Bravo (band)

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Bravo
"The Greatest HITS" concert in The Opera House, Toronto (Dec. 2016)
"The Greatest HITS" concert in The Opera House, Toronto (Dec. 2016)
Background information
OriginMoscow, Russia
GenresBeat, rockabilly, jazz rock, soft rock
Years active1983-present
Websitewww.bravogroup.ru
MembersEvgeny Havtan
Pavel Kuzin
Robert Lenz
Alexander Stepanenko
Dimitriy Ashman
Past membersZhanna Aguzarova
Andrei Konusov
Valeriy Syutkin
Aleksey Ivanov
Sergey Lapin
Anna Salmina
Tatyana Ruzaeva
Evgeny Osin
Irina Elifanova
Igor Danilkin
Timur Murtuzaev
Dmitry Gaidukov
Igor Andreev
Fiodor Ponomariov
Aleksey Elenskiy
Sergey Bushkevich
Pavel Markazyan
Denis Mazhukov
Feliks Lakhuti

Bravo (Russian: Бра́во) is a rock and roll band founded in 1983 in Moscow, Russia[1] by guitarist Evgeny Havtan.

Biography[]

Evgeny Havtan in 2008
Zhanna Aguzarova in 2007
Robert Lenz in 2008

Drawing heavy inspiration from 1950s western music, Bravo was a part of the Soviet rock and roll revival of the 1980s, along with Secret. Their first album was made in 1983.

Despite the fact that at that time rock and roll and beat music (except for The Beatles) were less popular among Soviet citizens than classic rock, the band was one of the most popular underground acts in Russia in the 1980s, until the departure of original lead singer Zhanna Aguzarova (ru:Жанна Агузарова)[2] in 1988. Since then Bravo has achieved success with several different singers, Valeriy Syutkin[3] (1990-1994) and Robert Lenz (since 1996).

In 2011, after a ten-year break from studio recordings, Bravo released an album Fashion (Russian: Мода), which received highly positive reviews from critics[4][5] and good attention from younger audiences. The band recorded the album using vintage instruments from the 50s and 60s.[6] The album was produced by Ghian Wright.[7] The album cover includes a photography of Audrey Hepburn from the US-American romantic comedy Roman Holiday.[8]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

  1. Кассета 1983 (1983)
  2. Кассета 1985 (1985)
  3. Браво (1987)
  4. Ансамбль Браво (1987)
  5. Стиляги из Москвы 1990
  6. Московский Бит 1993
  7. Дорога в Облака 1994
  8. (single) Ветер Знает... 1995
  9. На Перекрестках Весны 1996
  10. EP Серенада 2000 1997
  11. Хиты про любовь 1998
  12. Евгеника 2001
  13. Мода 2011
  14. Навсегда 2015

Compilations and live albums[]

  1. Жанна Агузарова и Браво (1993)
  2. (1994)
  3. Песни Разных Лет (1995)
  4. (tribute) Звездный Каталог (2004)
  5. 30 лет. Концерт в Stadium Live (2014)
  6. Бравоспектива (2017)

References[]

  1. ^ История группы Браво
  2. ^ "Фестиваль молодых исполнителей Юрмала-Ялта-Москва". Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. ^ Утренняя почта, клип «Вася»
  4. ^ Алексей Мажаев. (2011-09-06). ""Браво" — "Мода"". InterMedia. Archived from the original on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  5. ^ Иван Сорокин. (2011-10-11). "Возвращение главной гитарной поп-группы Тынды и Еревана". Афиша. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  6. ^ Александр В. Волков. "Евгений Хавтан ("Браво"): Винил и пластиковые кружочки звучат по-разному!". . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  7. ^ Александр Великанов-младший. (2011-09-10). "Браво. "Между Западом и Востоком"". . Archived from the original on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  8. ^ Екатерина Архипова, Артем Костенко. ""Мода" группы "Браво"". Best-Woman.ru. Archived from the original on 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2011-11-17.

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