Draft:Pit Pawlaw

Pit Pawlaw
Pit Pawlaw at Rock Coronation 2010"
Pit Pawlaw at Rock Coronation 2010
Background information
Born
Piotr Paŭłaŭ

(1966-11-07) November 7, 1966 (age 59)
Słuck, Biełaruś
Genresrock music, Belarusian ethnic music
Occupationsguitarist, singer
Instrumentsguitar and mandolin
Years activesince 1983
LabelsWest Records
Member ofN.R.M., Pit Pawlaw
Formerly ofМроя, KRIWI, Pete-Paff, GARADzKIJA

Early life and education

Pit was born into a family of a military doctor and a nurse. He spent his childhood in Germany, where his parents served as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. He attended school there and engaged in sports such as swimming and Greco-Roman wrestling.

Pit graduated from the Minsk Radioengineering Institute. He also served in the airborne troops of the Armed Forces of the USSR.

Career

Since 1994, he has been the guitarist of the N.R.M. band and, after the departure of Lyavon Volski from the group, became the vocalist. In addition, Pit is the founder and leader of the GARADzKIJA and Pete-Paff bands. He also performs concerts with the Pit Pawlaw band.

From 1999 to 2005, he was also a member of the KRIWI band. Moreover, Pit is the creator and head of the initiative "Zhyvy Guk On-line."

Pit actively participated in the 2020 protests in Belarus[1]. He performed in front of striking workers at factories and during marches[2]. In addition, he was one of the creators of the "Courtyard Concerts" initiative. In total, he played more than a hundred times in Minsk courtyards. Together with his band and also solo, he performed many charity internet concerts in support of political prisoners.

On his YouTube channel, he started a show called "How to Play This Song" to support musicians and teach people how to play protest songs. He also hosts a YouTube show called PAMIEŽŽA, where he discusses a variety of social and artistic topics with his guests.

In 2022, Pit relocated to Warsaw.

He performed concerts both with bands and solo in Kiel (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden), Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia), Vilnius (Lithuania), Tbilisi, Batumi (Georgia), Copenhagen (Denmark), The Hague (Netherlands), and Limassol (Cyprus).

In 2022, he released the album Pit Pawlaw — Zbroja. Zołata. Kabiety.

In 2025, he announced that the N.R.M. band is going to release their final album.[3]

Participation in music bands

  • Student band "Испорченный понедельник" at the Minsk Technological Institute (1983—1985)
  • While in the army — founder and leader of the vocal-instrumental ensemble «Голубые береты» (1985—1987, which is not the same as the current band with this name)
  • Guitarist of the Poltergeist rock band (1990—1992)
  • Guitarist of the Мроя band (1993—1994)
  • Guitarist of the N.R.M. band (since 1994)
  • Guitarist and vocalist of the N.R.M. band (since 2007)
  • Guitar, domra, mandolin — KRIWI band (1999—2005)
  • Creation of the GARADzKIJA band (since 2003)
  • Creation of the Pete-Paff band (since 2003)

Participation in projects

Discography

References

  1. ^ "BBC Monitoring – Essential Media Insight". monitoring.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  2. ^ Troianovski, Anton (2020-09-07). "For Aging Belarus Rockers, a Late Shot at Stardom". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  3. ^ "Вялікая гутарка з Пітам Паўлавым пра апошні альбом N.R.M." budzma.org. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
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