Andrey Grizzly is a Russian vocalist and composer, winner of the New Wave competition in 2011 and a participant in the third season of the Voice show in 2014.
Childhood
Andrey Grizzly, his real name is Zaluzhny, was born on October 6, 1989 in Zaporozhye. In this Ukrainian city, he and his family lived until the age of fourteen. Then they moved to Moscow, where my mother was building a career as a singer. Andrei's mother, Tatiana Zaluzhnaya, is most popular under the pseudonym "Lyubasha". She is known in circles as a singer and composer. At the age of three, Andrei showed interest in music and musical talent. His father brought Stevie Wonder and Queen's cassettes from the USA. Andrey learned in some time all the songs that were on cassettes. Andrei, according to his mother's recollections, tried not only to sing the songs themselves, but even hummed instrumental losses between songs. Mom took Andrey to a music school to study violin, guitar and piano. At the age of 15, Andrei Zaluzhny began to consciously study music. He was most interested in hip-hop, which was gaining popularity at that time.
Carier start
2004 - the date of Andrey Zaluzhny's admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow. Andrey successfully graduated from the institute in 2010. In 2011, Andrei Grizzly won the New Wave competition, and he won in three nominations at once. After that, the major Russian music label "GALA RECORDS" concludes a contract with Andrei Grizzly. In the same year, the federal TV channel "Russia 1" invited Andrei to take part in the television project "Hipsters Show with Maxim Galkin". Andrey Grizzly agreed and made it to the final of the competition. Andrey Grizzly took part in the third season of the TV show "The Voice". At the audition, Andrei sang the song "You Know", a cover version of the song by the artist Born. He chose Leonid Agutin as a mentor. At the audition, Dima Bilan also turned to Andrei. Andrey dropped out of the project at the stage of the quarter finals, which took place on December 12. Andrey took only third place in the competition three.
Continuing a career
In 2013, Andrey Grizzly's video "I love you baby" was released together with Alexander Revva and Vakhtang. In the same year, Andrey sang the New Year advertising hit "The Holiday Comes to Us" for the famous Coca-Cola company. Andrey Grizzly performs at club venues as a solo singer. Andrey himself writes songs and music for himself and for his colleagues. The musician participates in joint projects with famous artists. Together with Vakhtang he sang the song "The Sky Above Us". Andrey Grizzly participated in In 2015 in the creation of the song of the Russian rapper Legalize "Caravan". According to Andrey Grizzly, he plans to release his debut album and record several professional videos. He plans to perform and win at the international Eurovision Song Contest. Andrey works at the Lyubasha Song Theater and continues to engage in solo work. He became the author of thirty songs, among which the most popular are "The soul breaks free from the chain", "Not a word about you", "This music", "Wash her deception". Andrey has also established himself as a successful presenter. He is often called to hold special events, corporate parties and large concerts. Andrey Grizzly works as an arranger and music producer. Andrey collaborated with Dima Bilan, Tina Karol, Laima Vaikule, Vladimir Presnyakov, Valeria and other stars and not very popular performers.
At the beginning of 2016, the premiere of Tair Mammadov's comedy musical "Voices of a Big Country" took place. In the film, Andrei Grizzly played the main role. The film brought together the most famous participants and winners of the Russian TV show "The Voice" and the stars of Russian show business on one set. The film was broadcast on the NTV federal television channel. Alena Toyintseva, Valentina Biryukova, Alexandra Belyakova, Georgy Yufa, Mariam Merabova, Yaroslav Dronov, Victoria Zhuk also played the main roles. Andrey Grizzly for the crew of the comedy film "To Save Pushkin" soundtrack, a song called "Top". The composer Tatiana Zaluzhnaya, the mother of Andrei Grizzly, also worked on the creation of the musical accompaniment to the film.
In March 2017, shooting of a full-scale music video was completed in Altai with the participation of the successful clip maker Rustam Romanov and the studio "RR production". In June, the premiere of the next song "No Harmony" by Andrey Grizzly took place with the participation of the performer with the pseudonym "Belka". In May 2017, Andrei Grizzly played a solo concert in a large Moscow club "16 tons". During the performance, the musician said that he was working on the release of his debut full-length album.
Personal life
Andrey Grizzly had an affair with Ukrainian singer Maria Sobko. Their love broke out at the "New Wave" competition, she was a participant in 2011. Together, the couple participated in the filming of the show "Hipsters". But their relationship didn't last long. They parted and Maria got married.
Hobbies and interests
Andrei Grizzly, according to him, loves nature, solitude in it and silence. The musician justifies the choice of his pseudonym "Grizzly" precisely by his love for nature. Andrey Grizzly's most important hobby is music. The artist said in his interviews that art for him is the only woman whom the artist does not want to change.
