Vitas
Vitas, formerly known as Vitaly Vladasovich Grachev, was born on February 19, 1981 in Latvia, Russia The male pop singer is famous for his wide vocal range spanning five octaves and the indistinguishable androgynous voice in the high register. He is known as the "Prince of Dolphin Sound".
In December 2000, Vitas caused a sensation in the Russian music scene by singing "Opera 2" in the Kremlin, and "Opera 2" became his classic famous song. On March 29, 2002, he held his first ticketed solo concert in the Kremlin, becoming the youngest Russian singer to hold a solo concert in the Kremlin.
In 2003, due to the sudden death of his mother, Vitas' style has changed greatly. In the two albums "Mom" and "My Mother's Song" in memory of his mother, his performance has gradually become more mature and stable. , the clothing style has also changed to mainly suits.
Between 2004 and 2006, his theme tour concert "My Mother's Song" traveled to Russia, the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Israel and the Baltic countries.
In 2009, he participated in the filming of the Chinese movie "Mulan". In 2010, he participated in the filming of "The Founding of the Party". In 2011, he participated in the filming of China's first musical film "Overnight Famous", which was released in China in April 2012.
Chinese name: Vitaly Vladasovich Grachev
Foreign name: ВиталийВладасовичГрачёв
Alias: Vitas (Russian: Витас)
Nationality: Russia
Height: 183cm
Place of birth: Latvia
Date of birth: February 19, 1981
Occupation: Singer, composer, costume designer
Representative works: "Opera 2", "Star", "Devotion", "Mama"
Early life
Vitas was born on February 19, 1981 in Daugavpils, Latvia. When Vitas was 3 years old, his family moved to Odessa, Ukraine. His grandfather, Arkady Davidovich Marazman, was Vitas' earliest musical inspiration. Under his influence, Vitas began to learn the accordion. Under the leadership of his grandfather, he often performed amateur performances in Odessa, Ukraine. As a teenager (the exact year is still uncertain) he entered the Odessa Conservatory to study. Anatoly Padocca, the director of its conservatory, exclaimed that Vitas was "a gift from God."
It was Russian music producer Sergey Pudovkin who discovered Vitas from Odessa. Sergey Pudovkin discovered Vitas by accident in Odessa. Pudovkin was on a business trip to Odessa at the time, and a friend suggested that he go to the local "Comedy and Mime Theater" to watch a performance. Vitas was one of the amateur actors there and participated in that performance. Pudovkin was impressed by Vitas' talent on stage. On stage, Vitas cleverly switches between male and female characters of different ages, and he can also use different timbres. After hearing Vitas singing in Odessa, Pudovkin lamented that he had "discovered the genius of Russian music." So Pudovkin decided to take Vitas to Moscow and train him into a star. So Vitas followed him to Moscow and officially began to enter the Russian music scene under the stage name "Vitas".
Acting experience
In December 2000, Vitas became famous after singing "Opera 2" in the Kremlin with great success. His famous song "Opera 2" became a very popular single in Russia of the year. In this single, Vitas reaches the high notes of sopranoC, which is very shocking. The famous singer Pugacheva, known as the "Godmother of Russian Music", said after listening to "Opera 2" sung by Vitas: "I was so excited that I shed tears, both for the music and his performance.
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On March 29, 2002, Vitas held his first ticketed solo concert in the Kremlin, breaking the age record for a performer on the Kremlin stage. Vitas became the first person to have such a concert. The youngest of the award-winning artists. In November 2002, Vitas starred in the TV series adapted from Mrs. Dontsova's novel "The Loved Villain". He played the role of an artist who came to the capital from a provincial town. , Vitas also composed two songs for the film's music
From January 6 to 11, 2003, Vitas held an event at the Indian Film Festival in Delhi. He performed solo and also participated in the opening ceremony. In the spring of the same year, the play "Victor, Child in Power" adapted from Rogeur Vitraque's stage play premiered at the Mayakovsky Theater, with Vitas starring in the leading role ( A nine-year-old boy). In November 2003, Vitas held his second solo concert "Songs of My Mother" at the "Russia Concert Hall" in Moscow. This concert included more than 30 songs. Works, 19 of which were specially composed by Vitas for this premiere. His two CD albums "My Mother's Songs" and "Mother" were also released at this time. New songs were sung, and the other album "Mother" included new songs composed by him. From 2001 to 2003, five CD albums and three singles were released. According to official sales statistics, these five albums ranked among the top three best-selling albums from 2001 to 2003. The single album "Opera 2" was the best-selling album from 2001 to 2003.
