In the past, a recognized ophthalmologist and successful businessman, collector of vintage rare cars and a lover of extreme diving, Valery Kuras is known to a wide range of viewers for the provocative video filmed for the song "Droplets".

I. Intellectuals make chanson

In the past, a recognized ophthalmologist and successful businessman, collector of vintage rare cars and a lover of extreme diving, Valery Kuras is known to a wide range of viewers for the provocative 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 to the guitar. In the company of Kuras - the main "fat man" of the country Alexander Semchev, "husband of Kamenskaya" Andrey Ilyin, the beautiful Olga Budina and Vladimir "Petrovich" Presnyakov, but not with the usual sax, but with an accordion in their hands. The presence in the clip of Presnyakov Sr., the most authoritative figure in the music world, is far from accidental. It was the legendary "Petrovich" who became the ideologist and inspirer for the novice singer, taking him under his father's tutelage. Vladimir Petrovich introduced Kuras to the famous songwriter Andrey Pryazhnikov, who had previously worked with the popular girl duo Daiquiri, known for the super hits Caution and If You Love, You Melt. Pryazhnikov wrote most of the songs included in Kuras' debut album, while Petrovich played the 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 images and the absence of vulgarity. This is a "smart" chanson that has nothing to do 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 with songs accompanied by a guitar. Thanks to the organic simplicity and inner drive of Valery Kuras, many analysts come to the paradoxical comparison of the singer with Tom Jones or Adriano Celentano. Also, sometimes Kuras brings back to us the already forgotten feeling of the early "Leningrad", but, of course, without profanity and "access" lyrics, in that glorious period when Cord was influenced by the aesthetic views of Igor Vdovin and Leonid Fedorov. The uniqueness of Kuras lies in the special sincerity of the performance of accessible and very emotional music. He is understandable to everyone, his experience and intelligence inspire confidence, and his directness and lack of pathos make you listen to him to the end. And understand.

III. A drop of good

The debut album of Valery Kuras "Droplets" will include not only compositions written by Andrey Pryazhnikov. All songs are very versatile. Starting with completely chanson "Drops", which rose to the first place in the Ukrainian national hit parade in just one week, Kuras is confidently moving towards intelligent blues. This is simple guitar music with elements of jazz, soul and blues. There are undoubted creative successes on the album - “Soul”, “Tell”, “Cosa Nostra”, “The Most Beloved”. The last composition, according to Presnyakov Sr., is one of the best declarations of love in Russian music. Wisdom is hidden under the seeming simplicity of Kuras, hard work and hourly work of the soul are hidden behind the lightness and beauty of performance. 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. It is important for him not to “become famous”, but to tell people what they are waiting for, to give what they lack, to fill the voids in their lives and help them find harmony.

Valery Kuras is a Russian chansonnier who is the author of the hit "Droplets". This person could choose a different path and never go on stage. He is a successful ophthalmologist who helped patients and in his spare time went diving and collecting vintage cars. In business, he took place and received a stable profit.

Biography

Valery Kuras does not like publicity, he is laconic and gives only a minimum of information about himself. This person gives interviews to journalists infrequently, and one of the most requested questions concerns the nationality of the performer. Kuras is not a Russian surname. The middle name Demizovich is even more confusing. It is known that the singer was born in 1958 in Moscow.

It happened in maternity hospital No. 6. Valery was brought up in a friendly family, his father was a geologist by profession. In the Ministry of Geology, he was the head of the design bureau. Mom realized herself as a translator from English and German. The employment of the parents did not give them the opportunity to devote much time to their son, so his grandfather and grandmother were engaged in his upbringing.

In addition, the chansonnier learned about life in the yard and at school. The artist said that his father was born in Ukraine. The secret of the unusual name of the pope is in the beliefs of the grandfather, who was a communist. He decided to encrypt the first decree of the power of the Soviets - on peace and land - in the name by which he named his son.

As a child, the future performer attended the school of young technicians, where he chose the ship modeling section and learned how to create ship models. At the first ship modeling exhibition in the country, his nuclear-powered ship was awarded the first place. In the middle classes, the young man was fascinated by inlay on wood, then he gave his mother pieces of kitchen furniture.

Discography

The songs of Valery Kuras were included in several albums, the first of which was released in 2005 and was called "Droplets". He also owns the following works: "The Most Beloved", Grand collection, "There is still gunpowder", The Very Best.

Biography|History - Vladislav Kurasov

CHILDHOOD

Vlad Kurasov was born on March 13, 1995 in the city of Brest (Belarus). From childhood he showed interest in music and at the age of 6 he was enrolled in the art school of the Kuban Staronizhesteblievskaya village.

In 2006, the Kurasov family moved to the city of Krasnodar (Russia). Vladislav entered the Interschool Aesthetic Center (IEC) in the class of pop vocal and piano, as well as the Premiere Creative Association (Theatre). In 2011, Vlad graduated from both institutions with honors.

In 2007, on the basis of the Krasnodar recording studio "MUZ", Vlad created his own ensemble, which successfully performed throughout the city and the region and took part in various competitions. Later the team broke up.

In the same year, Vladislav became a member of the Minute of Glory show on the Russian Channel One TV channel, where he sang Elvis Presley's song "Blue suede shoes", earning high marks from the jury. In 2008, Vlad took part in the International Festival of Humor and Variety Art "Moscow-Yalta-Transit". Vladislav is a laureate of many all-Russian and international competitions, including "Blue-eyed Anapa", "Starry Youth of the Planet", "Little Stars", "Eaglet Lights a Star" and others.

X FACTOR

Vlad found out about the Ukrainian show "X-Factor" through the Internet, having seen a television clip with a performance by one of the participants in the first season of the project. Vladislav began to follow the developments on the "X-Factor" and, having read that the casting of participants in the second season was being held, he immediately decided to go to Donetsk to try his hand. Despite the fact that Vladislav was only 15 years old, his mother calmly reacted to her son's decision, saying: "Do you want? Go!" On August 27, 2011, the STB TV channel aired a program about the Donetsk television casting, where Vlad performed Celine Dion's song "My Heart Will Go On". The audience gave Vlad a standing ovation, and the judges said four "Yes", allowing him to participate in the next stage of the competition. Vladislav successfully passed three qualifying stages (pre-casting, telecasting and training camp) and became a contender for participation in the "Guys" category under the guidance of mentor Igor Kondratyuk. During the fourth, decisive stage, Vladislav presented Mariah Carey's song "Without You" to Igor and his star guest Laima Vaikule. Both Igor and Laima were surprised by the choice of such a complex composition, but from the very first notes Vladislav dispelled all doubts of the judges that he could adequately perform this song. The path to the main stage of the TV project was passed, and Vladislav Kurasov became one of the twelve participants in the show "X-Factor-2. Revolution". On October 22, 2011, the first live broadcast of the "X-Factor" was released, on which Vlad brilliantly performed the song "Halleluja" by Leonard Cohen. She became the "calling card" of the young artist. The number of fans of Vladislav Kurasov began to grow every day. Vlad took part in all ten broadcasts of the "X-factor" and became its finalist, taking 3rd place according to the results of the audience voting. At the end of the project, he performed the song "I" m Walking Away "in a duet with British star Craig David.

