A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Valery Meladze
Валериан Шотаевич Меладзе
Валерий Меладзе
ვალერი შოთას ძე მელაძე
Birthplace:
Batumi, Adzharskaya ASSR, Georgian SSR, USSR
Born:
June 23, 1965
Valerian Shotayevich Meladze, is a Georgian singer and a Meritorious Artist of Russia. He is the brother of composer and producer Konstantin Meladze, who writes songs for him. Was born on 23 June 1965 in Batumi in the family of Shota and Nelly Meladze, who were engineers. Has a brother, Konstantin (1963), and a sister, Liana (1968). He was an impatient and disobedient child, while his brother was very quiet. He went to music school and learned to play the piano. In school he did not study well. Since his parents, his grandmother and his grandfather were engineers, he decided to enter the Engineering Institute. entered the Nikolayev Shipbuilding Institute in Ukraine to study mechanical engineering of ship power plants. In 1985, Valeriy's brother started playing keyboard in the group "April". After some time, Valeriy started to sing in this group as a back-up vocalist, but this group broke up.
Music:
2013 The Thaw
Playback Singer:
1971 Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
2013 The Thaw
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