Vladimir Putin Sings, Plays Piano At St. Petersburg Charity Event (VIDEO)

He may already be renowned as a valiant equestrian and skillful pilot, but as he took to the stage at a St. Petersburg charity event, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin revealed yet another talent -- this time, for music.

As CBS reports, Putin took a break from the political stage Friday, tickling the ivories on a piano for a Soviet-era patriotic song, "From Where the Motherland Begins," before warbling a heartfelt, if modest, rendition of the pop standard "Blueberry Hill" to a celebrity-packed audience.

Sharon Stone, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn were among the elite Hollywood stars who witnessed the "Kremlin Crooner" in his musical debut at a concert for children suffering from eye diseases and cancer. Also spotted: French actor Vincent Cassel, currently earning raves for his turn as a sleazy ballet instructor in the Natalie Portman thriller "Black Swan."

According to the Daily Mail, Putin learned the lyrics to Blueberry Hill as part of his English language studies.

Watch video of Putin singing and playing piano here:

Comments

[saintpeterii]

08:59 PM on 12/16/2010

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was, by all accounts a superb violinist. Putin plays the piano and sings the difference being Reinhard didn't sing. The audience is enchanted and exuberant and reminiscent of the meetings where Stalin told a joke and people laughed for hours knowing full well the first one to stop would be camping the next day. Now masquerading as a statesman, after having clawed his way up from the bloody cellars of the Lubyanka to become Czar of The Russian Thugocracy Putin remains KGB to the core, which is a kind way of saying he is a murderous thug. Yes he recruited spies in East Germ,any with the backing of the Stasi and can you imagine the generous offers he made to East Germans. There are no records of those who said no to Putin!
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[american-dolt]

10:32 AM on 12/15/2010

Baaaaaa, ha, ha, ha....u suk Putin.

[BorisPutinov]

09:41 PM on 12/14/2010

Tovarishi.
You continue to be jealous that we have a strong leader, and you, .........
I will let you answer that question ( you have not been doing that well the past ten years ).
Do not forget the Putinka this Christmas Tovarishi, things will get better for you eventually.

Boris

[Kiz boy]

07:08 PM on 12/14/2010

I guess that's one thing about being a celebrity: getting the chance to help people while doing ridiculous and absurd things with other famous people.

[americancolonyinhell]

05:06 PM on 12/14/2010

Fats Domino, not Louis Armstrong

[PunKinPai]

01:36 PM on 12/15/2010

You beat me to it!

[omobob]

03:00 PM on 12/14/2010

He tags whales in the artic, he cheats with vogue models, ne plays piano and sings in concert, he is the most interesting man in the world. He doesn’t always drink but when he does, he’s Vlad Putin.

[ColoradoCool]

04:34 PM on 12/14/2010

LOL!!

[FlakBait]

01:15 PM on 12/14/2010

It could have been worse. His teacher could have taught him to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

[Ramkshrestha]

06:48 AM on 12/14/2010

"He may already be renowned as a valiant equestrian and skillful pilot, but as he took to the stage at a St. Petersburg charity event, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin revealed yet another talent -- this time, for music." - Vladimir Putin can do anything.

[isaidit]

05:41 AM on 12/14/2010

Awesome. Vladi's found his freedom. Makes me want to weep tears of joy. Rock on Vladi. Rock on.

[netzwerg]

05:24 AM on 12/14/2010

rather watch Miley Cyrus smoke a bong of Afghan hashish.

[ProudToBeVeryLiberal]

06:01 AM on 12/14/2010

You've got to love how the conservative media here in the US are trying to claim it was just salvia and not any kind of "drug", to protect their stvpid and talentless puppet.

[cliffhammond]

03:00 AM on 12/14/2010

Was that worth sitting through 30-seconds of commercial torture before the clip even started?

[RobJames]

11:13 PM on 12/13/2010

When he passes Lucifer will have some great entertainment. To spice it up a notch he could have a piano duel with Nixon.

[kinoptikation]

10:34 PM on 12/13/2010

Next: Putin breast feeds seventeen orphans.

[isaidit]

05:42 AM on 12/14/2010

Don't needle him or he'll do it just to show you.

[Schweik]

10:18 PM on 12/13/2010

And tomorrow to display his Renaissance man talents----

Putin defeats Kasparov in a chess match while simultaneously beeeetch -slapping Klychko

no....... sorry.....correction.

Defeats Klychko in a chess match while simultaneously beeeetch-slapping Kasparov

[Schweik]

10:12 PM on 12/13/2010

The best pianist politician was obviously and without any contest Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
With Helmut Schmidt a very, very, very, distant second.

Putin piano talents rank somewhere between B. Clinton and my cat Alfonso.