About Artemy Troitsky
Artemy Kivovich Troitsky (né Maidanik; Russian: Артемий Кивович Троицкий né Майданик, born 16 June 1955 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian journalist, music critic, concert promoter, radio host, and academic who has lectured on music journalism at Moscow State University. In 1988, he was described in The New York Times as "the leading Soviet rock critic." In 1986, Troitsky was one of the organizers of the "Account No. 904" rock concert, modeled on Live Aid, to raise funds for the victims of the Chernobyl disaster, the first such concert in the Soviet Union. Currently, Troitsky is living in Tallinn, Estonia and works as a lecturer in Tallinn and Helsinki. Artemy Troitsky was born on June 16, 1955, in Yaroslavl, into the family of political scientist and Latin American historian Kiva Lvovich Maidanik (Russian: Кива Львович Майданик). Artemy Troitsky, "Someone still loves you, Boris", New Statesman 30 April 2007.
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