STAR RING

On March 6, 2012, the Ukrainian TV channel STB launched the show "Star Ring", in which the finalists of two seasons of "X-Factor" and the vocalists of the show "Ukraine Got Talent" competed. On April 3, 2012, in a three-round confrontation, Vladislav overtook his rival Vyacheslav Korsak and advanced to the next round. On the air of the "Star Ring" on April 10, 2012, which, according to the decision of the channel's management, became the last one, the audience had to determine the name of the winner of this TV project. Vladislav performed his "calling card" - the composition "Hallelujah", trying to put new feelings into it. Vlad's performance did not leave the audience indifferent, and according to the results of the audience voting, it was he who became the winner of the Star Ring show and the owner of a prize of UAH 500,000. to shoot a video and record a song.

LIFE AFTER THE SHOW

In May 2012, the first solo mini-tour of Vladislav Kurasov took place, within which four concerts were held - in Lugansk (May 5), Poltava (May 19), Odessa (May 26) and Kiev (June 9).

Before each concert, fan meetings were held, at which fans learned a lot of new and interesting things about the artist's work. He is an excellent conversationalist and storyteller, possessing self-criticism and a good sense of humor. Vladislav carefully and patiently answers all the questions of the fans and finds the right and warm words for everyone. On solo albums, Vlad opened to the audience a new facet of artistic talent - he is an excellent performer of not only lyrical, but also driving, dance compositions. Vladislav's repertoire includes world pop hits, which the singer makes so "his own" that his performance makes you forget about the originals. He kind of gives these songs new life.

At a solo concert in Poltava, the artist presented a new song to the audience, the words and music of which he wrote himself - "Farewell, my city." The official premiere of the song took place on June 22, 2012. On September 15, with a concert in Donetsk, Vladislav Kurasov began his second solo mini-tour in Ukraine. Donetsk was followed by solo concerts in Kharkov (September 22) and Odessa (October 6). Each of these events was bright and unforgettable. The euphoria of Donetsk, the energy of Kharkiv, the revelations of Odessa remained in the hearts of the audience... By tradition, the last and final in the second mini-tour was a concert in Kyiv. It took place on October 20 in the prestigious metropolitan club "Byblos". This time, Vladislav presented his second author's song "Zero Love Squared" to the attention of the audience. The audience received it very warmly and was looking forward to the premiere of the studio recording on the Internet on October 24th. This incendiary composition was immediately remembered and loved. The first original works of Vladislav Kurasov are very different, and this speaks of the versatility of the artist himself, talented, "lyrical and expressive." After completing a mini-tour in Ukraine, Vladislav gave two concerts in Russia: in St. Petersburg (November 17) and in Moscow (December 1). The Russian audience received Vlad with great interest and warmth.

And right before the Moscow concert, the good news came about Vladislav's victory with the song "Farewell, my city" at the competition organized by the "I'm Talent" project. This well-deserved victory gave Vlad the right to perform with an author's song on December 2, 2012 in front of an audience of 11,000 at the Golden Gramophone award ceremony on the stage of the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg.

COOPERATION WITH PC STB

Since December 2012, Vladislav Kurasov has been working in collaboration with the production center of the Ukrainian STB TV channel and already on December 22 of the same year, he acts as an invited guest on the stage of Ukraine's largest vocal show "X-Factor", where on the 9th air of the next season he presents the lyric composition "Whisper rain."

The next year, 2013, turned out to be extremely fruitful for Vladislav in the events of his creative life. For the debut single “Forget”, released in February, the first video of the artist was filmed already in March, directed and written by Maxim Litvinov (“X-factor”, “Ukraine has talent”, “Everybody dance!”), repeated winner of the highest award in the field of television of Ukraine "Teletriumf". Numerous rotations on radio and television, interviews on TV programs, online and press conferences, photo shoots, performances at the Novaya Maslyana festival, X-Factor pre-casting in the cities of Ukraine, and, finally, a solo concert of the performer in Lugansk, held on 25 May 2013 and became a bright and delightful point of spring excitement around Vladislav.

Contrary to expectations, the artist's touring life did not decline in the summer. Vlad's incendiary performance in Zaporozhye, at the city holiday dedicated to Youth Day, which was attended by about 20 thousand people, made many notice and talk about the young performer, and Vlad's performances at TV castings of the new season of the X-Factor show supported and gave strength to more than a dozen desperate applicants for participation in it. Without postponing business and new premieres on the back burner, on September 12, 2012, Vladislav will present a new author's song "Give me a drink." Almost immediately, the shooting of the second video for this composition (directed by Igor Savenko) begins and on October 8 the video appears on the ELLO channel on YouTube.

The production center of the STB channel announces Vladislav's large-scale October solo tour around the million-plus cities of Ukraine: Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Kyiv. The tour included Vlad's ballet performance, accompanied by a laser show broadcast on graphic screens and a new program consisting of already recognizable hits performed on the X-factor and Vladislav's new author's songs written on the eve of the tour. But, unfortunately, the dreams of the fans were not destined to come true. Due to a severe injury (ankle fracture) received by Vlad almost a week before the first concert, the tour was canceled.

2014 - NEW SONGS, NEW VICTORIES

After a forced lull associated with the need to restore health, Vladislav returned to active creative and media activities. Already in January 2014, the video for the author's song "Give me a drink" became the winner of the competition program of one of the US music companies Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes. Kurasov's video work was selected by the company as one of the 11 best clips for live display, after which the competent jury determined the top three, commenting on each work and their decision. The clip "Give me a drink" was declared the winner unanimously.

Participating in competitions, TV shows, starting the rotation of his songs on ever new media resources, Vlad did not forget about his fans and their expectations and hopes. On March 22, having arranged another long-awaited Kyiv fan meeting for them, he promised surprises in the near future and, of course, did not deceive.

On April 7, 2014, the VKontakte social network hosted the premiere of Kurasov's new author's song - "I'm sick of you", a song that fans have been waiting for a long time, ever since the iPhone version of its excerpt was posted by Vlad on the Internet almost a year ago. The artist himself described it as his most personal and most honest composition. And, of course, it was accepted by the audience with incredible enthusiasm.

On May 6, 2014, fans were knocked down by another stunning news - Vladislav with his song “Give me a drink” became the winner of the International Songwriting Competition-2013, an international songwriting competition held annually in the USA, and earned the title of the 2013 International Songwriting Competition People's Choice Winner (winner of the International Author's Song Contest according to listeners). It is not the first time that Vladislav participates in such American contests - the author's songs "Farewell, my city" and "Zero love squared" participated in the international competition of author's songs in the USA Great American Song Contest. The composition "Zero love squared" made it to the semi-finals of the American international competition International Songwriting competitions-2012 in two categories "Dance Music" and "Under 18", and Halellujah (Leonard Cohen cover) performed by Vlad reached the semi-finals of the international music contest Unsigned Only -2013 in the category under 18 years old. In both cases, the compositions passed through a tough selection sieve: in all categories, more than 20,000 entries from more than 100 countries were submitted. Victories in competitions for Vladislav follow one after another, but the best reward for fans and a kind of exam or review of achievements are solo concerts of a young performer with their unique atmosphere and lively unique voice.

