Sergey Kuryokhin (Russian: Сергей Анатольевич Курёхин) (June 16, 1954, Murmansk - July 9, 1996, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian avant-garde artist, film actor, film composer, pianist, music director, and writer based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kuryokhin began his acting career as a piano and keyboard player with a school band in Leningrad. After playing with professional jazz-bands as well as popular rock musicians