Aleksandr Lipnitsky

Aleksandr Davidovich Lipnitsky (; 8 July 1952 – 25 March 2021 ) was a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and musician. He was one of the founders of the Soviet rock group Zvuki Mu.

Biography Aleksandr Lipnitsky was born on 8 July 1952 in Moscow. His father, David Teodorovich Lipnitsky (1921–1994) was also a homeopathic doctor. His stepfather, Viktor Sukhodrev, was the personal translator of Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev. His mother, Inga Sukhodrev (née Okunevskaya-Varlamova) (1933–2013), was an English teacher. His brother was Vladimir Lipnitsky (1954–1985).

Lipnitsky became friends with Pyotr Mamonov at school and attended concerts with Mamonov and Mamonov's younger brother. In 1964, Lipnitsky was given his first Beatles record by Triloki Nath Kaul, the Indian Ambassador to the USSR, and became a fan of the band.

Lipnitsky studied journalism at Moscow State University. He became a specialist in jazz and began to be published in Soviet periodicals in 1975. He also became a figure in the underground music scene and dealt records. Lipnitsky played bass in the group until 1990.

From 1990 to 1993, Lipnitsky and Joanna Stingray worked on the TV program Red Wave-21. From 2010, he hosted a program dedicated to Russian rock on the radio station Finam FM. He regularly performed in groups such as OtZvuki Mu and Grozdya Vinogradovy. His funeral took place on 30 March 2021 at the Aksininsky cemetery in the village of Aksinino, near Moscow.