And so, on May 17, after a year's break, Vlad's long-awaited solo concert took place in the form of a creative evening held in the Kiev nightclub "B-52". This evening, like butterflies to a bright fire, to the talent and voice of their favorite artist, fans flocked not only from all cities of Ukraine, but also from several countries: Russia, Latvia and even the USA.

At the concert, which included 19 compositions, among which, in addition to well-known covers by European and American performers, there were also 7 songs by Vladislav, there were some pleasant surprises: the premiere of the new song "18", the author of words and music for which is Alexei Malakhov, blew up not only the fan zone of the concert, but the entire hall. Bright, driving, energetic - just what you need for the dance floor and spring mood! Without delaying the involvement of the general public in this firework of emotions, the very next day the track "18" is presented on the Internet and disperses throughout the worldwide audience.

The flywheel of the wheel of fortune is gaining momentum and on June 5, 2014, as a result of talent and tireless support by the fans of the beloved artist, Vladislav Kurasov is awarded the gold medal "Favorites of Success" for winning the competition in the "Young Talent" category at the "FreeDom" Concert Hall in Kiev. 11th awarding ceremony for the winners of the Trademark Contest "Favorites of Success-2013".

The author claims that he is not worried about the fate of this song: “You know, this is the only song that was written not after certain events, but during them, while all these emotions still beat in me. I am an artist, I express myself through music, I say in songs what I don’t always have the courage to say in person, hoping that the addressee will hear it, and people will find responses in their souls. This is a love story that is close to everyone. For certain reasons, I did not want to finish writing and recording this song, much less show it to the world, but then I realized that if music was born from these feelings, I cannot hide it.

Vladislav's songs, including the recently released premieres, are actively rotated on the radio stations of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, the USA and are exploring new spaces, territories and media resources.

October 13, 2016, Vladislav Kurasov presents his new work - the single "Don't laugh in the face of fate". The song has been waiting for a studio cut for a long time and, finally, today it goes on the music air as the lead single of the young musician's debut album.

Vlad told why he chose this particular song out of the thirteen included in the album:

I fell in love with this track as soon as I heard it! My sister Elina wrote a great thing! That's what I love about songs - it stays in my head and carries a relevant message. It has a great beat. I trust my intuition a lot. I like this song, it leaves an aftertaste, it seems like you want to dance, you can't sit still, but at the same time you think: "What's the matter?! I'm grateful to my fate for what I have today and I can get Tomorrow".

The ICONA Production studio has already completed work on the video, which will reveal the presented song from a completely unexpected side, present it from a different perspective: if the audience is familiar with Kurasov's “bare nerve”, then this time the matured artist is ironic, but still honest with the viewer.

Well, we ... We are waiting for new premieres and surprises. And they will definitely be.
After all: "My story is just beginning." © Vladislav Kurasov.

Album Reflection. November. 2016.

On November 23, Vlad officially presented his new album. We could print many beautiful words, but it seems to us that direct speech is appropriate in this case! Vladislav Kurasov writes: "It is with great excitement that I present my debut album Reflection. Music inevitably reflects everything that you have experienced, everything that you have encountered, whether it is fleeting joys or spiritual wanderings. I grew up, changed, developed, made a lot of mistakes, let bad people into life, and let go of those whom he loved, betrayed and forgave, was jealous to the nervous gnashing of his teeth, dropped his hands from failures, cried, laughed like a little boy, admired new travels, delved into himself, thanked a lot , took steps forward and returned to the past, experienced a lot of different emotions - all this is in my album. I am grateful to everyone who had a hand in my first experience. Thanks to my sister Elina Raskhodova, for three wonderful compositions that allowed me to reveal myself with Thanks to Natalia Rostova for the four poems that laid on my melodies and breathed another life into them.Thanks to TATAMUSIC and WMS Records for bringing my ideas to life. Thanks to photographer Maya Maksimova for helping me express my message. Thanks to my manager Svetlana Oleinik, who has been with me throughout this time not only as a professional, but also as a good friend. Thanks to all the people who inspired me all this time, sometimes you were cruel, sometimes you flattered me too openly, sometimes I hated you, and sometimes I fell in love without memory. The emotions that you left in my life for two years, it was they that resulted in my songs, in my album. I remained as honest as possible in my lyrics and melodies. Today I'm 21 and I'm sure there is a lot more waiting for me, which I can tell about in my music and lyrics, but for now I want to show you my today's "Reflection", maybe you will see your own in it.

The biography of Valery Kuras is very interesting and full of all sorts of events, most of which are the path to success. Valery was born on May 19, 1958 in the Moscow maternity hospital No. 6. The boy's parents were busy people (his father was a geologist, his mother was a translator), therefore, like most people of that time, the grandmother, the yard and the school were engaged in raising the child. The boy grew up mobile and inquisitive. Like all children, he played football, hockey, went in for swimming and athletics, but most of all he loved to create with his own hands - in the classes at the club of young technicians he enthusiastically modeled ships (at the first all-Union ship modeling exhibition, his nuclear-powered ship "Lenin" took pride of place) . Being a little...

