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In the past, a recognized ophthalmologist and successful businessman, a collector of vintage cars and a lover of extreme scuba diving, Valery Kuras is known to a wide range of viewers for his playful video filmed for the song “Droplets”.
I. Intellectuals make chanson
In the past, a recognized ophthalmologist and successful businessman, a collector of vintage cars and a lover of extreme scuba diving, Valery Kuras is known to a wide range of viewers for his playful video filmed for the song “Droplets”. On the TV screen - a sincere gathering of old friends over a cup of tea with a good song with a guitar. In company with Kuras are the main “fat man” of the country Alexander Semchev, “Kamenskaya’s husband” Andrei Ilyin, the beautiful Olga Budina and Vladimir “Petrovich” Presnyakov, but not with the usual saxophone, but with an accordion in his hands. The presence of Presnyakov Sr., the most authoritative figure in the music world, in the video is far from accidental. It was the legendary “Petrovich” who became the ideologist and inspiration for the aspiring singer, taking him under his father’s tutelage. Vladimir Petrovich introduced Kuras to the famous songwriter Andrei Pryazhnikov, who had previously worked with the popular girl duet “Daiquiri”, known for the super hits “Caution” and “If you love, you melt.” Pryazhnikov wrote most of the songs included in Kuras' debut album, and Petrovich played saxophone parts. In addition, Presnyakov invited Kuras to perform several of his songs. It is known that Vladimir Petrovich makes such proposals extremely rarely.
II. Kitchen blues
The songs of Valery Kuras are a heart-to-heart conversation with adults, captivating with the clarity of their images and the absence of vulgarity. This is a “smart” chanson that has nothing in common with the thieves born in the Volga camps and capital prisons. The roots of Valery's work lie in the plane of spectacular, in-depth crooners such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And at the same time, Kuras’ music is a kind of kitchen blues, “kitchen blues”, which fits perfectly into the atmosphere of friendly gatherings in the kitchen under a veil of tobacco smoke and songs with a guitar. Thanks to the organic simplicity and internal drive of Valery Kuras, many analysts come to a paradoxical comparison of the singer with Tom Jones or Adriano Celentano. Also, sometimes Kuras returns to us the already forgotten feeling of early “Leningrad”, but, of course, without profanity and “accessible” lyrics, in that glorious period when Shnur was under the influence of the aesthetic views of Igor Vdovin and Leonid Fedorov. The uniqueness of Kuras lies in the special sincerity of his performance of accessible and very emotional music. He is understandable to everyone, his experience and intelligence inspire trust, and his directness and lack of pathos make him listen to the end. And understand.
III. A little bit of goodness
Valery Kuras’ debut album “Droplets” will include not only compositions written by Andrei Pryazhnikov. All the songs turned out to be very diverse. Having started with the completely chanson “Kapelki”, which in just one week rose to first place in the Ukrainian national hit parade, Kuras is confidently moving towards intelligent blues. This is simple guitar music with elements of jazz, soul and blues. The album contains undoubted creative successes - “Soul”, “Tell”, “Cosa Nostra”, “The Most Favorite”. The last composition, according to Presnyakov Sr., is one of the best declarations of love in Russian music. Under the apparent simplicity of Kuras lies wisdom, behind the ease and beauty of execution are hidden hard work and hourly work of the soul. As with everything in life, Valery treats music with absolute dedication, however, being an intelligent person, he perceives the world and himself with slight irony. For him, it is important not to “become famous,” but to tell people what they expect, to give them what they lack, to fill the voids in their lives and help them find harmony.
Valery Kuras Career: Musician
Birth: Russia
In the past, a recognized ophthalmologist and successful businessman, a collector of vintage rare cars and a lover of extreme scuba diving, Valery Kuras is known to a wide range of viewers for his playful video filmed for the song Droplets.
In the past, a recognized ophthalmologist and a successful businessman, a collector of vintage rare cars and an extreme scuba diving hunter, Valery Kuras is known to a wide range of viewers for his playful video filmed for the song Droplets. On the TV screen there is a sincere gathering of old friends over a cup of tea with a good song with a guitar. In the company of Kuras of paramount importance are the country's fat man Alexander Semchev, Kamenskaya's husband Andrei Ilyin, the enchantress Olga Budina and Vladimir Petrovich Presnyakov, but not with the usual saxophone, but with an accordion in his hands. The presence of Presnyakov Sr., the most authoritative figure in the music world, in the video is not accidental. It was the legendary Petrovich who became the ideologist and inspiration for the aspiring singer, taking him under his father’s tutelage. Vladimir Petrovich introduced Kuras to the famous songwriter Andrei Pryazhnikov, who had previously worked with the popular girl duet Daiquiri, known for the super hits Carefully and You Melt in Love. Pryazhnikov wrote a large number of songs included in Kuras's debut album, and Petrovich played saxophone parts. In addition, Presnyakov invited Kuras to bring some of his songs to life. It is known that Vladimir Petrovich makes such proposals very rarely.
