Chris Kelmi is a Russian pop star, performer of the Night Rendezvous song, a talented musician.
BIOGRAPHY OF CHRIS KELMY
Singer Chris Kelmi was born in 1955 on April 21 in Moscow. Chris's real name is Anatoly. Also, in some sources you can find information that his real name is Kalinkin (maternal surname). However, the singer's first passport was already in the name of his father Kelmi. Chris will take the pseudonym later. There is a version that the name Chris came to Anatoly's mind after reading the novel "Solaris" by Stanislav Lem, whose main character was named Chris.
Already at the age of 4, little Anatoly begins to study music. At the age of 8, he was enrolled in a music school for a piano class. Also, the boy independently masters playing the guitar. In addition to music, Chris went in for sports. He trained in football and then tennis schools. He was even one of the three strongest tennis players in Moscow.
At the age of 14, he graduated from high school and began playing with friends in an amateur group called "Sadko". Two years later, the group merged with another group "Airport" under the leadership of Alexander Sitkovetsky and received a new name "Leap Summer". This project is becoming quite successful. They perform at the Singing Summer festival and release three albums. The peak of the group's popularity came at the end of the 70s, after which the group broke up. Meanwhile, Chris Kelmi successfully graduates from MIIT and enters graduate school and takes part in the construction of a tunnel in the Krasnodar Territory, but music remains his main field of activity. In 1979, Chris Kelmi together with his old friend Alexander Sitkovetsky create a group called "Autograph". As part of the group, Kelmi performs at the "Spring Rhythms of Tbilisi" festival, where they take second place. This was followed by several lucrative offers of cooperation. Kelmi records several solo albums. At the same time, Chris is a member of the "Rock-Atelier" group, having left the "Autograph" group.
In 1983, Chris Kelmi entered the Musical College. Gnesins. Igor Bril becomes his teacher. Vladimir Kuzmin is studying at the same faculty with him. Chris meets Alla Pugacheva. Later, he will participate in the legendary "Christmas Meetings". Together with the poetess Margarita Pushkina, he will write one of the most famous songs of that time - "Closing the Circle". In the late 80s, Kelmi became famous for his song, which became a super-hit in the USSR and neighboring countries - "Night Rendezvous". Soon Chris Kelmi decides to pursue a career in the United States. But he could not consolidate his success there. In the 2000s, he returned to his homeland and is currently working as a composer, composing music to order.
Personal life
Almost all his life Chris Kelmi lived with his wife Lyudmila. In 1988, they had a child named Christian.
But after Chris had problems with alcohol, Lyudmila filed for divorce. They officially divorced in 2016.
At the moment, Chris's son Kelme Christian avoids communication with his father.
The paparazzi have repeatedly caught Chris Kelmi in camera lenses along with various women. In 2016, a scandal erupted on the talk show Let Them Talk, where Chris said that his mistress Polina Belova wanted to poison him.
