What is Valery Meladze's name? Valery Meladze: biography and personal life. The beginning of a solo career

Valery Shotaevich Meladze (real name - Valerian). Born on June 23, 1965 in Batumi. Russian singer, producer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2006).

My parents had nothing to do with music: my grandparents, father and mother worked as engineers.

Has an older brother, Konstantin Meladze, producer and composer. He also has a sister, Liana Meladze, who is a producer for Velvet Music.

In Batumi he graduated from a music school with a degree in piano.

In 1989 he graduated from the Nikolaev Shipbuilding Institute named after S. O. Makarov with a degree in mechanical engineer for ship power plants.

In 1989, together with his brother, he became part of the group "Dialogue", which he left in 1993.

He first performed solo with the song “Don’t disturb my soul, violin...” in 1992 as part of the Starry Evening concert program dedicated to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Albertville.

I'll go out and bow to the house,
Silently I will pray to God
And I'll go look for the edges,
Where does my love live...

It was this song that became Valery Meladze’s first hit; it disturbed the souls of listeners and made the singer popular.

“I’m happy that Konstantin Meladze is one of the main people in my life. This person is an indisputable authority for me. And in general, I believe that we have the best relationship that can only be between brothers - we are one,” says the artist .

In 1993 he performed in Kyiv at the Roksolana flower festival. Then producer Evgeny Fridlyand signed a contract with Valery.

In December 1993, by invitation, he took part in her “Christmas Meetings” with the song “Limbo”. He himself said that it was a huge success for him: “For me, when I got into “Christmas Meetings,” it was such a gift of fate that I simply went crazy! Because for me, it was the main event of the year. just a large collection of artists, namely artists who were recognized by Alla, but were not recognized by others - this was no longer discussed. If Pugacheva recognized them, everyone else had no choice but to recognize them too.”

In 1995, Valery Meladze’s first solo album “Sera” was released, which instantly brought him fame.

In 1996, the singer released his second solo album, “The Last Romantic,” the title of which was inherited from the 1987 film dedicated to the virtuoso pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Six months after the release of the second album, two concerts took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.

The media often write that in 1997, Meladze was supposed to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Primadonna,” but he fell ill, and the author of the song, Alla Pugacheva, performed instead of him (took 15th place). Valery Meladze himself refutes this: “I never intended to in my life! This is a legend that was invented without my participation. The legend is beautiful, but I’ll be honest: I only applied for two competitions in my life - Jurmala and “Step to Parnassus.” And this was when I was still living in the city of Nikolaev, in 1990 or 1991. I went to the “Step to Parnassus”, but on the first day I flew like plywood over Paris, no one even took me seriously. , who I am. And such famous musicians as Soso Pavliashvili and the Moral Code group took part there. It’s clear that I was a whipping boy, no matter how I sang.”

In 1998, the third solo album “Samba of the White Moth” was released. In 1999, the fourth solo album “Everything was so” was released. In 2003, the fifth solo album “Nega” was released. The album took three years to create.

Since 2005, Meladze has annually been a member of the jury of the international competition for young pop singers “New Wave”.

In 2006, he was awarded the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation” for his services in the field of musical art. In 2008 - the honorary title “People’s Artist of the Chechen Republic”.

In 2007, he became the music producer of “Star Factory - 7” together with his brother Konstantin Meladze.

At the end of 2008, Valery Meladze’s next numbered album, “In Contrary,” was released. In support of the album, the singer gave a solo concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.

Valery Meladze - White Moth Samba

Since 2012 - host of the “Battle of the Choirs” program.

In 2013, he was invited to the music competition “I Want V VIA Gro” to sing a duet with one of the semi-finalist groups.

In 2015, in honor of Valery Meladze’s 50th anniversary, the Velvet Music production center presented him with an album with his songs, which were sung by the artists of this label. In the same year, Valery and Konstantin Meladze recorded a joint duet for the song “My Brother” for the first time in 30 years of creative activity.

In September 2016, the media actively discussed an episode when Valery Meladze, speaking at the New Wave song competition, forgot to open his mouth to the soundtrack of the song “The Holiday is Gone.”

A successful businessman - restaurateur, member of the bank's board of directors.

Valery Meladze's height: 183 centimeters.

Personal life of Valery Meladze:

He was married to Irina Malukhina (in marriage - Meladze). They got married in March 1989. In order to obtain Moscow registration, they had to file a fictitious divorce and in 1998 they got married again.

In 2012, relations between the spouses were effectively terminated. On January 21, 2014, the magistrate’s court district No. 199 of the capital’s Kuntsevo district satisfied Valery Meladze’s claim for divorce from his wife Irina.

The couple has three daughters: Inga (born February 7, 1991), Sophia (born May 18, 1999), Arina (born December 7, 2002).

Also in 1990, a son was born who died 10 days after birth. Irina Meladze said that then she went to her mother to give birth. Both spouses were expecting a child, but at that moment Valery could not be with his wife. Irina went to bed and woke up with a high fever. The woman panicked and was immediately taken to the hospital. After the birth took place, the child was sent to intensive care, and Irina was forbidden to take him in her arms. At that moment, when the woman was with her little son in the hospital, Valery was in Lvov. Meladze was able to arrive on the tenth day - that’s when their common baby died. But Valery soon left again: he had creative events.

For a long time she has been in a relationship with, the former soloist of the Ukrainian female pop group VIA Gra. In fact, Meladze lived with two families for many years.

