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FULL NAME: Grigory Viktorovich Leps (Lepsveridze)

DATE OF BIRTH: 07/16/1962 (Cancer)

PLACE OF BIRTH: Sochi, Krasnodar region, RSFSR, USSR

EYE COLOR: Green

HAIR COLOR: Brunette

MARITAL STATUS: Married

FAMILY: Wife: Anna Leps. Children: Inga Leps, Ivan Leps, Nicole Leps, Eva Leps

HEIGHT: 178 cm

OCCUPATION: Singer

Biography:

Russian singer of Georgian origin, composer, producer, member of the International Union of Pop Artists. Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia (2004), Honored Artist Russian Federation(2011), People's Artist of Karachay-Cherkessia (2015). Winner of the World Music Awards, Song of the Year, Golden Gramophone, Winner of the Chanson of the Year Award (In the Kremlin), etc. 1962−1992: early years. Born into a family of workers. At the age of 14 he entered a music school, graduating in the percussion class. In the early 1990s, Grigory Leps performed romances in the restaurant “1.3.7” in the Sochi hotel “Pearl”. In Sochi restaurants, Grigory Leps sang at night all the time. Fatigue was relieved only with alcohol; other remedies no longer worked. The artist realized that if he did not climb to the next step, he would fizzle out as an artist. Therefore, it was decided to go to Moscow. Moscow did not greet me hospitably. The artist was of little interest to anyone. So he started drinking a lot and even abusing drugs. The appearance was appropriate - the artist’s weight reached 100 kilograms. The creative growth of Grigory Leps began in 1995. A year before, he began recording his first album entitled “God Bless You.” The famous song “Natalie” was included there. A video was shot for the composition. True, Leps himself saw it when he was lying with a stomach ulcer in the Botkin hospital. It was for this same reason that he could not perform at “Song-95”. The disease took 35 kilograms from the artist. Since that time, Grigory Leps has not taken alcohol or drugs.
In 1998, Grigory received an invitation from Alla Pugacheva to perform at the Olympic Stadium at the “Christmas Meetings” with the song “I’ll See You Anyway.”

On February 15, 2007, at the festival “New Songs about the Main Thing,” the premiere of the duet “I Don’t Believe You” by Leps and Irina Allegrova took place.
In 2008, the New Year’s edition of the “Two Stars” program premiered the duet version of the song “Gop-Stop” with A. Rosenbaum and the duet song “She’s Not Yours” with Stas Piekha.
In January 2015, Leps organized the “Christmas at Rosa Khutor” festival.
In March 2016, Grigory Leps’ concert “Women Like Me” took place.
In 2016, he remained a mentor in the “Voice” project.

The first wife of Grigory Leps, Svetlana Dubinskaya, studied with the artist at a music school. The marriage ended in divorce. Now the singer is married for the second time, to Anna Shaplykova, a ballerina from Laima Vaikule’s ballet. The artist has four children.

BIOGRAPHY OF GRIGORY LEPS

He was born on July 16, 1962 in Sochi. His father worked at a meat processing plant, his mother was a nurse. Grigory was not particularly keen on studying. He was torn between football and music. Music, fortunately, took over - at the age of 14, Grigory entered the music school in the percussion department. Sochi has always been a cheerful city, and even when the communist regime in the country began to shake, it completely “came away”. Grigory did not stand aside. He performed at dances in Riviera Park and sang in restaurants. At one time he was the lead singer of the Index-398 group. Finally, fate brought him to the restaurant “137” of the famous Sochi hotel “Pearl”, which today is proud that Grigory Leps began his career there... Leps never worked half-heartedly, and the daily, or rather nightly, marathon exhausted him to the point of exhaustion. At some point, having reached the point, he decided that it was time to go to Moscow. Otherwise, it’s a dead end, both creatively and in life: “I didn’t go for fame as such. I just already understood that if I stayed singing in Sochi restaurants, I’d be exhausted as an artist. I worked all night long. And I relieved my fatigue with alcohol...”

