Leo Feigin
Leo Feigin (born February 1, 1938 in Leningrad ) is a British music producer and radio host of the BBC of Soviet origin. The founder of Leo Records is also known under the pseudonym Alexei Leonidov .
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Feigin graduated from the later University of Physical Culture, Sport and Health PF Lesgaft in 1959 with a Masters in Sport Science. In 1960 he became a sports champion of the USSR in high jump as an athlete . In 1967 he graduated from the philological faculty of the State Pedagogical Institute AI Heart in Leningrad. Then Feigin worked as an interpreter and taught English at the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute.
As a fan, he took part in the Tallinn Jazz Festival in 1969 . There he met the American jazz presenter Willis Conover , whose programs he knew. Over the next few days, Conover met various jazz musicians in Feigin's apartment. Under pressure from the KGB , he had to leave the USSR and migrated to Israel in 1973. From 1974 to 1992 he worked from London for the BBC and produced and hosted jazz programs as Alexei Leonidov, which were broadcast by BBC World Service on shortwave in the USSR. In 1979 he founded the Leo Records label , which still exists today , on which he initially released jazz and free music from the USSR. In recent years he has organized the Leo Feigin Festival in Moscow several times .
Fonts
- Russian Jazz: New Identity (1985, Quartet Books, London)
- All the Jazz: Autobiography in Anecdotes (2009, Amphora, Moscow)
literature
- Andy Gregory (Ed.) The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. Europa Publications, London 2002
Web links
- Veteran Jazz Legend Feigin Brings Fest to Moscow , The Moscow Times, September 7, 2014
- Interview (german)
- Leo Feigin at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feigin, Leo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonidov, Alexei (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British music producer and radio host of Soviet origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |