Автограф

The Moscow [b]Autograph[/b] Ensemble was set up in the autumn of 1979. In 1980 [b]Autograph[/b] gained a professional status with the Mosconcert association. The group numbers five members: its leader [a1408300] (Alexander Sitkovetsky, guitar, vocals) educated at Moscow University and the Gnessin music college in the guitar class; [a1408301] (Leonid Gutkin, bass-guitar and bassoon); [a1408298] (Leonid Makarevich, keyboard instruments) — both Moscow Conservatoire alumni; [a1505059] (Arthur Berkut, vocals and tenor saxophone] — the Gnessin music college; [a1408296] (Victor Mikhalin, drums and percussion) — the Moscow Conservatoire music school. [b]Autograph[/b] play in the style that may best be described as "progressive rock". Besides the studio work, the group nas a busy concert schedule: they have toured over a hundred Soviet cities. In June 1981 the Ensemble had their first foreign tour in Bulgaria where they guest-performed at the gala concerts of the "Golden Orpheus" festival and had a good press for their "Truth" composition which was pronounced the best anti-war song. That was followed by concerts and TV appearances in the GDR, then bach in Bulgaria, then Hungary and Czechoslovakia. In 1983 [b]Autograph[/b] was made laureate of the 7th USSR variety Artists' Competition. [a2233942] (Sergei Krinitsyn) was a drummer during 1990-1991.