Artemy Troitsky
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Art, Artem, Artemiy or Artemy Troitsky (Russian: Арте́мий Тро́ицкий, born 1955) is a Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, broadcaster, and an academic who has taught classes on music journalism at Moscow State University
. He was born in Yaroslavl
, then in the Soviet Union
. In 1988 he was described in the New York Times as "the leading Soviet rock critic".
In 1986 Troitsky was one of the organizers of the "Account No. 904" rock concert, modelled on Live Aid
, to raise funds for the victims of the Chernobyl disaster
, the first such concert in the Soviet Union.
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
. He was born in Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...
, then in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. In 1988 he was described in the New York Times as "the leading Soviet rock critic".
In 1986 Troitsky was one of the organizers of the "Account No. 904" rock concert, modelled on Live Aid
Live Aid
Live Aid was a dual-venue concert that was held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom ...
, to raise funds for the victims of the Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
, the first such concert in the Soviet Union.
Books
- Back in the USSR: The True Story of Rock in Russia. London and Boston: Faber & Faber, 1988.
- Reviewed by Richard StitesRichard StitesRichard Thomas Stites was a historian of Russian culture.In 1978 he published The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism and Bolshevism, 1860-1930, a book that opened up a new discipline of Russian studies.In 1984, he wrote the introductory essay for an English translations of...
in Slavic Review 48:2 (1989): 308; by Alex Raksin in the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Nov. 27, 1988.- Tusovka: Who's Who in the New Soviet Rock Culture. London: Omnibus, 1990.
- Translated into Italian by Vincenzo Perna as Tusovka. Rock e stili nella nuova cultura sovietica. Turin: 1990.
External links
- Artemy Troitsky, "The Russia I Lost", New StatesmanNew StatesmanNew Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
, 27 November 2006. - Artemy Troitsky, "Someone still loves you, Boris", New Statesman 30 April 2007.
- Artemy Troitsky, "Loyalty Card", New Statesman, 29 November 2007.