Valeriy Meladze

 

 

 

Biography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriy_Meladze

Valeriy Shotayevich Meladze (Russian: Валерий Шотаевич Меладзе, Georgian: ვალერი მელაძე) is a Russian singer of Georgian descent. Meladze and Nu Virgos girl group were bestowed the title of the Best Duo of the Year at 2004 Russian Music Awards. On June 2, 2006 Meladze won the 4th MUZ-TV Music Award as the Best Performer of the Year. On August 24 of the same year he was categorized as the Best Performer and the Best Artist at the MTV Russian Music Awards nominations.

Meladze entered the Nikolayev Shipbuilding Institute in Ukraine to study the mechanical engineering of the ship power plants. He then interrupted his studies and finished the fortepiano teaching. With the help of his brother and songwriter Konstantin, Meladze topped the charts with hits "Ne trevozh mne dushu, skripka" ("Don't Bother My Soul, Violin"), "Poseredine leta" ("In The Middle of Summer") and "Sera" since the early 1990s.

External links

• IMDb profile
• (Russian) Biography at MTV.ru
• (Russian) Profile at Muz-TV.ru

Music videos

• "Bez suyety" ("Without the Bustle")
• "C'est la vie" (French, "Such is Life")
• "Chego ne mogut lyudi" ("What People Can't")
• "Inostranets" ("Foreigner")
• "Okean i tri reki" ("Ocean and Three Rivers")
• "Prityazhenya bolshe net" ("There Is No More Gravity")
• "Salyut, Vera" ("Hail, Vera")
• "Ty ponravilas' mne" ("I Fell For You")

Valeriy Meladze
Birth name	Valeri Meladze
Also known as	none[a]
Born	June 23, 1965 (1965-06-23) (age 43)
Origin	Georgian
Genre(s)	Pop, Art rock
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1995[b] - present
Associated acts	Dialog, Mistikana, Viagra
Website	http://www.meladze.ru/