Zedd in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Anton Zaslavski
Place of Birth: Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Date of Birth: 2 September, 1989
Ethnicity: Russian Jewish
Zedd is a Russian-born German record producer, DJ, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He is a Grammy Award-winner.
Zedd was born in Saratov, Russia, then in the U.S.S.R., to musicians, Marina Vladimirovna Zaslavskaya and Igor Zaslavski. He moved with his family to Germany as a child. He grew up in Kaiserslautern there. Zedd speaks fluent Russian, German, English, and a little French.
Zedd has said:
I grew up in Germany and my family is Jewish. Trust me. I know what a dictator is.
Most Russians who live in present-day Germany are of Jewish or ethnic German background.
He is a classically trained musician, and began playing the piano and drums at four. In 2002, he joined the German band Dioramic, signed by Lifeforce Records. His interest in producing electronic music was piqued after hearing † by French electronic duo Justice. He began producing electronic music in 2009.
One of Zedd’s grandmothers’ names is Margarita.
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