Filmography of Valery Meladze:

1996 - “Die of happiness and love” - construction set
1996 - “Old songs about the main thing 2” - taxi driver
1997 - “Old songs about the main thing 3” - Mimino
2001 - “Women’s Happiness” - cameo
2002 - “Cinderella” - Cinderella’s father, watchmaker
2004 - “Sorochinskaya Fair” - damn
2006 - “Star Vacation” - Captain Z
2008 - “New Year’s Tariff” - colorful Georgian
2011 - “Santa Claus always calls three times!” - Father Frost

Discography of Valery Meladze:

As part of the Dialogue group: 1991 - In the Middle of the World
1993 - Autumn Hawk Cry
1997 - Live Olympic Moscow (concert recording)
1999 - The Best (compilation)
2002 - The Present (collection)
2005 - Ocean (collection)
2008 - The Best (compilation)
2015 - Polsta (collection)

Solo:

1995 - Sera
1996 - The Last Romantic
1998 - White Moth Samba
1999 - That's how it was
2003 - Nega
2008 - Despite
2015 - My brother (singles 2010-2015)

Video clips of Valery Meladze:

1994 - “Limbo”
1994 - “Don’t disturb my soul, violin”
1995 - “Sera”
1995 - “Midsummer”




1998 - “Beautiful” “Everything was so”
1998 - “Queen of the Freeway”
1998 - “Old Year”
1999 - “Dream”
1999 - “Dawn”
2000 - “Tequila Love”
2001 - “Comedian”

2002 - “I can’t live without you”

2003 - “C'est la vie”

2004 - “Shards of Summer”
2005 - “Salute, Vera”
2005 - “Foreigner”
2006 - “No fuss”

2007 - “No need for sugar”
2007 - “Parallel”

2008 - “Contrary to”

2010 - “Heaven”
2011 - “Stay with me”
2012 - “Lost and Not Found”


2014 - “Free Flight”
2015 - “White Birds”

Soundtracks by Valery Meladze:

1996 - “Die of happiness and love” (“Loneliness”, “New Year’s”, “Road”)
1996 - “Old songs about the main thing-2” (“Jamaica”)
1997 - “Ten Songs about Moscow” (“Moscow Evenings”)
1997 - “Old songs about the main thing-3” (“My clear little star”)
1999 - “Dunno on the Moon (cartoon)” (“Dunno on the Moon”)
2000 - “Old songs about the main thing. Postscript" ("Wedding")
2001 - “Women’s Happiness” (“Don’t Go”)
2002 - “Cinderella” (“What people can’t do”)
2004 - “Sorochinskaya Fair (musical)” (“I liked you”, “You can’t buy love”)
2006 - “Star Vacation” (“Do it right now”)
2006 - “First at Home” (“Under the Snow”)
2008 - “Admiral” (“In spite of”)
2008 - “Inhabited Island” (“She will never be mine”)
2011 - “Santa Claus always calls three times!” ("Old year")
2016 - “Milky Way” (“Love and the Milky Way”)

Singles by Valery Meladze:

1994 - “Don’t disturb my soul, violin”
1994 - “Limbo”
1995 - “The Night Before Christmas”
1995 - “Sera”
1995 - “Midsummer”
1996 - “How beautiful you are today”
1996 - “Girls from High Society”
1997 - “Samba of the White Moth”
1998 - “Beautiful”
1998 - “Queen of the Freeway”
1998 - “Old Year”
1999 - “Dream”
1999 - “Dawn”
2000 - “Tequila Love”
2001 - “Comedian”
2002 - “Let's hide our tears from strangers”
2002 - “I can’t live without you”
2003 - “Ocean and Three Rivers” (feat. VIA Gra)
2003 - “C'est la vie”
2004 - “There is no more attraction” (feat. VIA Gra)
2004 - “Shards of Summer”
2005 - “Salute, Vera”
2005 - “Foreigner”
2006 - “No fuss”
2006 - “Bring Back My Love” (feat. Ani Lorak)
2007 - “No need for sugar”
2007 - “Parallel”
2008 - “Unrequited” (feat. Anastasia Prikhodko)
2008 - “Contrary to”
2010 - “Turn around” (feat. Grigory Leps)
2010 - “Heaven”
2011 - “Stay with me”
2012 - “Lost and Not Found”
2012 - “The Light of the Setting Sun” (feat. Vakhtang)
2013 - “Don’t lose me” (feat. Valeria)
2014 - “Free Flight”
2015 - “White Birds”
2015 - “My Brother” (feat. Konstantin Meladze)
2016 - “Love and the Milky Way”
2016 - “It’s easy to say goodbye”

Valery Meladze has long been considered the most popular Russian performer. He ascended to the starry firmament more than twenty years ago, and since that time his songs have remained at the top of the charts, his concerts have sold out. Moreover, listeners equally love his “old” songs and completely new hits. His songs are destined to always remain young, they do not grow old and never get boring, and all thanks to his rare voice and individual manner of performance. His compositions are permeated with love in all its manifestations, it is sad and happy, passionate and insidious, mutual and unrequited.

Childhood and youth

Valery Meladze was born on June 23, 1965 in the Georgian city of Batumi in a working-class village. There was not a single creative person in his family; on the contrary, all his relatives, including his grandparents, mother Nelly and father Shota Meladze, had a serious profession - an engineer. He grew up on the shores of the Black Sea, caressed by the southern sun and the salty sea, it was real happiness. From an early age, Valery grew up very inquisitive, he was constantly drawn to adventures, some of which caused considerable trouble for his parents. He was bored at school; it was much more interesting on the street, with friends. Valera and her friends were constantly drawn to places where children are usually forbidden to go. They climbed construction sites, barges, ships, and basements.

Curiosity once led him to the Baku Oil Refinery, where he was very interested in a tractor standing on its territory. At that time, electronics appeared among his hobbies, and Meladze removed several parts from the tractor that he thought would be useful for creating an ohmmeter. The tractor was not in working order before, but when Valery was caught, he was blamed for the breakdown. So he was registered in the children's room of the police.

In addition to classes at a regular school, which Valery had absolutely no interest in, He went to a music school, where he learned to play the piano.

Together with him, his older brother Konstantin also studied music, who, in addition to the piano, also studied the violin.

Music was not the only hobby of the future singer. He enjoyed playing sports, especially football and swimming. After receiving a school certificate, Meladze wanted to work at a factory, but realized in time that this was not his calling. He entered a local institute, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Then he followed his brother to Ukraine, and, like Kostya, became a student at the Nikolaev Shipbuilding Institute.

Nikolaev became a special city in the singer’s biography. Here he received a higher education, here he met a girl who married him and bore him children, here he realized that his calling was in music. And this awareness allowed him to become a famous and sought-after singer.

Music

The Meladze brothers began to study music seriously while studying at the institute. They were active participants in amateur artistic activities at the university and were members of the “April” group. After some time, they became indispensable in this ensemble and began performing not only at institute events, but also at city events. Soon the fame of their team spread beyond the city.

