Konstantin Nikolsky

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Konstantin Nikolsky (Russian: Константин Никольский) (b. February 1, 1951) is a Russian guitarist and composer. He has played with a lot of Russian bands, including Voskreseniye and Tsvety

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He started back as an amateur in the late sixites with Moscow band "Atlanov" with Sikorsky. He worked in official bands during the 70's, most notably a guitarist for Stas Naims band "Tsveti" and "Festival". Working for Festival he wrote songs for films

In the summer of 81 he joined the band Voskresenie as a songwriter and guitarist. Writing hit songs such as "Of What the Night Bird Sings" and "Zerkalo Mira", the band shot to fame, and these songs became instant classics.

He only recorded 1 album with Voskresenie: "Voskresenie 2". It, was recorded in a basement of an old office over 3 days, and is perhaps the most well known album from them.

In 1983 he left Voskresenie and joined back with "Festival".

After finishing the Gnesini school of guitar music in 84, Nicolsky left "Festival" and formed his own musical group "Zerkalo Mira".The band dispanded 3 years later, shortly after taking part in the big concert "Rock Panorama", playing alongside bands like Bravo and Rando. They did not record any albums.

After the breakup of "Zerkalo Mira". Nicolsky was joined by pianist M. Shevtsov and guitarist A. Berezovsky, and he started work on his solo project He moves towards a calm acoustical style that fits in perfectly with his musical meterial. In 1990 His band is joined by bass guitarist and friend A. Kuzmichev and dummer U. Kostikov.

Eventually he recorded his first solo album in 1991 and he began touring immedialty afterward. Playing songs from this album. The band was asked to play live on hit Russian TV shows such as "Live water", "Rock-n-roll TV" and "Program A".

The band's listeners are from a wide spectrum, the young people who can relate to Nikosly's songs, and the older folks who know Nikolsky from his work with Voskresenie.