Oleg Frish is a Russian entertainer, singer, actor, television and radio personality, journalist, music historian, and is the Owner of New Age Media. Oleg was born in Zaporizhia, USSR into a family of musicians. His mother, Svetlana Frish, is a pianist and his father, Eugeny Frish, was longtime head of the children’s choir and an important member of the artistic community.
At the age of 16, Oleg entered Tver State University[1] and also went into entertainment. Among his first jobs, was that of a "singing psychic." As part of his act, he would guess what songs people in the audience were thinking about, and then he would sing them. In 1980, his "musical mind reading" skills lead to national recognition[2] and in 1985 he received accreditation from one of the Soviet Union’s top cultural institutions, the Ministry of Culture of the USSR.
In 1978, he moved to Moscow, where from 1978 to 1992 he was the writer for Soviet Variety and Circus magazine,[3] a prominent performing arts magazine that covered the fields of music, variety and circus. He wrote such compositions including: The world in three minutes,[4]A wonderful gift,[5][6]"Psychological Experiments" - what is it? Art or trash?,[7]Somewhere in this world,[8]I can see how the planet spins,[9]In a country which calls upon the distance,[10] and We recorded time period.[11]
In 1989, he earned a degree in the History of Variety and Cultural Arts from The National Research Institute of Arts Studies[13] and developed an interest in promoting Russian "stars of the past". He then toured domestically and internationally, lecturing on show biz history to students and the general public, and gained a reputation as an expert in this area of study.
In 2000 and in 2004, he was officially recognized in the All-Russian Encyclopedia of Variety,[14] which dedicated an article to his accomplishments for his work as historian and lecturer throughout Russia.
In 2002, NTV America,[15] the leading Russian-language television channel, which combines the programming content of its sister network NTV Russia and original local programs from America, began broadcasting in Fort Lee, NJ.
In 2005, Oleg Frish became the Executive Producer of "Time Out", a Russian-language weekly television news and entertainment program that broadcast their first episode on May 15, 2005, on NTV America. In 2006, Oleg Frish also became the show’s host.
Oleg Frish had the honor of interviewing the legendary James Brown on Time Out episode#34 that aired on August 27, 2006, just 4 months prior to James Brown's death on December 25, 2006.
James Brown quoted:"Oleg remembers the songs I did, but I’ve forgotten a long time ago".
Oleg currently hosts "Standard Time" Saturdays from 5:00-6:00PM on WNYM-970AM in Metropolitan New York.
2016 marks the twentieth anniversary of Oleg's status as a television personality in the United States.
Recordings
Oleg Frish
Oleg Frish's first album "Hello from Brighton" was recorded in 1991 and released in Moscow. In 1998, "Strange Love", the second album, was released in New York.
Songwriter, Charles Strouse quoted:"The Great American Songbook, to which I am proud to be a contributor, is one of our greatest cultural exports, Oleg is a living example of what an impact this export has had. Far, far away, in the old Soviet Union where he grew up, he heard these songs and fell in love. It took him a while to record them but I know it's been one of his lifelong dreams."[18]
Oleg Frish still performs on stage, touring with the Bring Me Sunshine cabaret act with performances in New York at the Metropolitan Room[19] among other venues.
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