Zakhar May

Zakhar May
File:Zakhar Mai.jpg
Background information
Birth name	Zakhar Borisovich May
Born	1969 (age 54–55)
Associated acts	Shiva
Website	[1]

Zakhar May (Zak May, Russian: Захар Май) (born 1969) is a modern Russian musician, author of such hits as "Nahui", "Nashi Tanki" and "Russo Matroso", a participant in festivals "Nashestvie 2002" (Нашествие 2002), "Krylya 2003" (Крылья 2003) and others.

Biography

Zahar Borisovich May was born in Kharkov, USSR, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1969. He wrote his first song ("Holodilnik pust") in 1987. During 1988 - 2002 lived in United States where he was working as a programmer. Three of his albums "... i nikogo drugogo" (1995), "Zavtrak na trave" (2000) and "Zolotoy pizdy volos" (2002) were recorded in United States. In 2002 Zahar May returned to Russia and created with Saint-Petersburg's musicians group "Shiva" in which he united a lot of famous rock-stars such as Sergey Chigrakov from Chizh & Co, Andrey Vasilyev from Raznyie Lyudi and Igor Dotsenko and Pavel Borisov both from DDT. Nowadays Zahar lives in Moscow and often plays solo acoustic concerts.

External links

• (Russian)Zahar May's official website
• (Russian)May's Live Journal