GRIGORY LEPS BIOGRAPHY

In 1992, a 30-year-old Sochi celebrity arrived in the capital. Time, of course, was still the case - even in Moscow there were coupons for some products, and the rest were sold according to “standards”. But the main thing is that those well-wishers who invited the singer and promised all kinds of support disappeared. Grigory had to follow the beaten path - to restaurants. Again a whirlpool, now in Moscow, where the nights are not so dark... “Few people were interested in me. Drank a lot. Started using drugs. Looked correspondingly bad. My weight was over 100 kg. And the people who once promised to help naturally disappeared. It was difficult with me like that.” This continued until 1994, when fate brought him together with Evgeny Kobylyansky and Anatoly Dolzhenkov. With the help of these people, the first album “Natalie” was recorded and the first videos were shot - “Natalie” and “God Bless You”. "Natalie" thundered throughout the country and became business card singer, but the performer himself saw the clip in the ward of the Botkin hospital. And from where he could no longer come out, like his neighbors in the ward... For six months, doctors and his mother, who came from Sochi, fought for the singer’s life. Grigory Leps came out of the hospital a different person. Since then, the singer has released almost two dozen albums and given countless concerts. Live performance with enormous dedication, unique technique and inimitable voice timbre captivate the audience from the first lines of the songs. Already the first solo concert in “Russia” in 2003 attracted a full hall. And in next year Leps completely swung at the holy of holies - he performed songs by Vladimir Vysotsky in the Kremlin! The success was stunning. In November 2006, seven thousand spectators at the Olympic Stadium did not let go of the singer for three hours. In 2008, Leps gives three big concerts in a row at the Moscow Art Theater. Over three days in February 2009, about 15 thousand people watched the “Waterfall” show in the Kremlin. In 2011, he became the first Russian performer in history to manage to fill the Crocus City Hall for four nights in a row. And in the summer of the same year he arranged unforgettable holiday for his friends and fans, giving them a night concert at Crocus City Hall on the eve of his birthday. And how many cities of Russia, near and far abroad he has traveled! Moreover, over the years of his work, he canceled his concerts a few times, and even then in these cases doctors and relatives had to literally forcefully restrain him...

