Valery Borisovich Gaina (russian: Валерий Борисович Гаи́на, , ro, Valeriu Găină,, also spelled Валериу Гэинэ in Moldovan Cyrillic, born 25 July 1956) is a Soviet-born American guitarist, songwriter, composer and singer of Moldovan (Romanian) origin. He is regarded as one of the best Soviet guitarists.

Career

Valery Gaina was born on 25 July 1956 in

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, Telenești District, Moldavian SSR, in the family of Boris Alexandru Gaina and Catherine Tudor-Gaina. He graduated from middle school in Telenesti, and then from the music school in

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. He sang in the bands Cordial (from Tiraspol), Magistrali (from Blagoveshchensk), Molodye golosa (from Tambov). He gained recognition in 1981, when he presented performances of great audience in the biggest halls in Russia, within the hard-rock band

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, where he also asserted himself as a composer. In the years 1985–1989, some Union and Republican charts classified him as the best rock guitarist in the former U.S.S.R. He approached the genres of hard rock, thrash metal and heavy metal. In 1988 he moved to

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, Germany, where he produced two records with the trio Cruise. In 1991, he emigrated to

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, where he continued to produce music. After 15 years, he returned to Russia on tour in 2004. His last performance in Russia took place in 2016. Valery Gaina2016

References

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