Sergey Vyacheslavovich Trofimov - Russian pop singer, bard. He performs songs in such styles as chanson, rock, author's song. Known under the concert pseudonym Trofim.
Sergey Trofimov was born on November 4, 1966 in Moscow. His father and mother divorced three years after his birth. The mother raised her son alone. From childhood, the boy studied at a music school, as he showed vocal abilities early.
At the age of 6, Sergei was admitted to the 1st grade of the State Choir of Boys at the Institute. Gnesins. There he soloed and studied until 1983. Having received a school certificate, the young man entered the Moscow State Institute of Culture. Three years later - to the Moscow Conservatory at the Faculty of Theory and Composition.
Trofim in childhood
At the same time, Sergei was composing music, writing poetry and created the first Kant group, which performed concerts around Moscow. In 1985, the singer became a laureate of the XII World Festival of Youth and Students. It was then that Sergei wrote a song for Svetlana Vladimirskaya "I don't want to lose you." She became a hit, and Sergei received the first fee.
In 1986, Trofim worked with his program at the Orekhovo restaurant in order to improve the difficult financial situation of the family.
He left the restaurant in 1987 to travel with concerts in Russia. At this time, he became a member of the rock group Eroplan. In the early 1990s, Sergei went to church, was first a chorister, later a regent in the church. He strictly observed the church charter, even wanted to devote himself to serving God. But the spiritual mentor explained to him that he had a different purpose - to create music and poetry.
The beginning of Trofim's career
In 1992, Sergei returned to musical creativity and composed songs for S. Vladimirskaya's album "My Boy". And in 1994 he created songs for Alexander Ivanov's album "Sinful Soul Sorrow". And he returned to the stage under the concert pseudonym Trofim. The first solo album "Aristocracy of the Garbage" (part 1, part 2) was produced by Stepan Razin in 1995-1996. Then the first video of the artist "I fight like a fish" was released.
In the next three years, the artist became more popular. Four albums were released: Good Morning (1997), Eh, I Would Live (1998), Garbage Aristocracy (Part 3) (1999), Devaluation. At the same time, he wrote songs for Lada Dance, Nikolai Noskov, Vakhtang Kikabidze and others.
In 1999, Trofim wrote the music for the film Night Crossing. He competed with Mikhail Krug in the popular Musical Ring program. The following year he released the discs "I am born again" and "War and Peace". And he went with concerts for warring soldiers to Chechnya.
The beginning of the millennium was marked by the release of a collection of poems by Trofimov and membership in the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation. For the composition "Bullfinches" the singer received the first award "Chanson of the Year" in 2002. In 2004, the singer created the youth festival "Sergey Trofimov Gathers Friends" in the Nizhny Novgorod region. It is carried out to this day. Then he became a laureate of the literary prize. A. Suvorov.
In honor of the 10th anniversary of his creative activity in 2005, Sergei had two full houses in the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of famous singers. Then came the new album "Nostalgia". The following year, the artist released a collection of poems "240 pages" and gave a third solo concert in the Kremlin Palace. Since 2009, four more poetry collections have been released. In the same year he played his debut role in the series "Platinum-2".
Trofim: tour of America
In 2010, the artist went on a tour of America, after which the song "5000 miles" appeared. And in 2011, the artist was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. He celebrated his 45th birthday with a solo concert and a benefit performance with the participation of stars in the Kremlin Palace.
Four times he was awarded the Golden Gramophone Award. In 2016, a tour of Russia took place, the release of the album "Nightingales". At the beginning of 2017, Trofimov and Denis Maidanov presented a new song "Wife".
Sergey's musical compositions are used in documentaries and feature films. Sergey Trofimov on the social network Instagram constantly shares videos and photos with his fans.
Trofim's personal life
Sergei Trofimov had two marriages. The first marriage took place at the age of 20 with Natalia Gerasimova. Their daughter Anya was born in 1988. In marriage, the couple did not have a relationship, and they decided to part for a while.
Then there was an unsuccessful attempt to establish family life, after which the couple broke up completely. Around this time, Sergei began dating Yulia Meshina. After some time, she left him for Alexander Abdulov.
In 2003, Trofim met with Anastasia Nikishina at one of the performances. Nastya worked in the Laima Vaikule dance group. Mutual sympathy grew into more serious feelings and the couple had their first child, Ivan. When the boy was 1,5 years old, his parents registered the marriage and got married in the church. Then, in 2008, the couple had a daughter, Elizabeth.
Currently, the Trofimov family lives in the suburbs in their own house. Anastasia left the concert activity and devoted herself to her husband and children. Children play music. Ivan plays the drum set and guitar, while Lisa is learning piano and vocals.
Sergey has been fond of sports since his youth and now works out in the gym. In 2016, the Trofimovs were participants in the television program "About Love" on the air of the Channel One TV channel.
In 2018, Lisa took part in the Children's New Wave contest and reached the final. She was awarded a prize from the radio station "Children's Radio". In 2018, the singer became a guest of the Honest Word program, in which he spoke about his creative and personal life. According to Sergey, his relationship with his daughter Anna from his first marriage has improved.
Now Sergey continues his concert activity and writes new albums, which he plans to release in the near future. The artist often tours in Russia and abroad.
