Klyaver Denis - the son of the humorist Ilya Oleinikov, a member of the Tea for Two group. The successful duo existed for many years, Denis was a performer of songs and a composer of music.
Early years, adolescence
Denis Ilyich was born on April 6, 1975. His father was Ilya Oleinikov, comedian, author, participant of the Gorodok program. Mother is a chemical technologist, in her youth she was fond of vocals.
Denis graduated from music school, having mastered the piano. From the age of 12, he began to write songs. After graduating from school, Klyaver began his studies at the Musorgsky school. In the army, Denis became a member of the brass band. Then he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.
Creative career
In 1994 Denis met Kostyushkin Stas, they created the duet "Tea for Two", which became popular. They made their debut at the Youth Palace at an event dedicated to the opening of the Europe Plus radio station.
The producer of the collective was Igor Kuryokhin. The debut album is titled “I won't forget”. Klyaver wrote music for songs. For the composition "I will go" he was awarded an award. In 1996, the first tour of the group was held, with the proceeds they shot a video clip.
The duo owes further career development to the famous Laima Vaikule. She invited the duo to participate in the tour, which lasted 2 years. During this period, Denis and Stas gained experience. In 1999, the first concert of the star duet took place.
In the period from 1998 to 2000. 3 albums were released ("For You", "Non-native", "Fellow Traveler"), many compositions became hits. In 2001, the Kino show program was released, with which the duet traveled around the country. The hit "Laskovaya Moya" appeared in 2001, for which the duet received the "Golden Gramophone".
The band has released many successful albums. As usual, Kostyushkin wrote the lyrics, and Denis wrote the music. In 2008, they started producing, collaborated with Tatiana Bulanova, Jasmine, Zara.
Since 2011, disagreements began, later the team broke up. They had different opinions about the creative process, and besides, everyone wanted to pursue their own career. In the future, relations between former colleagues were tense.
In 2011, Klyaver began working on his own project called Denis Klyaver. He shot several videos, and in 2013 his debut collection "Not like everyone else" appeared.
Denis took part in TV projects. Klyaver was invited to act in films in cameo roles. In 2017, the singer took part in the scoring of the cartoon "Moana".
Personal life
Denis Ilyich's first wife is Elena Shestakova, a ballet dancer. For the second time, Klyaver married Julia, a dancer. In 2001, the boy Timofey was born.
In 2010, Irina, a designer, became Klyaver's wife. Before that, they had a relationship for 4 years. Irina has a daughter Anastasia from the 1st marriage, in 2013 they had a boy Daniel. Denis is also the father of Evelyn, the daughter of the singer Polna Eva.
