Meladze Konstantin Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. Producer and composer Konstantin Meladze Childhood and Youth years Konstantin was born and raised in the BNZ, a village built in the 10th years for employees of the Batumsky oil refinery. Now he is part of the resort city of Batumi and is one of its coastal regions. Parents of Kostya, Shota Konstantinovich and Nelly Akakievna, were hereditary engineers and worked at this city -forming enterprise.

In the village there was all the necessary infrastructure, including the Great Palace of Culture with a music school and a mass of all kinds of circles. In childhood, Konstantin Meladze, in early childhood, Kostya did not show any musical abilities, grew up with an ordinary boy and was distinguished from his peers, except for stuttering. But at the age of six, he watched in the cinema the film “Polonaz Oginsky” and was so impressed by the main character who played on the violin that he persuaded his mother to send him to a music school.

The younger brother Valery, who tried to resemble Kostya, had a younger brother with him for two years. At the audition, it turned out that Valery has an absolute musical hearing and a good voice, and the bone has neither one nor the other. But Nelly Akakievna insisted that both sons who did not spill water were accepted. Konstantin Meladze with his parents and brother, music classes quickly bored Konstantin, but his mother did not allow the school, and he still finished her.

Already in the last year of study, he suddenly unexpectedly became interested in playing the piano and mastered this instrument in a record time. Moreover, he played at such a virtuoso speed that he soon became a school celebrity. In addition to music, Kostya was fond of football, basketball, swimming, visited a circle of aircraft modeling. In high school, Meladze independently mastered the game on the guitar, performed as part of a school ensemble.

With the help of music, the guy managed to defeat shyness caused by stuttering, and feel much more confident. Konstantin Meladze and Valery Meladze in childhood received a certificate, Konstantin, at the insistence of his mother, went to Moscow, to enter the Medical Institute. But due to the fact that at school he studied for continuous triples and was not even a Komsomol member, he did not have a single chance to enter a prestigious university.

Returning to his native village, Konstantin got a job at his father at the shipbuilding plant-Meladze Sr. worked there as a workshop master. And a year later, he was enrolled in the preparatory department of the Nikolaev shipbuilding institute, having graduated from which, he became a first -year student at the Machine -Building Faculty. Konstantin Meladze, in his youth at the institute at Konstantin, unexpectedly woke up an interest in knowledge - he began to study “good” and “excellent”, was elected the headman group.

A year later, Valery entered the same institute, and settled in a hostel with his older brother. After graduation, Konstantin got a job at the design bureau, but three months later quit, deciding to seriously engage in music. The younger brother followed in his footsteps, although he graduated from the Institute with honors and was going to continue his studies in graduate school.

The first steps to success, while studying at the institute, Kostya and Valera began to perform as part of the student group "April" and soon achieved good results. They successfully played dancing, and on the money earned, they purchased the necessary equipment for recording. Konstantin tried to compose music at school and in the last courses of the institute again felt an interest in this occupation.

Valery became the performer of his songs with his beautiful voice, expressive appearance and natural artistry. Konstantin Meladze in his youth in the year brothers recorded their first magnetic album, which was heard by the drummer of the Dialog group, who lived in Nikolaev. He came to Kostya and Valera for a rehearsal, met the guys and offered to reduce them with the leader of the group, the famous musician and composer Kim Breitburg.

After a couple of days, a telephone rang, and the Meladze brothers were invited to come to Krivoy Rog, where Dialog spoke with concerts. During a personal meeting, Kim immediately offered them cooperation and called them a large tour of the Soviet Union. The brothers, of course, happily agreed, perfectly understanding the whole uniqueness of the chance provided by fate.

Konstantin and Valery Meladze in X three years, they worked as part of the “dialogue”, traveled many cities, released several joint discs. So far, on New Year's Eve, Alla Pugacheva did not invite the Meladze brothers to her famous “Christmas meetings”, where the musicians performed the song “Limbo”. And a real miracle happened - this ether alone became enough for the whole country to recognize and love them.

All the doors opened before provincial artists, and show business favorably took them into his party. The performances were very successful, and soon Valery became one of the leading artists on the domestic stage.Kostya wanted to try himself as a producer, and he and Dmitry Kostuk decided to create a women's team. The bet was made on the personal qualities and appearance of the performers, and not for vocal data, so they selected ordinary girls “from the people”.

The main thing is that they are beautiful, sexy, move well and cause admiration for the public. A spectacular clip was shot on this composition, thanks to which the whole country recognized and loved the girls. The single was awarded the Golden Gramophone, Stopudovy Hit, Golden Firebird and Golden Girya Prizes, which became an unprecedented success for a debut song. In just a year, VIA Gra gained all-Russian fame and occupied the upper lines in all leading charts of the country.

On New Year's Eve, the girls lit up in the musical “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka”, which became a vivid event on domestic television. But, despite the star composition, the project would hardly have taken place without the participation of Konstantin Meladze, who wrote all the songs for this popular musical. A year later, Nadia returned to the group, Vinnitskaya and Nynik left, and Vera Brezhnev, who began rehearsals in November, became the new participant.

After a couple of months, it became clear that the producers finally hit the target-the Granovskaya-Brezhnev-Sedokova trio became the “gold” composition of “VIA GR”. The girls starred in the second musical Konstantin Meladze “Cinderella”, released a whole series of spectacular clips, in two of which Valery Meladze took part. The team went down in the history of domestic show business as the most popular and “long-playing” female group in the vasts of the former CIS.

