The artist who is always looking for new forms of self expression using magic, lights, shadows, sounds and images. Some of his tricks are really scary, others are really impressive and delightful. Originally, Mikhail is german. He was born in 1989, in the north of Kazakhstan. As a child, Mikhail got involved into tricks, and for pretty long time it¡¯s been his hobby. At the age of 8, he had his first performance at school festival.

It also needs to be said that music had been his priority for really long time. In 2006, his first solo sympho black metal project "Interregnum" was organized. In 2010, Mikhail moved to Beijing as he wanted to continue his musical career there and to find new opportunities. During that time, 3 musical albums and 2 video clips were released. He started to improve his magician skills, and after some time this sphere of his life became more than just a hobby. Magic gives him new ways of self ¨C expression.

In 2012, he had his first debut as member of group in the show named "Dream Be Qingdao". During that show, Mikhail showed the love story between magician and violinist, using magic tricks and plasticity.

This show led to the start of his career as magician, moreover, it influenced his personal performance style. During 3 years, he performed in 500 shows in total. In 2015, Mikhail decided to follow his heart and devoted himself fully to the magic tricks, and he left the theatre where he used to perform.

Participating in different festivals, experimenting with images and opening new ways in magic, in 2017 Mikhail won the opened Championship among Russian magicians with his performance named "Transformator. High voltage", in the nomination "the most impressive performance". His composer skills let him write the music for his performances by himself, at the same time creating a unique atmosphere. This helped him to create his personal magic format.

After that in 2018, Mikhail became nominee in "superintellegence" category with his permormance named "Slipknot" in the first Russian TV Award "Trick awards". His performance had the age limit 12+ for its cruelty demonstrated to the public. Nevertheless, this performance was highly rated by jury, but critics have interpreted it as ambiguous.

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