In 1989, the brothers received an invitation from the organizers of the Dialogue group. According to the leader of this group, Kim Breitburg, the voice and manner of performance of Valery Meladze could be compared with the voice of John Anderson from the popular ensemble “Yes”. As part of the Dialogue group, the brothers released two records.

Valery's solo career began in 1993, at the Kiev festival "Roksolana". He appeared on stage with the composition “Don’t disturb my soul, violin,” and when it was first included in the “Morning Mail” program, the singer’s name became known throughout the country. Two years later, in 1995, Meladze presented his debut solo album “Sera”, which sold out in large quantities, and in the shortest possible time. Most of the compositions included in it have been considered hits for many years. None of the famous singers have achieved such success in Russia. Soon the singer presented his new works - the songs “Beautiful” and “Samba of the White Moth”, which once again emphasized the uniqueness of Meladze and made him everyone’s favorite.

In the late 90s, Meladze's fame spread to all post-Soviet countries. He was one of the few who managed to attract a full house at his performance at the Olimpiysky, and he performed concerts for several days in a row.

In the new century, the singer actively collaborates with the ViaGra group, whose popularity grew every day. Their first joint compositions were “No More Attraction” and “Ocean and Three Rivers.” The songs instantly became mega-popular and remained on the first lines of the domestic charts for a long time.

In 2002, Meladze appeared on the stage of the concert hall of the Kremlin Palace. It was a concert in support of a new album called “The Present”. He is constantly called to star in the project “Old Songs about the Main Thing,” directed by Dzhanik Fayziev.

In 2005, Meladze was for the first time among the jury members at the New Wave music competition for young performers. Since then he has participated in this event every year. In 2007, the Meladze brothers became producers of the Star Factory show. In 2008, fans could purchase their idol’s new album, “In Contrary,” in which the most beloved song was “Salyut, Vera.”

Meladze’s discography includes eight albums, and each of them repeated the fate of the debut album “Sir”. All of them came out in huge quantities and were sold in the shortest possible time. Valery can often be seen on TV, not only singing his songs, but also acting in films. He was invited to shoot the musical films “Cinderella” and “Sorochinsk Fair”, which were released on screens for the New Year holidays. This once again proves that the singer has a great many fans, millions of people are ready to listen to him.

2003 became a special year in the biography of Valery Meladze. This year he managed to re-release four of his albums - “Sera”, “Samba of the White Moth”, “The Last Romantic”, “That’s the Way It Was”. By the end of the same year, the singer released another disc, called “Nega”.

In 2008, Konstantin and Valery performed in front of Ukrainian fans, who became guests of the creative evening of the eldest of the brothers. Konstantin's songs were performed by Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugacheva, Ani Lorak,. The host of this event was the youngest of the Meladze brothers.

The most memorable song of 2010 was “Turn around,” which Meladze sang in a duet with. Literally after this, Meladze recorded the composition “Heaven”.

In the fall of 2011, Valery performed a solo concert called “Heaven” at Crocus City Hall. In 2012, Meladze became the permanent host of the “Battle of the Choirs” project.

In 2015, the singer recorded a video for the new composition “Love and the Milky Way”, for the filming of which he invited actors Marina Alexandrova and Sergei Bezrukov.

In the same year, Meladze turned 50 years old, and in connection with his anniversary, he received a gift from the Velvet Music production center - an album with his hits, but performed by other popular Russian pop singers. Valery celebrated the first serious date in his life with an anniversary concert called “Polsta”.

In addition to the Meladze brothers, other stars also performed at this event. Among the guests one could see Grigory Leps and Valeria. The brothers performed the song “My Brother” in a duet. In 2016, it was possible to watch a video version of the anniversary evening on popular Internet resources.

The brothers never tried to collect all the songs they sang in one concert; this is not possible. They do not often perform together, and if such cases occur, this does not mean that they decided to sum up some kind of result in their work or reach a certain milestone. They simply give their fans the joy of communicating with their favorite performers and real music that can resonate in the soul of everyone present.

According to critics, Valery often uses a soundtrack at his performances. This happened in 2016 at the closing of the Sochi festival “New Wave”. A video of this ceremony went online and the most observant viewers saw that Meladze fell behind the soundtrack when he belatedly joined in the performance of his part of the composition. They sang before him.

This blunder caught the eye of the initiators of the Silver Galosh award, but the organizing group of the concert said that this failure was provoked by purely technical reasons, and that they did not intend to broadcast this video.

Valery Meladze has been awarded numerous awards, including “Song of the Year”, “Golden Gramophone”, “Muz-TV”, “Ovation”. In 2006, he became an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, and two years later Meladze was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Chechen Republic.

Personal life

For many years, there was only one woman in Valery Meladze’s personal life - his wife Irina, who became the mother of his three daughters. They met as students and lived together for two decades. But with the beginning of the new century, a serious crack appeared in the relationship between the spouses and in 2009 they divorced.

As often happens with creative people, Valery simply cheated on his wife. His new love was the former lead singer of the ViaGra group. According to press reports, the artist’s fans soon learned that he had secretly married Albina.

In 2004, Valery and Albina had a son, Konstantin. Rumor has it that their relationship is also far from ideal, but judging by the fact that in 2014 they had another son, Luka, then most likely everything is fine with them.

Spouses do not consider it a good idea to advertise their personal life, so they try not to let strangers into it. They don't often appear together at different events. Maybe this is because many fans condemned the artist for leaving his family and having a son on the side.

In 2011, Meladze became involved in an unpleasant incident when they wanted to photograph him and Albina together. A photojournalist for the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper caught the couple leaving the restaurant. Valery reacted instantly, and his reaction was quite aggressive. He began to catch up with the fleeing photographer, she tripped and fell, and at that time Meladze tried to take the camera from her.

Criminal proceedings were opened against the singer, but the magistrate soon closed it.

The couple say almost nothing about their family. However, sometimes there are exceptions to the rules and the thick veil is slightly opened. Valery recently spoke about his youngest son. Despite the fact that the boy is only five years old, he has a strong character and knows how to cope with his difficulties. He doesn't even cry when he falls and hurts his knees badly.

