Irakli Pirtskhalava is a singer of Georgian origin. Many people remember the hits performed by him: "London-Paris", "Drops of Absinthe" and others. The singer is better known by the name of Irakli.
Childhood, adolescence
Irakli Pirtskhalava was born on September 13, 1977. His hometown is Moscow. His mother worked as an engineer, the boy grew up and was brought up without the participation of his father. Irakli did not study very well, he changed 5 schools. The boy wanted to be a football player, but his mother dreamed that his son had a creative profession, and took him to study music.
As a teenager, Irakli was able to pass the casting to the dance group of Bogdan Titomir, they participated in the artist's performances. At the age of 16, Pirtskhalava recorded his first collection with the support of one of the capital's studios. At that time he liked hip-hop, the young man organized the Fang and Kuporos group, which became popular among his peers.
Creative career
Matvey Anichkin, the producer, found out about Pirtskhalava's group. He invited Irakli to join the Tet-a-Tet team. The group worked for only 4 years, 1 album was recorded.
Later Pirtskhalava began to organize parties in the Garage club, which later became a cult place. Then Irakli was the head of several festivals in music and dance. For 4 years he held a street dance championship, was the organizer of the Black music festival. During the same period, Pirtskhalava worked as an art director of the "Gallery" club, in addition, he hosted the author's program on "Hit-FM".
In 2003, Pirtskhalava heard about the "Star Factory" project, which was produced by Max Fadeev himself, and took part in it. After the TV broadcasts of the project, the singer's creative career began to gain momentum. He released the albums "Take a Step", "London-Paris", became a laureate of the "Golden Gramophone" award.
In 2009, Irakli took part in the show "Dancing with the Stars", where he performed with Inna Svechnikova. He also took part in the shows "Island", "One to One", "Ice Age".
The singer has a higher education, in 2010 he graduated from the University of Management, has a degree in Management in the Music Industry. Pirtskhalava is also engaged in business, he had his own restaurant VinoGrad, which he opened in 2012. In 2015, the Andy's Restobar club, owned by the singer, was opened.
Personal life
Irakli was a bachelor for a long time. In 2009 he married Sofya Grebenshchikova (model, actress). The singer dedicated many songs to his wife, confessed her love during concerts. In 2010, the first-born Ilya appeared, in 2012 the boy Alexander was born.
However, relations between the spouses became cool, and in 2014 Pirtskhalava began to live separately from his family. But he promised to participate in the upbringing of the boys.
In 2015, Irakli appeared with Svetlana Zakharova, a model. She is the face of the Ralph Lauren brand and participates in Fashion Week events in France, England and Italy.
