Peter Andreyevich Nalitch (, ), also spelled as Petr Nalich or Pyotr Nalich, is a Russian singer and composer who represented

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at the

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in Oslo. In the final on May 29, he came 11th with his song "

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Personal Info

Peter Nalitch was born on 30 April 1981 in

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, Russia. His grandfather Zahid Nalić, was a Bosnian opera singer from

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"Gitar"

Peter Nalitch has become famous in Russia after the publication in 2007 on YouTube of the clip of his song "Gitar" (where he makes fun of himself with

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lyrics and dubious film editing qualities). In about three years, more than 8,000,000 people had watched it. Interviews and articles about Peter followed in some Russian papers. The song "Gitar" is most popular in Greece, Germany and Slovakia.

Peter Nalitch and Friends

Beginnings

In 2007 Peter already had about 40 songs written down, all available on his website for free. The band took the name Peter Nalitch's

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– "Muzykalny kollektiv Petra Nalitcha" ("Музыкальный коллектив Петра Налича") or more simply "MKPN" ("МКПН").

Success

Over the following two years, in addition to the Moscow venues, MKPN went on tour, performing in

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and other large Russian cities. The band released their first album in 2008 – "Radost Prostykh Melody" ("Радость простых мелодий" – translated as "The Joy of Simple Melodies" on their website). They also released a DVD of the footage of a concert in Moscow – "MKPN v B1 Maximum" ("МКПН в Б1 Maximum" – "MKPN at the B1 Maximum") and an EP, "More" ("Море" – "The Sea"). In 2009 the band was one of the headliners at the "Sfinks" festival in

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(

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). Nalitch is self-produced.

Eurovision 2010

Peter Nalitch and Friends was chosen to represent Russia in the

, in

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, with the song

. The final, on May 29, saw the song finishing 11th.

Musical style

Peter Nalitch sings in Russian, English (the latter with a Russian accent, which he refuses to hide), Italian ("Santa Lucia"), French ("Il pleut toujours", on the EP "More") and Baburi, an invented language. In the wake of this idea of self-promotion on the web, the band has given, on September 17, 2009, an acoustic concert from their own flat, broadcast live on

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(a local videohosting and live broadcasting site). On October 30, 2009, they broadcast another show live on RuTube, this time a real concert in Moscow.

Band members

* Peter Nalitch – voice, guitar, piano,

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* Yura Kostenko – saxophone, flute, piano * Sergei Sokolov –

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, guitar, voice * Kostia Shvetsov – guitar * Dima Simonov – bass * Denis Marinkin – drums

Discography

Albums

* 2008 – "Radost prostykh melody" ("Радость простых мелодий" – "The Joy of Simple Melodies") * 2010 – "Vesyoliye Baburi" ("Весёлые Бабури" – "Jolly Baburi")

Live albums

* 2009 – "Kontsert MKPN v B1 Maximum" ("Концерт МКПН в Б1 Maximum" – Concert of MKPN at the B1 Maximum")

Singles, EP

* 2007 – Single of summer 2008 (with the magazine "Afisha" (" Афиша")) * 2009 – EP "More" ("Море" – "The Sea")

International releases

* 2011 – Overseas (

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)

References

External links

Peternalitch.co

Official website]
www.youtube.com/user/hanurpriehal
– MKPN channel on YouTube
Official Peter Nalitch mp3 free download
from

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Peter Nalitch on MySpace.com

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Yandex interview with Peter Nalitch
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