Picnic soloist of the group biography

One of the creators of the Picnic group, the story of which began with performances in the Leningrad rock club. The frontman of the Rock Collection “Picnic” Edmund Shklyarsky is unusual in everything-starting with a booming, magnetized tenor and ending with fanciful compositions about strange worlds. Over the years, the musician has been creating bright performances and mystical performances on stage, the main components of which are light and sound.

The childhood and youth of the Picnic's permanent leader was born on September 26 in Leningrad. The father Edmund Pole, therefore, since childhood, his native languages ​​are Russian and Polish. The musicality of the boy was discovered in early childhood: he sang with pleasure and played on different instruments. Love for the world of sounds to Shklyarsky was instilled by the mother, who taught the piano game at the conservatory.

At first, the future singer mastered the keyboard instrument, then switched to the violin, but soon became interested in the work of foreign rock stars. The young man never made an academic career. Edmund Shklyarsky in his youth Edmund grew up on the compositions of the legendary Rolling Stones and Bitles, so he spent a lot of time playing the guitar. However, for a long time it was only a hobby - the young man did not even think about a professional musical career.

After school, on the advice of his father, he entered the Polytechnic Institute, where he continued to engage in creativity. Together with other students, Edmund organized the amateur group “Surprise”, with which he became the winner of the Funny Rhythm festival. The early creative biography of Shklyarsky is associated with the groups “Aquarium”, “Orion” and “Labyrinth”, where the young musician acted as a guitarist and a keyboard player.

Soon, the young man realized the need for self -expression and decided to create his own ensemble. By that time, he was already familiar with many members of the Leningrad rock club, which facilitated the search for like-minded people. So at the beginning of x the country appeared a “picnic”, which has become one of the most popular groups among the youth of those years.

The young group “Picnic” first came out of the stage from the stage, and a few months later the musicians released the first record called “smoke”. Alexei prey took part in the creation of the debut album, and Shklyarsky recorded all the subsequent compositions on his own. In total, during the existence of the team, more than twenty discs were recorded.

Young Edmund Shklyarsky plays on the guitar the start of the creative career of the group gave the Leningrad rock club, where the guys performed along with such glorified groups as Aquarium and Zoo. In M “Picnic” became a winner of the first music festival and was knocked into the leaders among the musical groups of the USSR. At the very first concerts, the guys were represented by the audience who had a hitherto unprecedented performance, which later became an unchanged attribute of each program.

The performances of the “picnic” are always a mystery, accompanied by the sounds of the instruments of copyright work, light effects and artists on tall stilts. Edmund Shklyarsky in the year at the beginning of the X discography of the group consisted of five records, including Harakiri, Rod from nowhere, Hieroglyph. During this period, each show of the team took place with an unchanging house, fans were looking forward to the release of new albums.

In the new millennium, the musicians entered the Egyptian album, which instantly fell on the upper lines of the hit parade “Our Radio”. During these years, Edmund and his colleagues became permanent participants in the Rock Festival “Invasion” quickly gaining popularity among the country's music lovers. In the year, the Light was seen by the record “Kingdom of Crooked”, the composition from which became the soundtrack for the film of the same name.

The song “The Shaman has three hands” became the leader of the “chart dozen” on “Our Radio”. Edmund Shklyarsky with the early composition of the Picnic group in the “zero” years, Shklyarsky took part in the creation of the cartoon “The Cosmar before Christmas” by Tim Burton, performing the vampire musical party. The theme of ghouls often arose in the work of the author, so the choice of the performer for the director was obvious.

Edmund Shklyarsky at concerts with the Picnic group, after a go, continued touring activities. A number of tracks were recorded, the most famous of which were the “stranger”, “obscurantism and jazz”, “iron mantras”. The group celebrated its summer anniversary in the year, having performed a concert tour of the cities of Russia. They may be familiar.