Biography

Emil Zinovievich Radov (real name Rabinovich) - Soviet variety director, master of ceremonies. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Born in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. Graduated from the Variety Art Studio in the late 1940s, class of the Moscow Art Theater actor B. Petker. From 1954 - master of ceremonies at the Moscow Variety Show. He created his entire repertoire himself. While hosting a concert, he easily and organically transitioned to performing his own numbers - couplets, ditties, poetic feuilletons. From 1956-1959 he collaborated with O. Levitsky. In 1970, he graduated from the Higher Directing Courses. As a director, Radov staged many program...Read More