The biography of Valery Kuras is very interesting and full of all sorts of events, most of which are the path to success. Valery was born on May 19, 1958 in the Moscow maternity hospital No. 6. The boy's parents were busy people (his father was a geologist, his mother was a translator), therefore, like most people of that time, the grandmother, the yard and the school were engaged in raising the child. The boy grew up mobile and inquisitive. Like all children, he played football, hockey, went in for swimming and athletics, but most of all he loved to create with his own hands - in the classes at the club of young technicians he enthusiastically modeled ships (at the first all-Union ship modeling exhibition, his nuclear-powered ship "Lenin" took pride of place) . Being a little older, he was fond of artistic inlay on wood (he made kitchen furniture from different types of wood, which is still a special pride of my mother). At the insistence of his parents, Valera attended piano courses at a nearby club, sang in the choir, but considered that this activity was not for real "guys", and therefore could not stand it and quit. But he signed up for a classical string guitar course on his own. This lesson was already to their liking - with a group of guys at school they played the Beatles, the Soviet repertoire. Young Valera managed a lot and, at the same time, in 1976 he successfully graduated from a special school with in-depth study of the English language, most of whose teachers were university educated and had progressive reformist views. Success, as it were, was "programmed" in his youth and signed up for the line of his future destiny. This is probably why the first failure (failure in the much coveted "First MED" - medical institute) did not knock Valery "out of the saddle", but led to the adoption of a non-standard decision then - to graduate first from a medical school (and this is 2 years of study) and qualify as a "nurse ". Kuras graduated from college with honors and entered the Medical Institute (RGMI) named after N.I. Pirogov without any problems. He studied successfully and from the very first course worked as a paramedic on an ambulance (mostly at night). Despite the crazy workload, the student years were stormy, however, like everyone else! Study, work, love, entertainment, all at once! And in childhood, and in youth and in adulthood, Valery Kuras was and remains the "soul" of any company. An erudite, needlework, charming, in general, very charismatic young man, with a wonderful sense of humor, well-versed English-Russian language, possessed an amazing magnetism, which always endeared himself to the people around him. All these qualities subsequently helped him to reach those peaks that he met on his life path. So, after successfully completing residency (1985) in ophthalmology and only one year of work, he was invited to work as the head of the operating unit at the Moscow Institute of Eye Microsurgery (S.N. Fedorov Center). For five years of work at the Center, a result has been achieved - a leading surgeon who performs the most complex operations and restores sight to thousands of people! Colleagues appreciated, patients are grateful, management encouraged. But this was not enough for the restless nature of now Valery Demizovich. In parallel, he began to engage in the pharmaceutical business and, of course, achieved success in this field as well. New for the Soviet people, but extremely exciting, risky and, of course, a profitable business, “business” eventually absorbed almost all the time of a born businessman. I had to make a choice, and he made it in favor of the business. And this is a bold and decisive step - the 90s, perestroika, the ups and downs of many beginners. I had to be in suspense all the time, explore new horizons, learn from others, including from their mistakes, at the same time make mistakes myself and correct myself. All this is difficult, but "very interesting"! It was this small “BUT” that provoked such an energetic person as Valery Kuras to part with his beloved profession. Well, here we have won! He became a successful and prosperous businessman, head of a foreign representative office. His life is still full - work, family, numerous hobbies, friendly gatherings. And as they say: “What else does a person need in order to adequately meet maturity?” It turns out you still need it! Valery is an active person, he could not stop at what he had achieved and did not want to! So fate again threw a "chance"! Music! What the boy could not develop in childhood (choral singing) has now been embodied - Valery Kuras has become a professional singer, a well-known and beloved chansonnier. From an interview with Valery Kuras: - What is your favorite book, film, cartoon? - The book - "The Master and Margarita", the film - "Pokrovsky Gates", the cartoon - "Carlson", "Prostokvashino" and other Soviet ones. - Are there "favorites" among musicians, composers, singers, actors/actresses? - Like many. There are no idols. - What is your favorite musical instrument? What musical direction is closer? - I like different musical instruments, lately I have been happy ...

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Beloved by thousands of music lovers of the post-Soviet space, the Russian chansonnier Valery Kuras, who gave the world the hit "Droplets", could have chosen a different path and not go on stage.

A successful ophthalmologist helped patients look at the world with wide eyes, and in his spare 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.

On the official website, pages on Instagram and Facebook, Valery Demizovich repeats the facts of his biography, which are known to his fans. Journalists rarely manage to get an interview from a star, so they ask what Kuras was previously silent about. For example, about nationality. The surname Kuras is not Russian. And the middle name Demizovich is confusing.

The chansonnier revealed some secrets to journalist Tatyana Feoktistova, who asked if there were any Ukrainians, Jews or Gypsies in the Kuras family. The chanson performer was born in Moscow in the spring of 1958. The first voice of the future star was heard by obstetricians of the capital's maternity hospital No. 6.

Valery was brought up in a friendly, intelligent family, where his father, a geologist by profession, headed the design bureau at the Ministry of Geology, and his mother earned her living by translating from German and English.

The employment of the parents did not allow to control every step of the son, so the boy was taken care of and raised by his grandparents, as well as the yard and the school. Everything, like most children of that time.

When asked by a journalist about the origin of the surname, Valery Demizovich answered evasively, without shedding light on the roots. He said that his father was from Ukraine. As for the amazing name of the pope, who became the patronymic of the chansonnier, the secret lies in the convictions of the communist grandfather. This is his idea to encrypt in the name of his son the first of the decrees of the Soviet government - on peace and land.

Valery Kuras already in childhood showed versatile talents and the ability to achieve success in everything, no matter what he undertakes. Attending classes in the ship modeling section at the school of young technicians, he learned how to design ship models. So much so that at the first exhibition of ship modeling in the Soviet Union, the nuclear-powered ship, which the Muscovite named after the leader of the proletariat, won first place.

In the middle classes, the guy was fascinated by inlay on wood, and soon he gave his mother pieces of kitchen furniture that remained a pride for decades.

To please his mother, who adored music and singing, the son learned to play the piano and joined the choir. When he grew up and matured, he gave up choral singing, which, according to Valery, did not correspond to the image of “real guys”. But the guy considered the guitar a “male” instrument, so he graduated from the classical string guitar course and pleased the guys at the school disco with the performance of the Beatles hits.

Having received a diploma from the capital's special school, where students studied English in depth, Valery Kuras went to enter a medical university. The first attempt was a failure, but the guy did not give up and became a student at a medical school. After graduating with honors, he entered the Moscow Medical Institute. N. Pirogov. Valery managed to study and work part-time on an ambulance at night.

After graduating from a medical school and residency, in the mid-1980s, a young ophthalmologist got into the Svyatoslav Fedorov Institute of Eye Microsurgery, famous all over the country. After 5 years, Kuras became the leading surgeon. According to Valery Kuras, he performed 1,700 operations a year. And when he reached the “ceiling” in the profession, he switched to the pharmaceutical business and left the institute.

In the difficult 1990s, Valery Kuras managed to achieve success in business as well: he headed the foreign representative office in Moscow. But when Kuras reached the "ceiling" in this field, the soul asked for something new.

Creation

The first recorded song of Valery Kuras was the composition Cosa nostra. The singer gave it to close people, who became the first grateful listeners and fans. According to the chansonnier, the first impression of his voice heard on the magnetic tape is surprise.

The first large audience, before which Valery Kuras spoke, was the audience of the theater "At the Nikitsky Gates". The warm welcome of 250 listeners inspired the artist and pushed him to move in the chosen direction.

A wide audience learned about Kuras after the release of the first video filmed for the song "Droplets". Actors whose names are known throughout the country starred in it: Alexander Semchev and Andrey Ilyin, the charming Olga Budina and the master of the Russian stage Vladimir Presnyakov Sr. appeared. It was he - the most authoritative in the world of music and show business "Petrovich" - who brought Valery Kuras to the stage.

Song by Valery Kuras "Droplets"

Presnyakov Sr. introduced the aspiring musician to producer and songwriter Andrei Pryazhnikov, who, having appreciated the artist’s vocal abilities, wrote two-thirds of the compositions of the first album, released in 2005, for him.

The songs and manner of performance of Valery Kuras are called "smart" chanson. They do not have vulgarity and the notorious "blatnyak", this is a sincere conversation and worldly humor.

Chansonnier fans compare their favorite with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, whose songs immerse listeners in the atmosphere of "kitchen blues". Listening to Kuras, one recalls gatherings by the fire or in the kitchen, where old friends gathered for a sincere conversation in clubs of tobacco smoke. Good humor and sincerity run like a red thread through every composition of Kuras, there is no pathos in them.

