Yuri Heifetz (pen-name Boris Berg; ; born 31 October 1953, in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian poet, singer-songwriter, and medical doctor.
Biography Yuri Heifetz wrote his first poem at age of 11, and his first song at age of 14, while studying at a music school in Sverdlovsk."Russian Chanson, people, facts and disks", a handbook by Michael Dyukov In 1978 he created rock group "Eternal Spring", however the group was accused of ideological subversion by the KGB and disbanded.At interview with Boltyanskaya Yuri said he was lucky not be imprisoned. A KGB interrogator decided that he is not dangerous for the Soviet regime because he was a "loner" After graduating from medical school in Sverdlovsk, he worked as an epidemiologist and a gastroenterologist.Biography and autobiography of Yuri Heifetz In 1989 he left medicine and started working in the entertainment business.Brief biography of Yuri Heifetz
In 1989, he released first album with his songs, "Bytovuha", in the genre of Russian chanson. He then traveled during three years through the Soviet Union as a member of pop music band Anons ("Announcement") under pen name of Boris Berg.Doctor-wrecker forced Butuzov to cry, Express-newspaper He wrote texts of almost all songs for the band. He considered this period of his work mostly as creation of political satire. The band was directed by Aleksander Kasimov and reached its peak of popularity in the late 1980s - early 1990s by performing songs like "Olya and AIDS", which were seen as challenge to official Soviet stage.Boris Berg and Group Anons at Russian Encyclopedia of Disco
In late 1989, Heifetz recorded and released his second album, "Abroad" . In 1992, he returned to medicine, but continued writing poetry, music and songs, and released new album, "Topol", in 2007.Discography (six albums) by Yiri Heifetz In addition to poetry, he wrote a fiction book, Epitaph.Epitaph by Boris Berg, text online He is also active as internet blogger and conduct regular discussions on Russian politics, history and culture on a video blog, "Arbat Sitters", together with journalists Andrei Barkhatov and Alexander Orlov.Arbat Sitters, a video blog by Yuri Heifetz, Andrei Barkhatov and Alexander Orlov He appears with his songs at Echo of Moscow in a program created by Natella Boltyanskaya.Concert and interview and program "Loner" at Echo of Moscow with Natella Boltyanskaya Heifetz now lives in Moscow. He is married and has three children.
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External links Official website Facebook account His disks at Kroogi Links to his disks
Blog of Boris Berg Yuri Heifetz at bards.ru His songs with Dmitry Lumelskiy at Echo of Moscow hosted by Natella Boltyanskaya