![]() At this time Valeriy took a pause in his career. In 2000 the Meladze brothers founded the Russian-Ukrainian pop group " VIA Gra (ВИА Гра). Pause in career and collaboration with "Via Gra" In the same year Meladze voiced cartoon "Neznajka Na Lune" and wrote a song with the same name. Songs "Mechta" (Russian: Мечта, Dream), "Rossvetnaya" (Russian: Рассветная, Daybreakly) and "Krasivo" (Beautiful Красиво) have topped the Russian charts. However, at the end of 1999 the fourth studio album was released – " Vsyo Tak I Bylo" (Russian: Всё так и было, All was this way) on a new label "Iseburg Mesic". Many fans thought that Valery left show business. Therefore, Valeriy released a greatest hits album " The Best". In 1999 Konstantin moved to Kyiv to work on the Ukrainian telechannel "Inter" and wrote fewer songs for his brother. After a dispute with a producer, Valeriy changed his public image, he start to wear only formal clothes and the songs became more cruel and aggressive. But in January of that year, the third studio album Samba Belogo Motylka ( Samba of the White Moth) was released. In 1998, the brothers broke off their relationship with the producer Evgeniy Friendland and with label "Souz". In end of year was released first concert and video record album " Live Olympik Moscow". 7 and 8 March Valeriy sang in Olympiskiy, Moscow. In early of 1997 was Valeriy gave 19 concerts in the biggest Russian cities. In October 1996 his second studio album Posledniy romantik ( The Last Romanticist) was released. In end of 1995 Valeriy won two awards, Ovatsii and Zvezdy in nomination "Debut Of Year" and "The Best Singer of Year". After his success there, Valeriy released his debut solo album "Sera" (Сера) on the music label "Souz." The eponymous "Sera" became relatively popular, with "Poserеdine Leta" (Посередине Лета The Middle Of Summer) and "Noch' Pered Rozdestvom" (Ночь Перед Рождеством Christmas Eve) also seeing significant success. Many labels didn't want to work with Meladze, "because this music was not modern.long and not happy." But in 1995 Alla Pugacheva heard their demo record, and she invited Valeriy to sing their song at "The Christmas Meeting" in Moscow. After the success of the song, Evgeniy asked Valeriy to change his last name (surname) from "Meladze" to "Lisov" or "Lisovskiy," in effect translating it from Georgian to Russian ("mela" and "lisa" both meaning "fox" in their respective languages). Evgeniy helped to record the first of Valeriy's songs – "Ne Trevoz Mne Dushu Skripka" (Не тревожь мне душу, скрипка Don't Disturb my soul, violin). During The Moscow Tour, Valeriy and Konstantin met their future producer Evgeniy Friedland. In 1992, Valeriy joined Dialog's founder Kim Breitburg and guitarist Viktor Litvinenko to form Gruppa Dialog and, later, Mistiquana, but in 1993 he also launched his solo career. This culminated in the band's 1991 album, "Poseredine Mira" (Посерeдине Мира Middle of the World).ĭialog's popularity had declined, however, and the group disbanded in 1991. The producer liked Valeriy's voice, and Valeriy joined Dialog as the lead singer, with Konstantin starting to write songs for the group. During this year, his homemade album "April" reached the producer of the successful Soviet Union group Dialog. He lived in a dormitory and lacked scholarships to feed his wife and daughter. When he was studying in his third year he met his future wife Irina. After some time, Valeriy started to sing in this group as a back-up vocalist, but this group broke up. In 1985, Valeriy's brother started playing keyboard in the group "April". Meladze entered the Nikolayev Shipbuilding Institute in Ukraine to study mechanical engineering of ship power plants. Since his parents, his grandmother and his grandfather were engineers, he decided to enter the Engineering Institute. He went to music school and learned to play the piano. He was an impatient and disobedient child, while his brother was very quiet. Valeriy has a brother, Konstantin (1963), and a sister, Liana (1968). Valeriy Meladze was born on 23 June 1965 in Batumi in the family of Shota and Nelly Meladze, who were engineers. 1.4 Pause in career and collaboration with "Via Gra".
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