Oleg Pogudin

Winner of the Silver Voice of Russia award and famous singer of romantic ballads, Oleg Pogudin presents a programme with famous love songs from Russia, France, Italy and Greece.

Oleg Evgenevich Pogudin: Born on December 22, 1968 at Saint Petersburg is an outstanding Russian singer, TV presenter, actor, and "Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation" noted for his vocal and artistic style of interpretation of Russian romances and traditional folk songs.

From 1979 till 1982 he was a soloist of the children's choir of Leningrad radio and television studio. In 1985-1990 he studied in Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema and graduated with an honorable diploma.

In 1990-1993 Pogudin worked as an actor in St. Petersburg. 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 'urban' 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, Pyotr Leshchenko and Bulat Okudzhava.

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.

He was awarded the Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg".