Stas Piekha
Stanislav Pyatrasovich Piekha (until the age of seven he bore the surname of his Lithuanian father, Gerulis), is a popular Russian singer, poet and musician, grandson of the legendary artist Edita Piekha , winner of the fourth season of “Star Factory”.
Childhood and education of Stas Piekha
Stas was born on August 13, 1980 in Leningrad. Edita Piekha insisted that the boy be named Stanislav, in memory of her father.
Father - Petras Gerulis - was a jazz musician, according to Stas Piekha’s biography on Wikipedia.
Mother - Ilona Bronevitskaya - famous actress and TV presenter.
And, of course, the most famous in this talented musical family is grandmother – Edita Piekha.
Stas Piekha's father left the family. From the first years of his life, the boy had to immerse himself in theatrical life; he went on tour with his grandmother.
At the age of 7, young Piekha was sent to the Choir School. Glinka , where the boy learned choral singing and piano playing. At the same time, he changed his father’s surname to the legendary grandmother’s, according to Stas Piekha’s biography on Wikipedia.
Stas Piekha received his higher musical education at the school named after. Gnesins , when he entered the pop-jazz department. However, the young man was soon expelled for absenteeism. As the young man later said, he never dreamed of becoming a professional singer - he was “overfed” by the stage in childhood and, if not for the persuasion of his grandmother, Stas would not have decided to participate in the “Star Factory”.
Career of Stas Piekha and “Star Factory”
Despite the stardom of the family, Stas built his career himself, although the surname Piekha dominated.
In 2004, Stas passed the casting for the fourth season of “Star Factory” and got into the project along with Dominic Joker , Irina Dubtsova , Timati and Anton Zatsepin .
The producer of the show was Igor Krutoy , with whom Piekha did not have a good relationship from the very beginning, but this did not stop Stas from showing himself well: he talentedly coped with any number, formed a harmonious duet with any artist and was very popular with the public.
Russian composer and music producer Viktor Drobysh considered Stas’ talent and wrote the song “One Star” for Piekha, which became the artist’s first hit.
The project “Star Factory-4” made Stas Piekha popular, he took third place.
By the way, he received an award from Channel One - a free video clip and, as a nice bonus, a motor scooter. In addition, Stas sang a duet with singer Valeria - the young man dreamed of this long before participating in the project, and performed the ballad “July Morning” together with rock legend Ken Hesley .
In May 2005, his first solo album, “One Star,” was released. Some of the songs were composed by Stas himself. Two hits belonged to Viktor Drobysh. One of the compositions, “City of Childhood,” was recorded by both famous Piekhas - grandson and grandmother.
After the release of the album, the first place in the Russian charts was taken by a new duet with Valeria called “You're Sad,” which brought him his first award during the MTV Russia Music Awards 2005 in the “Best Composition” category.
In 2008, a second album entitled “Otherwise” was released. And then the song “She’s Not Yours” - a duet with Grigory Leps . With her, Piekha won the Golden Gramophone, Muz-TV and God of the Air awards.
In 2013, Piekha’s third solo album, “10,” was released. With his recording, Stas summed up the results of the first decade of his singing career.
Stasa Piekha in other projects
As reported in the biography of Stas Piekha on the Find Out Everything website, he did not limit his talent to performances on stage. In 2007, the grandson and grandmother became the faces of the Moscow Jewelry. The Piekha dynasty was not chosen by chance, because the concept of the jewelry brand was based on the continuity of generations.
During the break between tours, Piekha was engaged in dubbing, voicing the cartoons “Masha and the Magic Nut” (Emperor), “The Princess and the Frog” (Frog Prince), and for some time he was a co-host of the “Cosmopolitan” program. He also starred in the television series “My Beautiful Family” as himself.
By the way, Stas wrote the words for many songs himself. It is also known that Stas writes poetry. At the beginning of 2008, his poetry collection “Naked” was published.
In the spring of 2011, Piekha starred in the TV show “Voice of Ukraine”. The singer took pride of place among the jury members next to Diana Arbenina , Alexander Ponomarev and Ruslana Lyzhichko .
In 2020, Piekha continued to work on his singing career, starring in the video for the song “Allegory”. The young man devoted this year to creative experiments and the search for new concepts.
In the same year, Stas released a second collection of poems.
Stas Piekha is no stranger to charitable activities. In 2016, Piekha opened a drug addiction assistance center. According to him, many of Stas’s close people died from overdoses, so the undertaking was very important for the singer.
Health status of Stas Piekha
As reported in the biography of Stas Piekha on Wikipedia, in 2020 he admitted that his mother Ilona Bronevitskaya often went on tour and devoted little time to him and her family, as a result, at the age of 15, he acquired a serious alcohol addiction, from which he could only recover in two decades.
