Not every Russian vocalist of any genre can boast of having a 4-octave voice like Sergei Penkin. More precisely - nobody! He is in demand, but not public, rarely appears on TV screens. And the interest in his biography, personal life among fans is quite justified.
Sergey Penkin is one of the watchmen of Russian show business. Fans call him "The Silver Prince" and "Mister Extravagance." In the press, publications about him do not appear often, and those who follow his work are interested in both his biography and the secrets of his personal life. Who is he - Sergei Penkin, off the stage?
Biography of the singer Sergei Penkin
Sergei Mikhailovich Penkin is a native of the city of Penza. He was born in February 1961, in the humble family of a train driver and a cleaning lady in the temple. Seryozha grew up with three sisters and a brother. The parents did not have a high income, so the guys did not see any excesses in childhood.
Sergei Penkin's mother was a deeply religious person and tried to introduce children to Christianity. Little Seryozha sang in the choir of one of the Penza churches, planned to study at the theological academy at the temple, but in the end he chose a secular life.
At a music school, the boy studied in parallel with secondary. After graduating from the 10th grade, the young man entered a cultural and educational school in his hometown, successfully graduated from it, and served in the Soviet army for the prescribed 2 years.
In the early 1980s, Penkin set out to conquer Moscow. For 10 years he tried to enter Gnesinka. He worked as a janitor and loader in order to somehow survive in the capital. And only at the age of 11, the stubborn Penza student managed to conquer the admissions committee and become a student at the Gnesins Russian Music Academy.
Sergey Penkin won the hearts of his first fans on the stage of the Lunny restaurant in the Cosmos hotel. Then there was an acquaintance with Viktor Tsoi, who first brought him to the big stage, invitations to television broadcasts, tours of the USSR, foreign tours in England, America and France.
Personal life of Sergei Penkin
The press often writes a lot about the allegedly unconventional addictions of this bright singer in invariably original outfits, but this is far from the case! And it was these rumors, according to Penkin himself, that forced, forced him to close once and for all the journalists' access to everything personal.
In fact, Sergei Penkin almost got married, and twice. The first serious romance happened in 2000, with an English journalist of Russian origin. The couple broke up due to the fact that she did not want to live in Russia, and Sergei did not want to move to London.
The second time a serious relationship began with Penkin in 2015 and almost cost him his life. The presenter of one of the Odessa TV channels became Sergey's beloved, the singer established relations with her children from his first marriage, made an offer in Paris, but the woman refused. Penkin could hardly endure the gap, lost a lot of weight, but managed to recover and again pleases his fans with a charming voice from the stage, sincerely believes that true love is still waiting for him somewhere.
