Sergey Nikitin
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[[Image:TandS Nikitins Vivaldy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cover of the CD ''To the Music of Vivaldi'' by [[Tatyana Nikitina]] and Sergey Nikitin.]]
'''Sergey Yakovlevich Nikitin''' ({{lang-ru|Сергей Яковлевич Никитин}}, born [[March 8]] [[1944]]) is a prominent [[Russia]]n [[bard (Soviet Union)|bard]], [[composer (music)|composer]], and [[Biophysics|biophysicist]]. He usually performs together with his wife, [[Tatyana Nikitina]], and tours Russia, the former Soviet republics, and other countries with significant populations of Russian-speaking immigrants.
The couple is especially known for being one of the very few Russian composers and singers of songs for children.
==Biography==
*[[1962]]-[[1968]]- Graduated from the [[Physics]] Department of [[Moscow State University]]
*[[1962]] - Authored his first song, ''Hit the road'' (В дорогу).
*[[1963]]-[[1968]] - Made a member of a male [[quartet]]: Nikitin, Sergei Smirnov, Boris Geller, Aleksei Monakhov, and later Vadim Khait
*[[1968]]-[[1971]] - Postgraduate study in Biophysics at Moscow State University.
*[[1968]]-[[1977]] - Member of a [[Quintet]]: Sergey and Tatiana Nikitin, Carmen Santacreu, Vladimir Ulin, and Nikolai Turkin
*[[1971]]-[[1980]] - Researcher at ''Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry'' in [[Moscow]]
*[[1980]]-[[1987]] - Researcher at the Institute for Biophysics [[Puschino]]; Ph.D in Physics ([[1983]]).
*[[1987]]-[[1995]] - Chief Musician of the [[Oleg Tabakov]] Theater
*since [[1995]] - Full time singer and composer
==Works==
*CDs
** 'To the Music of Vivaldi'' ("Под музыку Вивальди"), [[1994]]
** ''Sergei Nikitin'' (selected songs), [[1994]]
** ''A Big Secret for a Small Company'' ("Большой секрет для маленькой компании"), [[1995]]
** ''Yesterday the Crocodile smiled'', [[1995]]
** ''Brich-Mulla'' ("Брич-Мулла" , Sergey Nikitin's songs on verses of [[Dmitry Sukharev]] cf. [[Brichmulla]]), [[1996]]
** ''Sentries of Love'' ("Часовые любви", Nikitins sings [[Bulat Okudzhava]]'s songs)
** ''We don't choose times'', [[1998]]
** ''The Girl and the plasticine'', [[1998]]
** ''Something is happenning to me'' (Sergey Nikitin's songs to the verses of [[Yevgeny Yevtushenko]]), [[1999]]
** ''Retro for the Two of Us'' (Sergey Nikitin, [[Pyotr Todorvsky]])
** ''Black and White Cinema'', [[2002]]
** ''Winter Holiday'', 2002
and many others
*Soundtracks to live-action films:
**''Almost a laughable story''
**''Trips in an old car''
**''[[Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears]]''
**''[[Irony of Fate]]''
**''Old New Year''
*Soundtracks to animated films:
**''[http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=4688 A Big Secret for a Small Company]'' (1979)
**''[http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5150 The Boy Was Walking, the Crow Was Flying]'' (1981)
**''[http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=5406 The Wolfskin]'' (1982)
*Music for the theater
**For production of [[Veniamin Smekhov]]'s ''Ali Baba and 40 songs of Persian Bazaar''
**For production [[Nord-Ost]]
**[[Opera]] ''Violin of Rotchshild'' (story by [[Anton Chekhov]])
**and many others
==External links==
*[http://russia-in-us.com/Music/Artists/Nikitin/ Songs of Nikitins] in English
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[[Category:Russian composers]]
[[Category:Russian bards]]
[[Category:Russian physicists]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Seven-string guitarists]]
[[Category:Moscow State University alumni]]
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