Sergei Nikitin，Sergei Yakovlevich Nikitin was born in 1944 in Moscow. In the 1960's he graduated in Phyisics from the Mocsow State University where he led the student vocal ensemble (including 3 years after his graduation). Tatyana Nikitina (maiden name Tatyana Sadykova) was "his best and most talented pupil". The couple married.