Valeriy Syutkin
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| Birth name | Valery Miladovich Syutkin |
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22 March 1958 Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Rock and roll, blues, romance, pop-rock, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, television presenter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, bass-guitar, Synthesizer |
Valeriy Miladovich Syutkin (Russian: Вале́рий Миладович Сю́ткин; born March 22, 1958 in Moscow) is a Russian singer and musician, best known as the songwriter for the rock-n-roll band "Bravo".
Syutkin is an Honored Artist of Russia (2008), and a professor of vocals and artistic director of the Department of Pop MGGU on behalf of MA Sholokhov. He is also a member of the Board of RAO Authors.
His most well-known songs include "Flying on 7000", "Moscow-Neva", "Nighttime Roads FM", "Black Cat" and "Pretty Boy".
Born in Moscow on March 22, 1958. He spent his childhood at the intersection of Yauzsky and Pokrovsky Boulevard at Obukha Street (now Vorontsovo Field St.). Syutkin was born to Bronislava Andreevna Brzhezitskaya and Milad Alexandrovich Syutkin, a teacher at the Military Engineering Academy. He participated in several garage bands as a bass player or a drummer during the 1970s. Playing in the school ensemble, he covered songs by The Beatles, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Slade, and Smokie. Before joining the army, he worked as an apprentice chef in the "Ukraine" restaurant. He served in the Air Force as aircraft mechanic in the Far East from 1976 to 1978. In his spare time he played at the airport in the ensemble "Flight". Flight included several well-known musicians, including Alexey Glyzin. In 1980 he began working with "Telephone", which two years later became a professional philharmonic touring team. "Telephone" released the album "Ka Ka", which contains songs about invented characters Suleiman Suleimanovich Kadyrov and Lev Abramovich Cascade. "Telephone" dissolved in 1984. Prior to joining the professional scene, Syutkin worked as a bartender, a porter at the Belorussky Railway Station, and finally as a conductor of passenger car. In 1985 Syutkin released the album "Twist-stage" where he accompanied Yuri Loza (guitar), Alexander Belonosov (keyboards), Gennady Gordeev (drums) and former "Bravo" saxophonist Alexander Stepanenko. In the same year Syutkin joined "Architects", where he sang with Yuri Vine.
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