Maxim Fadeev

Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev (Russian: Макси́м Алекса́ндрович Фаде́ев) (born 6 May 1968) is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer.

Biography

Early life and career

Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, USSR. When he was a child, he attended a musical school in Kurgan, and learned how to play bass guitar. He later attended two universities, both musical, aged only fifteen.

Fadeev started working with professional musicians in 1989, such as Larisa Dolina and Valery Leontyev. At the time he was supported by showman and actor Sergei Kirilov, who also presented Fadeev to the world of professional music.

1993–2003: Linda and Star Factory 2

In 1993 Fadeev started managing singer Svetlana Geiman, who would later become famous as Linda. Fadeev was writing, producing and composing her music material. Having been managed by Fadeev, Linda rose to media attention and a quick shot to stardom followed, backed up by both her over-the-top music contents which pleased the critics, and her offbeat semi-ethnic, Tibet-driven visual personae, epitomised by Vorona video which helped her to be eagerly accepted nationwide. The partnership of the two broke in 1999. Linda has eventually started writing her songs herself.