SINGER GRIGORY LEPS BIOGRAPHY

Grigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze was born on July 16, 1962 in the city of Sochi. His father, Viktor Antonovich, worked at the Sochi meat processing plant, his mother, Natella Semyonovna, worked at a bread factory. Sibling— Eteri Alavidze. Studied in Sochi high school No. 7. By his own admission, he was not particularly successful in his studies: teachers even called him a “damned poor student.” Since childhood, he was seriously involved in football and music, played in a school ensemble. At the age of 14 he entered a music school and graduated from school in the class of percussion instruments. After serving in the army in Khabarovsk, he worked on the dance floor in the Sochi Riviera park, sang in Sochi restaurants, and played in rock bands. In the late 80s he was the lead singer of the group "Index-398". In the early 1990s, Grigory Leps performed romances in the restaurant "1.3.7" in the Sochi hotel "Pearl". People came especially to listen to the singer. He captivated everyone with his unusual timbre. The restaurant hall was packed to capacity, and the stage was strewn with money. Leps spent all his fees on casinos, slot machines, booze and women. And at that time he earned a lot. In 1992, Leps arrived in Moscow. According to his recollections, the capital met him unfriendly. In 1994, recording began on the first album, “God Bless You,” released in 1995. The song "Natalie" immediately fell in love with listeners and soon became the singer's calling card. The clips “Natalie” and “God Bless You” were shot. Leps saw the clip “Natalie” in the ward of the Botkin hospital, where he spent six months with a stomach ulcer. In 1997, the second album “ Whole life", recorded in 1996 at the Nota studio (it included the songs "Whole Life", "Jock", "Chizhik", "Ice"), at the same time Leps took part in the interim release No. 8 of "Songs of the Year-97" with the song "My Thoughts". In 1998, he performed at Alla Pugacheva’s “Christmas Meetings” with the song “I’ll See You Anyway,” and at an evening in memory of Vladimir Vysotsky with the song “Sail.” In 2000, the third album “Thank you, people...” was released. Videos were shot for songs from this album: “First Birthday”, “Rat-Jealousy”, “Rustle”. That same year, he met his future second wife, Anna. Soon he lost his voice, and he was operated on again. On December 23, 2000, Grigory performed at the First International Festival "Star Blizzard" with the songs "Good night, gentlemen..." and "Rustle", which took place in Moscow at the Olimpiysky sports complex, for the first time taking the stage along with Mikhail Krug and Sergei Trofimov. In 2001, Grigory Leps held several large concerts at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall. On April 6, 2002, for the first time at the State Kremlin Palace, Grigory received the Chanson of the Year award in the “Your Way” nomination for the song “Tango of Broken Hearts.” In 2002, the fourth album “On the Strings of Rain…” was released. On February 16 and 17, 2003, at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall, in June at the MK festival in Luzhniki, and on July 23, 2002 at the Metelitsa r/k, a presentation of the album took place. The song “A Glass of Vodka on the Table” again brought Grigory Leps to the pinnacle of fame, making him one of the most sought-after musicians Russian show business. The album also includes the well-known “Tango of Broken Hearts”, “I Believe, I’ll Wait”, “On the Strings of Rain”, and a duet with Irina Allegrova “Angel of Tomorrow”. As part of the album, video clips were shot for the songs “A Glass of Vodka on the Table” and “I Believe, I’ll Wait.” On September 7, 2002, he was a guest of the “Earth-Air” program on the TVS channel; around the same period, Leps was a guest of the “Domino Principle” and “Myself” programs. On November 16, 2002, Grigory took part in a concert dedicated to the second anniversary of the Chanson radio station at the Olimpiysky sports complex. In 2003, the STS TV channel, as part of the “Stories in Details” program, made a story about Grigory Leps. On March 21, 2003, at the State Kremlin Palace, Leps took part in the “Chanson of the Year” concert (he did not receive a prize) with Vladimir Vysotsky’s song “Sail”. Also on December 4, 2003, he took part in the concert “Long live the chanson!” at the Olympic Sports Complex with the songs “A Glass of Vodka on the Table” and “Domes”. In 2004, the first album "Parus" and the DVD "Parus. Live" from the songs of