Meladze says that his sons are absolutely not interested in music. But it’s too early to talk about Luka, he is small, but the elder Konstantin is more interested in exact sciences. The singer believes that the future awaits him as an engineer or inventor.

Valery says that sometimes he is quite strict with his children. He tries to talk to them like adults so that they feel responsible for their actions. But nevertheless, he is a very attentive and kind father.

Meladze adheres to a healthy lifestyle, goes to the gym quite often and posts photos of these moments on his Instagram page. The musician managed to maintain excellent shape; he weighs 90 kg with a height of 183 cm.

Valery Meladze today

At the beginning of 2017, Meladze, together with Dima Bilan and Nyusha, first acted as a mentor on the show “The Voice. Children". A year later, he again appeared on this project, but now Pelageya and Basta occupied the neighboring chairs.

Recently, Valery has been increasingly publishing his photographs with Albina. They were probably tired of their voluntary seclusion. In the summer of 2018, the couple walked together along the red carpet of the Zhara festival, during which the singer organized his creative evening. The jury of this event called them the most beautiful among the couples present. The couple received the same title in 2017.

The Meladze brothers are known to all Russian-speaking countries. These two brothers managed to become famous, win recognition and at the same time help a number of young and talented artists who are also waiting for their finest hour. Mutual support, talent and self-confidence are what helped two guys who studied at the shipbuilding university become stars and legends in the world of show business. Today we will talk about how they started their careers and remember what they have achieved.

Biography of the brothers

Konstantin Meladze was born in 1963 in the beautiful city of Batumi. The family had three children: Konstantin, Valery and Liana. Konstantin studied at the Makarov Nikolaev Shipbuilding Institute with his brother. During their student days, they were both members of the youth student music group “April”. Soon, Kim Breitburg, producer of the Dialogue group, invited the two brothers to join his ensemble. Their first music album was recorded in Germany. Unfortunately, both brothers left the group in 1993.

Valery was born in June 1965. The brothers' parents did not study music, nor did other relatives, but the boys early discovered a craving for beauty. The youth and youth of the two brothers are almost the same - they graduated from the same educational institution and participated together in the “Dialogue” group.

Constantine's love front

Konstantin's first wife, Yana Sum, was a lawyer. The marriage was registered in July 1994. After 19 years together, the couple decided to divorce. The children remained with their mother, but Konstantin regularly sees them and takes care of them. In 2015, the man married a Ukrainian singer who was previously in the VIA Gra group - Vera Brezhneva. The couple had been in a relationship since 2005.

Creativity of Konstantin

Valery and Konstantin decided to create their own program. According to their agreement, Valery sang songs that his brother wrote. In 2000, the well-known and familiar group “VIA Gra” was founded in collaboration with producer Dmitry Kostyuk. This group glorified the Meladze brothers in Russia and Ukraine, as it became the most sought-after and popular. Also this year, famous Serbian singers performed a song by K. Meladze, which was called “Beautiful”. Today, Konstantin is the producer of his brother, the groups MBAND and VIA Gra and the singer Vera Brezhneva. He is actively involved in popularizing artists and writing songs for them. In addition, his songs were performed by such pop stars as Sofia Rotaru, Alla Pugacheva, Anastasia Prikhodko, Ani Lorak.

In addition to promoting singers, Konstantin Meladze also writes scripts for musicals. He is a producer and composer of such projects as “Cinderella”, “Sorochinskaya Fair”, “Hipsters” and “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”.

In 2007, he co-produced the program “Star Factory 7”. In 2009, Meladze received an offer to participate in the Ukrainian version of Star Factory 3. In 2010, he became the producer of the Ukrainian talent show “Ukraine Doesn’t Believe in Tears.” 2012 became a responsible year for the producer, as Konstantin completely produced the next season of the famous show “The Voice of the Country”. In the same year, a new show called “The Voice” started. Children,” which was also produced by Meladze.

In 2012, Konstantin spent his creative evening in Jurmala. Young talents were invited to the concert and performed Meladze’s songs. At the end of the year, he told the media that the VIA Gra group had broken up. Soon he launched his own project on television, which was called “I want to go to VIA Gro!” The casting was open to interested girls from the countries of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan. In 2014, Konstantin decided to create a men’s team and launched the TV show “I want to go to Meladze.” In 2015, a musical show called “Main Stage” was launched, in which Meladze helped his charges. According to the voting results, the show was won by Sardor Milano, one of Konstantin’s favorites. In the same year, the Meladze brothers finally recorded a common duet, which was called “Brother”.

Confession of Constantine

In 2005, he became a laureate of the Alla Pugacheva Golden Star award. Every year Konstantin received some kind of prize or award - it makes no sense to list their names, because there are a lot of them, but this shows that he never rested on his laurels and always wanted more. At the end of August 2012, Konstantin was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.

Personal life of Valery

Valery's first wife was called Irina Malukhina. The wedding took place in March 1989. In 2012, the relationship came to an end, but only in 2014 were they able to divorce. Valery filed for divorce. The couple has three children: Inga, Sofia and Arina. There was also a boy who was born in 1990, but died a week after being born. After this, the singer began a relationship with Albina Dzhanabaeva. The couple had two sons: Konstantin and Luka.

Creative path

The Meladze brothers have always walked hand in hand, but everyone’s creative path is different. Valery's first solo performance took place in 1992 at the Starry Evening concert. From the very beginning of his career until today, Konstantin has been the author of Valery’s songs, lyrics and arrangements. After performing at the Roksolana concert, Evgeniy Fridlyand (1993) enters into a contract with Valery. In the same year, Valery takes part in the “Christmas Meetings”, which are hosted by Alla Pugacheva, at her personal invitation. 1995 was a special year for the singer, as his first album “Sera” was released. He makes Valery famous and in demand.

The following year, a second album entitled “The Last Romantic” appears on store shelves, and six months later the singer gives two concerts at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. In 1998, Valery was supposed to perform at Eurovision, but he fell ill, and Alla Borisovna performed in his place with her song “Primadonna”. In 2003, the singer’s fifth solo album was released, the creation of which took 3 long years of creative search.

