Timur PANKOV
ALMATY, April 29 (THE GLOBE)
Lot of things are written already about Philip Kirkorov and many things added by his friends or enemies. His life and songs draw the attention of millions people around the world. He works 24 hours a day, spending all his time to work.
His development as a singer
Philip Kirkorov was born April 30, 1967 in the family of famous Bulgarian singer Bedros Kirkorov and beautiful Russian girl Victoria. He was brought up with the love and still he brings his love to his admirers. He�s been loved, he loves and all his songs come with love.
His development as a singer started when he was 18 years old but he wanted to become a singer since he was 5 years old, when he moved from city to city with his parents.
1984 Philip enters the State musical institute after Gnesinyh and finishes at 1988. He starts creative activity already from 1985.
First he showed up on TV at November 1985 in program �Wide circle�, where he sang a song on Bulgarian language. Soon he met a poet � Ilya Reznik, who was the first of professionals to assist a young singer.
Meeting with Alla Pugacheva
In April 1988 Ilya Reznik made his jubilee concert to become a tradition. It was the place where met two great people � Alla Pugacheva and Philip Kirkorov. This meeting was an instant, they have seen each other only at the stage but it was of much importance for Philip Kirkorov.
They haven�t seen to each other half a year and then, October 1988 Philip has received from Alla invitation to �Christmas meeting� � concert by Alla Pugacheva with many famous singers.
This show became the most memorable event in the life of Philip. Here he entered the world of show business.
Here he met a poet, who later made the best songs for him: �You, you, you�, �Heaven and ground�, �Atlantida�, �Day and night�. This man was Leonid Derbenev.
1989 became the decisive year for Philip. He had tours with Alla Pugacheva as her partner in Australia, Germany. That time emigrants first saw him and became his admirers. At the end of this year he decided to leave �theater of Alla Pugacheva� and to return after some time, when he will be famous enough to deserve asking Alla become his wife.
Then started his tours to USA, Canada, Germany and Israel. Philip memorized forever his concert in exquisite restaurant �Rasputin�.
Philip had always been lucky. That�s why he got his nick �Lucky�, though no one could guess how it was difficult to look lucky. It�s all on backstage � quarrel with directors and aggressive media.
So, 1993 �Lucky� awarded with prize �Ovation� nominated as �The best singer of the year�, prize �Golden Orfey�, two superhits of 1993: �Say me, cherry�, �Marina�. He was very tired but look forward to see woman he fell in love with.
1994 became the main year in private life of Philip Kirkorov. He returns to woman, whom he promised to be back, makes proposal and receives agreement. January 13 Philip and Alla tell about their marriage. Two days later they registered in St. Petersburg.
This was the happiest period in Philip�s life. He made a show �I�m not Rafael�. The main songs of this show were golden hits of Engelbert Hamperdink, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka and, of course, Presley. Philip made these songs with perfect English and look like new.
The song �I raise my glass� of inspired by sense of love Philip became immediately superhit in Russia.
At the end of 1995 record studio �Polygram� made double CD of Kirkorov�s album �Say �yes!� to the sun�. It became a bestseller and took first place in charts for long time. Everything in this album was new � from prior advertisement to videoclip of song �My little rabbit�.
1996 Philip was awarded with World Music Award in Monte-Carlo for record in top sellings of album �Say �yes!� to the sun� (2 millions copies).
April 30, 1997 Philip was 30 years old. As a real artist, he decided to make a World Show-Super-Tour. He sang in the world�s most prestigious hall � �Madison-Square Garden� � in New-York.
Rumors about Philip
Family of Pugachev-Kirkoro doesn�t have 11 apartments in Mayami, they have just one.
Kirkorov, as he said, consider himself to sexual minority � �who still like women�.
Kirkorov had a quarrel with� Ukraine. There he was not allowed to come to ladder of plane in airport by car and made nationalistic attacks. Now he wants excuses only from president or premier.
Philip is tired of question from media: Well Pugacheva and Kirkorov divorce?
Kirkorov tries to hide his real age. Every time he says: �I�m only already thirty��
Philip Kirkorov, Russian singer and husband of Alla Pugacheva
30/04/1939 - The New York World�s Fair officially opened
30/04/1945 - As the Third Reich crumbled, and the Allies closed in, Adolf Hitler and his newly-married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.
30/05/1962 � Nikolay Fomenko was born (Russian showman, ex-member of group �Sekret�).
30/05/1967 � Philip Kirkorov was born (Russian singer).
01/05/1948 - The People�s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was proclaimed.
01/05/1960 - 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
01/05/1986 - Race car driver Bill Elliott set a stock car speed record with his Ford Thunderbird in Talladega, AL. Elliott zipped around the track at 212.229 mph.
02/05/1936 - �Peter and the Wolf,� a symphonic tale for children by Sergei Prokofiev, had its world premiere in Moscow.
03/05/1952 - The first airplane to land at the geographic location of the North Pole did so on this day. The crew may have missed the mark, as they saw no tall barber pole or little red house, no sign of elves and no Santa Claus. There was a report that there was loud, bellowing laughter from not far off and a few reindeer were seen frolicking about, however...
03/05/1979 - Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain�s first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections.
April, 30
The Kazakh Concert Hall. The �Turandaut� opera by Pucini. 6.00. p.m.
The Kosteyev State National Museum. Exhibition of the works of S. Kalmykov, I. Itkind, V. Eifert, and Rudolf Nuriev�s painting.
From 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Closed on Monday.
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