The CD album "Eternal Kiss" was released on October 8, 2004, setting a new sales record in Russia and the CIS. Within six months, more than 2 million CDs had been sold out. As of January 2005, Vitas' album sales had exceeded 10 million.
Between 2004 and 2006, Vitas held a concert tour with the theme of "Songs of My Mother", which performed in Russia, the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Israel and the Baltic countries. Si has become a very popular touring singer in Russia, and his "My Mother's Song" concert was hailed as "the best music event of the year".
On June 8, 2006, it was received by China Central Television. Vitas was invited to Beijing to participate in the "Russian Year in China" event. Vitas performed two songs in the special program unit produced by China Central Television's "Zhengda Variety Show" column for the "Russian Year in China". "Stars" and "Opera II". In October of the same year, Vitas held a new concert "Seven Years of Success", which included the most popular songs from the album "Eternal Kiss", as well as more premieres. song.
In March 2007, he held his first solo concert "Going Home" in the Kremlin. Vitas sang more than 20 new works, some of which had been circulated through the Internet in advance. Widely loved by fans. From June 15th to 24th, 2007, Vitas held his first China tour concert in six major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Taipei, which was warmly welcomed by the audience.
From January 25 to February 2, 2008, Vitas toured China again, performing the entire show "Going Home" in Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Shanghai. On July 29, 2008, Vitas participated in CCTV's "Centennial Dreams Come True to Welcome the 2008 Beijing Olympics Gala" and sang "Opera 2"; on September 19, he participated in the 18th Qingdao International Beer Festival and sang "Opera 2" "Stars", "Crane's Cry" and "Ocean, My Hometown" became the finale of the night; on October 18, Vitas held a solo concert at the Nanjing Wutaishan Gymnasium and auctioned his personal belongings and donated all the proceeds from the auction to Sichuan earthquake disaster area. On November 4 of the same year, Vitas held a solo concert in his hometown of Odessa, attracting the audience again.
On December 4, Vitas came to Shanghai, China to perform again and participated in a stage party.
On February 18, 2009, Vitas became the only guest invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the Harbin Universiade Winter Games, presenting "Cry of the Crane". There were 86 performers in this performance National audiences watch. On February 25, Vitas held his first concert within the framework of the new theme world tour on the "Sala Palatului" stage in Bucharest, Romania. The concert attracted more than 6,000 viewers. On the stage of "Sala Palatului", the artistic master Georgi Zamfir expressed his congratulations to Vitas on the success of the concert. He was so shocked by Vitas' talent that he specially prepared a musical gift for the concert: a composition for the singer. From April to May 2009, Vitas launched a new Asian tour, performing 9 times in China, singing the famous opera excerpts "The Fickle Women", "Nessun Dorma Tonight" and the Chinese song "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" Waiting for new tracks. On May 13, Vitas went to Sichuan, China to participate in a benefit performance of the Phoenix Taiwan Shifang Concert and presented "Stars". This concert was held to commemorate the Wenchuan earthquake and was a live performance performed on the ruins of the earthquake. In mid-June, Vitas filmed his two new MVs "Women are Fickle" and "Love Me". The MV for "Women are Fickle" was broadcast on major TV stations on September 1 of the same year. In September, he participated in China's "Same Song" (Yinchuan) program. On September 19, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Dalian International Fashion Festival in China and sang "Stars" and "Opera II". On October 19, Vitas performed on the same stage with Song Zuying in the "China Luzhou Laojiao 1573" commercial performance. On November 16 of the same year, he participated in the premiere of the Chinese film "Mulan". Vitas played the role of Gude, a Hun singer, and sang the film's overseas version theme song "Beneath the Glory" ("Behind the Glory"). ). At the end of the year, Vitas went to Taiwan for two more tours.