Vladimir Vysotsky were released. A video was shot for the song "Sail" in HD format. On March 13, a two-hour concert “Sail. Live” took place at the State Kremlin Palace. It includes works from the album "Sail", as well as best songs from previous albums. Vysotsky’s songs performed by Leps were liked not only by the singer’s fans, but also by connoisseurs of the work of Vysotsky himself. On March 19, at the State Kremlin Palace, Leps last received the people's award "Chanson of the Year" in the "New Sound" category with Vladimir Vysotsky's song "Domes". Leps also performed at the concert of the Lesopoval group with the song “Winter”. On June 27, G. Leps performed at the competition "Sex symbol MK-2004", on July 1 at the Awards Presentation at the 5th annual International competition printed publications "Cover of the Year 2004" and on "Kinotavr" with the song "Sail". On November 6, 2004, Grigory took part in the concert “Long live the chanson!” at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex with the songs “Leaves are Falling” and “Blood, Sweat, Tears and Love.” In the spring of 2005, several sold-out concerts were given at the State Central Concert Hall "Russia" with the program "10 best years". The first collection "Favorites... 10 years" was released. It included best works in 10 years musical career, and also original version songs "Chistye Prudy". In the summer, the chansonnier performed on the Central Alley of Luzhniki at the competition "Sex-symbol-MK-2005", on June 26 at a concert dedicated to the birthday of the newspaper "MK" with the songs "Natalie" and "Parus", on August 30 as the Guest of Honor at the first festival "PRO-movement" with a large solo concert, on October 31 at the presentation of I. Allegrova's disc "Happy Birthday!" in r/k "Metelitsa". On November 17, 2005, Grigory Leps took part in the IV annual Radio Chanson Festival “Ehh, take a walk!” with the song "Tango of Broken Hearts". In the same year, Grigory stopped collaborating with his producer and arranger Evgeny Kobylyansky. In May 2006, the sixth album "Labyrinth" was released. The album includes 9 new songs. Among them was, in particular, the song “Blizzard”, the video for which with the participation of “Moscow Virtuosi” and Vladimir Spivakov was shown by all central television channels. Video clips were shot for the songs "Blizzard", "Labyrinth" and "She". As it turned out, it was Alla Pugacheva who advised the singer to take the song “Labyrinth” by Andrei Misin and Karen Kavaleryan into his repertoire. May 26-27 at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky, a presentation of the concert program and album “Labyrinth” took place. On November 1, he took part in the V annual Festival of Radio "Chanson" "Ehh, take a walk!" with the song "She" (Misin - Kavaleryan). In November 2006, the seventh album "In the Center of the Earth" was released. On November 16, 2006, a concert-presentation of the album “In the Center of the Earth. Live” took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. The concert featured both works from the new album and best compositions from previous albums. In March 2007, the shooting of a video by Grigory Leps and Irina Allegrova for Viktor Drobysh’s song “I Don’t Believe You” took place. The director of the video is music video director Alexander Solokha. In the spring, the collections “I am alive!” were released. (best video clips) and “My whole life is a road...” (best songs). Then the DVD “In the Center of the Earth. Live” was released - a complete video version of the three-hour concert that took place on November 16, 2006 at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. In 2007, with the support of Radio Chanson, the second album of songs by Vladimir Vysotsky, “The Second,” was recorded and released. It included 9 songs, including “Paradise Apples”, “Singer at the Microphone” and “Ballad of Struggle”. On November 22, 2007, a concert-presentation of the new album “Second” took place at the State Kremlin Palace. In 2007, the most popular duets with Irina Allegrova “I don’t believe you” and with Stas Piekha “She’s not yours” were also recorded. The music for both songs was written by Viktor Drobysh. The song “She’s not yours” literally from the first days took a leading position in the hit parade of Russian Radio. On November 3, Gregory took part in the annual chanson festival “Ehh, take a walk!” with the song "A glass of vodka on the table." In December, Grigory Leps and Irina Allegrova became laureates of the XII annual national award"Golden Gramophone" and the festival "Song of the Year 2007" with the duet song "I Don't Believe You". In 2008, in the New Year's edition of the "Two Stars" program, the premiere of a duet version of the song "Gop-Stop" with A. Rosenbaum took place. On February 16, G. Leps and Stas Piekha performed at Edita Piekha’s Creative Evening. In 2008, Grigory Leps was awarded the Record Prize for the highest sales of the collection “My whole life is a road...”