In 2009, the performer presented the world with the 2nd disc, giving it the name "The Most Beloved". During this period, he fruitfully collaborated with the songwriter and People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine Alexander Morozov.

Song by Valery Kuras "Girl with eyes the color of the sky"

In the 2000s, the best songs of the vocalist are heard on the air of Radio Chanson. Kuras is repeatedly awarded the main prize "Chanson of the Year", he is a frequent guest of the festival "Ehh, Razgulyay!". The genre in which Valery Kuras performs, he calls European chanson, paying tribute to the work of Yves Montand and Charles Aznavour.

In the spring of 2013, the singer went on tour in a duet with his colleague Katerina Golitsyna. In memory of the deceased Mikhail Krug, Kuras included in the repertoire the composition "Bath on the Soviet".

The singer has been participating in chanson festivals since the early 2000s and is well known to music lovers along with Russian chanson stars Irina Krug, Fedya Karmanov, Anatoly Cloth and Willy Tokarev.

In 2016, Kuras's collection of songs The Very Best was released, which included 34 songs - both new and remixes of old, fan-favorite mischievous hits "Airplane", "Pampushka", "At a Man's" and "A Girl with Eyes the Color of the Sky".

Personal life

Valery Kuras reluctantly opens the pages of his personal life. When asked about the ideal of a woman, she says that she appreciates 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 gave birth to his son. Protecting the family, Valery does not disclose the details of his private life and gives a minimum of information about his relatives. It is known that the son received an economic education at a British university.

Valery Kuras now

The pearl of the collection of rare cars in his fleet, the chansonnier calls the government "Seagull", which drove the Soviet Minister Andrei Gromyko. Places of honor are occupied by Volga-21 and Pobeda.

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 with a new hit called "Sombrero".

Discography

• 2005 - "Droplets"
• 2009 - "The most beloved"
• 2011 - "Grand collection"
• 2015 - "There is still gunpowder!"
• 2016 - "The Very Best"

Vladislav Kurasov: “Now I have a relationship with a girl who is older than me”

Forgive me for the indiscreet question, is it possible for you to date two girls at the same time?

You know, if you had asked about it, for example, a year ago, I would probably have said yes. Now, with a profound change in my aesthetic perception of the world around me, I will say that no, I could not.

Tell me, what character traits should dominate in your chosen one?

Of course, there is no definite template - each girl is beautiful in her own way, but some character traits that impress me and without which it seems to me that communication would not be so harmonious, of course, should be present. A sense of humor, for example, is a must. But my sense of humor is the same. We must understand each other's humor, otherwise resentment and misunderstanding cannot be avoided. There are moments, from my point of view, when innocent jokes can accidentally offend people, when I start to openly humor without adjusting to the company. Another trait is a deep devotion to each other. This is exactly what this world lacks, and not only in the relationship of a guy and a girl, but also in relationships between people in general.

Yes, you are right, in fact this is a character trait that has become a rarity in our daily life. It's just a phoenix bird.

Yes, that's right. On the way to you, by the way, I thought about it. Why doesn't everything always go well with my personal life? Why, in my opinion, some treacherous actions take place in relations with some people, on their part. Although I try to turn to them with all my heart, I am completely open to them, I get used to a person in every possible way, I try to understand him. Probably, it’s just not worth demanding something supernatural from people, it’s not worth demanding the same that you give them. You just have to love! Harmony in life and love, inseparable concepts

Have you had to communicate with your former passions?

I just don't have many exes yet! (Smiling). So far, of those with whom I broke up, I did not have to communicate.

What, in general, completely cut off ties?

Everything just happens naturally. For example, there is a girl with whom we had a very close relationship. But at some point we became good friends. To this day, sometimes we can talk with great pleasure in a friendly way. But this is singular. In other cases, I did not have a calm parting, so to speak, in a kind way, as happens with adult educated people. It has always been with the course of some negative manifestations. I just cut off a person from myself and that's it. But over time, I think that maybe I can do things differently.

There is a belief that very often girls choose a life partner in the image of their father, and guys - in the image of their mother. What do you think about this?

It seems to me that no. I don’t know, of course, with whom I will connect my life, maybe in 5 years I will think differently, but at the moment my mother is my mother, and girls are girls and there is nothing in common between them.

Does your mother influence the choice of your girlfriend?

No, my mom can't influence anything. We have a lot of disagreements on various issues - I have always been too independent, well, such an individual. I have never allowed anyone from my family to decide something for me, to influence me. I want - I will! This omission, perhaps, my mother. Although ... Life will certainly put everything in its place.

If it suddenly happens that mom puts the question point-blank, either she or the girl. How will you act?

Of course, I will try to smooth this situation. First, I don't know what my reaction will be, since nothing like this has ever happened to me. Secondly, I think that my mother is not the kind of woman who would put the question squarely. For all her dreaminess, tenderness and seeming simplicity, my mother, a very wise woman, would never allow herself anything like that. She would accept my chosen one. For her, as probably for every mother, the main thing is that the children feel good. The main thing is that I be healthy, do not smoke (smiles) and that everything goes well with me.

What would you do if you saw that you absolutely did not like the parents or friends of your soul mate?

It's hard to analyze. You are now asking questions that are largely related to what happened and is happening in my life.

I do not really fit into the company of my soulmate, feeling rather uncomfortable in it. Of course, my soul mate takes some steps, tries to make sure that I do not experience any inconvenience. But, unfortunately, I still feel that this is not the kind of team where I can afford to relax and therefore I feel out of my element all the time.

How quickly do you introduce your girlfriend to your relatives?

Since my family lives in another country, far from Kyiv, it is impossible to quickly introduce, even if desired, due to geographical remoteness. My mother often asks me who I am with. It happens that he reads from an interview somewhere and starts asking questions. Of course, I don’t tell much, I don’t like these questions. But I will definitely introduce you to my friends. Of course, with those who have stood the test of time, with those who have remained true to friendship in a variety of situations. And if a girl can freely join this company of my friends and girlfriends, with all their troubles, this is naturally a high indicator of my chosen one's sociability for me.

You mentioned that you have a friend - a girl ...

I have my best friend, many people know her. We lived together and “ate” so much, went through many trials. With her somehow immediately developed a very friendly and warm relationship. It is possible that if everything had turned out a little differently, under different circumstances, maybe then we would have become a couple. We are very suitable for each other.

Judging by the fact that your best friend is a girl, do you believe that there is still a sincere friendship between a man and a woman?

Of course, I can’t read minds, get into the souls of all my girlfriends (perhaps one of them is secretly in love with me), I feed some feelings, they feed others. But based on how I see it and feel it from my own experience, I can safely say that such friendship exists. Returning to my friend, I can no longer call her just a friend, I love her as a Person. This is another love, not like the one where I can imagine her as the mother of my children. I understand that I really do not want to lose this person. I understand that this is the person to whom I can come to cry, find understanding in everything, feel the warmth of the relationship. This is inherently a very deep relationship between a man and a woman, a relationship symbolizing the complete harmony of the soul in the absence of harmony of the body. This is, as it seems to me, a real sincere friendship between a man and a woman.