His mother was focused on her career and on the fight for the rights of stray dogs, he felt lonely, became addicted to heroin and gave up drugs only after being in intensive care three times and having a heart attack at the age of 34. According to the singer, this happened during a long remission in which the performer was after treatment for drug addiction. Piekha noted that this happened while he was on tour. The artist put himself on an IV, but it didn’t help. Upon arrival in Moscow, Stas was taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a heart attack.
The singer believes that it was after this incident that he realized that he needed to save himself, otherwise his life could quickly end, they wrote in the news.
In October 2020, Stas Piekha was hospitalized with an attack of acute pancreatitis.
In this regard, 38-year-old singer Stas Piekha told fans that he was forced to interrupt his work for some time and devote himself to his own health.
“I will live and sing too. There will be no global changes; adjustments to nutrition, regime and loads are possible. Every time before I start practicing self-love, I need a strong reason, I hope this lesson is enough for me! For now, I’m safe, I’m getting treatment and going through a full checkout,” Starhit.ru quoted the artist as saying.
Personal life of Stas Piekha
Stas Piekha was raised by his stepfather. But he still met with his father. In the studio of the “Live Broadcast” program, Petras Gerulis shared his impressions of meeting his son. He didn’t have time to say many words to Stas during a personal meeting, because he saw how tired the guy was from the show. He addressed him from the TV screen.
“I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. After the concert I went to the dressing room. He's exhausted. I told him: take care of yourself. You can't make everyone's money. I don't know, maybe I deserve to be like this for my son. Stasenka, think what you say, and don’t always say what you think,” said Petras Gerulis.
Then the news reported that Petras Gerulis was barely making ends meet. Piekha's father cannot even afford proper nutrition, contenting himself with meals at a charity canteen for tramps. The only bad thing is that they, along with other homeless people, are fed only once a day, the man complains. Stas’s dad lives on the outskirts of the capital of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, in an ordinary five-story panel building. In the one-room apartment where he is registered, his dog also lives with him. And the modest pension is not enough even to pay utilities, so the debts are growing, leaving no chance for Gerulis to live a full life. “I have big debts,” he complained to journalists who stopped by to write about the poverty in which the man lived. “I have nothing to eat.”
But it would be wrong to think that Stas himself did not participate in any way in the fate of his father. He not only helped his father financially, but five years ago he even invited Petras Gerulis to visit him in his Moscow apartment. They sat, drank tea, looked through old photographs and reminisced. And then my father left, after which they never met again. The fact is that Gerulis, according to Piekha, has mental problems.
Stas regularly sends money to his mother Ilona Bronevitskaya - half a million a month.
Stas Piekha preferred not to make his personal life public, so little is known about the singer’s beloved. In August 2014, the news published information about the birth of Piekha’s first child - Viktor Drobysh let slip. The mother of the baby, named Peter, is model Natalya Gorchakova . The child was born on March 22, 2014.
In September of the same year, the newly-made parents arranged a modest wedding ceremony “for their own” in Spain.
Stanislav Pyatrasovich Piekha (August 13, 1980, Leningrad) - pop singer, finalist of the Star Factory-4. Grandson of People's Artist of the USSR Edita Piekha, son of singer Ilona Bronevitskaya and jazz musician Petras Gerulis. Stas Piekha collaborates with producer Viktor Drobysh (“National Music Corporation”). He recorded the solo album “One Star” in 2005. The album also includes duets with Edita Piekha and Valeria. He took part in the reality show “The Last Hero - 5”. Writes poems. In 2008, a book of poems by S. Piekha “Naked” was published.
Story
Stas Piekha was born on August 13, 1980, in a “star family” under the sign of Leo in the year of the Monkey. Everyone knows the name of his legendary grandmother Edita Stanislavovna Piekha and mother Ilona Bronevitskaya. Mom’s current husband is Evgeniy Timoshenkov, a musician, and Stas’s father is Petras Gerulis, also a very famous jazz musician. But Stas’s sister, Erika Bystrova, did not follow the musical path; she is a student at the Moscow Architectural Institute.
Stas's grandmother, Edita Stanislavovna, lost her father in early childhood, and then she promised herself to name her son Stanislav, in honor of his father, but she had a daughter (Ilona Bronevitskaya) and this male name was not destined to sound in their family. And so, when Ilona’s son was born, the name Stas finally found its worthy owner.
Stas spent his childhood traveling on tour with his grandmother, while his mother pursued a solo career. At the age of 7, Stas began studying piano and choral singing at the Glinka Choir School of the Leningrad Chapel and began to bear the surname Piekha. The fact is that the Piekha family was cut short due to the war, and Edita Stanislavovna decided that Stas should revive it.
After graduating from school, Stas left music for a while and began studying hairdressing at one of the elite Spanish schools in Moscow. After graduating, Stas received a diploma as a stylist and worked in this specialty for a total of three years. For some time, it was he who cut the hair of everyone close to him in his family. Stas received further musical education at the Variety and Jazz Department at the Gnessin State Music School. He plays the piano and percussion instruments. He is interested in psychology and sports. It should be noted that Stas Piekha has a yellow belt in karate, and he also did bodybuilding, thanks to which the singer is always in excellent shape.
