Philipp Kirkorov

Also known as Filipp Kirkorov, Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov, Filipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov, Philipp Bedros Kirkorov, Filipp Bedros Kirkorov

Russian-Bulgarian singer and music producer

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Philipp Kirkorov is a male singer, actor, and record producer who began his professional career in 1985. Born in Varna, Bulgaria, on April 30, 1967, he holds citizenship in Russia, Bulgaria, and the Soviet Union. His musical work falls within the pop and Russian pop genres, and he has performed on guitar and voice. Kirkorov is associated with the record labels Melodiya and PolyGram.

He participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995. Throughout his career, he has received several honors, including the titles of People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Merited Artist of Russia, as well as the Order of Honour and the Order of Francisc Skorina. He is married to Alla Pugacheva, and the couple has two children.

Kirkorov speaks Russian, Bulgarian, English, and French. He practices Eastern Orthodoxy. His father is Bedros Kirkorov.

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Film & TV

Acting · Varna, Bulgaria

Known for

Очень сказочные дела2026
Наша Russia. 8 марта2025
The Incredible Adventures of Shurik2025
Мастер игры — Self - Joker2025
Brothers2024
The Non-Diamond Arm — Arlekin / Philipp Kirkorov / Raisa Zakharovna2024
The Buried Talent2024
Звёзды — Self - Star2024
Сокровища императора — Self - Contestant2024
Это нормально? — Self - Guest2024

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Russia
Active from: 1967

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Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 16,835
Total plays: 200,234

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,923x
SCANPY: large-scale single-cell gene expression data analysis
· 2018 · cited 8,821x
Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018
· 2018 · cited 5,855x
An Integrated Genomic Analysis of Human Glioblastoma Multiforme
· 2008 · cited 4,972x
Landscape of transcription in human cells
· 2012 · cited 4,577x

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Encyclopedic overview

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Philipp Bedros Kirkorov PAR (Russian: Филипп Бедросович Киркоров, IPA: [fʲɪˈlʲib bʲɪˈdrosəvʲɪt͡ɕ kʲɪrˈkorəf]; Bulgarian: Филип Бедросов Киркоров, romanized: Filip Bedrosov Kirkorov; born 30 April 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Russian singer. He began his career in 1985 after participating in the Soviet musical TV show "Wider Circle". Since 2000, he has maintained public interest in his person with a scandalous reputation and recording remakes of hits by international performers from Europe and the United States. In 1995, he represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana, and took 17th place.

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