. In April 2008, 3 large solo concerts were held at the Moscow Art Theater. Gorky. On June 6, 2008, at the MUZ-TV music award ceremony, the duet of G. Leps and I. Allegrova “I Don’t Believe You” wins the “Best Duet of the Year” nomination. On July 3, he gave a solo concert at the 15th anniversary of the Metelitsa entertainment complex. In July, he took part in Igor Nikolaev’s creative evening with the song “Lake of Hope” and took part in the closing of the New Wave 2008 festival. On August 31, he takes part in the closing of the competition for young performers “Five Stars” with a solo version of the song “She’s not yours.” On November 9, 2008, he was urgently hospitalized in intensive care unit city ​​hospital of the city of Dmitrov with a presumptive diagnosis " internal bleeding and an open stomach ulcer." On the night of November 10, a specialized ambulance team was taken to one of the Moscow clinics. On November 24, he was discharged from the hospital and on December 1, he gave a solo concert in St. Petersburg. On November 29, 2008, he received the Golden Gramophone award. for the duet with Stas Piekha “She’s not yours.” On February 10, 12 and 13, 2009, a presentation took place at the State Kremlin Palace. new program Grigory Leps "Waterfall". 3 concerts attracted more than 15,000 people. In March 2009 he was hospitalized with a diagnosis of acute bronchitis"; in May of the same year, a tour took place in Germany. On June 5, 2009, at the MUZ-TV music award ceremony, the duet of G. Leps and S. Piekha “She’s not yours” won in the category “Best Duet of the Year.” October 12, 2009 The ninth album “Waterfall” has appeared on sale, which includes 16 compositions. The disc includes songs such as duets with Irina Allegrova “I don’t believe you” and with Stas Piekha “She’s not yours”, as well as “I don’t love you”. ", "Leave gracefully" and the song-reflection "What can a person", the author of the words is Konstantin Arsenev. Re-released in April 2010 with the inclusion of songs " New Year" and "Song of the Emperor". The album topped the Russian chart for several months and received platinum status. In 2010, 41,159 copies of the album were sold, which allowed it to become second in the final chart. On November 20, 2009, Leps gave a concert at the Olimpiysky sports complex, which attracted 18,000 fans of the singer’s work. On November 28, 2009, he received the Golden Gramophone award for the composition “I Don’t Love You.” In January 2010, Leps gave 2 concerts for the first time in the UAE on the stage of the Marina Gardens of the luxurious Dubai Burj Al Arab hotel. Despite the high cost of tickets (the cheapest cost $150), more than a thousand people came to meet the Russian singer. In March 2010, a DVD was released - a collection of the singer’s best videos, “What a Man Can Do.” In 2010, the third collection of the best hits, “Berega. Favorites." Unlike other collections, in this album Grigory Leps re-recorded each composition separately, in a "live" performance of the concert "Waterfall. Live" on November 20, 2009. The premiere of the song "Turn Around" by Valery Meladze and Grigory Leps (music and lyrics by Konstantin Meladze) took place on "Russian Radio" in March 2010, for which a joint video was shot. July 31, 2010 as part of festival "New Wave" the premiere of the song "Two at the Window" took place. In October 2010, the duet with Victoria Ilyinskaya "Betrayal", the video for which premiered in January 2010 on RU.TV, was put into rotation on Russian Radio. On November 20, G. Leps takes part in V. Drobysh’s creative evening “Hits and Stars”; on November 21 - in the filming of the NTV channel’s project “Carnival Night with Maxim Averin”. On December 4, the singer participates in two filmings at once - “Song of the Year - 2010” ( duet with Valery Meladze “Turn around” and “Go away beautifully”) and “Golden Gramophone” (the prize was awarded for the song “Go away beautifully”). On December 15, he takes part in the filming of “Blue Light” for the channel “Russia” (duet with Valery Meladze). Turn around").

