Valery Meladze

Valeriy Meladze is one of the most popular pop singers of Russian pop music, TV presenter, producer, winner of many prestigious awards and prizes. Year of birth - 1965.

Childhood and teenage years of the singer

The boy Valera was born in a small village near Batumi. His parents were engineers. In the family, except Valery, grew up an older son Kostya, later the boys had a sister Liana.

The childhood of the singer was very intense. Little Valera grew up fidgety and famous for endless pranks, bringing parents a lot of anxious minutes. At school the boy studied very badly. Instead, he hung around construction sites and basements, getting into various stories.

In addition to the usual school, Valery attended and musical, where he learned the basics of playing the piano and guitar. These classes the future singer considered a future punishment, although at home with pleasure mused in four hands with his brother, performing his favorite works. In addition, the boy was fond of swimming, played soccer, went to the aviation club.

After school, the young man tried to work, but soon realized that this is not what he would like to achieve in life. To keep their son from hanging around, his parents decided to send him to Ukraine to their eldest son Kostya, who at that time was already studying at the Nikolayev Shipbuilding Institute. Valery also enrolled there. It was here, in the walls of the university, and began the musical career of the Meladze brothers, who joined the ensemble "April". A few months later it was impossible to imagine the group without these guys. Soon the ensemble was talked about not only in the institute, but also in the whole city. Amateur recordings of the group interested the head of the collective "Dialogue", and he invited the guys to himself. In 1989 the brothers joined the group, and the result of their joint work was 2 albums released one after another.

Solo career

And in 1993, Meladze made his debut as a solo performer. The first song of the artist was the composition "Do not disturb my soul, violin". After she sounded in a popular TV program, the singer woke up famous.

In 1995, Valery Meladze's debut album, called "Sera", was presented to the audience. It immediately became one of the best-selling disks in the country, and most of the songs from it instantly flew to the top of the authoritative charts.

It is noteworthy that Valery sings only songs written by his brother, and each new composition is sure to become a hit.The most popular of them are:

• "Beautifully";
• "White Moth Samba";
• "Let's hide our tears from strangers";
• "C'est la vie."
• "I can't do without you", etc.

Especially successful in the creative biography of the singer was the cooperation of Valery Meladze with the group "VIA Gra". Compositions performed together with the girls, for a long time were kept at the top of the hit parades.

Currently, the discography of the singer includes 8 albums, each of which became no less popular than the first. But Valery continues to engage in creative activity, he regularly appears on television, and not only during concerts and solo performances, but also in musical films, various popular projects and shows. His activities have been recognized with dozens of awards and prizes. Among them - "Ovation", "Golden Gramophone", "Muz-TV", "Song of the Year".

Today, the singer is still actively performing, his tours are scheduled for six months in advance. Information about upcoming concerts can be found at kontramarka.de.

Personal life of the singer

A lot of interest for the public is also a personal life of the singer. For a long time Valery Meladze was married to his classmate Irina, who gave birth to three daughters. In the early 2000s, the happy marriage gave a crack, and the spouses parted. The reason for the divorce was Meladze's affair with former VIA Gry member Albina Dzhanabaeva. Soon the press reported on their wedding, and some time later the singer gave the singer a son Kostya. Ten years later, Albina gave the musician another child (the fifth in the account) - a son Luke. The couple do not like to talk about their family and lead a rather private lifestyle.