Leonid Soybelman

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Leonid Soybelman is a German musician and film composer. The guitarist and singer of Ne Zhdali and Kletka Red, he also briefly collaborated with Alik Kopyt in the Poza project. Originally from Moldavia, his musical style has roots from eastern European traditional Yiddish folk music yet is played in more modern arrangements on the electric guitar, often accompanied by a band.

Perhaps his most well-known work was composing the music for the Czech film Štěstí, portraying the melancholy lives of four friends who grew up together in the same block of flats in a former industrial town in northern Bohemia. The somewhat bleak backdrop of the film fits snugly with Soybelman's sombre and heartfelt music.

[edit] External links

• Leonid Soybelman at the Internet Movie Database
• [1]Štěstí official website.