Andrey Grizzly is a Russian vocalist and composer, winner of the New Wave contest in 2011 and a participant in the third season of the Voice show in 2014.
Childhood
Andrei Grizzly, his real name is Zaluzhny, was born on October 6, 1989 in Zaporozhye. In this Ukrainian city, he and his family lived until the age of fourteen. Then they moved to Moscow, where my mother built a career as a singer. Andrey's mother - Tatyana Zaluzhnaya, is most popular under the pseudonym "Lyubasha". She is known in circles as a singer and composer. Already at the age of three, Andrei showed an interest in music and musical abilities. His father brought from the USA cassettes of Stevie Wonder and the Queen group. Andrey learned for some time all the songs that were on the cassettes. Andrei, according to his mother’s recollections, tried not only to sing the songs themselves, but even hummed instrumental losses between songs. Mom took Andrei to a music school in the class of violin, guitar and piano. At 15, Andrei Zaluzhny began to consciously engage in music. He was most interested in hip hop, which was gaining popularity at the time.
Carier start
2004 is the date Andrei Zaluzhny entered the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow. Andrey successfully graduated from the institute in 2010. In 2011, Andrei Grizzly wins the New Wave contest, and he wins in three categories at once. After that, the major Russian music label "GALA RECORDS" signs a contract with Andrei Grizzly. In the same year, the federal television channel "Russia 1" invited Andrei to participate in the television project "Hipsters with Maxim Galkin." Andrey Grizzly agreed and went to the finals of the competition. Andrey Grizzly participated in the third season of the TV show "The Voice". At the audition, Andrei sang the song “You Know”, a cover version of the track by artist Rozhden. He chose Leonid Agutin as a mentor. At the audition, Dima Bilan also turned to Andrey. Andrei dropped out of the project at the quarter-final stage, which took place on December 12. Andrey took only the third place in the competition three.
Career continuation
In 2013, Andrei Grizzly’s video “I love you baby” was released together with Alexander Revva and Vakhtang. In the same year, Andrei sang the New Year's advertising hit "A Holiday Comes to Us" for the famous Coca-Cola company. Andrey Grizzly performs at the club venues as a solo singer. Andrei writes songs and music for himself and for his colleagues. The musician participates in joint projects with famous artists. Together with Vakhtang, he performed the song "The Sky Above Us". Andrei Grizzly participated in In 2015 in the creation of the song of the Russian rapper Legalize "Caravan". According to Andrei Grizzly, he plans to release a debut album and record several professional clips. His plans are to perform and win the international Eurovision Song Contest. Andrei works at the Lyubasha Song Theater and continues to do solo work. He became the author of thirty songs, among which are especially popular "Soul breaks the chain", "Not a word about you", "This music", "Wash her deception." Andrew also established himself as a successful presenter. He is often called to hold ceremonial events, corporate parties and large concerts. Andrey Grizzly works as an arranger and music producer. Andrey collaborated with Dima Bilan, Tina Karol, Laima Vaikule, Vladimir Presnyakov, Valeria and other stars and not very popular performers.
At the beginning of 2016, the premiere of the comedy musical Tahir Mammadov “Voices of a Big Country” took place. In the film, Andrei Grizzly played the main role. The film brought together on one set the most famous participants and winners of the Russian television show "Voice" and the stars of Russian show business. The film was broadcast on the air of the federal television channel NTV. The main Rhodi were also played by Alena Toimintseva, Valentina Biryukova, Alexander Belyakov, Georgy Yufa, Mariam Merabova, Yaroslav Dronov, Victoria Zhuk. Andrei Grizzly for the crew of the comedy film "Save Pushkin" soundtrack, a song called "Top". The composer Tatyana Zaluzhnaya, the mother of Andrei Grizzly, also worked on the creation of musical accompaniment for the film.
In March 2017, the shooting of a full-blown music video with the participation of successful music video maker Rustam Romanov and RR production studio ended in Altai. In June, the premiere of the next song "There is no harmony" by Andrei Grizzly with the participation of a performer with the pseudonym "Belka". In May 2017, Andrei Grizzly played a recital at a major Moscow club “16 tons”. During the performance, the musician said that he was working on the release of his debut full album.
Personal life
Andrey Grizzly had an affair with Ukrainian singer Maria Sobko. Their love broke out at the contest "New Wave", she was his participant in 2011. Together, the couple participated in the filming of the show "Hipsters." But their relationship did not last long. They parted, and Mary got married.
