Petr Elfimov
was born into a family of musicians on February 15, 1980, in the city
of Mogilev, Republic of Belarus. Petr's father, Petr Elfimov Senior, is
a professional musician, a bass in a church choir. His mother, Jeanette
Elfimov, is a conductor of a superb choir which won numerous first prizes
at international contests.
Petr's stage debut took place when he was six. At fourteen, he became
the solo singer of a vocal band called Double W. In 1999 he created the
Egoist band, where he was the solo singer and the song-writer. He wrote
his first song, If You Only Knew, when he was eighteen. In 2004 he won
the Grand Prix at the International Popular Song Contest Vitebsk 2004
within the framework of the International Arts Festival Vitebsk Slavic
Bazaar.
In 1998 Petr finished the Mogilev Music and Choreography Lyceum. In 2005
he graduated from the Belarus State Music Academy, where he majored in
Academic Singing. Since 2007 Petr has been teaching Popular Signing at
the Modern Knowledge Institute named after A. M. Shirokov.
When he was 11, Petr heard Queen for the first time, and forever fell
in love with its truthfulness, extraordinariness, and melodism. He was
overwhelmed by the unlikely harmony between the harsh instrumental sound
and the incredible vocal polyphony. His admiration with Ian Gillan inspired
a spiritual journey into the creative heritage of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Even today Petr cherishes the hope to perform the part of Jesus in the
famous rock opera Jesus Christ Super Star. His Zodiac sign is Aquarius,
and Aquarians are well-known to live on a rainbow! |