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On February 3, 2011, with the support of the Hennessy cognac house, a party was held to mark the official opening of the karaoke bar "Leps". On March 16, the tenth studio chanson album “Pence-nez” went on sale in Russia. The album includes both already well-known hits “Turn around” (duet with V. Meladze) and “Betrayal” (duet with V. Ilyinskaya), as well as completely new songs. The presentation of the album took place on February 23, 25, 26 and March 7 in the Moscow concert hall "Crocus City Hall" to a full house, as well as on March 1 and 3 at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall. In May, Grigory Leps became a guest of the Channel One program “Looking at Night,” in which an interview with the singer was shown. In June, work began on a joint album with Alexander Rosenbaum. On July 3, 2011, filming took place, and on October 31, the premiere of the video for the song “Evening Drinking” took place with the participation of A. Rosenbaum and I. Kobzon. On July 15, 2011, at a concert in Crocus City Hall dedicated to the birthday of Grigory Leps, a pre-sale of the re-release of the Pince-nez album took place, many of the songs of which were re-recorded in new arrangements. As part of his performance, the birthday boy performed his best songs, as well as compositions from the new album “Pins-nez” for his friends and fans. From July 26 to 29, G. Leps participates in events within the framework of the international festival "New Wave" in Jurmala: participation in the opening of the festival with the group Velvet ("Captain Arctic") and with the premiere of the song "Fate - Winter" (music by Sirusho - Represented Armenia at Eurovision 2008, lyrics by Avet Barseghyan), performed “My Spring Tango” (Vadim Kozin’s song) at the Concert of the Jury Members, participated in a creative evening by composer Alexander Zatsepin with the song “Love chooses us.” On October 1, 2011, Grigory Leps was awarded the “RU.TV 2011” award in the “Best Duet of the Year” category. On October 18, 2011, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev, he was awarded the title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.” On November 5, G. Leps takes part in the anniversary concert of Oleg Gazmanov at Crocus City Hall with his interpretation of the hero of the day’s song “At Dawn”. In Kyiv, he takes part in the filming of Y. Tabachnik’s program “I have the honor to invite” (“Evening Table” with the participation of Joseph Kobzon, “The Best Day” and a duet with I. Allegrova “I Don’t Believe You”). On November 26, 2011, for the solo songs “A Real Woman” and “The Best Day,” Grigory Leps received two Golden Gramophone awards, which happened for the first time in the history of this award for solo songs. Participation in filming for New Year's programs: "New Year's Light" for the TV channel "Russia" ("The Best Day", "New Year"), " New Year's Eve on Channel One" (premiere of the duet with Alexander Rosenbaum "Come and see us"). On December 13, the premiere of the duet with Timati "Requiem for Love" took place on the Internet. December 15 - performance at a gala concert dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the State Kremlin Palace (“Domes”) On December 16 and 17, at the State Kremlin Palace, a presentation of the duet album by G. Leps and A. Rosenbaum “Shores of Pure Brotherhood” was performed at the concert, both songs included in the album and works from personal albums were performed. performers. Some of them were performed by a duet (“Come to see us,” “Duck Hunt,” “The Best Day,” “Boston Waltz,” “A Glass of Vodka on the Table,” and others). Two teams worked at the concert. musicians: one - the Leps team, the second - Rosenbaum. On December 23, 2011, the album "Shores of Pure Brotherhood" went on sale in Russia. G. Leps was officially registered as a confidant of the candidate for President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, starred in election commercials, and on February 23, he attended a rally in support of Vladimir Putin “Let’s Defend the Country!” with the songs “Thank you, guys (Military)” and “The Best Day.” On February 4, 2012, a private premiere of the video for the joint composition “Requiem for Love” by Timati and Leps took place at the Blackberry restaurant. On March 26, a press conference was held at the Leps bar dedicated to the presentation of a line of glasses from Grigory Leps. On April 12, the concert “Learn to Fly. Live” was released on Blu-Ray. In May, the shooting of videos for the songs “Waterfall” and a new duet song with Timati - “London” took place. On May 14, the studio of the “Let Them Talk” program hosted a benefit performance “A Glass of Vodka” by Grigory Leps (broadcast on May 18), exactly 2 months later Channel One presented a documentary film for Grigory’s 50th birthday entitled “The Labyrinths of Grigory Leps.” On July 16, Grigory Leps already celebrated his half-century anniversary in Moscow. The guests of the evening were relatives and colleagues in show business, the hosts of the celebration were Nikolai Baskov and Lera Kudryavtseva. At the end of July, Grigory Leps, as part of the New Wave festival, performed the composition "C'est la vie", the song "Turn Around" (duet with Valery Meladze), the duet premiere with Timati "London" and the song "Waterfall". On August 26, 2012, Gregory gave a big solo concert in Ryazan in honor of the opening of the Premier shopping and entertainment center, which attracted more than 10,000 people and was a free gift for all residents of the city. On September 29, Grigory Leps was awarded the “RU. TV 2012" in the nomination "Best Artist of the Year". On November 13, the long-awaited premiere of the video for the song "London" by Timati and Leps took place on YouTube. On December 1, 2012, for the composition "Waterfall" he received the "Golden Gramophone" award from the hands of Alla Pugacheva, and in the same day at the festival “Song of the Year 2012” he received the Leonid Utyosov “Singer of the Year” prize from the hands of Lev Leshchenko. The premiere of the album “Full Ahead!” took place at the singer’s anniversary concerts on December 4, 5, 7 and 8 in the Crocus City Hall concert hall. ". On December 11, the Nikitin company released an album of the same name. Exclusive pre-order of the digital album was available on December 4 on the iTunes Store Russia. The album "Full speed ahead!" took first place in the chart of the Russian online store iTunes Store, which has been compiled since the beginning of December 2012. Also On December 11, the Nikitin company and the Grigory Leps Production Center released 2 collections - “The Best” (the deluxe edition includes 3 discs, two of which contain the artist’s best and most famous hits, the third contains a previously unreleased audio version of the birthday concert Grigory Leps, held on July 15, 2011) and a two-disc (CD+DVD) edition of the collection “Duets”, which included the most popular duets recorded by Grigory Leps together with the most famous Russian performers: Irina Allegrova, Valery Meladze, Alexander Rosenbaum, etc. 19 January 2013 Grigory Leps took part in a concert in memory of V. Vysotsky in the Crocus City Hall concert hall with the songs “Domes” and “Sail”. On February 7, at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi, he performed the song “The Year Before the Games” in a duet with A. Spiridonova, dedicated to Olympic Games in Sochi-2014. On February 14, Grigory Leps took part in a meeting of the RF State Duma Committee on information policy dedicated to protection privacy. On March 6, 2013, Grigory Leps gave a concert in London at the Royal Albert Hall. On May 25, 2013, Grigory Leps was awarded the "RU.TV 2013" awards in the categories "Best Song" and "Best Duet of the Year"

