Regina Spektor
Known For
Acting
Born
1980-02-18 in Moscow, Russia
Biography
Regina Ilyinichna Spektor is a Russian-American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Spektor was born in 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, to a musical Russian-Jewish family. Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and amateur violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Soviet college of music and teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York. Spektor has a brother, Boruch (also known as Bear). Growing up in Moscow, Regina started taking piano lessons when she was seven and learned how to play the piano by practicing on a Petrof upright that her grandfather gave her mother. She grew up listening to classical music and famous Russian bards like Vladimir Vysotsky and Bulat Okudzhava. Her father, who obtained recordings in Eastern Europe and traded cassettes with friends in the Soviet Union, also exposed her to rock and roll bands such as the Beatles, Queen, and the Moody Blues.
Most Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
The View
as Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
The Romanoffs
as Special Vocal Performance
Other Music
as Self
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
as Self
Echo in the Canyon
as Self
Adam Green's Aladdin
as Concerned Townsperson
Hava Nagila: The Movie
as Self
The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players: Off & On Broadway
as Self
Regina Spektor: Live on Soundstage
Regina Spektor: Live in London