In 2005, Valery becomes a judge of the New Wave competition. In 2007, the Meladze brothers became producers of Star Factory 7. After 5 years, Valery tries himself as the host of the “Battle of the Choirs” program, and next year he is invited to the project “I want to join VIA Gro!” The Meladze brothers have a similar creative path, but there are still several differences. For example, Valery, in addition to his musical career, was also busy in cinema: he managed to play several roles in films (“Dying of Happiness and Love”, “Cinderella”, “First at Home”, “New Year Tariff”, “Santa Claus Always Calls” three times").

Brother's Confession

Valery has state and public awards. We won’t list a dozen public awards, but among state awards we should note the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, which the singer received in 2006, and the title of People’s Artist of the Chechen Republic.

Meladze Brothers: “Halfway”

A recording of the anniversary evening of Valery and Konstantin appeared on television. The Meladze brothers' concert "Polsta" is a celebration of the 50th anniversary, which means several significant dates at once: in 2015 Valery celebrated his 50th birthday, and another 20 years have flown by since the release of the album "Sera", which brought Valery fame and popularity, 30 years have passed since the moment the brothers decided to devote themselves to music. Many stars took part in the anniversary concert, including Dima Bilan, Vera Brezhneva, Grigory Leps, Valeria and others.

The concert took place in December 2016. Anyone could attend, but places were limited, so tickets had to be purchased in advance.

The wives of the Meladze brothers were with them at the beginning of their creative journey, but then each of the brothers linked their fate with someone from VIA Gra. You shouldn’t judge too harshly, because these were not affairs, but legal relationships in which the couple found happiness. The Meladze brothers and their personal life are a separate and very personal topic, so let’s not once again stir up the past: what happened, happened. In order to discuss such topics, it is necessary to go through a person’s life path - this is the only way to gain the right to judge him. The Meladze brothers, whose biography is full of bright and fateful moments, were always together and supported each other. Perhaps it was this brotherly love that helped them survive in the world of show business, and not only survive, but also create their own small empire.

Childhood and family

According to the artist, he studied reluctantly, but in order not to upset his parents, he did well in all subjects and was a good student. Like most boys, he liked physical education and work. Valery was involved in the wrestling sports section and studied at a music school. He was larger and taller than his peers, grew up dreamy and restless, and because of his pranks several times came to the attention of the police in the children's room.

I was very energetic, even a little troublesome, but at the same time I was kind and did not offend the younger ones. That's fair.

Shota Konstantinovich was a taciturn and reserved person. He lost his father early and from the age of 12 he earned his own living. He received higher education by the age of 40. Valery's father raised his children in strictness. The warmest and favorite memories of the Meladze brothers from childhood are the weekends spent with their father, when he took them to the city, and upon returning home he taught them to play chess.

Valery Meladze was always friendly with his brother Konstantin. Although they had different interests and characters, at some point the brothers began listening to the same music and became even closer together on this basis. Valery admits that he and Konstantin complement each other: “I see God’s providence in the fact that my brother has that important component that is not in me.”

Education

In the city of Nikolaev, first-year student Valery Meladze received a room in a dormitory. As the artist recalls, having escaped from his parents’ house, he felt the wind of freedom that turned his head. At first, Valery paid little attention to his studies and was into partying, and his older brother helped him come to his senses. “You need a scholarship, because you are an adult and can no longer live on your parents’ money, think about them,” said Konstantin, and Valery, brought up in the traditional respect for elders for every Georgian, simply could not help but listen to him.

During his college years, Valery became a member of the student group "April", in which his brother played keyboards. The duties of the younger Meladze included setting up the equipment. According to him, he did not dream of a musical career then, but chance helped him to show his talent. One day, students at a shipbuilding university were able to get hold of a reverb, a concert device that creates sound effects similar to an echo, and when Valery began to tune it, humming something under his breath, the band members were amazed by the unusual timbre of his voice and invited him to become a backing vocalist.

Having received a diploma as a mechanical engineer for ship power plants, Valery decided to continue his studies in graduate school. He still sang in the group, but most of his time was spent writing a dissertation on the topic “Intensification of metabolic processes in an ion exchange filter with a pseudo-vibration-liquefied cation layer.”

The beginning of a creative biography

In the late 80s, the brothers decided to start their own creative career, separate from the group, and showed the recordings to Kim Breitburg, the then famous musician, leader and founder of the rock group “Dialogue”. Feeling that the popularity of Soviet rockers was falling, Kim Alexandrovich invited the talented brothers to “Dialogue”, and Evgeniy Fridlyand became the producer of the updated rock band.

Group "Dialogue" (Meladze brothers) - Ballerina, 1991

From 1989 to 1991, Valery was the vocalist of Dialog. After releasing two albums, “In the Middle of the World” and “Autumn Hawk Cry,” the brothers decided to leave the group. The album “Autumn Cry of a Hawk” was recorded in Lviv, but published in Munich by Solo Florentrin specifically for the German music series “Music for Intelligence”.

In their style, the compositions of this album were conceptually different from the earlier songs of “Dialogue”, which is explained by the collaboration of Kim Breitburg and Konstantin Meladze, and Valery’s still youthful, shrill vocals perfectly conveyed the atmosphere of anticipation of change.

Having already become a recognized Russian pop star, Valery will say in an interview that the reason for leaving the legendary Soviet rock band was a conscious change of role, because “Dialogue” played mainly art-rock, music that was interesting, but complex and focused, in the artist’s opinion, exclusively on Western public.

Solo career

Valery Shotovich calls the song “In the Middle of Summer” and the composition “Celestial Rivers” his favorite songs from his debut album. Dialogue guitarist Viktor Litvinenko also took part in the recording of the album, and Batyrkhan Shukenov performed the lyrical parts on the saxophone. The album was the result of the brothers’ experiments with synth-pop and pop-rock, and the producer of the project, which marked the beginning of Valery Meladze’s extraordinary popularity, was Evgeniy Fridlyand.

Valery Meladze – Sera

Romantic, deep and atypically sincere, the record was like a breath of fresh air in the music of the 90s, which, for the most part, consisted of chanson and fashionable pop songs, devoid of meaning, but glorifying the “dark” sides of life.