Can you hide your feelings?

Haven't had to yet.

What should a man be guided by when creating a relationship with a girl?

There are templates: flowers, gifts, bears, balls, compliments.

I can't tell you for everyone. After all, everyone is very different. For example, I'm not a romantic. I can make a gift, I can drink a glass of champagne, look at the stars, talk about something. I recently learned to say the word "love". I apparently have some kind of children's complexes, there were tightness. He did not allow himself to show tenderness, restrained himself. Not so long ago, I began to say these words to my mother.

Some people think that actions are better than words.

Yes. I think so too. But still, the ideal option is when the word is confirmed by the deed.

“You cannot enter the same river twice,” the philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus once said. Would you be able to start a relationship with a person again, maybe after a while?

This is probably the most pressing question in my life. Because I had the very first serious relationship - we began to live together for real. Unfortunately, this relationship was short-lived, ended very quickly. For a while I was in a lot of pain, as a result of my experiences, the song “Give me a drink” was born. Then I experienced it, everything was forgotten. But now, when I have something to compare with, I begin to remember and yearn not for her, but for what, maybe, I accidentally missed. Now I’m thinking about what would be interesting ... I understand that I’m mentally ready - if suddenly she came and took this first step ... I won’t do it (smiles).

Why don't you do it?

Somehow it comes out on its own. Maybe nothing came of it again, but I would try.

When for the first time I felt the pain that they talk about, the pain of parting, when it’s not just insulting, sad, but when everything inside you is tearing up. I thought that I was such a careerist that music would always occupy the most dominant place and nothing could outweigh it in me. Well, everything else is just an application in my life. I have one goal and I'm going to it, so I won't waste it. I thought so, I was stupid and small. When this happened to me, it was a blow, as if they threw me like a kitten and said yes, everything is fine, everyone feels, it happens to everyone. I remember how I did not know what to do, I really felt bad. Neither alcohol, nor partying, nor friends, nor work, which was more than enough at that moment, helped. Although work always helps me to distract from any problems. I scored on Google: “How to get rid of pain?”, “How to quickly forget a person?” (Smiling.) For me, of course, it was strange. I started to read some articles on this topic, but nothing sensible, of course, was written anywhere. I came to the conclusion that the wedge is knocked out with a wedge.

Mostly men do this.

That's exactly what I did. It helped me. Frankly, for a month I suffered, although I did not show it. Even my friend, with whom I share everything, did not tell. I wondered if she would understand? She didn't understand either. I didn't show any of my feelings. He translated everything into some kind of joke, and then set off on a two-week “breakaway” in every sense of the word. I had two weeks of solid revelry, which I certainly will not forget. During these 2-3 weeks I met a girl in whom I saw something new, unique. Maybe it did not completely drown out the pain, time will tell.

Is it important to you that your partner goes in for sports?

I care about the shell. I would like to see a beautiful girl next to me who attracts you. I periodically communicate with adult couples and understand that those women who have been married for 5-10 years take care of themselves all the time, keep themselves in good shape and this is cool. You know how it happens: married couples come together and that's it. One takes a mug of beer - his belly grows, the other takes a bun. They have each other and that's a given. Then they part, or scandals, or something else. I would like to see next to just such a girl who would not take me for granted. I can let the rolls relax, but then they will cut me off at some point and that's it.

Imagine the situation: you are dating, she is confident in you, you are not going anywhere, although it is difficult to imagine with your fans, but still. She began to gain weight. Would you remark to her?

Of course I would say. I can be direct. My girlfriend and I lived together and how much we communicate, we often talk about what is not in vain for each other, because we see each other's everyday life and Yulia says to me: “Listen, I live with you, I understand what mistakes I will not make allow with my husband and how I would like to build my relationship further. This is some example. I understand that I can be rude, again, an example of a friend, I can tell her: “You are fat!” or “Enough eating!”. I am such a person. I am direct and next to me are the same people.

How do you deal with cheating in a relationship?

Very bad. I hate cheating. I can't stomach lies.

If a person lied to you once, will you forgive?

Yes, I'll forgive. First, I don't hold grudges for long. I can be offended, and then after a while it passes for me. I already forgave the betrayal. Once. Why did I do that, maybe I need to specifically analyze the situation, but in fact I forgave it. In fact, the lie is forgiven, but it leaves a trace in the soul anyway. With specific people, it's always different. Some people you can forgive, some you can't. So I understand that with the one with which I am now, I can’t. I don’t know, maybe I love less, or maybe more. I can forgive, but everything will be cut off from me.

Would you do something to hurt her?

Yes. Unfortunately, yes.

Are you vengeful?

In this regard, yes. I wouldn't just go to a meeting. I would live the way I wanted to. Walking, having fun. If you want to be with me, prove to me that you won’t do that again, and I will walk in every sense.

And if she suddenly comes and repents of her deed?

I love justice so much, you have no idea! Equilibrium. If she did it, I will do it. And we'll be even with her. I can forgive it, but the situation itself will provoke me. Maybe it's masculine, maybe human.

Should the couple travel together or separately?

Well, I don't know how a couple with 10 years behind them can stand apart. If you completely trust a person, you let go, not because he will walk left, right, but just relax, unwind, and sometimes you just want to flirt with someone. I think it's ok. When a relationship is just starting, it is advisable to go together.

By the way, you were recently on vacation. Who did you go on holiday with?

My half was not with me. She just couldn't, she had a job. I was with my godfather, I had one girlfriend, I did not know the rest of the people. I went on vacation for myself.

Did they recognize you there?

There was one moment. We specifically chose a hotel where there are fewer Russians and Ukrainians, well, firstly, so as not to hear "Tagil", which is yelling nearby. There were only Poles in the hotel, but there was a Ukrainian couple. Nobody recognized me before, until the moment came when we were sitting at the bar. Naturally, everyone was drinking there and a karaoke contest began. Everyone has already learned in a conversation that I sing, well, they offer, they say, come on. Came out asleep. 15 minutes pass, I’m already sitting like that, a man comes up to me and starts saying: “You and my wife were photographed when you performed there, do you remember?” (Smiling.) Of course, I don't remember. There was such a moment.

You're jealous?

Yes. I talked about flirting, I understand that it is necessary, but on condition that it does not happen in front of my eyes, because I am very jealous!

How do you feel about sex on a first date?

Fine. But when sex happens on the first date, the relationship develops a little faster and you lose interest, because when it doesn't happen, you communicate, you get used to it, you go on dates, it's all so interesting. Then you remember these moments, SMS.

Have you been in a relationship with someone older than you?

Yes. Now I'm in a relationship with a girl who is older than me. Much older. I love older girls. No offense to my fans (Smiles.) Relations with peers do not go further.

