Sardor Milano from Tashkent is the winner of the “new wave” and “main stage”. New names

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23-year-old Uzbek singer Sardor Milano (real name Sardor Ishmukhamedov) won the “Main Stage” music competition on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. Sardor Ishmukhamedov (Sardor Milano) was born in Tashkent on September 14, 1991. He is a graduate of the Tashkent children's studio "Aladdin", a theater college, and since 2010 he has been studying at the Moscow Gnessin Music College.

Sardor Milano is Uzbek by nationality. Sardor is the grandson of the Uzbek-Russian film director Elyor Ishmukhamedov. Mom - Sabina Ishmukhametova. His passion for music began in early childhood. Even then, he won talent competitions and amazed listeners with his vocals.
The series of successful performances was abruptly interrupted when Sardor’s voice began to mutate: “One day I woke up in the morning and realized that I simply did not have a voice.”
Having moved to Moscow, Sardor Milano took up vocals again, almost from scratch: “I learned to sing again, I just started with five notes. Well, now my range is 3.5 octaves.”
Despite the fact that Sardor studies in the pop-jazz department, he admits that he truly loves classics.

He participated in various music competitions, where he won. He was a participant in the Eurovision selection from Russia in 2012, then performed under the pseudonym SARDOR. Then the Buranovsky grandmothers went to Eurovision.
Before the “Main Stage” project, Sardor also took part in musicals, and in 2007 he released his first solo album, and in 2011 he released his first video for the song Stop.
The musician’s immediate plans are to go to America and enroll in a master’s degree. And after 10 years - for three days in a row - to sell out the State Kremlin Palace.
The personal life of Sardor Milano is developing successfully. The singer has a girlfriend.

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Sardor Milano. Biography

Sardor Milano born in Tashkent, from where his parents soon moved to Almaty. He started studying music in early childhood. He repeatedly won talent competitions and amazed listeners with his vocals; his voice was similar to Robertino Loretti. But the inevitable happened - the boy began to develop a voice mutation: “One morning I woke up and realized that I simply had no voice,” says Sardor.

Arriving in Moscow, Sardor Milano took up vocals again, almost from scratch: “I learned to sing again,” he says.
In 2007, Sardor Milano released his debut album All I Wish. In 2011, the debut video for the song was released Stop. In 2012, a video for the song was released Believe, written specifically for the qualifying round of the competition “ Eurovision", with this composition Sardor Milano reached the final round of selection.

Sardor studies at the Gnessin School in the pop-jazz department, but really loves the classics. After graduating from Gnesinka, Sardorr Milano would like to visit America and enroll in a master's program.

In his competitive performance on the project “ Main stage"Sardor Milano tried to show his entire range. Sardor Milano joined the team Konstantin Meladze, responsible for the neo-classical direction. Each competitive performance of Sardor was an event. Sardor felt very comfortable working with his mentor:

• “A person who puts his soul into it, and it was so comfortable for me to work with him in the same team, he does everything for a comfortable performance first of all, and the most important thing for him is that the performer likes it, and then makes any adjustments.”

On the project " Main stage» Sardor Milano received a prize from Yuri Antonov - a professional microphone, and according to the results of the audience vote, Sardor Milano won the main prize - a tour of the country.

In 2016, Sardor Milano was cast for the fifth season of the TV show “The Voice” on Channel One. For Sardor, this was the fifth attempt to enter the project. At the blind auditions, he performed Cherubino’s aria from the opera “The Marriage of Figaro” by Wolfgang Mozart, and all the mentors turned to him. Sardor Milano made a choice for the team

No, it's not autumn🍁.. It's a transition from winter❄️ to spring🌸! Today I wandered around my favorite places, before the concert, which, by the way, was very warm and enthusiastic! Thank you dear viewer for the reception and ovation!❤️ A busy weekend ahead, interesting meetings and back to California.

“Don’t make yourself an idol.” My mother shared this phrase with me a long time ago, in the context that my interest in music began with videos of live concerts of The Jackson Five and Michael was my true idol. I still continue to believe that today a “star” has not been born that could shine brighter than Michael. Michael is a phenomenon! I analyzed a lot on this topic, this artist defies logic, analysis, and comparisons! He is a revolutionary, the creator of brilliant works that forever changed pop music culture. And this is an indisputable fact. He didn’t just go down in history, he created it!
I thought for a long time and with caution about whether I should watch “Leaving Neverland”... And in the end, curiosity won over me... Having watched the first part, I was very skeptical about what I saw, listening to “all this” was simply disgusting and it was in my head one thing - “I don’t believe it”! I didn’t even want to start watching the second part, but then I wouldn’t be able to soberly appreciate this film to the fullest, so I watched the second part.. And you know, these guys were convincing and I believed them.. First of all, they already have their own families, they are growing up children and I don’t think that they would stir up the past and lie, realizing all the responsibility to the future of their children. After all, tomorrow they will be asked questions: “Listen, was your dad involved in the story with Michael...?!”.. You know my internal policy, “do not judge, lest you be judged,” this is me in the context of that that everyone began to throw stones towards the parents, vehemently condemning them. I’m not going to condemn anyone here, I’m just going to express my subjective opinion and say that I don’t understand the actions of these parents and they have already paid for their mistakes. And Michael... Michael has long appeared before the main court, the court of God... in conclusion, I asked myself: “will this story overshadow my attitude towards his contribution to art?!” Of course, the song “We are the world, we are the children” will never sound the same for me. But I decided for myself that I would retain in my memory the image of Michael on stage and his entire musical heritage..

Last week was literally overshadowed by sad events...
I was simply shocked by the news about Yulia Nachalova. For a long time I could not come to my senses. First of all, I want to express my deepest condolences to Yulia’s family and loved ones. For me personally, Julia was one of the strongest singers in the country. I remember when I began to study vocals, I sang exclusively foreign repertoire, since it was difficult to choose a Russian repertoire in which the full technical potential of the voice could be revealed, and the song “The Hero of Not My Novel” was almost the only song that I performed in Russian . I am grateful to fate for introducing me to Julia. Julia supported me very much during the “Main Stage” and this support was especially pleasant and valuable to me! Such light and warmth emanated from her. She had very bright energy.. It’s a pity that fate sometimes deals extremely unfairly! And I want to ask a question.. Why?! And who should I ask?.. I hope she is in a better world now.. 💔

My dear and beloved friends! The New Year is about to come! I think you are all already at your beautiful, luxuriously set tables, with the TV on, and your loved ones nearby!💕
I won’t “torture” you with a huge speech, I just want to wish you from the bottom of my heart prosperity and health and everything that you sincerely wish for in the new year! May the New Year bring you even more happiness!
Happy New Year! 🎄 🍾🎈
Your S.M.

Summing up the results of the past year, I would like to note that the year turned out to be difficult and even “crisis” to some extent, but at the same time it became a “turning point” in personal terms. It felt like I was thrown into the ocean “not knowing how to swim”, but I “swimmed to the shore”.. And some episodes of my life were completely reminiscent of a “movie”⚡️, sometimes comical, sometimes not so...😉What is my moving by car from New York🌉 to Los Angeles🏝. I am amazed at my mother’s courage..) She has to “live” my life “from a distance,” but she still remains my faithful adviser in important matters.
I was asked recently how I would describe myself in a few words at this stage of my life? Probably so... Artist of a “difficult fate”..) I chose for myself not an easy, but independent path. I decide for myself when and where to “spread my wings”. The Universe often throws me challenges and I love to accept these challenges, responding to it with love for life. I have only recently learned to love life regardless of circumstances and enjoy every given moment! The main task of this year (as well as previous ones) was completed. Remain a “beautiful person.” What makes us beautiful? Dignity! No matter how loud this word may sound. But it is very important not to lose “your face”, to be humane and grateful.
Let's see what the new year, 2019, brings?!... I'm interested myself..)
P.s Thanks to those who are still on my side of the shore.❤️ See you later! Your S.M.

The singer revealed to a Sputnik correspondent the main intrigue that has excited the imagination of his fans for several months. The fact is that the Uzbek media not long ago spread the news about his first solo concert, which will take place in Tashkent. But no one has yet announced a specific date.

Surprise everyone

We hasten to announce that the concert will take place on November 27 at the Istiklol Palace, accompanied by the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan. Here's what Sardor told Sputnik about this and much more.

— What are you preparing for the concert?

— The program will be very diverse, I want to surprise everyone. Of course, this is mostly neoclassical. I am very glad that I will be one of the first modern performers who will present this amazing style of performance to my compatriots and guests of Uzbekistan. So, hurry up to the concert. I promise, he will not leave anyone indifferent.

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— Previously, you were often called “Jamaica” because of the excellent performance of the song of the same name. Will you sing it on the Istiklol stage?

— I don’t know, maybe I’ll sing if my longtime fans ask me. After all, the story with this composition has been going on for many years, since the time of my studies at the Aladdin school-studio. The song performed by Robertino Loretti is also a separate chapter in my musical career. God, it was 15 years ago when I first performed it.

Early glory

— You started playing music very early - from the age of six in the Aladdin studio. You had virtually no real childhood. Do you regret it?

— I spent my entire childhood studying. Seven-year-old Sardor's schedule was as follows: school in the morning, then music school for piano, then the show group "Aladdin", vocal lessons, choreography, acting. In addition, intensive English lessons. And plus all this, extensive concert activity; as a child, I already performed at high-level events in Tashkent, toured the republic, and even visited abroad. The days were literally scheduled by the hour.

My grandmother brought me to Rustam Hamrakulov’s studio. And we can say that while I was studying there, she studied with me. My parents were far from music; my mother worked at the tax office in those years, and my father taught Russian for foreigners at one of the Tashkent universities.

Indeed, many people say that I had no childhood, but I believe that this was my happy childhood, I enjoyed such a schedule. There was no time to think about how to fill the free minutes. I've always been dedicated to music.

By the way, it was with the performance of “Jamaica,” which I sang at the age of 9, that I began to become widely known in Tashkent. And at the age of 12 he won the first Grand Prix at an international competition in Almaty. After that, I was invited to work in Kazakhstan. And our whole family moved there to live.

— Working at such a high level at 12 years old is beyond my comprehension...

— Yes, I was lucky enough to work on stage with such famous Kazakh performers as Roza Rymbaeva and Bibigul Tulegenova. In total, our family lived in Almaty for six years.

But I was mentally prepared for this. Thanks to my parents, they explained everything in time and prepared me for this. Then classical music saved me, which I went to study at the Tchaikovsky Music College.

I remember that evening when our whole family gathered at the table and asked the question, what next? My parents always supported me, so then we all decided together that I would continue my academic music studies in piano. After graduating from college, I returned to Tashkent.

Classical music saved me

— Sardor, you learned what recognition and success are at an early age. Then we lost our voice and had to radically change our plans. But did you still have hope? How did you find the strength to develop your singing talent again?

- You know, for some period I managed to stop thinking about singing. I was so immersed in Shestakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov that I hoped to reach heights here too. But, alas, the miracle did not happen. My time was lost, I need to study music from early childhood, develop technique. And when I graduated from college, the question arose again, what to do next? After all, until I was 18, starting from the age of six, my life was devoted to music.

By nature I am a perfectionist, sometimes I myself suffer from setting high goals, but it is this quality of character that makes me get up after failures and move on. And this feeling that I should be someone in music gave me the idea of ​​becoming a conductor.

But since I was used to setting a goal and going towards it, I began to prepare to enter the Conservatory for a conducting class. The head of the department worked with me, who patiently studied me for exactly two months and intensively prepared me for the entrance exams. But she looked at everything that was happening as if it were an adventure, laughing, and every time she said: “Lord, what are you doing? Why? It’s obvious that this is a dubious matter.”

In addition to conducting, this program also included vocal lessons, meaning I still had to sing. And she sent me to the conservatory’s vocal professor, saying sternly that I should still start singing, even if I didn’t want to do it.

I remember the moment when I came to Professor Tamara Mamikonyan’s office, having not sung at all for two years. She began to play notes and said “sing.” Imagine my amazement when, after singing a couple of chords, she pronounced a verdict: “You have a mature baritone. Moreover, there is a shortage of baritones now. You need to start practicing vocals.”

Less than two months had passed since the start of our classes, and Tamara Abramovna told me that I needed to go to Moscow.

— In Belokamennaya, did you first go to the Gnessin Academy of Music?

— When my teacher recommended that I continue my studies in Moscow, I initially decided that I would enter this university. And my parents also pushed me to this, who, having heard that I should go to Moscow to study, said that I should go to the best institution. Later I understood why they set such a high bar, they didn’t want to leave Tashkent, and hoped that I would fail. But I got in and was fourth on the list of applicants.

Photo from the singer’s personal archive

When I returned to Tashkent with this great news, everyone congratulated me, my parents did not. They didn’t say anything, but packed their things and moved with me to live in Russia.

Conquest of the Mother See

— In Moscow you discovered music TV shows. “Main Stage” wasn’t the first attempt to break into the world of Russian show business, was it?

— In Moscow, I discovered the opportunity to participate in various castings, but thanks to only one TV show, where I was noticed and appreciated, I was able to show what I was capable of. Unfortunately, before the “Main Stage” I also had the experience of unsuccessful participation in other castings; I will not list them all now. It makes no sense. They didn’t understand me there. And at some point I was so tired of “No, you are not suitable for us” that I bought a ticket to Tashkent, left Moscow in the middle of the school year and came to my homeland. It was a breakdown, and only in Tashkent was I able to find the strength to continue along the chosen path.

You know, I do this often. It is here in Tashkent that I am able to truly relax, calm down and think sensibly after the troubles in life. The city has a special aura, perhaps because the pace of life is different here. And one more thing - the sun is always warm here, and this is important for internal recharging.

That evening, when I returned to my Moscow apartment, I turned on the TV, and there was just an advertisement about the next casting on the Russia 1 TV channel. And I again succumbed to emotions and the desire to try my hand again.

And then the day of the audition came. I stood in line for eight hours straight, and went to see the jury members late in the evening. All day I watched either happy faces or tears of despair.

When my turn came, I realized that firstly, I need to stop being disingenuous, I need to be very honest, many performers fill themselves with cliches, maybe they watch on TV how their idols behave and think that they need to repeat themselves. But this is a mistaken opinion. It's important to be sincere. Show yourself.

I just came out and said: “Hello, my name is Sardor. I’m from Uzbekistan,” and only managed to sing one verse when they stopped me, saying that they were hiring me for the project.

Filming began two months later. On day X, I was told that there would be four jury members and four producers. I was dumbfounded when I heard their names. Such responsibility, my knees were shaking like never before.

Then I realized that this was very important, why? The best producers in Russia are sitting here, people to whom I tried to show myself, but I couldn’t, because you can’t just knock on their door, but here in one fell swoop you can declare yourself to everyone.

— In one of your interviews, you admitted that there was a period when you drank a lot of valerian? Is this while participating in the "Main Stage"?

— Yes, at first I felt very nervous. At the first stages there was a lot of valerian. After the project everything changed. Such projects are a good school, a tremendous experience for singers. Now nothing scares me anymore.

—Has your fear of dentists disappeared?

- Oh, you know about that too. We prepared well for the interview. I really still have a jitters in front of dentists, although now, due to my chosen profession, I have to visit them often.

And my fear of these doctors appeared in my childhood, at the age of six. The fact is that my dad loved watching thrillers and once watched a film, I don’t remember its name, in the plot of which a dentist went crazy and pulled out all his wife’s teeth. But the whole intrigue is that literally a week after watching this film I had to go to the doctor and have my tooth pulled out. When I got there, my attending physician looked exactly like a character from a thriller. The fear remained for the rest of my life. But I'm fighting it.

—What else do you have to struggle with in life?

- With many. There was a period when it was necessary to prove that neoclassicism had the right to be on stage in the CIS countries. Thank God it happened. Now we have to work hard so as not to disappoint the audience.

— How was your relationship with Konstantin Meladze?

“Everything is fine with Konstantin. I am grateful to him, it was his support that brought me victory, he believed in me, wrote the composition Grazie for me, the poems for which were written by the famous poetess Liliya Vinogradova, who writes to Lara Fabian in Italian.

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Konstantin Meladze presents Sardor Milano with the prize of the TV project "Main Stage"

I had a dream, and after the project I realized that they were coming true. I dreamed of working with Konstantin Meladze, singing his songs. And he wrote me this song of my dreams.

— After the “Main Stage”, another important event happened to you, I’m talking about a trip to America.

