Performer of the song about September 3 Mikhail Shufutinsky usually increases his fees for a performance that day. The producer said this Sergey Dvortsovwhose words are quoted “Public News Service”.
“Shufutinsky is raising his fee before September 3, since he rarely performs on that day. The chansonnier does not feel an urgent need for money,” the producer said during a press lunch dedicated to the Velvet Chanson 2024 festival.
Producer Iosif Prigozhin stated that the song was made a hit by the Russian audience. He noted that Shufutinsky’s composition found a lively response from listeners, and September 3 became a kind of chansonnier day.
September 3rd also became Mikhail Shufutinsky’s second birthday, the singer is sure Yaroslav SumyshevskyAccording to Sumishevsky, Shufutinsky’s song, written in the early 1990s, did not attract much attention at first, but later became a real hit. The key, according to Sumishevsky, was the unique lyrics of the composition.
“Tret’e Sentyabrya” (“I’ll turn the calendar over…”) is a Russian lyrical song, first performed by Mikhail Shufutinsky in 1993 and included in his 1994 solo album “Gulyai, Dusha”. In 1992, after many years of emigration, Shufutinsky returned to permanent residence in Moscow, where he was born. At that time, he met the composer Igor Krutoy, who offered him the recently written composition “Tret’e Sentyabrya”, although it was originally intended for another performer. The lyrics to this song were written by Igor Nikolaev about the events in the life of Igor Krutoy.
In 2011, a meme about September 3 appeared related to the song, which resulted in its popularity. The song became Shufutinsky’s “calling card” and a real cultural phenomenon. Nowadays, Shufutinsky performs the song at every concert, as the audience asks him to.
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