The history of creativity of Leonid Rudenko (one of the most popular DJs in the world) is interesting and instructive. The career of a talented Muscovite began in the late 1990s-2000s.
The first performances were not successful with the Russian public, and the musician went to conquer the West. There, his work achieved incredible success and occupied a leading position in the charts.
After such a "breakthrough", his compositions were popular in Russia as well. The style of his compositions is not like the usual performance of music, it has something non-standard, bewitching, which does not leave anyone indifferent.
Childhood and youth of Leonid Rudenko
The future disco idol was born on July 16, 1985 in Moscow. He became interested in music while still in elementary school.
Parents supported Leonid, gave him a synthesizer and sent him to study at a music school, which his older sister had already attended. Already there, young Rudenko learned how to create remixes from famous compositions.
His idols were foreign performers of hits from the Europa Plus radio station and the Kar-Man group, led by Sergei Lemokh.
Leonid liked music created with the help of electronics, so The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy became the inspirers of his work. Also, the future conqueror of the dance floors got acquainted with a new style - trance.
This direction was distinguished by unusual electronic sounds, repetitive words and a high tempo.
Music and creativity of the artist
After school, the future musician continued his studies at the Lyceum, then entered the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia on the specialty "Advertising", Faculty of Economics.
After studying for a year, Leonid ventured to post his first track on an Internet forum. The composition aroused interest and was downloaded by several thousand people. For a beginner, this result was an incredible success.
Inspired Rudenko began to send recordings of his tracks to various recording studios, but received no answer. After several unsuccessful attempts, he decided to send some of the work to Western producers.
And I was pleasantly surprised by the response of the manager of the world-famous DJ Paul van Dyk, who ordered Leonid to remix several songs.
The result of the work was 4 music tracks and 1 remix. These compositions in a short period of time occupied the top of the world charts.
The result of such popularity was a successful contract with the famous Belgian recording studio and the Dutch studio Armada Music.
Leonid Rudenko gained the greatest popularity in 2006-2007. During this period, his compositions topped all the famous charts in Europe.
Popularity at the level of world stars
The Russian musician stood on a par with world stars - Bob Marley and David Guetta. Talpa Music took care of the copyright protection of the only musician from Russia who reached such a level.
In the summer of 2006, there was another creative success - together with the American singer Daniella, the song Summerfish was recorded, which instantly became popular.
She was unofficially considered the best dance track of the year, delighting the audience of famous clubs in Europe.
After such success, Leonid finally became popular in his homeland. The largest radio stations in Russia began to broadcast remixes of his compositions.
The number of performers of his works increased - both Russian (djs Grad and Pimenov) and Western (Paul van Dyck).
The irony of fate was that Leonid Rudenko, previously not accepted in Russia, now has a significant influence on Russian music, determining its future. After all, a huge number of remixes are immediately written for each new composition of his.
2009 was also an important year for the musician. In October, his first and only album was released, containing both already known compositions such as Destination, and completely new tracks.
By 2014, Rudenko's popularity in his homeland had increased so much that he was invited to perform in Sochi during the Olympics. However, Russian music critics refused to accept the work of the famous DJ.
Tellingly, this did not affect Rudenko's increasing world popularity at all. The musician continued to work, and in 2016 he recorded the songs "Melt the Ice" with Sasha Spielberg and "A Man Doesn't Dance" with Irakli.
DJ's personal life
It is clear that such a handsome man, surrounded by "fans" (and "fans!"), Can not be left without the attention of women. And he himself, being a creative and impressionable nature, was fond of more than once.
Leonid Rudenko tries not to discuss his personal life with journalists, but some information sometimes appears in the media.
It became known that the famous DJ met Irina Dubtsova on television, then recorded the song “Moscow-Neva” with her, and after the presentation they flew away to the Maldives together.
Unfortunately, the couple broke up after a fight. Unofficial sources claim that Leonid and Irina have been together again since January 2018, but there was no confirmation of this news.
DJ Rudenko now
The musician continues his active creative activity and creates new compositions that immediately occupy the leading positions in the charts.
Once upon a time, Leonid Rudenko dreamed of reaching the level of Paul van Dyck. Judging by his popularity and the constant development of creative possibilities, he succeeded.