On February 15, 2010, Vitas participated in the Beijing TV Global Spring Festival Gala and collaborated with Tang Can to sing "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", and appeared at the Global Spring Festival Gala press conference on January 14; in February, he participated in Beijing TV station·Sina.com's first online interactive Spring Festival Gala, and began to participate in program recording on January 19th; participated in the Liaoning Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala on February 12th; participated in the Beijing BTV Global Spring Festival Gala on February 15th; participated in the New Bund on March 30th Inauguration party; participated in the opening ceremony of the 6th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival on April 28th to sing "Stars" and "Opera 2"; participated in the opening ceremony of the 2010 Ordos International Naadam Conference on August 11th; was invited to participate in the Changchun International Film Festival on August 28th Festival; on September 18th, he was a guest at the concert of Chinese singer Tang Can; on September 19th, he participated in the Chengdu Stars Concert; on October 20th, he participated in the opening ceremony of the 12th Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival in 2010, the "Flying Song of the Earth" party; On November 12th, he participated in the filming of "The Founding of the Party"; on November 13th, he participated in the Chongqing Stars Concert; on November 19th, he participated in the Hefei Stars Concert. During 2010, Vitas also participated in the filming of the Chinese film "The Founding of the Party", playing the role of Vejingsky.
From 2011 to 2013, Vitas held the "Mother and Son" world tour concert. On February 1, 2011, Vitas participated in the Anhui Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala and sang "Opera 2" and "Stars". On the same day, he also participated in the Liaoning Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala and sang "Katyusha" (with Svetalan Singing with Na), "Lucia di Lammermoor"; on April 19th, he participated in the Shanghai Auto Show in China and endorsed the Sino-European Mercedes-Benz RV brand; on July 20th, he participated in the opening ceremony of the Xinjiang International Dance Festival and sang live; on July 24th , participated in the opening ceremony of the Chinese movie "Overnight Famous", which is China's first musical movie (released in China in April 2012), in which Vitas plays himself. On October 4 of the same year, the "Say You Love Vitas 2011" Beijing concert was held at the Great Hall of the People. As of May 2011, Vitas has filmed 15 music MVs.
In March 2012, Vitas held a Kiev concert in Russia; held a Kunming concert in China in June; participated in the CCTV Olympic Dream Ceremony in July; and participated in Guiyang with Chinese stars in August "The Queen's Arrival" concert; held a Moscow concert on October 12, and sang a duet with her daughter Ala at the concert; participated in concerts in Chelyabinsk and Minsk on November 19; and in Nanning in December Performed and participated in the recording of Hubei Satellite TV's New Year's Eve party.
From February to August 2013, Vitas conducted concert tours in many cities in Germany, Ukraine and other countries; from September to December, he held the "Mother and Son" concert in more than 100 cities in Russia. , Confessions" large-scale tour concert, attracting many fans to watch.
Personal life
Vitas was born in Daugavpils, Latvia, a former Soviet republic. His father is Latvian and his mother is Russian. When Vitas was 3 years old, his family moved to Odessa, Ukraine. When he was young, Vitas learned to play the accordion under the influence of his grandfather, who gave him a greater musical enlightenment.
Vitas spends six hours a day opening his vocal cords. This practice is extremely hard and boring. In addition to hard training, in order to keep his voice from being damaged, Vitas chose to live a lonely and reclusive life. He never smoked or drank, and he was very particular about his food. He did not drink cold water, did not talk much or chatted, and only participated in a few songs in each performance. During the rehearsal of the song, his arrival time was also accurately calculated. He would start working as soon as he arrived at the scene and return to the hotel room as soon as he was done. In addition, Vitas likes to be quiet and low-key. Except for necessary performance promotions and important activities, Vitas makes as few appearances as possible, and his music creation is mostly concentrated in the dead of night.
When his mother died suddenly in 2003, Vitas almost collapsed. He stayed away from the stage and creation, and made a special trip to Tibet, China, to isolate himself and "heal" alone in the chanting of monks. After returning to the stage, his stage style and costumes suddenly changed from the previous flamboyant and showy to restrained and solemn. It was obvious that his heart was immersed in the boundless grief of losing his mother.
In the summer of 2006, 25-year-old Vitas and 22-year-old Svetlana Gracheva held their wedding in a small town outside Odessa. And gave birth to daughter Alla Vitalievna Gracheva in November 2008.
On February 19, 2009, Vitas received gifts from local media and fans on his birthday.
In 2012, Vitas accepted an exclusive interview with Russian television for the first time, and in the interview he completely revealed his life experience over the years.
On July 29, 2013, Vitas’ grandfather and his mentor Arkady Davidovich passed away, and Vitas was deeply saddened.