According to Valery, he, like Konstantin, wanted to show that in life there is always a place for love, friendship and normal human relationships, which are built on mutual respect, and not on material gain.

Valery Meladze’s first independent performance was the performance of the song “Don’t disturb my soul, violin,” which took place almost three years before the release of the album “Sera,” in the recording of the “Starry Evening at Luzhniki” program in 1992.

Valery Meladze - Don't disturb my soul, violin

A year later, the young artist was awarded an invitation from Alla Pugacheva and performed on her TV show “Christmas Meetings.” The song “Limbo” immediately became an all-Russian hit, and after the release of the album “Sera,” Valery was named the best vocalist in Russia. For six months, the young singer gave concerts, promoting his album, in the largest Russian cities from St. Petersburg to Krasnoyarsk, but his songs no longer needed advertising, because they had already begun their triumphal march through the hearts of Russians.

From 1996 to 2008, Valery released five studio albums and about thirty video clips. Konstantin Meladze, the author of all the songs performed by Valery, during this period seventeen times became the laureate of the most prestigious television festival in Russia “Song of the Year”. Valery was repeatedly awarded the Ovation, Golden Gramophone, MTV Russia Music Awards, Muz-TV and others, and in 2006 he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.

In 2007, Valery Shotovich became a co-producer of the seventh season of the music show “Star Factory”, and a year later a large-scale creative concert of the Meladze brothers took place in the capital of Ukraine, at which the brightest stars of Russia and Ukraine performed as a sign of respect and love for the work of Valery and Konstantin: Kristina Orbakaite, Ani Lorak, Sofia Rotaru, and, of course, Alla Pugacheva.

2008 gave fans of Valery Meladze a concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, where the presentation of the album “In Contrary” took place. In support of Valery's new album, the star guests of the show - Sofia Rotaru and the group founded by Konstantin - the female trio "VIA Gra" performed.

Valery Meladze and VIA Gra – Ocean and Three Rivers

In 2010, together with Grigory Leps, Valery recorded the song “Turn Around”. The author of the text and music was Konstantin Meladze, and the video for this sad ballad was created by Vlad Opelyants. The event of the cultural life of Russia in 2011 was called Valery Meladze’s grandiose show “Heaven”, and in 2012 and 2013, videos were released for songs that Valery performed with the singer Vakhtang and, accordingly, with the singer Valeria.

In a duet with Konstantin, thanks to whose songs Valery reached the heights of musical Olympus, only one song was recorded, “My Brother,” which the singer always speaks about with warmth in his voice, calling it one of his best songs. The year 2015 in Valery’s creative biography was marked by the release of his ninth album “My Brother,” which included songs from 2010 to 2015.

Valery and Konstantin Meladze - My brother

At the beginning of 2017, TV viewers saw Valery Shotovich as a mentor of the main Russian music show “The Voice. Children". The chairs of the other two mentors of the fourth season of the competition were taken by Dima Bilan and singer Nyusha. The following year, in the fifth season of a children's music show, Valery collaborated with singer Pelageya and rapper Basta.

As part of the “Heat” music festival, a concert by Valery Shotovich took place in the summer of 2018, and in the fall of the same year, the artist was invited as a mentor to the new show project “Voice. 60+,” and Lev Leshchenko, Leonid Agutin and singer Pelageya took the places of other star mentors.

Personal life of Valery Meladze

While at the shipbuilding institute, fate gave him a meeting with Irina Malukhina, a student of the same university, but of a different faculty. Valery proposed to his beloved even before graduating from college, and in 1989 they got married.

The first year of Valery and Irina’s life together was overshadowed by the death of their first child. The baby was destined to live in this world for only ten days. According to Irina, doctors fought for his life while she was in the intensive care unit, but their efforts did not save the boy.

The cause of the family tragedy was the flu that Irina suffered from; the woman also mentions the stress she and Valery were under due to constant lack of money.

The young family received housing from the state in a family hostel, a room whose area was less than 20 square meters. It was to this room that Irina returned with her newborn Inga, who was born in 1991. Valery's salary was meager, the young family was helped by Konstantin, who earned money by creating arrangements, and his parents, but even this money was not enough.

In 1999, Irina gave her second daughter, Sophia, to her already famous husband. Three years later, the singer became a father for the third time; Arina Meladze was born in December 2002.

In 2009, notes began to appear in the Russian media that the famous artist, who had been married for almost 20 years, began to be seen with his young backing vocalist, who later became the star of the VIA Gra group Albina Dzhanabaeva. For a long time, Valery refused to comment on rumors and did not answer tricky questions from journalists, but, as we know, secrets, sooner or later, certainly become apparent.

As it turned out, back in 2004, Albina gave birth to a son from the singer, who received the name Konstantin, as a sign of respect and love for her brother Valery and his grandfather. It is not known exactly when Irina learned about the second family of her star husband. For the sake of her daughters, and, of course, in memory of their love, which, unfortunately for both of them, remained in the past, she did not create scandals and was silent for a long time.

According to both Irina and Valery, they filed for divorce by mutual decision, it went quietly, and in 2014 the singer was able to marry Albina Dzhanabaeva. In an interview, Valery Shotovich repeatedly said words of gratitude to Irina, who gave him three daughters and supported him at the beginning of his career. “I still consider Irina a dear person,” says the “last romantic” about his first wife.

In the summer of 2014, Albina gave birth to her second son, Luka. Unlike his daughters, whom Valery simply could not help but spoil, he raises his sons, trying to be stricter, but, in his own words, he does not always succeed.

Valery considers his older brother Konstantin his best friend and admits that he has always tried to be like him. From a young age, he admires his brother, his calm character, tact and big kind heart. The artist often recalls that during his graduate studies, when he became a father for the first time and there was always a shortage of money, after his brother’s visits he found money, for example, under a tablecloth, or in a TV program. Afraid of offending his younger brother, Konstantin placed the bills in places where they were later found by Valery or his wife Irina.

Valeriy Meladze. My hero

Valery Shotovich calls himself gambling and eccentric, but at the same time he says that the success he achieved was not at all given to him by fate, but was a consequence of his love for music and the result of the efforts of himself and Konstantin. At the same time, he says that he sincerely believes in fate and that good done at the behest of the heart will certainly return in the form of a successful coincidence of circumstances, unexpected joy or a happy meeting.

