Pyotr Podgorodetsky

Pyotr Ivanovich Podgorodetsky (; born 12 February 1957 ) is a Russian musician and showman. He was the keyboardist of the rock band Mashina Vremeni in 1979-1982 and 1990-1999, respectively. He also worked in the group Voskreseniye and led a program on television and radio. At the present time, he is leader of the group X.O.

Biography Podgorodetsky was born February 12, 1957 into a family of musicians in Moscow. His mother, Victoria Ivanovna Podgorodetskaya, was a singer. His grandmother, Vera Fyodorovna, was a pianist.

In 1976 he graduated from the conducting and choral department at the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory. Order of Honour (1999)

Personal life In 1976 he married Lyubov Yakimova (circus performer). In the 1980s he married Natalia for the second time. From 1985 to 2005 he was married to Svetlana Samoilova, in 1987 they had two twin daughters Anastasia (died of cancer in 2003) and Anna. In 2005 Podhoretsky married architect Irina.