| Yuri Aizenshpis | |
| Birth Name: | Yuri Shmilevich Ayzenshpis |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Chelyabinsk |
| Death Place: | Moscow |
| Occupation: | producer |
| Years Active: | 1965–2005 |
| Spouse: | Yelena Kovrigina |
Yuri Shmilevich Ayzenshpis (Russian: Ю́рий Шми́льевич Айзеншпи́с; July 15, 1945, in Chelyabinsk,[1] Soviet Union - September 20, 2005, in Moscow, Russia) was a Russian music manager and producer.[2] [3] [4]
He graduated from the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics (1968).
On January 7, 1970, Ayzenshpis was arrested.[5] As a result of a search, 15,585 rubles was confiscated, as well as his flat and 7,675 dollars. He was convicted on 88 charges (infringement of rules on currency transactions). He was released from prison in 1988 after serving 18 years.[6] [7]
Starting December 1989, shortly before the death of Viktor Tsoi in 1990, he was the director and producer of the group Kino.[8]
Beginning in 1991, he produced for the groups Technology, Moralny codex, and Dynamite, and singers Linda, Vlad Stashevsky,[9] [10] Nikita, and Sasha Gradiva. He was the winner of the Russian national music award Ovation for Best Producer in 1992 and 1995). He was also the first producer for Dima Bilan.[11] From 2001, until his death, he was the company Media Star's CEO.
Ayzenshpis died September 20, 2005, at about 20:00 from myocardial infarction in the City Clinical Hospital No. 20.[8]