Hi-Fi initially included Mitya Fomin, Timofey Pronkin and Oksana Oleshko. The team worked in this composition until 2003.
August 2 is considered Hi-Fi's birthday, because it was on this day in 1998 that the group's debut video was filmed. They filmed a video for the song “Not Given” in St. Petersburg, directed by Eric Chanturia and Alisher. The plot of the video, like a mirror, reflected real story team: Mitya, Ksyusha and Timofey each walked their own path, and then their paths crossed in one a short word- Hi-Fi. It was on the set of “Not Given” that the group members first saw each other. The guys' first impressions were very contradictory - their characters turned out to be too different. But over time, it became clear that even such polar personalities are quite capable of getting along with each other. Since then, Hi-Fi has been considered one of the most friendly groups on the stage.
Hi-Fi's first performance took place on August 23 at the Soyuz show. After this, the band began preparing material for their debut album. The release of the album “First Contact” took place in February 1999, it included 11 tracks authored by Pavel Yesenin and Eric Chanturia. In support of the debut album, Hi-Fi is shooting a video for the song “Besprizornik”, one of their most striking works.
Immediately after the release of “First Contact”, the authors of Hi-Fi began preparing material for the next album. The album “Reproduction” was released in the second half of 1999. It included Pavel Yesenin’s remixes of hits from the album “First Contact”, as well as 3 previously unreleased songs “Black Raven”, “About Summer” and “Cuba”. Two of them acquired video versions at the same time.
In the fall of 2000, Hi-Fi released a new masterpiece song “ Foolish people" This composition became the first sign from the upcoming album Hi-Fi. The third album of the group “Remember” was released in February 2001 and included seven completely new songs, three compositions already known to the public. At the end of 2001, the Hi-Fi group again released an album, this time an album of remixes. It was then that the long-standing Hi-Fi tradition was broken for the first time; the creation of melodies for the project was not entrusted to Pavel Yesenin. An experiment in the form of creating remixes for best songs The band was supported by musicians such as Maxim Fadeev, Yuri Usachev, Evgeniy Kuritsyn and others - their original versions of proven Hi-Fi hits made up the group’s new record called “New Collection-2002” or “D&J REMIXES”.
In April 2002, the fifth Hi-Fi video clip was filmed. Song " high school No. 7" entered the golden circle of Hi-Fi hits and every summer becomes the anthem of all school graduations. The next composition, “I Love,” became the last collaboration of the original composition of the project.
In 2003, serious changes took place in the group: the group's lead singer Oksana Oleshko decided to leave the group and devote herself to her family and husband. In place of Ksyusha in the group, professional model Tatyana Tereshina appeared, who now performs solo under the pseudonym Tanya. The first work of the updated Hi-Fi composition became the song “The Seventh Petal”. In 2004, the band's songs were recognized as the most rotated.
At the beginning of 2006, the Hi-Fi group again changed its soloist; to this day, she is a student of the jazz department of the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts, Ekaterina Lee.
For one of them, “Following the Footsteps,” a colorful video was shot in Thailand. And at the end of 2007, the Hi-Fi group went to Kyiv, where they planned to shoot the video “The Right to Happiness” under the direction of the talented Ukrainian director Alan Badoev.
On August 2, 2008, the Hi-Fi group celebrated its tenth birthday. The result: dozens of invariably hit songs, an immense number of awards, prizes and prizes, high-quality work at thousands of venues throughout Russia and far beyond its borders, a recognizable and beloved image by many - a mark has been left in history.
In January 2009, changes took place in the Hi-Fi group. To replace Mitya Fomin, who left the team for solo career, comes new member- Kirill Kolgushkin. With the updated lineup, the group releases a new hit, “It’s Time for Us,” and shoots a video of the same name under the direction of director Maxim Rozhkov.
Discography:
2008 - “The Best I”
2004 - "Best"
2002 - "Best"
2001 - “D&J REMIXES”
2001 - “Remember”
1999 - “Reproduction”
1999 - “First Contact”
Official website: www.hifigroup.ru
Oksana Oleshko - Russian dancer, ballerina, and singer, former member Hi-Fi group, 42 years old. Candidate for Master of Sports in artistic gymnastics.