Valery's parents were sympathetic to his divorce from Irina; they maintain relationships with both daughters-in-law, who gave them grandchildren. For some time after the divorce, Valeria’s daughters refused to visit their father in his new home, which greatly upset the artist. Only a few years after the birth of Luka, their second brother, the girls decided to renew their relationship with their father, and the initiator was Sophia, who had inherited truly Georgian wisdom and kindness. Also, the decision of the now adult daughters was influenced by their mother, who tried as best she could to convince them that even after leaving the family, Valery always was and will be a father to them.

In 2017, Inga Meladze married Nouri Verghese, a young Moroccan journalist whom she met while studying in England. After separating from her husband, Inga returned to Moscow and, according to some sources, is building a business career. After graduating from school, Sofya Meladze abandoned her studies abroad and became a student at the most prestigious university in Russia - MGIMO. The artist’s youngest daughter, Arina, studies ballet and plans to connect her life with art.

Liana Meladze, Valery’s sister, also connected her life with the music scene. She is a producer at Velvet Music, a music label she founded together with Alena Mikhailova. Artists such as Marie Crimebreri, Yolka and Burito have been released under the label's banner.

Valery Meladze now

Valery Meladze - What do you want from me?

At the beginning of 2019, Valery again pleased his fans by becoming a mentor for the next, sixth season of the musical show project “The Voice. Children”, in which the neighboring chairs were occupied by singer Pelageya and Ukrainian star Svetlana Loboda.

The singer spoke cautiously about the ugly incident with Alsou’s daughter, young Mikella Abramova, whose mentor Loboda was, because, in his opinion, little artists who have become victims of adult dishonesty have already received serious psychological trauma that can affect their fate. The famous artist called on the management of Channel One to reconsider the results of the final vote, because it was him, as the most experienced of all three mentors, that angry advocates of justice accused of the loss of his ward, eleven-year-old Maxim Yerzhan, who came from the Republic of Kazakhstan.

At the beginning of September 2019, Valery performed at a concert in Ufa dedicated to the centenary of the Republic of Bashkiria, but in the fall the media began to mention the artist’s name in connection with his shaky marriage with the ex-soloist of the VIA Gra group and the mother of his two sons.

According to fans, the spouses’ relationship began to crack after Irina Meladze gave a frank interview in Boris Korchevnikov’s author’s television project. The artist’s first wife, wittingly or unwittingly, aroused sympathy among Russian women, who did not want to understand the situation and, as if waiting for an opportunity, again “awarded” Albina with the stigma of a homewrecker.

Irina Meladze. The fate of a person with Boris Korchevnikov

Valery and Albina came to the Muz-TV award together, but soon after the start of the show the artist’s wife left somewhere. Ksenia Sobchak did not fail to speak out that for the remaining time, Albina’s place was occupied by a certain young girl, who, according to the TV presenter, could well become the singer’s third wife. Despite the not very beautiful publications, fans hope that the information about the possible separation of the spouses is just rumors.

Valery's concert schedule is scheduled until the end of 2020; the schedule of his performances can be found on the official website. At the end of 2019, the famous artist gives performances in the largest cities of Russia, and his concerts are planned in Georgia and Israel.

Valery Meladze is a popular domestic performer of Georgian origin. He became famous from his first appearance in the show “Christmas Meetings,” which was organized by the Diva of Russian show business Alla Pugacheva. Listeners fell in love with his magical voice, which can drive anyone crazy.

Every year a man becomes the winner of the most prestigious awards presented by Russian Radio, Chanson of the Year and others.

Currently, Valery lives happily in his second marriage, raising two sons. But the popular artist does not forget his daughters from his first marriage and participates in their fate.

Height, weight, age. How old is Valery Meladze

When the young man appeared in “Christmas Meetings” by the popular Russian pop star Ala Pugacheva, they started talking about him. After the release of Yulia Menshova’s TV program “Alone with Everyone,” the hero of which was Valery Meladze, was released on the country’s screens, the man himself openly told everything about himself. He did not hide any information, including his height, weight, age. How old Valery Meladze is was known to his fans from the beginning of his creative activity. The artist is 53 years old. He weighs 90 kg and is 183 cm tall.

Valery Meladze, whose photo in his youth and now is easy to find, looks good. The man maintains his shape by working out in his own gym.

Biography of Valery Meladze

In the mid-60s of the last century, the future popular pop singer was born. Valery's father and mother were engaged in accounting. The boy did not grow up alone. He has an older brother, Konstantin, with whom he was friends from a young age.

School evoked bad emotions in the boy. He got bad grades and skipped classes. In high school, Valery was registered in the children's room of the police because of minor hooliganism. Together with his brother, he attended music school, learning the basics of playing the piano. But his classes bored him, although many teachers spoke about his musical talent. With desire, the boy swam, studied in an aviation club, dreamed of the sky, dreaming of space flights. He was engaged in Georgian wrestling and won several awards.

After receiving his certificate, the young man began repairing phones. After some time, Valery realized that he could achieve more. Having mastered a number of subjects, Meladtse becomes a student at a radio engineering university. Having received his diploma, the young man goes to the city of Nikolaev, where brother Kostya lived at that time. It was at this time that the creative biography of Valery Meladze began. He begins performing at various city events, performing songs written by his brother.

The artist enters Nikolaev University, learning the basics of musical literacy. Since the beginning of the 90s, the talented performer has been talked about throughout the entire post-Soviet space.

Currently, he is a recognized performer whose opinion is listened to by others. He performs songs written by his brother Konstantin. The tandem of artist and composer invariably brings victories in the most prestigious song competitions in the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

The man participates several times as a member of the jury of the most prestigious competitions. In 2018, Meladze became one of the jury members in the show program “The Voice. Children".

Personal life of Valery Meladze

The personal life of Valery Meladze was happy for 18 years with his first wife. The marriage raised 3 daughters, of whom the singer was very proud. The marital union of the singer and his wife aroused the envy of many. It seemed that they would live happily until their death.