Blondes, brunettes or redheads?

Not so important, but blondes!

Is creativity an alternative to love?

I often think about this when I have life torments, situations. Sometimes I think, now I would have a career for the whole, let me develop to the fullest and that's it, I won't pay attention to it, let it come to me by itself. I understand that a career, creativity is important to me, but I remember the phrase of Marilyn Monroe that "A career is wonderful, but on a cold night it will not warm you." It is true that it is. People are created for love and this is the strongest feeling on Earth, no matter what anyone says. There are geniuses who live in music, in mathematics, it doesn't matter when love covers you - it covers everything. This is the strongest feeling. When it’s hard for you to understand that emotions pour into creativity, when creativity doesn’t go well for you, although I recently started writing a song, I most likely won’t finish it. The inspiration came the moment I came home, I had such a good day both personally and at work, I called home. Everything somehow calmed down for a minute and I felt so good, I sat down at the instrument and began to write a song from my state, from the fact that I feel good. It was the first time, I usually write when it's bad. Creativity is a strong emotion.

How do you feel about advice? Are you listening?

I listen to the advice of the people closest to me whom I trust. Literally one or two people whose advice I can listen to, who advise not only from their bell tower, but knowing me. But I always make my own decisions. When this is done by a person who is trying to teach me something, even an adult, advises me how to live, how to work, what I do wrong, I think I understand that you are smart, that you have experience, but this is your life, you lived it like that and you see it like that. I understand that I do not have much experience, but I live my life, if I make mistakes, then these are my mistakes. I'm not a stupid guy, but I want to live the way I want. You should not teach me how to act, this is my life and a person advises me only from his point of view, he cannot penetrate my head or my soul.

Press service "I am a Star"

Born on March 13, 1995 in the city of Brest, since 2006 he lived in Krasnodar. From early childhood, showing interest in music and creativity, Vlad entered the Krasnodar Interschool Aesthetic Center (IEC) in the class of pop vocal and piano, as well as in the Premiere Theater Creative Association. Both graduated with honors.

In 2011 Vladislav Kurasov took part in the Ukrainian television project "X-Factor-2", captivating the audience with their sincerity, soulfulness, ability, according to Sergei Parkhomenko, "to penetrate the soul of the song." The young artist was remembered by many for using falsetto in his performances. Vlad considers his personal achievement on the project to be the fact that, having taken third place, he actually did not miss a single live broadcast, having gained maximum experience and practice, and in the final he sang in a duet with British star Craig David. By the way, in many ways Vladislav Kurasov can be considered a pioneer, as he became the first foreigner to take part in the Ukrainian X-Factor project.

At the end of the X-Factor project, Vladislav Kurasov, at the age of 16, remained to live and work in Kyiv. In the spring of 2012, the artist took part in a television vocal show "Star Ring" and won it. Meeting the wishes of numerous fans who dreamed of hearing Kurasov "live", the artist (the first of all graduates of the "X-Factor") organized 10 solo concerts in the cities of Ukraine and Russia. June 22 saw the release of the first author's song by Vladislav "Goodbye My City". And although according to Vlad himself "this song is not just about the city, it contains much more, it has a farewell to the past", the song suddenly became the anthem of all those who are forced to leave their homes. At the end of the year, having become the winner of the "I'm Talent" project with this song, Vladislav was invited to perform it at the Golden Gramophone award ceremony in St. Petersburg. In October of the same year, Vladislav presented his second author's song to the attention of the audience - a dance track "Zero Love Squared", and in December, speaking as an invited guest on the stage of the X-Factor show, he presented a lyrical composition "Whisper of the Rains"(D. Danov, G. Kraskovsky).

Cooperation with producer center of the Ukrainian TV channel "STB" From December 2012 to 2013, Vladislav Kurasov was marked by numerous rotations on radio and television, interviews on television programs, online and press conferences, photo shoots, performances at the Novaya Maslyana festival, X-Factor pre-casting in the cities of Ukraine, solo a concert in Luhansk, a performance at the Youth Day in Zaporozhye. per single "Forget", recorded in February, in March the first video of the artist was shot. September 12, 2013 Vladislav presents a new author's song "Give me a drink" and almost immediately starts filming his second video for this song. Preparations for a large-scale October solo tour of Vladislav in Ukraine were in full swing, however, due to a serious injury he received during the filming of the Extreme with a Star program, almost a week before the first concert, the tour was canceled.

Since 2014 Vladislav Kurasov has been independent building of a creative career, gathering a team of like-minded people, returning to active creative and media activities. On April 7, 2014, VKontakte premiered a new author's song by Vladislav "I'm sick with you". Vlad himself anticipated its premiere in this way: “This song is about the most terrible period in my life, which completely turned me around. I never talked about him and never will. Let the music speak for me. For the first time, I really opened up as an author.” Therefore, it is not surprising that the song received ardent recognition from the audience and to this day is one of his most quoted works, and the video, on the set of which Vladislav Kurasov acted as a co-director for the first time, turned out to be the most watched of all his videos on the ELLO music channel.
On May 19, Vladislav Kurasov presented a dance track to the audience "18"(author A. Malakhov). Vladislav's songs, including recently released premieres, are actively rotated on radio stations in Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and the USA.
Vladislav performs a lot at various events, leads an active concert activity - 10 solo albums in 2014-2015, and three of them were acoustic, which requires special preparation. But the return of the audience at performances with "live" music is much greater - an acoustic concert with Evgeny Khmara (piano, saxophone and percussion) in November 2014 and a charity acoustic concert with a band (2 guitars, saxophone, percussion) in November 2015 were held with sold out.

Vladislav Kurasov has special sympathy for children and the elderly who need help. That is why three of his solo concerts were charitable. In addition, the artist took part in other charity events: “Warm Heart to the Children of Ukraine”, “Give a Smile to Children”, “Marathon of Good Deeds”, “Remember Me!”, “Creative Heritage”, etc.

It seemed that quite recently Vladislav Kurasov himself was a young participant in a talent show, and now he himself is invited to the jury of such children's vocal competitions as the projects "Vechernik-1" and "Vechernik-2" from the HRC "24 carats of art", XXIV contest of young pop song performers "ORPHEY-2015" (Belaya Tserkov), SIMPLE THE BEST-2015 Award (Odessa).

The growing popularity and interest of the public encourages the artist to give interviews on radio and television, in the press and online publications, to participate in press conferences, television programs on various channels. In particular, Vladislav Kurasov has repeatedly taken part in TV programs of the STB channel such as “Kokhana, we are driving children”, “Everything will be kind”, “Live!” ".

From April to July 2015, Vladislav Kurasov was interested in gaining experience as the host of the timeLINE music TV section on the PravtuTUT TV channel. Vlad managed to try his acting skills by starring in an episodic role in a television series (the release is planned for the spring of 2016).

