Konstantin Meladze
Konstantin Meladze Константин Меладзе კონსტანტინე მელაძე | |
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Birth name | Konstantin Shotayevich Meladze |
Born | Batumi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | 11 May 1963
Genres | Pop, art rock, Eurodance, Europop, pop rock |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, music producer |
Labels | Velvet Music |
Associated acts | Valery Meladze, Nu Virgos, Yin-Yang, Sofia Rotaru |
Konstantin Shotayevich Meladze (Russian: Константин Шотаевич Меладзе, Georgian: კონსტანტინე მელაძე) (born 11 May 1963 in Batumi) is a Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer of Georgian descent. He is the older brother of singer Valery Meladze and co-founder and co-producer of the Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos (Russian: ВИА Гра).
Biography[]
Early life[]
Konstantin Meladze was born on 11 May 1963 in Batumi to Shota and Nelly Meladze, who were engineers. Konstantin has a brother, Valery (1965) and a sister, Liana (1968).
Career[]
Konstantin has composed and produced songs for artists such as Valery Meladze, Nu Virgos, Yin-Yang, Vera Brezhneva, Albina Dzhanabaeva, Sofia Rotaru ("Ya zhe yego lyubila" and "Odin na svete") and Polina Gagarina. He has also composed songs for a number of films, including Lilya 4-ever[1] and a Russian 2003 version of Cinderella (Russian: Золушка) and Hipsters.
In 2016 and 2017 he was a judge at Vidbir, Ukraine's National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Music video appearances[]
Title | Year | Artist |
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"" | 2003 | (Nu Virgos with Valeriy Meladze) |
Personal life[]
Konstantin was married to Jana Meladze in 1994; they have three children: Alice (2000), Liya (2004), and Valery (2005).
He married Ukrainian pop star Vera Brezhneva in 2015.
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Performances[]
- Strannik (Wanderer)
- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Batumi
- Composers from Georgia (country)
- Russian composers
- Russian male composers
- Ukrainian composers
- Russian pop musicians
- Russian record producers
- Russian people of Georgian descent
- Ukrainian pop musicians
- Ukrainian people of Georgian descent
- Fabrika Zvyozd
- Russian National Music Award winners