Viktor Arkhipovich Luferov (Russian: Виктор Архипович Луферов; May 20, 1945 – March 1, 2010) was a Russian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, and performer.Biography of Viktor Luferov
by Russia-InfoCenter His songs were examples of the Russian music genre

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Life

Victor Luferov was born May 20, 1945, in Moscow. He studied at the

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) (russian: Национальный исследовательский ядерный университет "МИФИ" / НИЯУ МИФИ or ) is a technical un ...

and graduated from

Gnessin State Musical College The Gnessin State Musical College (russian: link=no, Государственный музыкальный колледж имени Гнесиных) and Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (russian: Российская академия музык� ...

and Moscow Veterinary Academy. He worked as a laboratory assistant, billposter,

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and

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. In the late 1960s, he founded and headed the music ensemble "Osenebri" which existed from 1967 to 1970. In February 1985, he founded the Theater of Song "Perekryostok" (The Crossroads), which nurtured and encouraged many emerging singers. It lasted until 2003 when it was closed for financial reasons. Luferov was a member of the creative association "First Circle" (which at various times included Yury Lores,

Alexander Mirzayan Alexander Zavenovich Mirzayan (russian: Александр Завенович Мирзаян) (born on July 20, 1945) is a Russian poet, composer, songwriter, Bard (Soviet Union), bard and bard music theoretician. He was born in Baku. In 1969 ...

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, and Mikhail Kochetkov) and the Association of Russian Bards. He published seven CDs, four of them in the author's seven-disc anthology titled ''Every hunter wants to know...'' (Каждый охотник желает знать...). Viktor Luferov was interested in ethnographic folklore, which reverberated in his musical creations. He died of

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on March 1, 2010, and was buried at the

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Church in the village of Yam in

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References

Links

Facebook discussion page dedicated to Viktor LuferovViktor Luferov
at website of creative union ASIA
Viktor Luferov
at bards.ru
Links to selected music albums (CD) by LuferovSelected MP3 records of songs by Viktor Luferov
1945 births 2010 deaths Russian bards Russian male singer-songwriters Russian singer-songwriters Soviet musicians Soviet male singer-songwriters Soviet singer-songwriters 20th-century Russian male singers {{Russia-musician-stub