Konstantin Meladze interview. Konstantin Meladze: “The evolution of the artists of VIA Gra suggests that I am in constant search

The 54-year-old composer admitted that for several years he hid from his ex-wife Yana Meladze an affair with a 35-year-old singer. Now the couple is trying to continue not to advertise their relationship, but Konstantin still gave candid interview and talked about how their romance with the ex-member of the group was born " VIA Gra".

Two years ago, Konstantin Meladze and secretly got married on the Tuscan coast of Versilia. The star couple was painted by the mayor of the city Umberto Buratti himself. Despite the fact that their romance has long been known, the couple prefer not to make their personal lives public. Note that earlier Konstantin lived for 19 years in a marriage with a lawyer Yana, but their marriage ended in divorce, which took place in 2013. During this time, they had children: daughters Alice and Leah, as well as son Valery. The composer continues to communicate with his children and take care of them. and Vera found her husband with her youngest daughter.

Recently for the first time for a long time gave an interview in which he told previously unknown details of the affair with the singer. He admitted that for 10 years he hid his relationship with Brezhneva from, at that time, his wife, Yana. And although the woman suspected that her husband was cheating on her, he successfully managed to hide it. According to him, at first he was not interested in Vera, since she could neither sing nor move. Konstantin sent the artist to courses, and soon she learned to do everything that she could not do and became a star. According to him, at that time he treated her as an artist, and not as a woman. Now he believes that she is the most successful former soloist group "VIA Gra", as well as Meladze Sr. called her "the most beautiful and sexy." He did not hide that it was Vera Brezhneva who showed him that he was missing out on a lot, devoting himself only to music. “Did she get married grandly? Rather, I got married grandly, ”considers Konstantin.

He also spoke about the relationship between his children and the heirs of Vera Brezhneva. Recall that the singer has a daughter, Sonya, from Vitaly Voichenko, with whom she lived in a civil marriage for several years, and a daughter, Sarah, from ex-husband Mikhail Kiperman. According to Konstantin, children experience difficulties in communication, but his daughter Leah has already found mutual language with Sarah and they get along great. “It's all difficult, of course. It has been and will be difficult. Do you know what kind of thing? The more relatives you have: brothers or sisters, the easier it will be for you in adulthood. I know it myself!” - the composer admitted to the Ukrainian edition

On New Year's Eve, the judge of the show "X-factor-7" and the National selection for Eurovision-2017 Konstantin Meladze gave an interview to the site. The producer will meet 2017 with his family - with his wife and children.

According to Meladze, wild parties on the occasion new year holidays already in the past, and now the producer prefers quiet family evenings.

- Konstantin, do you have a favorite New Year's dish?

Here I will not be original. I love yesterday's Olivier salad. When it stands a little, it becomes tastier (smiles).

- that is, in new year's eve you don't eat it?

Somehow I usually do not feel like eating on New Year's Eve. But, and you have had a laid table since the evening, on which "Olivier" and all sorts of different dishes, it all becomes a million times tastier.

- And who in your family prepares this salad?

A little bit of everything is being prepared. For example, I skillfully cut cucumbers - thinly and finely (smiles). Teamwork is very close.

- What are your expectations for the upcoming 2017?

I have the same expectations as anyone else. New Year. But I don't like leap years and always rejoice when they end. And this year, I, too, am already waiting for it to end as soon as possible and 2017 to begin. It has the number 7 in it, so I think that the year will be happy and successful.

Judges of the show "X-factor-7" Yulia Sanina, Konstantin Meladze and Anton Savlepov

- Remember the bright new year story that happened to you.

Oh, this is such a compromising story... When I studied at the institute and lived in a hostel, practically from the 1st year to the 4th year I never managed to celebrate the New Year, because we always celebrated the Georgian New Year first, and then the Ukrainian one, which is on an hour later. And we always celebrated the Georgian holiday so vigorously that I could not reach the Ukrainian one (laughs).