First, Oksana Oleshko gets into Dmitry Malikov's ballet, which leads to friendship with his wife. In addition to ballet activities, she also writes lyrics to a number of Malikov’s songs. But after a short time she leaves his ballet. Next she participates in the ballet group Na-Na. There she falls in love with the lead singer of the group, Vladimir Levkin. Since, according to the contract, the group members did not have the right to marry and start a family, the group leader Bari Alibasov fired Ksyusha. Although, of course, the newlyweds continued to meet further. After this, Oksana Oleshko danced in ballets of such celebrities as Oleg Gazmanov, Andrei Gubin. In 1998, she was invited to join the Hi-Fi group by producer Eric Chanturia.
Participation in the Hi-Fi group was new and interesting thing. As the group's popularity grows, it is also gaining popularity.
Oksana married Levkin, but later he gets cancer and they separate.
In 2002, while vacationing on the Cote d'Azur in France, she met businessman from St. Petersburg Anton Petrov (the same former common law husband singer MakSim). Later Oksana and Anton got married. After that, she decided to leave show business and devote herself to her family. Over time, she gave birth to two daughters from him, Elizabeth and Veronica. The couple later separated.
They write on the Internet that she gave birth to a son from businessman Sergei Tsvitnenko. I don’t know how true this is, but the boy seems to be the son of her third current husband, Alexei Petrov.
(1998-2009, 2018-)
Timofey Pronkin
(1998-)
Oksana Oleshko
(1998-2003, 2018-)
Marina Drozhdina
(2016-)
participants
(2003-2005)
Maria Demidova
(2005-2006)
Ekaterina Lee
(2006-2010)
Kirill Kolgushkin
(2009-2011)
Olesya Lipchanskaya
(2010-2016)
Vyacheslav Samarin
(2012)
The official founding date of the group is August 2, 1998. From that day on, Mitya Fomin, Timofey Pronkin and fashion model Oksana Oleshko began working together on the filming of a video clip for the song “Not Given,” which was filmed in St. Petersburg. It is noteworthy that the participants did not meet each other until this moment and did not know each other. The chorus of the song “The Seventh Petal,” which is in the “Hi-Fi” repertoire, was composed by rock singer Zemfira. The first version of the song was originally on English language, called “Get to stand after falling” and was recorded back in 1997 for the Orbita group, in which Mitya Fomin himself participated. Later, from this very first version, the song “Not Given” appeared [ ] .
At the beginning of 2003, Oksana Oleshko left the group, devoting herself to her family. Found two weeks later new soloist, she became a professional model Tatyana Tereshina. The first soloist of the pop group “VIA Gra” Alena Vinnitskaya was also offered to replace Oksana Oleshko, but despite much persuasion from the producers, the singer flatly refused. In May 2005, Tereshina was forced to leave the group. At the beginning of 2006, a student of the jazz department, Ekaterina Lee, was approved for the role of soloist.
At the beginning of 2009, against the background of the decline in the popularity of “Hi-Fi”, Mitya Fomin left the team for the sake of a solo career, tired of “animating” Pavel Yesenin. He was replaced by a new member - Kirill Kolgushkin, but Timofey Pronkin became the actual frontman of the group.
In February 2010, Ekaterina Lee announced her departure from the team for “greater self-realization on stage.” Later she became the lead singer of the group “Factory” instead of the departed Sati Casanova. In March 2010, after passing the casting, a new soloist Olesya Lipchanskaya joined the team.
In April 2011, Kirill Kolgushkin announced his intention to leave the team. In February 2012, Vyacheslav Samarin became the new soloist of the group. The band’s repertoire included several of his songs, one of which, “Don’t Leave,” had a video shot. However, Vyacheslav left the group in October of the same year.
In December 2016, a new soloist, Marina Drozhdina, appeared in the group, and until April 2018, the Hi-Fi group was a duet of Timofey Pronkin and Marina Drozhdina.
