Nani Bregvadze

Nani Bregvadze in 2017

Nani Bregvadze (Ge. ნანი ბრეგვაძე, Rus. Нани Брегвадзе, born 21 July 1936 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian Soviet singer. She was born, raised and started her career in Soviet Georgia in the USSR, then gained USSR-wide popularity during 1957 6th World Festival of Youth and Students. Bregvadze has performed both with the Georgian music groups and solo.

She is a former vocalist for the Orera band from the Republic of Georgia.[1] Her signature songs include Snegopad ("Snowfall"), Bolshak (later covered by Alla Pugacheva), and Dorogoi Dlinnoyu (adapted in English as Those Were the Days).[2] After launching a successful solo career in the early 1970s, Bregvadze performed a great number of Russian and Gypsy romances.[3] She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. As of 2007, Bregvadze lived in Moscow and held the chair in popular and jazz music at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University.[4] She has been an honorary citizen of Tbilisi since 1995.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://kommersant.ru/doc/359443
  2. ↑ Дорогой длинною - Нани Брегвадзе on YouTube
  3. ↑ Incomplete discography with links to audio records
  4. ↑ Who is Who in Russian Culture
  5. ↑ http://www.tbilisi.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=RUS&sec_id=109
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