Konstantin Meladze about love for Vera Brezhneva: "I got married grandly!"

The other day Konstantin Meladze became a guest of the author's program Ukrainian TV presenter Dmitry Gordon. In the first part of the video interview, the composer spoke about his childhood and youth, about the beginning of his career, and in the second part, the conversation took a more frank turn. Konstantin, perhaps for the first time, spoke about his love for Vera Brezhneva, about their first meeting, about how his life has changed thanks to Vera, and about how they manage to maintain relationships in the face of private separations. We publish the most interesting quotes.

About how Vera Brezhneva got into the "VIA Gra":

Vera came out at one of the concerts of our group, in Dneprodzerzhinsk, then it was still a duet - Alena Vinnitskaya and Nadya Meikher ... She went on stage to perform "Attempt No. 5" with other spectators. Our administrator saw her, took the phone, and at that time we had a constant rotation of personnel, I was looking for some kind of optimal composition. Then she came to the casting, we made video tests, which plunged me into absolute delight, because she was exact copy Brigitte Bardot in her youth. And I said: "Here, this image is exactly what we need now."

Vera Brezhneva, Nadezhda Granovskaya and Anna Sedokova

About the most talented artist " VIA Gra":

I don’t want to offend anyone, but objectively, Vera Brezhneva achieved the greatest success of all ex-Viagra. She is truly an amazing person. She is the most beautiful and sexy.
- The most obnoxious and bitchy? - continued the leader.
“No, it’s definitely not about her,” Konstantin answered. Vera is the hardest working person. When we took her to the group, she could neither dance nor sing. I gave her a month, sent her to the vocal and choreography teachers and attended these classes once a week, watched how she progressed. But the effect was amazing! It's like some kind of cartoon. You know, like in cartoons - once and in 5 seconds, for example, a tomato grows. We had about the same story. After a year of work in the group, it was already an absolute star.

Albina Dzhanabaeva, Vera Brezhneva and Olga Romanovskaya

About the host's remark that Vera Brezhneva got married grandly:

Rather, I got married grandly.

About the duration of the affair with Vera:

I have a feeling that it is eternal. It's like I met her in 1963 and that's it (laughs).

Konstantin Meladze and Vera Brezhneva with the organizer of their wedding in Italy

On the reaction to Vera's wedding with Mikhail Kiperman:

Then I treated her so far just as an artist. If I had any worries, it was only about the fact that now I have to interrupt my career. The feelings that arose between us were already later.

On how his life has changed thanks to Vera:

With her appearance, life has changed. I finally raised my head from the keyboard and ... More precisely, I didn’t even raise it myself, but rather, Vera picked me up by the hair and said, "Here, there is still a lot of interesting things." Before Vera, I didn't care, to be honest, how I looked. I didn't care where I rest and whether I rest at all, what I eat and so on. I missed out on a lot, much to my regret, by being obsessed with my work. And I would probably have missed everything completely if Vera hadn’t given me this pendel and aroused in me an interest in a life other than just the studio and music.

About children:

Alisa graduated from high school and enters the university in Kyiv. Leah - my middle daughter - is now in a chic camp in Israel, resting, getting high. She is engaged in vocals, choreography, she has a clear interest in music and talent, I think. But I will not push her to the stage. I will help only if she proves to me that music is her destiny, her path. As for my son, he is still in school. Our children with Vera are friends with each other. Leah was recently with us in Italy, they are very friendly with youngest daughter Faith - Sarah. But it was very difficult to arrange all this.

Konstantin Meladze, Vera Brezhneva and Valery Meladze with their daughters

About love for Vera:

There are things that need to be said in person, therefore, I don’t think that Vera will be pleased if I yell at the whole country through the TV how much I love her. She and I have other signs and codes with which we send all these vibes to each other, regardless of the distance. We are constantly far from each other, she tours a lot, but we have learned to minimize this distance, so to speak. At a distance, you especially need to somehow prove and show your love. When you are at home, sitting in the kitchen, everything is much simpler - you took your hand and that's it. But when she is in America, and I am here, there are thousands of kilometers between us, then efforts must be made.

