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Eduard Khil was born on 4 September 1934 in Smolensk to Anatoly Vasilievich Khil, a mechanic, and Helena Pavlovna Kalugina, an accountant.[2] Life as a child was hard on Khil, with his familybreaking up; he was brought up by his mother. During the Great Patriotic War (WWII Eastern Front), his kindergarten was bombed, he was separated from his mother and evacuated to Bekovo, Penza Oblast where heended up in a children's home, which lacked basic facilities and needs, such as food. Despite this Khil regularly performed in front of wounded soldiers in the nearby hospital.[2] He was reunitedwith his mother in 1943 when Smolensk was liberated from Nazi Germany and in 1949 moved to Leningrad, where he enrolled and then graduated from printing college.[2] In 1955, Khil enrolled in theLeningrad Conservatory, where he studied under direction of Evgeni Olkhovksky and Zoya Lodyi. He graduated in 1960.[2] During his studies, he began performing various lead operatic roles, including Figaro inThe Marriage of Figaro.[2]
Career and success
After graduating he fell in love with pop music after attending a Klavdiya Shulzhenko concert,[2] and started to perform popular music. This led to himwinning several prizes in the next two decades. He won the "All Russian Competition for Performers" in 1962 and was invited to perform at the "Festival of Soviet Songs" in 1965.[2] He attained secondplace in Sopot International Song Festival in 1965.[3] In 1967, composer Andrey Petrov won the USSR State Prize for a collection of songs performed mainly by Khil,[2] and in 1968 Khil won theMeritorious Artist of the RSFSR. The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was awarded in 1971,[4] and Russia's most prestigious artist award, the People's Artist of Russia, was awarded to Khil in 1974.[3] He wasso successful that the public called him the 'Symbol of Leningrad'.
Between 1977 & 1979, Khil taught solo singing at the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy.
Khil has toured in over 80...