Grigory Leps biography nationality

The real name of Grigory Leps is Grigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze. His nationality is Georgian.

Lepsveridze

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2011)

His father worked at the Sochi meat processing plant, his mother, Natella Semyonovna, is a nurse by profession.

He studied at Sochi Secondary School No. 7. By his own admission, he was not very successful in his studies; teachers called him a “damned poor student.”
He was seriously involved in football and music.

Graduated from a music school in the class of percussion instruments.

After serving in the army, he began singing in restaurants in the Caucasus and played in rock bands. In the late 80s he was the lead singer of the Index-398 group.

At the age of 30, Leps came to Moscow.

In 1994, recording of the first album “God Bless You” with the popular song “Natalie” began. A video was shot based on it, but Leps saw it in the ward of the Botkin hospital, where he spent six months with a stomach ulcer]. For the same reason, he was also unable to perform at the “Song-95” concert. During this time he lost 35 kg. Since then, Leps has stopped drinking alcohol and drugs.

In 1997, the album “Whole Life” was released, at the same time Leps took part in the interim release of “Songs of the Year-97” with the song “My Thoughts”.
In 1998, he performed at Alla Pugacheva’s “Christmas Meetings” with the song “I’ll See You Anyway.”
In 2000, the album “Thank you, people” was released. The videos “Rat”, “So What”, “Rustle” and “First Birthday” were shot. That same year, he met his future second wife. He soon lost his voice and had to undergo another operation.
In 2002, the album “On the Strings of Rain” was released; Video clips were shot for the songs “A Glass of Vodka on the Table” and “I Believe, I’ll Wait.”
In 2004, the album “Sail” was recorded from songs by Vladimir Vysotsky, arranged by Evgeny Kobylyansky. A video was shot for the song “Sail”.
On March 13, 2004, a two-hour concert “Sail. Live" in the Kremlin. It includes works from the album “Sail”, as well as the best songs from previous albums.
In 2005, the first collection “Favorites... 10 Years” was released.
In May 2006, the album “Labyrinth” was recorded; 3 videos were shot - “Blizzard”, “She” and “Labyrinth”. As it turned out, it was Alla Pugacheva who advised the singer to take the song “Labyrinth” into his repertoire.
In November 2006, the album “In the Center of the Earth” was released.
On November 16, 2006, the concert “In the Center of the Earth. Live." It includes both works from the new album and the best works from previous albums.
In 2007, the collections “I am alive!” were published. (best video clips) and “My whole life is a road...” (best songs).
On November 22, 2007, a concert-presentation of a new album of songs from the repertoire of Vladimir Vysotsky called “Second” took place at the State Kremlin Palace.
In 2007, the most popular duets with Irina Allegrova “I don’t believe you” and with Stas Piekha “She’s not yours” were also recorded, for which videos were subsequently shot.
On December 1, he gave a solo concert in St. Petersburg.
On February 10, February 12 and February 13, 2009, a presentation of Grigory Leps’ new program “Waterfall” took place at the Kremlin Palace.
In October 2009, the album “Waterfall” was released, which includes 16 new compositions.
On November 20, 2009, Leps gave a concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, which brought together 18 thousand fans of the singer’s work.
In 2010, a re-release of the album “Waterfall” and a double collection of the best songs “Shores” were released. Favorites."
On February 23, February 25, February 26 and March 7, 2011, a presentation of the new album by Grigory Leps “Pince-nez” took place at Crocus City Hall. Videos were shot for the compositions “Turn around” and “Betrayal”, which were also included in the album.
Since June 2011, work began on a joint album with Alexander Rosenbaum.
On July 15, 2011, a concert dedicated to Leps’ birthday took place. He performed both old and new songs. The audience heard the song “I will become a waterfall” for the first time.
On July 26, 2011, he performed the song “Captain Arctic” in a duet with the group “Velvet” at the opening of the “New Wave 2011” competition, and Grigory also presented the song “Fate-Winter”

On October 18, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev, he was awarded the title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.”

Name: Lepsveridze Grigory Viktorovich. Date of birth: July 16, 1962. Place of birth: Sochi, USSR

Childhood and youth

Grigory Lepsveridze was born on July 16, 1962 in the resort city of Sochi. The future singer was born into a family of ordinary workers. Both parents worked in production: the father - at a meat processing plant, the mother - at a bakery. The Lepsveridze family had two children: Grigory and younger sister Eteri.

Grigory studied at one of the Sochi schools. Education was not the first place in the life of young Gregory. Sports and music were what really interested the future star. In high school, he was a member of the band. After graduating from school, Grigory entered a music school, where he mastered drums. Here the young man was able to show all his potential, and his studies were much more successful than at school.

After college he went to military service to the Far East. The young man served at a factory producing military vehicles.

Musical activities

After serving in Khabarovsk, Lepsveridze decided to do what he did best - sing. In the eighties, Leps replaced several rock bands and performed songs in restaurants. He gained fame in 1988 as the vocalist of the group "Index-398" (the name contains the index of the city of Lipetsk). The group, which was sensational in those days, performed compositions in rock style.

In addition, in the 90s, Gregory performed as a soloist in the Riviera restaurant in Sochi, which was popular at that time. Many who heard him sing advised him to go to the capital to receive further development in a musical environment.

By that time the singer was earning a lot. However, all the money earned was spent on leading a lifestyle that was very far from healthy. And at some point Gregory fell into a creative and life crisis.

