Irakli Pirtskhalava, better known as Irakli, is a Russian singer who is of Georgian origin.
In the early 2000s, Irakli, like a bolt from the blue, released into the music world such compositions as “Drops of Absinthe”, “London-Paris”, “Vova-Plague”, “I am You”, “On the Boulevard”.
The listed compositions instantly became hits, and in the artist's biography, these compositions acted as his calling card.
Childhood and youth of Irakli
Despite his Georgian origin, Irakli Pirtskhalava was born in Moscow. It is known that the mother was engaged in raising a little son.
The future artist grew up in an incomplete family. The mother of the future star was an engineer by profession.
Despite the fact that it was difficult for her to raise her son alone, she dreamed of him performing on stage, and not engaging in complex physical activities.
The artist recalls that since childhood he dreamed of playing sports, but his mother in every possible way protected him from his hobby. She was worried about the boy, because she understood that sports are almost always accompanied by injuries, even if they are the most insignificant.
In adolescence, when Irakli already had the right to vote, he became part of the Lokomotiv Youth Sports School. Unfortunately, he could not realize himself as a footballer.
The guys who were with him on the team, from a very young age, "chased the ball." Heraclius was too unprepared, and he himself felt it. Soon, he abandoned his dream of playing football.
School years of the artist
The singer admits that he studied poorly at school. Due to the fact that he was too far behind, he had to change about 5 schools. Including he studied at a boarding school with a French bias.
In addition to school, the future star attends a music school. He is learning to play the violin. The love of music was instilled in him by his mother.
Heraclius says that music lessons did not bring him pleasure. He did not want to change sports for playing the violin.
But, time showed one thing - classes at a music school did him good. Heraclius developed a delicate musical taste. And that's what his mom was betting on.
As a teenager, Irakli was fond of such a musical direction as hip-hop.
The young guy tried to imitate rap artists in everything. He even wore wide pants and an oversized sweatshirt.
After leaving school, Irakli entered a higher educational institution. The young man received an education in the specialty "Management in the music industry." The teaching staff included Lina Arifulina, Mikhail Kozyrev, Yuri Aksyuta, Artemy Troitsky.
Musical career of Irakli
Irakli admits that he did not dream of becoming a singer. The young man got on the big stage as a teenager.
In the early 90s, Bogdan Titomir conducted a casting, as he had plans to create a new musical group. At this casting, Irakli was able to prove to everyone that he deserves to become part of the Titomir team.
Irakli, together with other contestants who passed the competition, participated in Bogdan Titomir's solo concerts.
The events were held in the Olimpiysky Sports Complex with a full house. Irakli admitted that it was a good lesson for him. The fact that Bogdan Titomir himself noticed him indicated that he was on the right track.
The singer recorded his first professional song when he was barely 16 years old. The first musical group that Irakli organized with his good friend was called "K&K" ("Fang and Vitriol").
Artists who "made" hip-hop music have achieved success among their peers and even released their own audio cassettes.
The creativity of young people gradually began to spread. Later, Irakli receives an invitation from the famous producer Matvey Anichkin to become a member of the Tet-a-Tet musical group. The group did not gain much popularity.
The musical group lasted about 4 years. The guys managed to record an album and a maxi-single.
After the collapse of the musical group, Irakli started organizing R'n'B parties at the Garage club.
It was a good experience for the guy. He discovered his organizational skills.
Later, he became the organizer of a number of metropolitan music and dance festivals, including the Moscow Open Street Dance Championship and the Black Music Festival.
Participation in the show "Star Factory"
Real success came to the artist immediately after he became a member of the musical project "Star Factory". The young singer got there in 2003.
After participating in this show, real hits began to come out one after another, which took first positions in the music charts.
However, the performer not only recorded tracks, but also full-fledged albums. The artist's top albums were London-Paris and Take a Step.
Thanks to the recording of these records, the young artist several times became the winner of the prestigious Golden Gramophone music award.
Music lovers and fans of Irakli's work were delighted with the following musical compositions: "Not Love", "In Half", "Autumn", "I am You" and the hit "On the Boulevard".
Debut album of artist Irakli
The listed compositions were included in the album, "Angels and Demons", which was released in 2016.
In the same 2016, Irakli presented to the public the video clips “A Man Doesn't Dance” (feat. Leonid Rudenko) and “Fly”. In addition to solo tracks, the singer tries himself in a duet with popular Russian performers.
The most striking experiment was the work with Dino MC 47. Subsequently, Irakli and the rapper presented the song "Take a Step" to their fans.
The Russian singer Irakli is an extraordinary person. He tried himself not only as a singer, but also as a presenter. Irakli led the Club Peppers project.
The project was broadcast on the Hit-FM radio station. In addition, the singer served as art director of the Gallery club.
Over time, Irakli's rating began to fall. To increase his reputation and popularity, the singer takes part in the show "Dancing with the Stars". Irakli was paired with a beautiful dancer Inna Svechnikova.
In addition, the singer took an honorable third place in the reality show "Island".
After the above projects, the performer appeared in the One to One program. On the show, Irakli was more than just convincing.
He took on the images of famous colleagues - James Brown, Ilya Lagutenko, Leonid Agutin, as well as Shakira and Alena Apina.
Not so long ago, he was a member of one of the most popular Russian shows "Ice Age". The singer was quite interesting to watch on the ice. Yana Khokhlova, figure skating champion of Russia and Europe, became his partner.
In addition to good creative potential, Irakli develops himself as a businessman. At the beginning of 2012, he was the owner of the restaurant. But he soon realized that the restaurant business is definitely not his occupation. Soon, he becomes the owner of Andy's Restobar nightclub.
Irakli's personal life
Irakli is an attractive man with Georgian roots, so the fairer sex is interested in him. For a long time the singer's heart remained free. He was a rebellious man, but he was able to tame the model and actress Sofia Grebenshchikova.
Many called the marriage of young people - ideal. Irakli dedicated love songs to his beloved and performed tracks for his wife on the big stage. Their sons strengthened their union even more. The children of Irakli and Sophia are called Ilya and Alexander.
But this perfect marriage began to crack in 2014. Journalists noticed that Irakli left his family and moved to a separate apartment.
In an interview that the singer gave to reporters, he noted that he regretted that he could not save his family, but he would always help his sons.
In 2015, he made attempts to save the family. Increasingly, they began to see him in the company of children and spouses. But in the same 2015, the singer lit up with Svetlana Zakharova.
Svetlana appears at fashion weeks in Italy, France, London. The girl signed a contract with the Ralph Lauren brand and became the official face of the brand.
Journalists bombarded Irakli with questions about Svetlana. The Russian singer did not deny that he met Svetlana when he was married to his wife.
But this acquaintance was exclusively friendly. Relations young people began after a divorce.
Irakli says that he is remarrying, he is not going to yet. This is a responsible step that needs to be well weighed. But journalists say that Irakli offered Svetlana to legalize relations, but was refused.
Singer Irakli now
In 2017, Irakli presented the video clip "Online". The video for the song "Snow", where the main role was played by the first vice-miss of the world 2015 Sofia Nikitchuk, caused a real boom. The video has received over one million views.
On one of his social pages in 2018, Irakli posted information that he was recording a video clip in Mexico. As a result, the singer presented a video for the track "Don't cry like a girl."
Irakli did not leave the dream of football. Only now he can realize his dream in a different way. He gave his five-year-old son Alexander to one of the most prestigious football clubs in Moscow - Barcelona.
Now, under the guidance of real football gurus of the field, Sasha makes the first assists, which cannot but please Irakli. In 2019, Irakli presented the EP "Release". The latest news about the artist can be found on his social pages.
