Nika Kocharov is a popular Russian singer, musician, and lyricist. He is known to his fans as the founder and member of the Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz team. The group gained the greatest fame in 2016. This year, the musicians represented their country at the international song contest Eurovision.
Childhood and youth Nika Kocharova
The artist's date of birth is June 22, 1980. He was born on the territory of Tbilisi. At birth, the boy received the name Nikoloz. He was lucky to be brought up in a primordially intelligent and creative family. It is known that Nick's father is the lead singer of the Soviet group Blitz.
It is not difficult to guess that music often sounded in the Kocharovs' house. The heir to a popular artist - loved to watch his father. The head of the family was certainly a good role model for him.
By the way, the father did not want an artist's career for his son. He insisted on getting a higher medical education. Nikoloz did not even want to think about medicine. He did not let go of the guitar, and listened to the immortal works of the bands The Beatles и Nirvana.
Interestingly, Valery Kocharov (the father of the artist) gained the greatest fame thanks to the performance of the Beatles' hits. Together with the Blitz group, he even performed in Liverpool. Nika often toured with his dad.
The creative path of Nick Kocharov
Nick's first team "put together" in adolescence. Of course, this project did not bring him much popularity, but served as a great place to gain experience.
In the "zero" he became the "father" of the Young Georgian Lolitaz group. Kocharov was accompanied by talented musicians in the person of Dima Oganesyan, Livan Shanshiashvili and Georgy Marr.
Almost immediately after the official creation of the team, the guys began to attend various festivals. They performed at such large venues as Mziuri, AzRock and Local Music Zone. Then Nika caught himself thinking that music for him is not just a hobby.
In 2004, the premiere of the full-length debut LP of the newly minted group took place. The record was called Lemonjuice. A year later, the discography of the team became richer by one more album. The second studio album Radio Live - made the right impression on the audience.
Along with the rapid rise to the top of the musical Olympus, there was a lull in the team. Nika was forced to take a creative break, as he went to get an education in London.
Soon Levon Shanshiashvili moved to the capital of Great Britain, and the guys began to perform as a duet. After the departure of the latter, Kocharov put together the Electric Appeal team. Over the course of 5 years, he held an unmeasured number of mesmerizing concerts for his overseas fans.
Immediately after returning to his homeland (2011), Nika founded another project. The brainchild of the artist was called Z for Zulu. The guys tried to master the genre of hard rock, but soon the artist realized that he could not be liberated in the new group. Nick, to put it mildly, felt out of place. Kocharov returned to Young Georgian Lolitaz, and came to grips with the promotion of the project.
In 2016, the musicians of the band performed the song Midnight Gold on the main stage of Eurovision. In the end result, Young Georgian Lolitaz took 20th place.
Nika Kocharov: details of the artist's personal life
It is known that Kocharov was married. His wife gave him beautiful sons. Nika does not like to talk about her personal life, therefore, what caused the divorce is a mystery.
For this period of time, he is in a warm relationship with Lika Evgenidze. The couple often travel together.
Nika Kocharov: interesting facts
- The compositions of The Beatles had a great influence on Nick's work.
- Sometimes the artist performs in "Lennon" glasses.
- In addition to Armenian, Georgian blood flows in his veins (Nika's father is Armenian, mother is Georgian).
Nika Kocharov: our days
In 2021, it became known that Circus Mircus will represent Georgia at Eurovision 2022. Later presented groups confirmed this information. The group is headed by Bavonka Gevorkian, Igor von Lichtenstein and Damocles Stavriadis. The artists said that they themselves "put together" the team.
Fans assume that Circus Mircus is a new project by Nick Kocharov. Rumor has it that he himself "wrote" the biographies of the band members. There is an assumption that Nika will return to the Eurovision stage under the pseudonym Igor von Liechtenstein, and Sandro Sulakvelidze and Georgy Sikharulidze will perform with him.