Main works
Participated in movies
Become famous overnight - 2012-04-13, played Huang Shengyi; Carmen Masola; Tian Wa
Party Founding-2011-06-15, playing Han Sanping; Huang Jianxin
Mulan-2009-11-27, playing Zhao Wei; Hu Jun; Jaycee Chan
Music works
Concert Records
Social Activities
In 2002, at the private invitation of the "Drug-Free Intelligence" organization of the World Alliance Committee, Vitas and his producers Sergei Pudovkin joined the organization's management board and became an honorary member of the organization. During a purification ceremony at the foot of the sacred mountain of Tashtar-Ata, Vitas was awarded the 350-million-year-old "World Stone."
On September 29, 2002, Vitas held his fashion design conference "Autumn Dream" on the stage of the Kremlin. His costumes for performances are entirely designed by himself. This show contains 42 sets of women's costumes, some of which have been exhibited in Alma-Atai, Vilnius, Berlin, Tashkent, Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and other cities.
From January 6 to 11, 2003, Vitas participated in the Indian Film Festival held in Delhi and attended the opening ceremony.
On February 1, 2008, when Vitas was participating in the recording of the second "Dancing Forest Ceremony" program, some areas of China were in a special period of a blizzard disaster that was rare in a century. After learning the news, he announced a personal donation to the disaster area.
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China, Vitas' official website published a letter of condolences to the Chinese people, and Vitas himself expressed condolences to the people in the disaster area through a video. Afterwards, Vitas entrusted his Chinese agency Starlight Entertainment Media to donate to the Red Cross Society of China, becoming the first international superstar to donate to the Wenchuan disaster area.
On October 18, 2008, when Vitas held a solo concert in Nanjing, he took away his personal belongings (a red scarf, a monk costume used in the MV shooting, and a red scarf also used in the MV shooting). Red Scarf) held a charity auction, and all proceeds were donated to the earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan for post-disaster reconstruction.
On October 4, 2011, Vitas participated in the fifth anniversary celebration of the Chinese Fans Association in Beijing and met with Chinese fans.
On September 23, 2013, Vitas was invited by the Russian government to participate in the recording of the Russian national anthem with many famous artists.
Award record
Character evaluation
Vitas is famous for his wide vocal range spanning five octaves and his indistinguishable voice in the high register. He has " Known as the "Prince of Dolphin Sound", he has a large number of fans in China. His voice is not just pharyngeal, soprano or super tenor, but his unique voice gives Vitas a head start, allowing him to sing dolphin sounds (whistle sounds). Vitas' vocal condition is indeed different from ordinary people. It can be said that this is "a gift from God" (Sergey Pudovkin commented).
The important thing about Vitas is not that he can sing incredible high notes, but that he still maintains a strong male tone in the extremely high register. In addition to his treble area being full of the unique rigidity of a man, his mid-bass male voice is equally beautiful. Moreover, his singing is rich in expressiveness, and many works have considerable ups and downs. This, combined with his wide vocal range, certainly has a very strong appeal (Jin Zhaojun commented). In addition, unlike pure pop or bel canto singing, Vitas' singing skills are a "cross-border" between these two styles - walking between pop and classical. His singing breaks the boundaries of the so-called music categories, so he has a freer space for performance and display.
What is special about Vitas is that he is a singer-songwriter and has established his own alternative music style. Vitas has the ability to write quality songs, and most of them are composed by himself. Each album has a wide range of genres. In addition to traditional Russian music, music from all over the world is involved. It combines classical and pop elements, including popular melodies and opera fragments. The lyrics have extraordinary artistic conception and cover a wide range of topics including philosophy, religion, country, family, love, etc. He is also a typical concert singer. His stage charm is not inferior to his talent and singing voice, and his stage appearance is also very natural (Alexandra Pakhmutova commented).
Vitas' singing is full of stories, especially when he sings songs that express family affection. This stems from the inner emotional world of Vitas. In order to express his respect and love for his grandfather, Vitas sang live with two completely different voices-his own voice and his grandfather's voice in many performances. . Listening to Vitas' music, fans can often feel an emotional resonance deep in their souls. Many people who like him actually go beyond the scope of music itself (Sergey Pudovkin commented).
Vitas is a singer of the people. He follows the principle of being a singer who is liked by people from all walks of life (evaluation of Lev Leshchenko). Vitas has his own unique personality and develops his music in his own way (reviewed by Alexandra Pakhmutova and Nadezhda Katisheva). His music ushered in a new century of Russian music and was called the "2001 Model" (reviewed by Russia's "Youth League Pravda").
"Does Vitas' music exist in reality or in myth? Of course it is in reality, because his voice can be heard with the ears and felt with the heart; at the same time, it is in myth, because any kind of art is based on Based on mythology” (Russian media evaluation)