Leri Winn refers to the Russian-speaking Ukrainian singers. His creative career began at a mature age.
The peak of the artist's popularity came in the 1990s of the last century. The real name of the singer is Valery Igorevich Dyatlov.
Childhood and youth of Valery Dyatlov
Valery Dyatlov was born on October 17, 1962 in Dnepropetrovsk. When the boy was 6 years old, he was sent to live in the Voronezh region. Then he lived in Moscow, Kyiv. When Valery's mother was offered a job at the trade and economic institute, the family moved to live in Vinnitsa.
The boy's parents were far from creative professions, but his mother had perfect hearing and a beautiful voice. She could perform any complex opera aria.
The father, on duty, often went on business trips around the USSR and took his son with him during his school holidays. Already in childhood, Valery traveled half the country.
In Vinnitsa, the boy graduated from elite school No. 2. While studying there, he was fond of various sports, in some of them he reached the first adult level.
After school, Valery entered the local polytechnic institute. He got into show business at the age of 31, it happened quite by accident.
In Vinnitsa, a diamond processing enterprise was opened, the management of which invited Professor Gnesinki to work to organize amateur art activities. He became friends with the Dyatlov family.
The professor taught Valery to play the guitar and invited him to play the drums in the group he created. In 1993, the guy also graduated from a music school in the double bass class.
The singer's solo career began in 1990 with the compositions "Three different stars" and "Telephone". They quickly became hits and entered the artist's first disc. Assistance in its release was provided to Valery by Evgeny Rybchinsky. In 1994, the singer decided to perform under a pseudonym.
Leri Wynn's ascent to the top of the elite radio charts
Between 1992 and 1998 Wynn was a regular participant in the international pop song festival "Slavianski Bazaar", held in Vitebsk. The pseudonym was quickly remembered by the viewer. The singer's voice was recognized as the most melodic in Ukraine.
At this time, hits appeared in Leri: “Wind from the Gathering”, “New Stars of Old Rock” and “Sunday Opening Day”. They were included in the artist's second album "Wind from the Island of Rains", which was a success in the CIS countries. The singer presented it to the audience in 1997.
The track "Wind", written by Anatoly Kireev, hit the charts of rating music radio stations. In 1998, the singer performed this composition in the final of the Moscow festival "Song of the Year".
In 1996, Leri Winn got on television as the host of the then popular entertainment program "Schlager bo Schlager".
In 1997 he became a resident of Kyivian. The singer moved from little Vinnitsa to a permanent place of residence in the capital of Ukraine. The initiator of his move was the singer Viktor Pavlik.
At this time, the performer actively collaborated with the Dnepropetrovsk studio OUT. Andrey Kiryushchenko worked on the arrangement of his songs. The song "Airplane" in his arrangement entered the charts of FM radio stations not only in Ukraine, but also in Russia and Belarus.
A video clip was shot for this song, directed by Sergei Kalvarsky. The video operator is Vlad Opelyanets. Filming was carried out in St. Petersburg. On MTV, the video was included in the "Hot Hits".
A serious stage in the singer's creative career was his acquaintance with Igor Krutoy at the "Slavianski Bazaar" (1998).
Leri Wynn and Igor Krutoy
The fateful acquaintance ended with Leri Winn signing a contract with the ARS creative studio. The singer counted on the support of the master of show business, dreamed of conquering new horizons, but everything turned out to be sad and prosaic.
The parties signed a cooperation contract for 5 years, but in fact I. Krutoy personally worked with Winn for no more than six months.
The default that happened in Russia and Krutoy's illness changed the plans of the ARS company to promote the singer. He was forced to pursue his career on his own, but continued to deduct the commissions stipulated in the contract from his concert fees to the ARS studio.
Money settled in the pockets of one of Igor Krutoy's assistants, not reaching the master.
The most ugly fact of Wynn's cooperation with the ARS company was that the singer's songs began to sound performed by other artists. In 1998, Leri starred in the film Take the Overcoat.
In the same year he married (second marriage), his daughter Polina was born. Leri has a son from his first marriage. The age difference between the children is 12 years.
Creative life after Igor Krutoy
At the end of the contract with ARS, Leri began to work with redoubled energy. He won love not only from the audience, but also from strong and influential people.
In 1999, the singer, together with Ani Lorak, recorded a campaign clip calling for voting for Kuchma. It was after the victory in the elections of Leonid Danilovich in 1999 that Leri was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.
In 2000, with the light hand of Alexei Molchanov, Leri got into a professional driving school and began to engage in motorsport. Good driving skills led Wynn to a tire commercial.
In 2001, he was invited to sing at an informal meeting between Presidents Kuchma and Nazarbayev. This invitation was not accidental. Wynn is considered the favorite singer of Leonid Kuchma.
In 2003, the singer released his solo album "Paper Boat", and in 2007 - "Painted Love". Both discs were warmly received by fans. At the height of his stellar career, Wynn disappeared from the public eye for 3 years.
At this time, rumors were discussed in the media about Wynn's affair with Karolina Ashion and about the treatment of the singer from gay phobia by Snezhana Egorova. It arose from the artist during the period of work in Moscow, when one of the well-known colleagues in the workshop showed persistent interest.
Currently, Leri Wynn continues her career as a singer. He combines it with producing and managing corporate events.
The singer considers the period of cooperation with Andrey Kiryushchenko to be the most fruitful years of his creative activity. Collaboration was interrupted due to the departure of the latter in the cinema. Now the singer lives in a third civil marriage and is raising his daughter Polina.
