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Eliso Virsaladze
Eliso Virsaladze
Georgian pianist
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Liana Isakadze
Liana Isakadze
Georgian violinist
2
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
3
Muslim Magomayev
Muslim Magomayev
Soviet-Azerbajiani singer
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Alla Pugacheva
Alla Pugacheva
Soviet-Russian singer
5
Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian
Armenian Soviet composer and conductor (1903-1978)
6
Eteri Andjaparidze
Eteri Andjaparidze
Georgian-American pianist
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Nikolay Baskov
Nikolay Baskov
Russian singer
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Elena Obraztsova
Elena Obraztsova
Soviet and russian opera singer
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Gorky Park
Gorky Park
Russian band
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Aygün Kazimova
Aygün Kazimova
Azerbaijani singer and actress
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Regina Spektor
Regina Spektor
Russian-born American singer-songwriter and pianist
Nani Bregvadze
Georgian singer

Nani Bregvadze

Intro
Georgian singer
Genres
Awards Received
People's Artist of the USSR
Presidential Order of Excellence
Order of Friendship
People's artist of the Georgian SSR

Nani Bregvadze (Ge. ნანი ბრეგვაძე, Rus. Нани Брегвадзе, born 21 July 1936 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian Soviet singer and actress. She was born, raised and started her career in Soviet Georgia in the USSR, then gained USSR-wide popularity during 1957 6th World Festival of Youth and Students. Bregvadze has performed both with Georgian music groups and as a solo artist.

She is a former vocalist for the Orera band from the Republic of Georgia. Her signature songs include Snegopad ("Snowfall"), Bolshak (later covered by Alla Pugacheva), and Dorogoi Dlinnoyu (adapted in English as Those Were the Days). After launching a successful solo career in the early 1970s, Bregvadze performed a great number of Russian and Gypsy romances. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. As of 2007, Bregvadze lived in Moscow and held the chair in popular and jazz music at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University. She has been an honorary citizen of Tbilisi since 1995.