Aleksandr Marshal

Alexander Marshal
Александр Маршал
Background information
Birth nameAleksandr Vitalyevich Minkov (Александр Витальевич Миньков)
Born (1957-06-07) 7 June 1957 (age 67)
Korenovsk, Krasnodar Kray, USSR
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
Years active1983–present
Labels
  • Мистерия Рекордс
  • Союз-продакшн
Websitea-marshal.ru

Aleksandr Vitalyevich Minkov (Russian: Александр Витальевич Миньков; born 7 June 1957), better known by his stage name Alexander Marshal[1] (Russian: Александр Маршал), is a Russian singer, songwriter, and musician; Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2007).[2]

Minkov was born in Korenovsk, USSR[3] He is known for his solo career, and as well as past participation in several bands: Araks, Tsvety, Zdravstvuy, pesnya, Gorky Park. Marshal was awarded Golden Gramophone Award in 2001 and 2003, and is also a laureate of Russian musical awards like Chanson of the Year and Pesnya goda.[4]

His stage name, "Marshal", is in fact his nickname since school years, because, being very tall, he always stood first in ranks during roll call, both in sports and in military school.[1]

Discography

Albums
  • 1995 — From Shore to Shore
  • 1998 — Maybe
  • 2000 — Where I Was Not
  • 2000 — Highlander
  • 2001 — Special
  • 2001 — White Ash
  • 2002 — Best Songs
  • 2002 — Batya
  • 2003 — Father Arseny
  • 2005 — Cranes are Flying
  • 2006 — Or So
  • 2006 — Life on Loan (Live)
  • 2007 — Sailboat
  • 2008 — Where the Sun Sleeps with Vyacheslav Bykov
  • 2009 — Goodbye, Regiment
  • 2012 — Before Sunrise the Night Stars with Vyacheslav Bykov
  • 2012 — Wrap
  • 2016 — Shadow[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Александр Маршал: «Маршал — это не псевдоним, это кличка»(in Russian)
  2. ^ "При Правительстве Москвы создан Общественно-консультативный совет по проблемам функционирования и развития транспортного комплекса города Москвы". Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  3. ^ С днём рождения, АЛЕКСАНДР МАРШАЛ! Archived 2013-07-06 at the Wayback Machine(in Russian)
  4. ^ Александр Маршал: «Божественное провидение — это реальность»(in Russian)
  5. ^ "ПРОДЮСЕРСКИЙ ЦЕНТР "ЖИВАЯ ВОДА" - Страница 32 - Афиша". Retrieved 2016-06-24.
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