Valeri Syutkin ( March 22, 1958 , Moscow ) - Soviet and Russian singer and musician [ 1 ] , songwriter for the rock -n-roll "Bravo" band . Honored Artist of Russia (2008 ) [ 2 ] , Professor of vocal and artistic director of the department of pop MGGU behalf of MA Sholokhov . [3] Member of the Board of RAO Authors . The most well-known songs : " 7000 on earth " , "Moscow -Neva " , " Radio nighttime roads " , " Black Cat " and " Pretty Boy " . biography Born in Moscow on March 22, 1958 . He spent his childhood at the intersection Yauzsky and Pokrovsky Boulevard with street Obukha [ 1 ] (now st. Vorontsovo field ) . Was born in the family of the teacher of the Military Engineering Academy named after Kuibyshev [ 1 ] Milada Alexandrovich [ 4 ] Syutkina born in Perm , and Muscovite Bronislava Andreevny Brzhezitskoy [ 1 ] [ 5 ] . He returned at the beginning of the 1970s , participating in several garage bands as a bass player or a drummer . Playing in the school ensemble performing songs «The Beatles», «Grand Funk Railroad», «Deep Purple», «Led Zeppelin», «Slade», «Smokie». Once I replaced the diseased singer . So was the frontman . Before the army worked as an apprentice chef in the "Ukraine" restaurant [ 1 ] . In 1976-1978 he served in the Air Force aircraft mechanic in the Far East. In his spare time he played at the airport in the ensemble "Flight ." This team at different times were many well-known musicians . Among them Alexey Glyzin [ 5 ] . In 1980 he began working with a group of "Telephone", which two years later became a professional touring team Philharmonic. "Phone" released the album "Ka Ka", which is a cycle of songs about invented characters Suleiman Suleimanovich Kadyrov and Lev Abramovich Cascade. Prior to joining the professional scene Syutkin worked as a bartender, a porter at the Belorussky Railway Station, then in the same place, the conductor of passenger cars westbound directorate of international tourist traffic [1]. "Telephone" lasted until 1984. In 1985 Sjutkin released the album "Twist - stage " where he helped Yuri Loza (guitar ) , Alexander Belonosov (keyboards ) , Gennady Gordeev (drums ) and saxophonist of the " Bravo" Alexander Stepanenko . In the same year moved to Syutkin " Architects " , where he sang along with Yuri Vine . After the departure of the " Architects " has created a trio of " Fan -o -man " , with whom he recorded the album " Caviar grain ," won the Audience Award at the International Competition " Steps to Parnassus " and worked for two years in the company of Mikhail Boyarsky , where he sang to the accompaniment orchestra "range" . In August 1990, received an offer from Havtan [1], the singer goes to a group of "Bravo", where he works fronted before May 1995. time collaboration with "Bravo" became the singer for a period of developing their own original style, in which he works to this day. The texts of the songs he uses slang subculture "mods", and musically it is focused on American popular music of the 1950s. The "Bravo" Sjutkin recorded albums: "Hipsters from Moscow", "Moscow bits», «LIVE IN MOSCOW» and "Road to the Clouds". All albums were multi-platinum status. The songs of this period are still heard on the radio. In 1995, Valeriy went from "Bravo" and created the group " Syutkin & Co" , which recorded the albums: " That's it ", " Radio nighttime roads ", " Not everything ... ", " 004 " . In 1995, the song " 7000 on earth " from the album " That's it ," he was recognized as the best a hit of the year. Laureate of the professional award "Star" (1995 ) , "Ovation" - best actor (1996 ) . Since 2004 , to update and expand the composition of the musicians , the band is called " Syutkin ROCK AND ROLL BAND " . "Golden Gramophone" for the song " Minibus " (2009 ) and " Moscow- Neva" (2012 ) . From 2002 to 2003, he was a leading music game show " Two Pianos " on RTR . In 2004 he was leading the program " Hit Again " on "Culture" TV channel .
He participated in the project of the First Channel " Stars on Ice " is paired with figure skater Irina Lobacheva . He acted in the second part telemyuzikla " Old songs about the main"
The constant participant of the Festival " Cherry Forest " .
Cultural Ambassador of the Olympic Games in Sochi ( 2014 ) . Member of cultural programs at the Olympic Games in Seoul (1988 ) , Athens (2004 ) , Turin (2006 ) , Beijing (2008 ) , Vancouver (2010 ) , London (2012 ) .
Included in the Author's Council RW ( 2016 ) . In March 2008, the singer was awarded the title "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" for merits in the field of art [ 2 ] [ 6 ] .
For a long time, he is the chairman of the jury , " The Muses of the world" ( "Contemporary Art and Education" ) in the nomination " Variety and jazz performance " [ 7 ] .
In 2015 - with the team drummer Andrey Nikonov - «Light Jazz», recorded the album " Moskvich 2015" . The album includes songs from the golden fund of 1950-1960 - ies .