About happiness:

I feel more and more happy out of the blue. If earlier, in order to feel happiness, I needed, for example, to see a crowded hall or my song in the first place - strange criteria, now this feeling arises out of the blue. Recently we were on vacation in Italy, I watched my daughter splashing and laughing in the pool, our children swim with Vera, Vera is sitting next to me, the sun is shining, some kind of music is playing ... And that's it, I understand what I'm on seventh heaven. Such happiness is much more difficult to achieve. I went to him longer than to my own. musical success. It is amazing!

While it is in full swing, one of the judges of the national selection for Eurovision Ukraine, he is also his music producer, gave an interesting interview about the main vocal competition Europe. In particular, Meladze believes that this is not a talent contest, and politics at Eurovision does not play a role.

Konstantin Meladze, who previously spoke about, gave an interview to the 112 channel, noting that he does not consider Eurovision a talent show. The husband said that he was trying to evaluate the participants of the National Selection (it will take place tomorrow) to evaluate as fairly as possible.

Many are now discussing, but there is other news regarding the competition. So, Konstantin Meladze, who is now a member of the jury of the National Selection in Ukraine, also spoke about Eurovision 2017, which will be held in Kiev thanks to.

As for Eurovision, it is not a talent show at all. I am a music producer there, I select people to represent our country at Eurovision. I select songs, I am a guarantee that all this will be honest, open, truly musical. I have completely different functions. This is not a talent show, this is real music, real life.

He also voiced the idea that the decisive moment in the competition is not politics, but the participant and his song.

For myself, I think and try to think that Eurovision is not a political contest, it is a musical one, and the singing people win it, first of all, because Jamala won last year, absolutely brilliantly, simply because she sings better than anyone. And I dismiss all other sources and reasons for her victory for myself. I have been listening to her sing for many years. For me, these are the most obvious things.

We remind you that tomorrow will take place. It should be noted that the shooting of the national selection for Eurovision 2017 takes place in the recreation center of the KPI. The organizers of the National Selection in Ukraine are STB and UΛ: First!

According to Konstantin Meladze, at the first meeting, Vera Brezhneva did not make any impression on him. Like other candidates for a place in the VIA Gra group, Konstantin sent Vera to special courses, where she was supposed to be taught how to move and sing correctly. Once a week, Meladze attended Brezhneva's classes and was shocked by the rapid changes in her image.

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"The effect was simply amazing. It is comparable to some kind of cartoon when a tomato grows once and in five seconds. The same thing happened with Vera. After a year of working in a group, she was an absolute star!" Meladze said.

Due to the fact that Konstantin did not immediately begin to feel feelings for Vera, the news of her wedding to businessman Mikhail Kiperman in 2006 did not touch him. The novel, according to Meladze, arose between him and Brezhneva later - after her daughter Sarah was born.

According to Konstantin, Vera is the most talented of all the members of the group throughout its history. “I don’t want to offend anyone, but objectively, Vera Brezhneva achieved the greatest success from the “ex-Viagra”. She is really a completely amazing person, the most beautiful and sexy. Did she get married grandly? Rather, I married grandly!” - said Konstantin Meladze on the program "Visiting Dmitry Gordon".

Publication from Vera Brezhneva (@ververa) Aug 17, 2017 at 1:38 AM PDT

Recall that a couple of years ago, in the Italian Forte Dai Marmi, Vera Brezhneva married producer Konstantin Meladze, as reported by local media on October 24, 2015. “Yes, this is the absolute truth - Vera and Konstantin officially got married in Italy. They are completely happy, but are not yet ready to share the details of what is happening. We have to wait a bit,” Brezhnev’s press secretary Anastasia Drapeko later said.