In April 2018, Mitya Fomin, Timofey Pronkin and Oksana Oleshko appeared on the Olimpiysky stage for the first time in 10 years in the golden lineup of the Hi-Fi group. Sergei Zhukov invited them to perform as guests at the concert “Hands Up! " Mitya Fomin also reported that they recorded several new songs. On April 25, it was announced on the group’s official website that the golden lineup was preparing to film a new video clip. On September 6, the group performed in gold on the show “Murzilki Live” on the radio station “Autoradio”, where they performed some of their previous compositions and also presented new song- “Wake me up” with vocals by Pavel Yesenin and Mitya Fomin. On December 20, 2018, a music video was released for the song "Wake Me Up".
Composition of the group
| Period | Compound | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08.1998-02.2003 | Timofey Pronkin | Mitya Fomin | Oksana Oleshko | |
| 02.2003-05.2005 | Tatiana Tereshina | |||
| 05.2005-02.2006 | ||||
| 02.2006-12.2008 | Ekaterina Lee | |||
| 12.2008-02.2009 | ||||
| 02.2009-02.2010 | Kirill Kolgushkin | Ekaterina Lee | ||
| 02.2010-03.2010 | ||||
| 03.2010-04.2011 | Olesya Lipchanskaya | |||
| 04.2011-02.2012 | ||||
| 02.2012-09.2012 | Vyacheslav Samarin | |||
| 09.2012-12.2016 | ||||
| 12.2016-present | V. | |||
| Marina Drozhdina | Mitya Fomin | V. | Oksana Oleshko | |
04.2018-present (V. Hi-Fi Hi gh Fi delity - high fidelity sound reproduction) - Russian
musical group
, founded by composer and arranger Pavel Yesenin, as well as producer and lyricist Eric Chanturia.
The band's songs have repeatedly topped the Russian charts. In 2005, the group became a laureate of the Muz-TV 2005 Award in the category “Best Dance Project”.
Not given, Homeless Child, About Summer, Black Raven, Stupid People, Secondary School 7 (And We Loved), I Love, Trouble, In the Footsteps, The Seventh Petal (remix), The Right to Happiness, We Are Not a...
Story
Pavel Yesenin himself planned to become the soloist of “Hi-Fi”, but deciding that touring life would not leave time for composing music, he abandoned this idea, and Mitya Fomin became the frontman of the group. However, Yesenin did not like Fomin’s vocals, and he began to sing for him on the group’s recordings.
The official founding date of the group is August 2, 1998. From this day on, artists Mitya Fomin, Timofey Pronkin and Oksana Oleshko began working together on filming a video clip for the song “Not Given”.
It is noteworthy that until this moment the participants did not intersect with each other, did not know each other, and even recorded in the studio at different times. At the beginning of 2003, Oksana Oleshko left the group: she decided to leave show business and devote herself entirely to her family. Two weeks later, a new soloist was found, she became the professional model Tanya Tereshina. and leaves the group. At the beginning of 2006, Katya Li, a student of the jazz department of the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts, was appointed to the role of soloist.
At the beginning of 2009, against the backdrop of the decline in Hi-Fi’s popularity, Mitya Fomin, tired of “animating” Pavel Yesenin, left the band for a solo career. He is replaced by a new member - Kirill Kolgushkin, but Timofey Pronkin becomes the de facto leader of the group.
In February 2010, Ekaterina Lee announced her departure from the team for “greater self-realization on stage.” Later she became the lead singer of the Fabrika group instead of the departed Sati Casanova. In March 2010, after passing the casting, a new soloist Olesya Lipchanskaya joined the team.
In April 2011, Kirill Kolgushkin announced his intention to leave the team.
In February 2012, Vyacheslav Samarin became the new soloist of the group, however, he left the group in October of the same year.
Hi-Fi initially included Mitya Fomin, Timofey Pronkin and Oksana Oleshko. The team worked in this composition until 2003... Read all
The history of Hi-Fi began long before the official date of the creation of the team in the capital of Siberia. It was in Novosibirsk that the future founders of the group, Pavel Yesenin and Eric Chanturia, met and became friends. After numerous musical experiments, it was decided to create a group.
