Oleg Evgenevich Pogudin (russian: Оле́г Евге́ньевич Погу́дин; born 22 December 1968) is a Russian singer, TV presenter and actor. He is noted for his vocal and artistic style of interpretation of Russian romances and traditional folk songs.Олег Евгеньевич Погудин
Biography at the Russian Elegy site / The Cyril and Methodius Encyclopedia

Biography

From 1979 till 1982 he was a soloist of the children's choir of Leningrad radio and television studio. In 1985-1990 he studied at the

Russian State Institute of Performing Arts The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (russian: Российский государственный институт сценических искусств), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State ...

and graduated with an honorable diploma. In 1990-1993 Pogudin worked as an actor in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. His first LP, ''Zvezda Lubvi'' (''The Star of Love''), was released in 1991. Since 1993 Pogudin has been constantly touring in Russia and abroad. Pogudin works with regional radio and television studios on a regular basis. In 1993-1996 Russian television aired ten musical films featuring Pogudin. There are more than five hundred songs and romances in Pogudin's repertoire, mainly old classical and '

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' Russian romances; folk songs; war-time ballads and old military marches, songs based on works of foreign authors. He also performs monographic concerts devoted to

Alexander Vertinsky Alexander Nikolayevich Vertinsky (russian: Александр Николаевич Вертинский, — May 21, 1957) was a Russian and Soviet artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Ru ...

, Pyotr Leshchenko and

Bulat Okudzhava Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (russian: link=no, Булат Шалвович Окуджава; ka, ბულატ ოკუჯავა; hy, Բուլատ Օկուջավա; May 9, 1924 – June 12, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musici ...

. Pogudin has been working on a project called ''To a Russian Genius'' — a chamber music vocal series based on the 19th and early 20th century Russian poets' works.

Awards and honours

* 2003:

Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" The Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" (russian: Медаль «В память 300-летия Санкт-Петербурга») is a state commemorative medal of the Russian Federation established on February ...

* 2004: Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation * 2015:

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

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Олег Погудин
at the White Studio, with Darya Zlatopolskaya (interview in Russian). TV Kultura 1968 births Living people Russian male television actors Russian folk singers Male actors from Saint Petersburg Singers from Saint Petersburg Soviet male actors Soviet male singers 20th-century Russian singers 21st-century Russian singers 20th-century Russian male singers 21st-century Russian male singers {{Russia-singer-stub