Max Barskih

Max Barskikh is the stage name of Nikolai Bortnik, who was born in Kherson in 1990 on March 8. Max's main specialty is an artist. He studied at the Kherson Tauride Lyceum of Arts, after which he decided to live in Kiev. In the capital, Nikolai began to study pop vocals. Today he is known as a Ukrainian composer and singer. If someone is interested in who writes songs to Max Barskikh: we can give clear answers to his singles he writes himself. In 2008, Nikolai Bortnik applied to participate in the popular reality show "Star Factory", which was crowned with success. From that moment on, he became in demand on the stage, constantly doing unexpected and unforeseen actions. Everyone especially remembered his concert, when he decided to open his veins in front of everyone, while performing a track that Max dedicated to Svetlana Loboda. At the time, he was deeply in love with her. But that was not all that the 18-year-old singer is capable of. After some time, he announced his retirement from the project of his own free will, which was considered generally unthinkable. Max Barskikh began to develop as a solo performer quite quickly, since he was initially supported by Alan Badoev, the creator of popular video clips. Thanks to this support, Max Barskikh produces clips of a sufficiently high quality. The singer's first 3D video for the song "I'm Losing You" was presented in 2011 in the CIS. As a result, this track became a real Russian hit, broke all possible ratings and topped the honorable first place in the EuroHit TOP-40 list on Europa Plus. Max Barskikh's concert activity was marked by Max's second single entitled "Eyes of the Killer" which did not take long to appear. He gained no less popularity than the first. Nicholas' admirers and fans increased significantly. The middle of summer 2011 was remembered by the admirers of the star for his performance on Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow at EUROPA PLUS LIVE. There he was named the discovery of Open-Air. In addition to the fact that the artist has a lot of awards, he decided to play in the unique film Mademoiselle Zhivago, where Igor Krutoy and Lara Fabian took part in addition to him. In 2012, Max got the second place in the selection round for Eurovision. Then the world heard songs from the second album of the singer "Z.Dance". The compositions were mostly in English. By the end of the year, this collection was reissued, 3 new songs were added to it. The RU.TV award nominated him for the title of Creative of the Year. Music critics noted that the Ukrainian performance of tracks is given to the performer much better, and advised to realize himself in this direction. Fan groups of Max Barskikh YouTube channel are constantly flooded with comments about his performances. · 2011: - "Crystal Microphone" named Max the singer of the year, - he won a trip in three nominations in Riga, - the track "Agony" brought him the well-deserved Golden Gramophone award. 2013-2014: - "Song of the Year" for the singles "Let Go" and "Sky". 2015: - The M1 Music Awards named him Singer of the Year. 2016: - "Major League" award. 2017 was a decisive and very significant year for the singer. He has received a huge number of awards and prizes thanks to his talent, daily efforts and work on himself. To understand who Max Barskikh 2018 is, it is enough to listen to all his previous creations and understand that the performer is growing literally in front of his fans.