Hi-Fi initially included Mitya Fomin, Timofey Pronkin and Oksana Oleshko. The team worked in this composition until 2003.
August 2 is considered Hi-Fi's birthday, because it was on this day in 1998 that the group's debut video was filmed. They filmed a video for the song “Not Given” in St. Petersburg, directed by Eric Chanturia and Alisher. The plot of the video, like a mirror, reflected the real history of the team: Mitya, Ksyusha and Timofey each went their own way, and now their paths crossed in one short word - Hi-Fi. It was on the set of “Not Given” that the group members first saw each other. The guys' first impressions were very contradictory - their characters turned out to be too different. But over time, it became clear that even such polar personalities are quite capable of getting along with each other. Since then, Hi-Fi has been considered one of the most friendly groups on the stage.
Hi-Fi's first performance took place on August 23 at the Soyuz show. After this, the band began preparing material for their debut album. The release of the album “First Contact” took place in February 1999, it included 11 tracks authored by Pavel Yesenin and Eric Chanturia. In support of the debut album, Hi-Fi is shooting a video for the song “Besprizornik”, one of their most striking works.
Immediately after the release of “First Contact”, the authors of Hi-Fi began preparing material for the next album. The album “Reproduction” was released in the second half of 1999. It included Pavel Yesenin’s remixes of hits from the album “First Contact”, as well as 3 previously unreleased songs – “Black Raven”, “About Summer” and “Cuba”. Two of them acquired video versions at the same time.
In the fall of 2000, Hi-Fi released a new masterpiece - the song “Stupid People”. This composition became the first sign from the upcoming album Hi-Fi. The third album of the group “Remember” was released in February 2001 and included seven completely new songs, three compositions already known to the public. At the end of 2001, the Hi-Fi group again released an album, this time an album of remixes. It was then that the long-standing Hi-Fi tradition was broken for the first time - the creation of melodies for the project was not entrusted to Pavel Yesenin. The experiment in the form of creating remixes of the band's best songs was supported by musicians such as Maxim Fadeev, Yuri Usachev, Evgeniy Kuritsyn and others - their original versions of proven Hi-Fi hits made up the group's new record called "New Collection-2002" or "D&J REMIXES".
In April 2002, the fifth Hi-Fi video clip was filmed. The song “Secondary School No. 7” entered the golden circle of Hi-Fi hits and every summer becomes the anthem of all school graduations. The next composition, “I Love,” became the last collaboration of the original composition of the project.
In 2003, serious changes took place in the group: the group's lead singer Oksana Oleshko decided to leave the group and devote herself to her family and husband. In place of Ksyusha in the group, professional model Tatyana Tereshina appeared, who now performs solo under the pseudonym Tanya. The first work of the updated Hi-Fi line-up was the song “The Seventh Petal”. In 2004, the band's songs were recognized as the most rotated.
At the beginning of 2006, the Hi-Fi group again changed its soloist; to this day, she is a student of the jazz department of the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts, Ekaterina Lee.
For one of them, “Following the Footsteps,” a colorful video was shot in Thailand. And at the end of 2007, the Hi-Fi group went to Kyiv, where they planned to shoot the video “The Right to Happiness” under the direction of the talented Ukrainian director Alan Badoev.
On August 2, 2008, the Hi-Fi group celebrated its tenth birthday. The result: dozens of invariably hit songs, an immense number of awards, prizes and prizes, high-quality work at thousands of venues throughout Russia and far beyond its borders, a recognizable and beloved image by many - a mark has been left in history.
In January 2009, changes took place in the Hi-Fi group. Mitya Fomin, who left the team for a solo career, is replaced by a new member - Kirill Kolgushkin. With the updated lineup, the group releases a new hit, “It’s Time for Us,” and shoots a video of the same name under the direction of director Maxim Rozhkov.
Discography:
2008 - “The Best I”
2002 - "Best"
2001 - “D&J REMIXES”
2001 - “Remember”
1999 - “Reproduction”
1999 - “First Contact”
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