Singing Georgian, Soviet and Russian artist, producer and TV presenter, board member of the International Union of Pop Art Workers. Valery Meladze is one of the most recognizable singers of the post-Soviet space with a rare voice of a wide range and timbre.
Biography, musical career and merit
Valery Shoteevich Meledze was born on June 23, 1965 in a small village in Georgia. In a family of ordinary engineers. And Valera himself, after graduating from music school, went to work as a telephone operator, however, he did not give up his dream of becoming a singer and performing on the big stage. Valera went to get his education in Ukraine, at the S. Makarov Nikolaev Shipbuilding Institute. He received his Diploma in Mechanical Engineer for Marine Power Plants in 1989. In 1994 he defended his dissertation.
Valery took his first professional musical steps since 1989, as part of the Dialogue rock group. Solo Valery began to cost his career in 1992, when he was invited to perform in a concert dedicated to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Albertville. After that, he attended the Roksolana Flower Festival (1993), where he signed a contract with producer Evgeny Fridlyand. In the same year he performed in Alla Pugacheva's "Christmas Meetings" with the song "Limbo".
Since 1995, Valery began to release solo albums: "Sera", "The Last Romantic" (1996), "Samba of the White Moth" (1998), "It Was All That Way" (1999), "Nega" (2003). Valery released his last album “Contrary” at the end of 2008. Another gift-giving VM tribute album for Valery from VM was released in honor of the artist's anniversary by the production center Velvet Music (2015).
Valery's brother, Konstantin, plays a huge role in the artist's creative biography. He wrote then and still writes songs with which Valery performs and earns the love of the audience throughout the entire period of building a musical career. In 2015, Konstantin and Valery sang the song "My Brother" in a duet. In the same year, the brothers held their anniversary evening "Polsta".
The singer regularly gives recitals at the Olympic Sports Complex and the Concert Hall of the Kremlin Palace, where he gathers full halls of admirers of his talent. In 1997, Valery was sent to the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Prima Donna, but he fell ill, and the author of the song, Alla Pugacheva, performed in his place. Since 2005, he has been regularly invited to the jury at the New Wave competition.
Since 2004, Valery has also won over his fans with his work on television: the Land of Soviets, the Secret of Success, Star Factory, "I Want V VIA Gro" and other programs. Valery's last work on television was his participation in the project “Voice. Children".
In 2006 he received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, in 2008 - People's Artist of the Chechen Republic. Valery is a three-time winner of the National Russian Ovation Prize, multiple winner of the Song of the Year and Golden Gramophone awards, seven-time Muz-TV award winner, four-time RU. TV award winner.
Personal life
Valery was married twice. Valery signed his first wife Irina in 1989. The family lasted until 2012, until it became known about Valery's relationship with the lead singer of the VIA Gra group Albina Dzhanabaeva. Valery's relationship with Albina was officially formalized in 2014.
Valery is the father of six children with many children. The very first child died 10 days after birth, in 1990. The second child is Inga's daughter (1991). The youngest child was born in 2014.
Filmography
In 2006 in the biography of the singer appeared the works "Without fuss", "15. All clips ". These are video albums that consist of Valery's hits from different years.
For successful work on clips, work began to appear in musical films. The film debut in the film "To Die of Happiness and Love" took place in 1996. Since then, Valery has taken part in the filming of more than 10 films: "Old songs about the main thing", "Sorochinskaya fair", "Cinderella", "Funny guys", etc. The singer played different roles: taxi driver, captain, mafia, Santa Claus, etc.
Soundtracks with the participation of Valery, sound in 16 films: "Die of Happiness and Love", "New Year's Eve at the Opera", "Women's Happiness", "Admiral". Here is an incomplete list of them, which will certainly be updated in the future.
How does Valery Meladze live today?
The singer actively attends festivals and competitions. He began to appear more and more often with his wife Albina. Recently joined a huge number of users of the social network Instagram. There Valery often pampers his fans with fresh photos and videos.