II. Kitchen blues
The songs of Valery Kuras are heart-to-heart conversations with adults, captivating with the clarity of their images and the absence of vulgarity. This is a smart chanson that has nothing in common with the thieves born in the Volga camps and capital prisons. The roots of Valery's work lie in the plane of spectacular, in-depth crooners such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And at the same time, Kuras’s music is an original kitchen blues, one that fits perfectly into the atmosphere of friendly gatherings in the kitchen under a veil of tobacco smoke and songs with a guitar. Thanks to the organic simplicity and internal drive of Valery Kuras, many analysts come to a paradoxical comparison of the singer with Tom Jones or Adriano Celentano. Also, sometimes Kuras returns to us the already forgotten feeling of early Leningrad, but, of course, without obscenity and approaching lyrics, in that sweet period of time when Shnur was under the influence of the aesthetic views of Igor Vdovin and Leonid Fedorov. The uniqueness of Kuras lies in the special sincerity of his performance of accessible and highly emotional music. He is understandable to everyone, his skill and intelligence inspire confidence, and his directness and lack of pathos make him listen to the end. And understand it.
III. A little bit of goodness
The debut album of Valery Kuras Kapelka will include not only compositions written by Andrey Pryazhnikov. All the songs turned out to be very diverse. Having started with the completely chanson Kapelek, which in just one week rose to first place in the Ukrainian national hit parade, Kuras is firmly moving towards intelligent blues. This is simple guitar music with elements of jazz, soul and blues. The album contains undoubted creative successes: Soul, Tell, Cosa Nostra, The Most Favorite. The last composition, according to Presnyakov Sr., is one of the best declarations of love in Russian music. Beneath the apparent simplicity of Kuras lies wisdom; behind the ease and beauty of execution lies hard work and hourly service of the soul. As with everything in life, Valery treats music with absolute dedication, despite all this, being an intelligent person, he perceives the world and himself with slight irony. For him, it is not important to become famous, but to tell people what they are waiting for, to give them what they lack, to fill the voids in their lives and help them acquire harmony.
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Beloved by thousands of music lovers in the post-Soviet space, Russian chansonnier Valery Kuras, who gave the world the hit “Droplets,” could have chosen a different path and not gone on stage.
A successful ophthalmologist helped patients look at the world with wide open eyes, and in his free time he collected rare cars and went diving. He took place in a business that brought stable profits.
However, history does not tolerate the subjunctive mood: today Kuras has a huge army of admirers thanks to his vocal talent and soulful songs.
Childhood and youth
Valery Kuras is in the spotlight every day, but at the same time he is laconic and does not like publicity: he gives the minimum necessary information about himself.
Song by Valery Kuras “Girl with eyes the color of the sky”In the 2000s, the vocalist’s best songs were heard on Radio Chanson. Kuras has been repeatedly awarded the main prize “Chanson of the Year”; he is a frequent guest of the festival “Ehh, Razgulay!”. He calls the genre in which Valery Kuras performs European chanson, paying tribute to the creativity and.
In the spring of 2013, the singer went on tour in a duet with a colleague. In memory of the deceased, Kuras included the composition “Bathhouse on Sovetskaya” in his repertoire.
The singer has been participating in chanson festivals since the early 2000s and is well known to fans of the musical genre along with the stars of Russian chanson, and.
In 2016, Kuras’s collection of songs The Very Best was released, which included 34 compositions - both new and remixes of old, fan-favorite mischievous hits “Airplane”, “Pampushechka”, “At the Man’s” and “Girl with Eyes the Color of the Sky”.
Personal life
Valery Kuras is reluctant to open the pages of his personal life. When asked about the ideal woman, she says that she values femininity and spiritual beauty. Love for a chansonnier is the best source of inspiration.
Such a source in the singer’s work was his beloved wife, who bore him a son. While protecting his family, Valery does not disclose details of his private life and gives a minimum of information about his relatives. It is known that the son received an economics education at a British university.
Valery Kuras now The chansonnier calls the government “Chaika”, which drove the Soviet minister, the pearl of the collection of rare cars in his fleet. Volga-21 and Pobeda take pride of place.
Valery Kuras now
The master of chanson continues to delight fans with new compositions. In 2017, the artist presented music lovers with the song “Heel”, and in 2018 he pleased them with a new hit called “Sombrero”.
Discography
- 2005 – “Droplets”
- 2009 – “Most Favorite”
- 2011 – “Grand collection”
- 2015 – “There is still gunpowder!”
- 2016 – “The Very Best”
