Artur Vyacheslavovich Mikheev (russian: Артур Вячеславович Михеев, born 24 May 1962), better known under his
stage name
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Arthur Berkut (Russian: Артур Беркут), is a Russian singer. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous bands, with the most notable being
Autograph
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,
Mavrik, and
Aria
In music, an aria ( Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompa ...
.
Arthur was born in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. ,
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
, to a family of
Moscow circus
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troupers during their Ukrainian tour. Since 1984, Arthur has performed under his stage name, "Berkut", which is Russian for
golden eagle
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. Together with Autograph, Berkut toured over the United States in 1989, but in 1990, during the tour, Autograph disbanded.
Berkut remained in the US and tried himself in different projects, formed a short-lived
art rock
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band ZOOOM. In 1997, Arthur returned to Russia. He was a sessional vocalist in
Master
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Ranks or titles
* Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans
*Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...
European tour, and together with some of Master musicians tried to resurrect ZOOOM. But a year after he dissolved the band and left to sing in
Sergey Mavrin
Sergey Konstantinovich Mavrin (russian: Сергей Константинович Маврин, born 28 February 1963), nicknamed "Mavrick" (Маврик), is a Russian musician and composer, who is credited as one of the best guitarists of the ...
's solo project
Mavrik. Arthur joined Aria in November 2002, replacing the band's former vocalist,
Valery Kipelov. In 2011, Arthur left Aria and formed a new band,
Arthur Berkut, with whom he has recorded two albums so far.
References
External links
Official websiteAria's unofficial forum
in
1962 births
Living people
Aria (band) members
Russian heavy metal singers
20th-century Russian male singers
20th-century Russian singers
Musicians from Kharkiv
Russian rock singers
21st-century Russian male singers
21st-century Russian singers
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