In life, Stas enjoys aesthetics, love, luck, and, of course, the stage. The singer believes that it is imperative to maintain naturalness and always remain an individual. He believes that the main thing is to have health and be loved, and the rest will follow. If Stas had not managed to become an artist, he would have gone to conquer the cosmic expanses of the universe.
“Star Factory” In 2004, Stas successfully passed the casting and became a participant in the First Channel television project “Star Factory - 4”. It was at the “Factory” that his first hit was recorded - the song “One Star”, written by composer Viktor Drobysh.
At the very beginning of the project, when all participants filled out questionnaires, Stas answered the question “Who would you like to sing a duet with?” wrote “with Valeria.” And this dream of his came true - the song “You're Sad” in a duet with Valeria was performed at one of the reporting concerts. At the Factory, Stas Piekha sang about 20 duets. Thanks to Viktor Drobysh, Stas’s dream came true - he sang the legendary rock ballad “July morning” with rock legend Ken Hensley. As a result of the competition, Stas was one of the three winners of “Star Factory - 4” and received the production of a solo album, shooting a video and a scooter as a prize.
Album “One Star” In May 2005, the artist released his first solo album “One Star”, which included some compositions written by Stas himself. Also, the singer's producer and composer Viktor Drobysh added three of his hits and fellow composers suggested several worthy songs.
The song “You're Sad” from this album, performed in a duet with singer Valeria, rose high in Russian chats and radio broadcasts. The album also contains a track recorded by Stas and his grandmother, Edita Piekha, “City of Childhood.” Stas Piekha’s mother, Ilona Bronevitskaya, acted as an expert during the recording of the album. Together with her and her husband, a wonderful musician, all the songs for the album were pre-listened, and, in addition, he helped Stas record some things.
On September 21, 2005, the MTV Russia Music Awards ceremony took place. At the ceremony, Stas Piekha and Valeria received an award in the “Best Composition” category for the song “You’re Sad.”
Today Stas Piekha is the leading artist of the National Music Corporation. In the singer’s creative baggage: the album “One Star”; 4 video clips (“Where will I be”, “Parting”, “About you”, “Write to me”); thousands of touring kilometers, hundreds of concerts, radio broadcasts and filming in television programs; millions of letters that became his interviews.
In addition to touring with concerts, Stas Piekha took part in dubbing cartoons. He starred in the TV series “My Beautiful Family.” He also wrote a collection of his own poems, which he posted on the website “Stihi.ru”.
In the spring of 2007, Stas and his grandmother Edita Stanislavovna became the faces of the Moscow Jewelry Factory. It was not by chance that one of the oldest jewelry factories in Russia chose this family: continuity of generations is one of the main concepts of the enterprise.
“Today I’m betting on music and I’m going to continue to pursue it seriously. In general, I want to try in all directions and find myself. It’s not disgraceful to disgrace your name!”
Discography
Albums
* One Star (2005) * Otherwise (2008)
Video clips
* “Where will I be” * “Parting up” (with the participation of Valeria) * “About you” * “Write to me” * “She is not yours” (with Grigory Leps) * “There is a line on the palm”
Childhood
Gerulis Stanislav Pyatrasovich was born on August 13, 1980 in Leningrad into a family of artists. The boy’s parents worked on stage, and his maternal grandmother was Edita Piekha herself. The father leaves the family when the future star is only a year old.
Having matured, Stas admits that adults often had no time for him. Mom and grandmother spent all their time on stage, not paying enough attention to the heir. For this reason, the boy even lives in an orphanage, where, instead of an empty home, he was met by other children, with many of whom he became friends.
Stas Piekha with his mother Ilona Bronevitskaya. Instagram @wolfieha
After breaking up with her first husband, Ilona Bronevitskaya meets Yuri Bystrov, who replaces Stas's father. He learns about his biological father only when his mother announces to him and his younger sister their divorce from Bystrov.
This marriage will produce a girl, Erica. According to Stas Piekha, initially he reacted negatively to the appearance of a newborn in the house. According to the singer, he even asked the mother to take the girl to where she took her. In the future, the children will become much friendlier; at some point, the already matured Erica will work as her older brother’s concert director.
In the meantime, Stas Piekha is very young and even bears the name of his biological father - Gerulis. Stas took his grandmother's last name at the age of seven. The family was worried that the grandmother’s family would disappear into the abyss of history. Thus, a new chapter opened in the biography of Stas Piekha.
Somehow he admits that he was always aggressive towards his grandmother’s surname. They say that those around him associated the success of his relative with her, when the grandson was considered an appendage to her popularity. Allegedly, he himself does not have any talents. Nevertheless, practice has shown that Stas Piekha inherited from his grandmother not only his surname, but also his artistry.