Then he got the idea to go to Moscow, as everyone around him advised him to do. But the reality turned out to be cruel. The young singer turned out to be of little interest to anyone in the capital and was left without support. Because of this, he became even more addicted to alcohol and even drugs. Grigory did not care about his own appearance, at some point the singer’s weight reached 100 kilograms. Confirmation of this can be found on the website of the now successful performer.

Success

Success overtook the artist at the age of 33, when his debut solo album was released. The single called “Natalie” brought the performer all-Russian fame.

However bad habits did not leave the artist, as a result of which he was even once hospitalized with acute form pancreatic diseases. Due to illness, the artist had to miss the Song of the Year competition. The recovery process after a major operation lasted six months. During this time, Leps lost a lot of weight. During a difficult period for the performer, his mother was nearby, who was with him in medical institution and supported her son in every possible way. Since then, the performer has completely abandoned harmful addictions.

At the age of 35, Gregory released his second album. In the same year, Leps took part in the television festival "Song of the Year", which played a significant role in the development of his musical career.

Between 1998 and 1999, the performer released three video clips, the views of which numbered in the millions. Thanks to Leps, Russian chanson has reached a new level.

Grigory Leps was invited by Alla Pugacheva to her annual concert-festival held at the end of the year at the Olimpiysky.

In 2000, the artist’s third album was released. In the same year, the artist shot three more video clips. However, due to constant concerts and rehearsals, the performer lost his voice, and he had to go on the operating table. This time the artist found support in the person of his future wife Anna. It took a lot of time to recover.

The artist returned to the stage a year and a half later with a new album, which included Leps’s famous song “A Glass of Vodka on the Table.” The disc was created jointly with the Russian composer E. Kobylyansky. After the presentation of the album, Leps became a very popular artist and was already filling concert halls. At the same time, the singer received his first music award.

The year 2004 was marked for the singer with the release of a new album, “Sail,” consisting of songs by Vladimir Vysotsky. The recording of the album also took place in collaboration with Kobylyansky.

In 2005, Leps released a collection of the best songs for the 10th anniversary of his work.

In 2006, there was a smooth change in the repertoire of Grigory Leps. The artist is gradually leaving classical chanson. In 2006, the artist released two records: in the spring - “Labyrinth” and in the fall - “In the Center of the Earth”. The video for the song “Blizzard”, included in the spring album, was broadcast on all music TV channels in Russia. In the same year, Leps made his debut in the USA, giving 3 concerts there in different cities.

The following year, the singer released a second disc with Vysotsky’s songs, the presentation of which took place at the Kremlin Palace. In the same year, the artist took part in the “Song of the Year” music festival and sang a duet with Alegrova and Stas Piekha.

In the fall of 2008, Leps again found himself in a hospital bed. This time the singer was hospitalized with a diagnosis of internal bleeding and an open stomach ulcer. 14 days after the operation, the singer left the hospital and gave a concert less than a week later.

At the end of winter 2009, Grigory Leps was again in the hospital with inflammation of the bronchi. Several weeks after his illness, he performed his compositions on stages in Germany. In the same year, the artist released his tenth anniversary album, which remained at the top of the Russian charts for a long time.

From 2010 to the present day, Grigory Leps has been giving solo concerts not only in Russia, but also abroad. The singer continues to release albums and record duets with the most famous performers of Russian show business. Grigory Leps received recognition from the audience, medals and orders, as well as many awards in the musical field, including: Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, 10 Golden Gramophones, “Best Singer” and many others.

Four films have been made about Leps, his songs are used in films and TV series. The singer takes part in various television shows and musical projects.

The singer is also involved entrepreneurial activity. So, in 2012, the artist opened a karaoke bar under his own name in collaboration with the largest restaurant holding company “Ginza Project”.

According to Forbes, the artist earned about $15 million in 2011.

Personal life

For the first time, Leps married his classmate while still at music school. Despite the fact that the marriage did not last long, she and Svetlana have a common daughter, Inga, who is at the moment lives in Moscow.

At that time, a crisis arose in Leps’ life and the singer remained free for a long time.

In Moscow there was a meeting with his future wife Anna, whose life was also connected with creativity. Gregory's chosen one turned out to be 10 years younger than him and amazed him with her beauty. For a long time Leps pursued the girl because she did not take his advances seriously.

At the moment, the couple has three children: two girls, Eva (2002) and Nicole (2007) and son Vano (2010).

Last year, his first daughter took part in the Voice program, but none of the jury members turned their chairs. Leps admitted that he recognized Inga’s voice and warned her before the transfer that he would not turn around.