"City 312": the composition of the group, photos, surnames

In the 2000s the collective "City 312" gained popularity. The group consists of 6 people. The soloist is Svetlana Azarenka, more known under the creative pseudonym Aya.

Group "City 312"

Why did the collective "City 312" choose this name? Composition of the group comes from the capital of Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek. It was there that they first came together. And 312 - the telephone code of this city.

This pop-rock band, also called "Townspeople", was born in 2001. The first train consisted of 4 people. They performed at the first concerts called "City 312". The composition of the band changed from time to time. So, the guitarist, known earlier for participation in the group "Ayan", could not stand the metropolitan rhythm of life, after the collective moved to Moscow. In his place came Masha (Maria Pritula).

The drummers changed regularly. The most famous public was Igor Javad-Zade, who played with Butusov, played in Zemfira, Igor Talkov, Kristina Orbakaite, Alexander Marshall and many others.

At different times, the drummers also played Victor Golovanov, also known for the group "Degrees", and Sergei Kovtun.

Soundtracks for films

"City 312", the composition of the band you will find in this article, has become one of the few collectives that has gained fame and popularity thanks to the soundtracks writing to modern films.

In 2006 Oksana Bychkova shot comedy melodrama "Peter FM". The main theme of the film was the song "Out of the access zone", which was performed by the collective "City 312". The band members wrote this song at the request of the creators of the picture. In total, the film used two dozen tracks, including Underwood, Aquarium, Mummy Troll, but this one was a hit immediately after the premiere. All immediately started talking about the team "City 312". The composition of the group, photos of participants is in this article, immediately became interested in music critics and fans.

In 2006, the band made a video for the song "I'll Stay", which became a soundtrack to Timur Bekmambetov's "Day Watch". This track was even nominated for MTV awards as the best soundtrack of the year.

Later they wrote songs to Timur Bekmambetov's comedy melodrama "The Irony of Fate." Continuation, the fantastic melodrama of Yevgeny Bedarev "The New Year's Tariff."

The first plates

The group "City 312" released its first record in 2006. It was called "Out of Access Zone", like the main hit. After the release of this album, another of their songs - "Lanterns" became popular on the Russian stage.

"Citizens" immediately struck their fans and music critics with diversity, they were not afraid to experiment and play in different genres, from heavy metal to rumba and even jazz.

In 2007, their second disc was presented to the public. Album "Turn around". In addition to the main hit, which became the title of the record, it included such popular songs as "213 Roads", "The Girl Who Wanted Happiness".

After that the group began active tours. And not only in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union, but also abroad. With concerts, the team "City 312" visited the USA, Poland, Germany, Belgium, France, Holland, the Canary Islands.

Now the group continues to conduct active tour activities, performs a lot, works on new compositions and records. Continues to write songs for films.

And I

An unchallenged soloist of the band is Svetlana Nazarenko, known to the fans under the pseudonym Aya. She was born in Kyrgyzstan in 1970. The only one in the group who has dual citizenship (Russian and Kyrgyz).

She dreamed of her career since she was a child. At age 7 she became a soloist of the Bolshoi Concert Children's Choir. In 1982 she showed herself at the republican contest of folk art, after which she was noticed by the famous Kyrgyz producer Rafail Sarlykov. He invited her to his ensemble "Araket".

Soon after that, Nazarenko began a solo career. Took part in contests and festivals, taking prizes.

In the 90's four of her solo albums were released - "Calm Night", "Broken Radio", "Dream Music" and "Tea with Strawberry Flavor". Despite the successes at festivals and popularity in Kyrgyzstan, she felt that she could not fully realize herself. By 2001, she graduated from the Kyrgyz Institute of Arts, receiving a diploma in "Variety Vocal".

Shortly thereafter, she teamed up with Pritula's brothers, Dmitry and Leonid, to create their own collective. So there was a group "City 312". The composition, the soloist in which has not changed, has undergone various changes during its existence, but the backbone has been preserved for 16 years already.

In 2007 Nazarenko received the highest creative award of Kyrgyzstan. She was awarded the title of Honored Artist of this republic.

The Pritula Brothers

Dmitry and Leonid were in the original composition of the group "City 312". Their names became well known to the Russian public. In the team they are still playing.

Dmitry Pritula, nicknamed Dim, sings on backing vocals, plays keyboards. He is the author of the texts of most of the songs that the collective performs. He graduated from the Musical College, conductor and choral faculty.

His brother Leonid, nicknamed Leon, writes music for the songs. He also has a music education. In the same music school he studied at the variety department. In the band he plays the bass guitar.

Over time, a new guitarist appeared in the band - Dmitry Ilyaev's wife, who took his last name. So the whole three participants with the name of Pritula appeared in the collective "City 312". The composition of the group, Masha in which quickly merged, from this only grew stronger. Maria Pritula plays the guitar. Her musical education was limited to private guitar courses from Alexey Knyshov and Timur Mardaleishvili.

Alexander

On the second guitar in the group "City 312" plays Alexander Ilchuk. In his active state musical college of pop and jazz art in Moscow and the Novosibirsk State Conservatory named after Mikhail Glinka. In these schools he studied guitar.

In order to play in this group, he passed the casting. In addition to him, the place of the second guitarist claimed three more musicians. As Ilchuk admits, he was very late, almost for two hours. Therefore, he was the last. But I managed to make an appropriate impression. Immediately after listening to it, he was offered to work with the group in the future.

Nick

Another active member of the team is Leonid Nikonov, nicknamed Nick. He graduated from the Saratov Regional College of Arts. I got a diploma in drum class. In the group "City 312" he plays percussion instruments.

Nikonov has great experience in playing drums, especially in rock bands. He has a rich concert and studio activity.

Since 2015, in parallel with the performances in the group "City 312" is playing in the new project of Serega under the name "Polygraph Sharikov". He also performs as an entertainer of a musical staged by Ilya Averbukh.