vzroslyye i deti'' * 2006: ''Nam 15 let!''

References

External links

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Neposedy at kids'music

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