Aleksandr Lipnitsky

Aleksandr Davidovich Lipnitsky
Александр Давидович Липницкий
Lipnitsky in 2019
Born	(1952-07-08)8 July 1952 Moscow, USSR
Died	25 March 2021(2021-03-25) (aged 68) Nikolina Gora [ru], Moscow Oblast, Russia

Aleksandr Davidovich Lipnitsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дави́дович Липни́цкий; 8 July 1952 – 25 March 2021^[1]) was a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and musician. He was one of the founders of the Soviet rock group Zvuki Mu.^[2]

Aleksandr Lipnitsky was born on 8 July 1952 in Moscow.^[1] Lipnitsky was the grandson of the actress Tatyana Okunevskaya and the homeopathic doctor Teodor Lipnitsky [ru].^[3] His father, David Teodorovich Lipnitsky (1921–1994) was also a homeopathic doctor.^[4] His stepfather, Viktor Sukhodrev, was the personal translator of Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev.^[5] His mother, Inga Sukhodrev (née Okunevskaya-Varlamova) (1933–2013), was an English teacher.^{[citation needed]} His brother was Vladimir Lipnitsky (1954–1985).^{[citation needed]}

Lipnitsky became friends with Pyotr Mamonov at school and attended concerts with Mamonov and Mamonov's younger brother, Aleksey Bortnichuk [ru].^[6] In 1964, Lipnitsky was given his first Beatles record by Triloki Nath Kaul, the Indian Ambassador to the USSR, and became a fan of the band.^[7]

Lipnitsky studied journalism at Moscow State University. He became a specialist in jazz and began to be published in Soviet periodicals in 1975. He also became a figure in the underground music scene and dealt records.^[6] In the 1980s, he hosted informal concerts by underground musicians at his dacha in Nikolina Gora.^[1] His friends in the rock scene included Artemy Troitsky, Viktor Tsoi, Sergey Kuryokhin, Boris Grebenshchikov, Konstantin Kinchev, and Mike Naumenko.^[1]

In 1983, Lipnitsky, Mamonov, and Bortnichuk founded Zvuki Mu.^{[citation needed]} Lipnitsky sold his art collection to buy the band's equipment and learned to play bass. Zvuki Mu's first performance took place in February 1984, at Lipnitsky and Mamonov's old school.^[8] Lipnitsky played bass in the group until 1990.^{[citation needed]}

From 1990 to 1993, Lipnitsky and Joanna Stingray worked on the TV program Red Wave-21.^[6] In the 2000s, he hosted the rock program Yelovaya Submarina on Nostalgiya.^[9] From 2010, he hosted a program dedicated to Russian rock on the radio station Finam FM.^[10] He regularly performed in groups such as OtZvuki Mu and Grozdya Vinogradovy.^[9]

Lipnitsky died on 25 March 2021. While skiing on the Moskva River near the village of Nikolina Gora, he fell through the ice and drowned.^[2] It is thought that at the time of his death he was trying to save his dog, who had fallen into the water.^[9] Lipnitsky's body was found in the Moskva on 27 March 2021.^[11] His funeral took place on 30 March 2021 at the Aksininsky cemetery in the village of Aksinino, near Moscow.^[12]

• Aleksandr Lipnitsky discography at Discogs
• Aleksandr Lipnitsky on Russian Art Archive Network