Nani Bregvadze ( Ge. ნანი ბრეგვაძე, Rus. Нани Брегвадзе; born 21 July 1936, in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

) is a

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and

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singer, pianist, music pedagogue, people's artist of the USSR (1983). She was born, raised and started her career in

Soviet Georgia The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

in the USSR, then gained USSR-wide popularity during 1957 6th World Festival of Youth and Students. Bregvadze has performed with Georgian music group VIA ''Orera'' and as a solo artist. Bregvadze's signature songs include ''Snegopad'' ("Snowfall"), ''Bolshak'' (later covered by Alla Pugacheva), and ''Dorogoi Dlinnoyu'' (adapted in English as ''

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''). After launching a successful solo career in the early 1970s, Bregvadze performed a great number of Russian and Gypsy romances. She was named a

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

in 1983. As of 2007, Bregvadze lived in Moscow and held the chair in popular and jazz music at the

Moscow State Art and Cultural University Moscow State Art and Cultural University (russian: Московский государственный университет культуры и искусств) is a Russian university, a vocational training center in the field of culture and a ...

. She has been an honorary citizen of Tbilisi since 1995.

References

20th-century women singers from Georgia (country) People's Artists of the USSR Tbilisi State Conservatoire alumni Musicians from Tbilisi 1936 births Living people {{Europe-singer-stub Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence Academic staff of Moscow State Art and Cultural University