In the year, Konstantin acted as a producer of the Russian “Star-7 factory”, the winner of which was the Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko. Konstantin Meladze at the Strezd-7 factory with the most promising and talented participants, he continued his cooperation, as a result of which the Yin-Yang and BIS groups were formed. These groups did not last long, but were well remembered by their hits “little by little”, “weightless”, “Katya, take the phone”, “boats”.

And for Nastya, Prikhodko Meladze wrote the song “Mamo”, with which the performer came from Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest, where she took the eleventh place. The winners were Misha Romanova, Anastasia Kozhevnikova and Erica Herceg, who became participants in the updated team. The team started very successfully, but then disagreements began among the artists and the group with a scandal was left by Vladislav Ramm, who even sued the producer.

In the year, the group was officially announced. Konstantin Meladze and the M-Band group for year Konstantin Meladze worked a lot on Ukrainian television, as he spent most of his time in Kyiv, which chose for permanent residence. The personal life of Konstantin Meladze in the year, even at the dawn of his creative career, Konstantin met in Nikolaev with Yana amounts, a student of the law faculty.

Konstantin saw a girl on dancing, was subdued by her beauty and, having gained courage, invited her to visit the hostel. The beauty with humor reacted to such an offer and jokingly said that after that the guy was simply obliged to marry her. What Konstantin literally inspired, who did not know how to approach her, by the way, a participant in the beauty contest “Miss Ukraine -”.

Konstantin Meladze and Yana Sumes six months later Konstantin made an offer to Yana, and in the summer the young people played a beautiful wedding. In the year, their first daughter Alice was born, in Liya, and a year later the long -awaited son of Valery was born, whom close relatives call Valerian. When the boy was 3 years old, he was diagnosed with autism, which was a complete surprise for his parents.

Consultations of the best doctors did not help determine the cause of the disease, so the spouses had to put up with the situation and try to adapt their son as much as possible to the social environment. Konstantin Meladze with her first wife and children of course, Yana took the lion's part of the child care load-she even opened her own rehabilitation center for AVA therapy, which works according to the American methodology.

Pursuing her son, she missed the moment when Konstantin began to gradually move away from the family, and recognized the existence of her rival almost the last. Rumors about the novels of the Meladze brothers with the members of the VIA Gra group have been walking for a very long time, and in the year the secret became clear. Valery was the first to declare a divorce, which by that time had already grown up by his nine -year -old son Kostya from Albina Dzhanabaeva.

Following his brother in the novel with Vera Brezhneva, Konstantin also admitted - he even wrote the song “My Brother”, in which he eloquently describes his emotional state at that time. Valery and Konstantin Meladze - my brother in the year Yana released her husband after 19 years of marriage and remained to live in Kyiv, receiving good compensation. Konstantin fully provides children, pays for the treatment of a son and helps the ex -wife with her medical center.

With Vera Brezhneva, the composer officially formalized relations in the summer of the year - this event came in Italy secretly from the general public. By that time, the lovers had already acquired a house in the north of the country, where they spent a honeymoon. Konstantin even thought to move to Italy for permanent residence, but could not afford it, as he was engaged in his artists and depended on his wife's tour schedule.

Konstantin Meladze and Vera Brezhnev Yana also did not remain alone for long and soon married businessman Oleg, whom she met during the divorce proceedings. She completely dedicated herself to her new husband and family and does not keep evil for her ex -spouse. The eldest daughter of the composer Alice is a non -public person, she does not want to flaunt her life. But Lia, on the contrary, dreams of a stage, fans and applause, and in the future plans to become a professional singer.

Konstantin fundamentally does not help her daughter break into the stage, believing that real talent will always find her path. And Lia herself wants to succeed without the participation of an influential pope. Konstantin Meladze in the show “Voice”, but still, Konstantin devoted the main time to creativity - he wrote new songs for the artists of his Production Center MELADZE MUSIC, supported and promoted the label of Liana Velvet Music, created music for films and musicals.

In the year, Konstantin finally moved to Italy along with Vera and, as some sources reported, helped with the move of his ex -wife and children. Interesting facts in the village of BNZ are growing two palm trees that, according to the ancient tradition, Meladze Sr. landed in honor of the birth of Konstantin and Valery. The Meladze family jokes that Konstantin began to stutter when he saw the newborn Valery.

There really is a share of truth in this - her mother went to the hospital, she left her two -year -old son in the care of a neighbor, and returning home, she found that the baby was stuttering. It was not possible to find out what exactly became the reason, but, as they say, there is no thin one without good. Taking difficulties in colloquial speech, Konstantin learned to express his thoughts and emotions with the help of music, which determined his entire future life.

Konstantin Meladze wrote the music for the ballet "The Great Gatsby", the premiere of which took place in the fall of the year. The famous Dwight Roden was invited as a choreographer, and the main party was performed by the soloist of the best world theaters Denis Matvienko. The composer writes excellent music for films - the song “Again a Flood”, the soundtrack for the finale of the painting “The Irony of Fate” can be a vivid example.

Konstantin wrote this amazing composition in just one hour and did not even assume that the public would like it so much, especially in its own performance. Konstantin Meladze - Again, a blizzard being closed and shy, Konstantin periodically allows himself to play, starring in the video clips of his artists. He can be seen in the images of the homeless, crazy professor or eccentric gardener, which indicates the ability to laugh at himself.

In December, Konstantin Meladze got into an accident, which literally divided his life into “before” and “after”. On his “Lexus” on the highway near Kiev, he knocked down the summer Anna squeak, leaving two young children without a mother. The composer did not try to escape from the scene, personally called the police and an ambulance and was ready to bear any fair punishment.

He paid for the funeral of the deceased and even before the sentence he took the obligation to maintain Anna's children until their age.