Yuri Heifetz (pen-name Boris Berg; russian: Хейфец, Юрий Борисович; born 31 October 1953, in Sverdlovsk) is Russian poet, singer-songwriter, and

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Biography

Yuri Heifetz wrote his first poem at age of 11, and his first song at age of 14, while studying at a

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in Sverdlovsk. In 1978 he created rock group "Eternal Spring", however the group was accused of ideological subversion by the

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and disbanded. After graduating from medical school in Sverdlovsk, he worked as an

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and a

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. In 1989 he left medicine and started working in the entertainment business. In 1989, he released first

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with his songs, "Bytovuha", in the genre of

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. He then traveled during three years through the Soviet Union as a member of

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band ''Anons'' ("Announcement") under pen name of Boris Berg.Doctor-wrecker forced Butuzov to cry
''Express-newspaper'' He wrote texts of almost all songs for the band. He considered this period of his work mostly as creation of

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. The band was directed by Aleksander Kasimov and reached its peak of popularity in the late 1980s - early 1990s by performing songs like "Olya and AIDS", which were seen as challenge to official Soviet stage. In late 1989, Heifetz recorded and released his second album, "Abroad" . In 1992, he returned to medicine, but continued writing poetry, music and songs, and released new album, "Topol", in 2007. In addition to poetry, he wrote a fiction book, ''Epitaph''. He is also active as internet blogger and conduct regular discussions on Russian politics, history and culture on a

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, "Arbat Sitters", together with journalists Andrei Barkhatov and Alexander Orlov. He appears with his songs at

Echo of Moscow Echo of Moscow (russian: links=no, Эхо Москвы, translit=Ekho Moskvy) was a 24/7 commercial Russian radio station based in Moscow. It broadcast in many Russian cities, some of the former Soviet republics (through partnerships with local ra ...

in a program created by

Natella Boltyanskaya Natella Savelievna Boltyanskaya (russian: link=no, Нате́лла Саве́льевна Болтя́нская (Киперма́н), born 20 May 1965, Moscow) is a Russian journalist, singer-songwriter, poet and ex-radio host on Echo of Moscow ...

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Heifetz now lives in Moscow. He is married and has three children.

References

External links

Official websiteFacebook accountHis disks
at Kroogi
Links to his disksHis LiveJournal accountBlog of Boris BergYuri Heifetz at bards.ruHis songs with Dmitry Lumelskiy
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