— After the show, I was actually invited to America. The meeting took place with one of the creators of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, producer Tim Koons. He had a creative break, which he devoted entirely to his family. Almost 20 years later, Tim Koons decided to return to American show business. Somehow by chance he On the Internet, as he admitted, he came across my speeches. He listened to them and was surprised. In general, we had a meeting this summer. I was even lucky enough to give an interview to the NBC television channel.

Mom is my talisman

— Sardor, you have an amazing relationship with your parents. They support you throughout your creative journey. You once admitted that your mother is your best friend today.

- This is true. Mom devoted herself entirely to my upbringing, having once abandoned her career. For this I am very grateful to her today. After all, without this sacrifice of hers there would be no me as a singer.

— I can’t help but ask you about your famous grandfather, the Uzbek director Elier Ishmukhamedov, whose last name you bore from birth until one day you became Milano?

— My last name is, indeed, Ishmukhamedov. Milano is a pseudonym that came from the abbreviated surname of my grandmother (Milovanova) and my great love for Milan and Italy in general.

We maintain friendly relations with my grandfather. I believe that he is one of the outstanding film directors of Uzbekistan. You can say that I was not brought up with him, because he went to Moscow when I was born and made films there. I rarely saw him as a child. From there there are some fragmentary memories when he came to Tashkent, always with his cameraman Vadim Alisov.

Then, when I grew up and came to Moscow, we began to communicate differently with my grandfather. I remember how he told me that it was important to develop spiritually and read certain literature. He saw the potential of a director in me and said that if I wanted to develop myself in this area, he would help. When I was 15, no one believed in me as a singer, and he didn’t see it either. But I am grateful for his support, because then I lost my voice. And he supported as best he could. I remembered this; it was valuable to me that my grandfather responded.

Perfectionist plans

— You once admitted that happy people are those who translate their plans into reality.

- Yes it is. I am now completely happy, I have many plans realized, and many things that I only quietly dreamed about to myself have already happened to me in reality.

True, there are still thoughts. What would it be like without them? This is how we live and move forward.

- Then what else do you dream about?

— I want to sing at La Scala, this is my still unfulfilled dream. I’m sure everything is ahead, don’t forget - I’m a perfectionist.

I would also really like to create an international organization to support adults and children who have been subjected to moral violence. I have been concerned about this problem for a long time. I often came across such children, I wanted to support them, give them faith.

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I don't want to spend my money on business, for now anyway, maybe that will come later, I don't know. Now my goal is to create this organization. I even came up with a logo for it - it will be dolphins, messengers of good. By the way, they also sing and make high-pitched sounds, just like me (laughs).

In general, my goal in life is to share goodness with people, all my creativity is also aimed at this. Hence the desire to sing to the people of not just one specific country, but to all of humanity. Globally? But that’s all I am, I set only such goals.

Sardor Milano (Ishmukhamedov) is the hero of our article today. He was born in 1991 in Tashkent. He started studying music at the age of six. In 2004, his family moved to Kazakhstan, to the city of Alma-Ata. There he continued to study vocals. Then he dreamed of getting on a project with Konstantin Meladze, which seemed impossible at that time. To achieve his goal, he worked hard on his voice and appearance. Sardor came to Moscow to enter the Gnessin Academy of Music, and there his hard work and desire for goals began to bear fruit. Now, despite his young age, he amazes everyone with his unusual talent, since he can easily sing both baritone and soprano. Also, it is worth noting that Sardor has a voice with a range of three and a half octaves, which in the music world is also considered quite extraordinary.

We bring to your attention his performance at “New Wave”

Sardor's success story

The young and very talented singer achieved success and recognition by participating in Russian and Belarusian musical projects. Sardor took part in the following competitions, representing his country: at the “Vitebsk-2013” ​​competition in Belarus, the TV show “The Voice”, which took place in 2016, became the winner in the television project “Main Stage” in 2015 and in 2017 at the “New Wave” competition -2017".
Now the singer is busy with creativity. He shoots videos, goes on tour, records songs, gives interviews and much more. As a singer he dreamed of in his youth, Konstantin Meladze became his mentor and producer, who noticed his abilities on one of the television projects.

And when Sardor wants to relax and gain strength, he comes to Uzbekistan, where his family and friends are always waiting for him.