Suddenly Meladze files for divorce. Many of Valery’s fans greeted the news of the couple’s separation with bewilderment. It turned out that the artist had been in a relationship with another woman for several years, who gave birth to his son.

Soon after his divorce from his first wife, the popular performer began to appear everywhere with his colleague Albina Dzhanabaeva, who later gave birth to another son.

Family of Valery Meladze

Valery Meladze’s family includes his beloved wife Albina, sons Kostya and Luka, as well as his beloved brother Konstantin, with whom the artist has been friends since his youth.

The popular pop singer also does not forget his daughters from his first marriage. He supports them, considering himself obligated to marry each one off.

Valery calls his many artist friends his family. In particular, the Russian pop star is friends with Philip Kirkorov. Friends often communicate, share secrets, and support in everything.

Children of Valery Meladze

The popular performer has 5 children who were born in his two marriages. The performer's first wife gave birth to daughters. From his second wife, the artist had two sons. Each of Valery Meladze’s children feels the support of their father. He does not abandon any of his offspring.

The children of Valery Meladze do not feel that their father’s attitude towards them is different. He loves them and devotes all his strength to raising them. During the rest period of the second family, the man invariably invites his daughters with him. The artist allocates money for the maintenance of his daughters, allowing them not to need anything.

Son of Valery Meladze

Valery Meladze's first son was born in early 1990. The boy was born somewhat prematurely. At first, doctors gave an optimistic prognosis for its development. But suddenly the boy’s condition worsened and he was admitted to intensive care.

The popular artist was going crazy with anxiety. On day 9, doctors said that the baby began to feel better. But the next day the child died. It was a great tragedy for Valery and his wife. The lovers almost divorced after the death of the baby, but found the strength to live on.

Son of Valery Meladze - Konstantin

The boy was born in 2004. For a long time, the fact of his birth was hidden from everyone, and even more so from his ex-wife Irina, since the artist was still married to her. Suddenly, in 2005, a number of media outlets published articles that revealed that it was Valery Meladze who was the father of the child. Tired of making excuses, the artist files for divorce from his first wife, officially adopts the boy and begins to live with him and his mother Albina Dzhanabaeva.

The boy was named after Valery's brother Konstantin, who became his godfather.

Currently, Valery Meladze’s son, Konstantin, is studying at one of the best schools in the capital. The boy is thinking about connecting his life with computer technology.

Son of Valery Meladze - Luka

In mid-summer in 2014, Albina Dzhanabaeva once again gave her husband a child. A son was born into the family again, whom it was decided to name according to the calendar. Since the baby was born on St. Luke's Day, he was given the name of his heavenly patron.

While Valery Meladze’s son, Luka, is small. He follows his older brother everywhere, dreaming of becoming like him. The baby is currently learning letters and numbers. He says that he will become the best student in school.

Daughter of Valery Meladze - Inga

After the death of their first-born, Valery and his wife were very afraid that they would no longer have children, but the following year they became parents again. This time they had a charming and healthy girl, whom they named Inga.

After graduating from one of the Moscow schools, Valery Meladze’s daughter, Inga, studied at the University of Cambridge. There she met Nori Verghese. The young man currently works as a journalist. The young people were friends for about 10 years. At the beginning of 2017, they officially got married in Cambridge. The wedding took place in a close circle, with only 16 people present.

The main wedding events took place in October 2017. The wedding took place according to Georgian and Moroccan traditions. The wedding dance of the newlyweds took place to the song of the girl’s father, “How beautiful you are today.” The young people permanently reside in the UK.

Daughter of Valery Meladze - Sophia

The next time the popular performer became a father was at the end of the new millennium. He had a daughter again, whom, after some hesitation, it was decided to name Sophia.

After graduating from school, the girl decided to study close to home. She connected her life with journalism. In the future he wants to become an international journalist.

They say that Valery Meladze’s daughter, Sophia, sings well and plays the piano, but the girl sings songs only to close and dear people.

Daughter of Valery Meladze - Arina

At the beginning of the new millennium, the wife gave the artist another daughter. It was decided to name her Arisha. The girl is very close to her mother. Unlike her sisters, she rarely communicates with her father. Her parents' divorce happened when the girl was young, so she spent almost all her time with her mother and sisters.

The daughter of Valery Meladze, Arina, is still a schoolgirl. She studies at one of the capital's schools. The girl has not decided what she will become. She does well at school and attends dance and drama clubs.

Ex-wife of Valery Meladze - Irina Meladze

The young people met by chance. Irina literally ran into the guy, who, lost in thought, stopped. After that, they began dating, and then officially registered their marriage. Valery's career took off in the late 80s and early 90s of the last century. The couple moved to Moscow, where their children appeared.

In 2005, Valery Meladze’s ex-wife, Irina Meladze, learned that her husband had a beloved woman who had already given him a son. Irina did not keep her husband and agreed to a divorce, maintaining friendly relations with him.

Recently, the ex-wife of Valeria Meladze appeared at one of the social events with a man, which gave rise to talk that she loves and is loved again.

Valery Meladze's wife - Albina Dzhanabaeva

At the beginning of the new millennium, the popular pop singer began secretly dating a former member of the famous group “Via Gra” Albina Dzhanabaeva. Even after the birth of their son Konstantin, the lovers remained silent. After rumors appeared about their relationship, Valery leaves the family and recognizes Albina’s son.

After the performer’s divorce from his ex-wife, the lovers registered their marriage. They prefer to remain silent about their relationship.

Valery Meladze's wife, Albina Dzhanabaeva, gave her husband a second son in mid-2014. Currently, she manages to do everything: raise children, pursue a performing career, and provide comfort for her beloved husband.

Instagram and Wikipedia Valery Meladze

The popular artist is registered on social networks. But since, due to his busy schedule, he cannot create his own pages, official representatives do it for him. The artist himself only maintains an Instagram page where you can see where Valery Meladze performed recently. The most detailed information about the star’s tours is often posted here.

Wikipedia contains the most detailed information about the life and fate of the artist. Here you can find a complete list of his songs performed from the beginning of his creative activity until now.

Instagram and Wikipedia Valery Meladze does not allow tracking the details of the singer’s personal life. It only lists when the singer married both his wives. Article found on alabanza.ru