The Soviet era knows several examples of soloists and groups that became popular for their time. Valery Miladovich Syutkin became one of such singers who successfully combines his solo career and performance as a member of the group. Over the years, he and his team have not only earned the recognition of fans, but continue to delight them to this day.
The birth of a star
The biography of the musician contains many interesting facts. Valery Syutkin, born March 22, 1958 in Moscow, seems to know from childhood what he will do in life. He could follow in the footsteps of his father, a professor at the Military Engineering Academy. But from school, I realized that his main passion was music, despite the fact that none of the relatives had anything to do with it.
The first lessons in the early 70s immediately led to several amateur groups in which Valery Syutkin participated as a drummer or guitarist. Rock direction and its representatives, such as Smokie, The Beatles and Deep Purple, indicated the genre affiliation, which he will adhere to throughout his creative activities. Prior to being sent to the army, he worked as an assistant cook in one of the restaurants, and while serving in the Far East, performed in the Polet ensemble, where Aleksey Glyzin also noted at one time.
The first serious performances and frivolous work
The desire to try himself as a singer appeared by chance. I had to replace the sick soloist, with which Valery Syutkin did an excellent job. The first touring band was the “Telephone” group, which has in its repertoire a cycle of folk songs and several albums, including one concert recorded in Vladivostok. In his spare time, the singer lived in extra earnings - at first he was a loader at the Belorussky railway station, and then - a conductor.
Having not existed for long, the “Telephone” broke up, and the “Architects”, in which Yuri Loza already worked, replaced him. In 1989, the Feng-o-Man trio followed, recording the only album, Grained Caviar. Failures also haunted this group, from which Syutkin went straight to Mikhail Boyarsky’s team, and from there, at the invitation of composer Eugene Havtan, he ended up in Bravo, replacing Zhanna Aguzarova.
Perhaps this is the most famous team, which until 1995, Syutkin. Valery during this period is eyeing the creation of his own unique style, in which he will work solo. One of the first singer introduced slang “dude” to the public, taking American music of the 50s as a model. The debut album “Bravo” was called “Dandies from Moscow”.
other hobbies
And again Syutkin leaves the group. In 1995, Valery organized a new band “Syutkin and Co”, where he became its leader. He performs with the team now. Composition “7000 above the ground” from the first album is awarded as the best hit of the year.
“Syutkin & Co” releases 8 albums, the last one, “Kiss Slowly,” dates from 2012. In 2008, the singer received the title of Honored Artist of Russia for his services in the field of art.
Valery Syutkin, whose biography knows other hypostases, is not limited to one music. So, he accepts an offer from Moscow State University named after M. A. Sholokhov and becomes a professor in the vocal department. In addition, the singer participated in the comedy program “Masks-shows” and the television game “Russian Roulette”, was the host of the musical television projects “Two Pianos” and “With an easy genre!”, As the actor performed in “Old Songs about the Main-2” and “Election Day”, in which he appeared in the image of the soloist of the ensemble “Oliver Twist”. Together with the skater Irina Lobacheva participated in the show “Stars on Ice”, and was also a member of the jury of the contest “World Muses”. In 2014, he became the ambassador of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
For many years of devotion to music and unique style, Valery Syutkin was not left without awards. In his piggy bank there is a “Golden Gramophone”, received in 2009 and 2012.
Personal happiness
Syutkin was married three times. He and his wife Violetta have been together for more than 20 years. The girl worked as a costume designer in the team and at first refused a persistent musician. According to the singer, he always tried to look beautifully to leave the right impression of himself. From previous marriages, Syutkin has children Elena and Maxim, from marriage with Viola - a daughter, who is also called Violetta.