Singer Grigory Leps: biography, nationality, creativity and personal life
Grigory Leps, whose biography began incity of Sochi, was born on July 16, 1962 under the sign of Cancer. His father, Victor, a Georgian by birth, worked at the local meat-packing plant as a rubbish, and Natella's mother worked as a nurse in the Sochi polyclinic.
Today one of the most popular performers in Russia remains Grigory Leps. Biography, nationality of the artist became the object of intense attention of fans.
The real surname of the singer is Lepsveridze,he is Georgian. Gregory studied in the ordinary secondary school number 7 and, according to his own memories, was another problem. Teachers, who tried in every possible way to instruct the young Leps on the true path, unanimously spoke of him only as a "cursed colony".
The only thing that succeeded the future singer Leps,whose biography is full of events - active sports and music. After graduating from the general education school, Grigory enters the music school and is fond of playing percussion instruments. After graduation, Leps goes to the army, then, demobilized, he sings in Caucasian restaurants and plays in many rock bands. In the early 80's, he even managed to solo in the group "Index-398".
Grigory Leps - biography. Moving in
In Sochi's restaurants, the singer sang all night. Accumulated fatigue and stress removed only alcohol, because other means he simply did not help and did not work.
Grigory began to understand and comprehend that if inIn the near future he will not be able to climb the career ladder higher, then he will simply die out like an artist. Therefore, after a short hesitation, the singer decides to move to Moscow, where, as he himself stresses, he was going to find not so much fame as himself.
Grigory Leps - biography, nationality and problems
Moscow met the singer is not the most rosypaints. Due to its roots and origin, Gregory was very few people interested. Desperate, he began to abuse alcohol and even for a while became addicted to drugs.
The appearance of the singer's hand wasthe corresponding - the weight of Gregory went to the mark of 100 kilograms, and under the eyes, specific bruises fell. In addition, people who promised to help the artist in the capital, just disappeared.
But Grigory Leps, whose biography evolvednot the best way, recalls that even with problems with alcohol and appearance, he did not consider himself a poor man. For gatherings in restaurants, though infrequent, money was enough.
Career
Creativity and recognition of the artist areat the beginning of 1995. Just a year before, Grigory began recording his first solo album - "Keep You Alone". This album included one of the most famous songs of the artist "Natalie". After the song won the recognition of the public and became recognizable, a video clip was shot on it. True, Grigory himself saw him for the first time in the hospital ward, when he was hospitalized with a stomach ulcer in the Botkin therapeutic department. For the same reason, he could not attend the "Song-95".
Only forward
The artist also saw positive moments in his long hospitalization. The disease relieved him of 35 kilograms of gained weight. After discharge, Grigory stopped drinking and drugs.
A little later, in 1997, Grigory Leps,whose biography already had one successful album, released a second disc called "The Whole Life". And in the same year in the preseason of the concert "Song-97" the artist performed his composition "My Thoughts". After another year Grigory gets to "Christmas Meetings" Alla Pugacheva, where she performs several solo songs.
Without a voice
Two years later, the artist releases a collection, it soundsand a new composition called "Thank you, people." At the same time, in 1999, the shooting of clips for the songs "Rat", "So what", "Shelest" and "The First Birthday" begins.
In early 2000, Gregory loses his voice andlays down for an operation. After rehabilitation and restoration of the vocal cords, the artist presented to the public a new album "On the Strings of the Rain", at the same time the clips for the song "I Believe, I'll Wait" and the unchanging hit, which is still kept at the topmost lines in all clubs and bars, karaoke - "A glass of vodka on the table."
Collaboration
At the end of 2004, the light saw a new recordartist, consisting of songs by Vladimir Vysotsky called "Sail". On the flagship of the record, the song "Sail", six months later a video was shot. In March of the same year, Grigory came to the Kremlin scene with the three-hour program "Parus.Live". At this concert, the singer performed the compositions of Vladimir Vysotsky and the hit tracks of the previous albums.
In 2005, the artist presents a collectionsongs in the name of "Favorites for 10 years", and in 2006 begins recording a solo album "Labyrinth", in parallel shooting clips for the compositions "Blizzard", "Labyrinth" and "She". By the way, it is worth noting one interesting fact: the song "Labyrinth" Grigory took in his repertoire only after the long persuasion of Alla Pugacheva.
Another artist's album was released in 2006and was called the plate "In the center of the Earth." In October of the same year, Grigory Leps gave a grandiose concert at the Olimpiysky, the album of the same name, where he sang both new and already well-known compositions.
"I'm alive!"
By the end of 2007, the artist produces a series of the bestvideo clips, calling it "I'm alive!". A few months later on the threshold of 2008 Grigory gives a concert in the Kremlin Palace where he presents the new album "Second", which includes his compositions from the repertoire of Vladimir Vysotsky.
A little later the singer sang a duet with Irina Allegrova, and the light saw a new hit - "I do not believe you". In the same year, after the duet with Stas Piekha, a clip "She's not yours" appeared.
In early November 2008, the artist urgentlyhospitalized in Dmitrov hospital with a diagnosis of "open stomach ulcer." But already literally two weeks later Gregory is discharged and on December 1 gives a solo concert in the Palace of St. Petersburg.
Confession
Until 2011, the singer released another album forthe name "Waterfall", and a little later publishes a collection of the best songs "Shores. Selected. " And already on October 18, 2011 Grigory Leps awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia".
Further, Grigory Leps releases such hits as "I'll Leave to Live in London", "Requiem for Love", "The Best Day" and the result of working together with the chanson's master A. Rosenbaum "Shores of Pure Brotherhood".
The artist himself calls his songs a mixed variety withelements of rock. Since the singer has a specific timbre and a "growling" voice, many fans often ask him why he did not stay in the chanson, but chose the stage. As the artist emphasizes, answering these questions, it is never too late to return to the chanson, but now this direction is simply uninteresting.
Personal life
Such an artist as Leps, biography, family and divorce will always be the topic number 1 on the pages of yellow magazines. But any man is not mistaken for mistakes, and Grigory was no exception.
The first spouse of the artist Svetlana Dubinskayamet with the singer in the music school, where they studied together. But the marriage with her did not last long, and soon the young scattered. However, the couple managed to have their daughter Ingu (born in 1984). Grigory still pampers her and takes care of her first daughter.
The second wife of Leps (biography of a professionalartist starts under the leadership of Laima Vaikule) met with the singer during the celebration of the birthday of Andrei Latkovsky (Vaikule's husband). Anna Shaplykova at that time was a dancer in the ballet of Laima, and during the celebration Gregory simply approached her and directly asked for his hand and heart.
In total, the singer has four children: the youngest Ivan (2010), Nicole (2007), Eva (2002) and the eldest daughter of the first marriage, living in the UK - Inga (1984).
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