In 2015, the singer expanded his repertoire by recording three more songs: "My love», "Through the puddles"(author Elina Raskhodova), "In the depths of my soul". Lyrical and expressive, Vladislav Kurasov shares the most intimate with his listener, because all his songs, lived, passed through his own heart, are about the most important feeling - about love. “Love... it gives us wings, but it can also take them away. For me - rather, pull out. Perhaps I am too emotional... Recently, my wings were gone, and this melody sounded in me again. I wanted to put into it a new experience that I received over the past couple of years - happy and painful. I think this is my strongest work, it cannot but touch - it is sincere. I really hope that she, like me, will help everyone who hears her to patch up their spiritual wounds. "In the depths of the soul" - a kind of secret confession.

Director Taras Golubkov from ICONA AGENCY realized the idea of ​​Vladislav Kurasov in video for the song "In the depths of the soul". On January 22, 2016, this work was presented on the ELLO music channel.

Vladislav Kurasov with the author's song "I" m Insane "became the semi-finalist of the Ukrainian National selection for the Eurovision-2016 music contest.
Songs, videos and vocals of Vladislav Kurasov repeatedly receive high marks at various international competitions. The composition "Zero Love Squared" made it to the semi-finals of the American international competition International Songwriting competitions-2012(Dance Music and Teen categories). "Halellujah" (Leonard Cohen cover) performed by Vlad reached the semi-finals of the international music competition Unsigned Only-2013(Teen category). His video for the song “Give Me a Drink” won the competition program of one of the US music companies Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes(January 2014), and the song itself won the international art song contest International Songwriting Competition-2013(according to People's Choice Winner), held annually in the United States. In September 2014, with the song "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen cover), Vlad becomes the winner of the prestigious American international competition UNSIGNED ONLY MUSIC COMPETITION 2014(FANDEMONIUM category in the Vocal Performance nomination) The video for the song "I'm sick of you" wins in BEAT100 World Music Video Chart international music and video social network BEAT100 (February 2015).

In September 2014, Vladislav Kurasov became an artist of MOON Records, and since May 2015 he has been collaborating with the UMIG MUSIC Music Publishing House. The songs are recorded at the TATAMUSIC studio.

In 2012-2015 Vladislav gave 21 solo concerts in Ukraine, Moscow, St. Petersburg. Vladislav Kurasov's repertoire includes seven author's songs: "Farewell, my city", "Zero love squared", "Give me a drink", "I'm sick of you", "My love", "In the depths of my soul", "I" m Insane "(lyrics by Natalia Rostova). And four songs by other authors: "Whisper of the Rains" (music - Dmitry Danov, lyrics - Gleb Kraskovsky), "Forget" (Vladimir Kurto), "18" (Alexey Malakhov), "Through the Puddles" ( Elina Raskhodova).

On the songs "Forget" (director - Max Litvinov), "Give me a drink" (director - Igor Savenko), "I'm sick of you" (directors: V. Kurasov, M. Khadzhinova), "In the depths of the soul" (director Taras Golubkov ) video clips were filmed.

Ambitious, hardworking, goes in for sports, studies English, likes to travel (visited Goa, Cyprus, USA, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel, Mexico), experiments with appearance, style, lucky number is 22, idol is Britney Spears. The main message in creativity is “Feel!”

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He was born on March 13, 1995 in Brest, Belarus. Since 2006 Vlad lived in Krasnodar, Russia. From early childhood Vladislav show an interest in music, creativity. Vladislav enrolled in the Krasnodar Interschool Aesthetic Center (IAC) to study pop vocal singing and piano and also in Creative Union “Première” (Theatre), and graduated from his studies at these institutions with honors.

In 2011 Vladislav Kurasov took part in the Ukrainian TV project "X-Factor-2" He won the audience with his sincerity, his voice, according to Sergei Parhomenko, his ability "to get into soul of a song". The young artist used in his performances a falsetto, which made him stand out from other participants.

By finishing third in the final, Vlad was happy about the fact, that he actually never missed a single live broadcast, getting the most experience and practice as possible. In the final he sang a duet with British star Craig David. By the way, in many respects Vladislav Kurasov can be considered a pioneer, because he became the first foreigner who took part in the Ukrainian project "X-Factor-2". After ending of the "X-Factor-2" project, Vladislav Kurasov, in its 16 years decided to stay in Kiev to live and work. In Spring 2012 Vladislav took part in other TV vocal show "Star ring" and become a Winner. In order to meet the wishes of many fans who wanted to hear Kurasov "Live", the artist (the first of all the graduates of the "X-Factor-2") had organized 10 solo concerts in different cities of Ukraine and Russia.

On June, 22nd Vladislav's first author's song "Proshchay, My City"(Farewell, My Town) was released. According to Vlad, "this song is not just about town, it's incorporated a lot more, it's saying a good-bye to the past". The song suddenly became the anthem of all those who were forced to leave their homes. At the end of the year, as a winner of the project "I Talent" with this song, Vladislav was invited to perform it at the "Golden Gramophone" award ceremony in St. Petersburg. Petersburg. Later in October 2012, Vladislav released his second author "s song- a dance track "Nol Lyubvi v Kvadrate" (Zero Love Squared), and in December 2012, Vladislav was invitational guest on stage of the Live show "X-Factor-2 » with a lyrical composition "Shopot Dozhdey" (Whisper of Rains) (Authors D. Danov, G. Kraskovskij).

From December 2012 to 2013 Vladislav was working under management of Producer Center of Ukrainian TV Channel STB. During this period of time his songs had multiple rotations on radio and television, he had many TV and online interviews as well as invitations to press conferences, photo sessions. Vladislav performed at the Festival "New Masliana", was an invitational guest at presentations during X-Factor casting in the different cities of Ukraine, had a solo concert in Lugansk, performed at the Youth Day in Zaporozhye.

A new single Zabudesh(You'll Forget), was recorded in February, and already in March the video for this was released. On September 12, 2013 Vladislav presented a new song, “Dai Mne Ispit” (Let Me Indulge) and almost immediately begin shooting a video for this song. In full swing preparing for the widespread October solo tour in Ukraine, Vladislav, however, had to cancel it due to severe injuries he received while filming the program "Extreme with a Star", almost a week before the tour was scheduled.

Since 2014 Vladislav Kurasov began to build his artistic career by himself. Gathering a team of like-minded personalities, he returned to active creative and media activities. On April 7, 2014, was released one more song of Vladislav - "Ya Bolen Toboy"(I "m Sick of You) in Russian Social Pages VKontakte. Vlad so described its premiere “This song is about the hardest period of my and completely changed me. I never talked about it and never told. Let the music speak for me. This was the first time I really opened up as a songwriter.” It is not surprising, that this song received hot recognition by the audience, and to this day is one of the most special of his works. Vladislav was also a co-Director and Co-Producer of the video for this song, which also had the most amount of views at the YouTube Music Channel ELLO.

On May 19, 2014 Vladislav Kurasov presented to the audience a dance single "18"(by A. Malakhov). Vladislav songs, including the recently released premiere, were actively played in Radio Stations in Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and USA.

Vladislav performed at many different events, and maintained an active concert schedule - 10 new solo concerts in 2014-2015, and three of them were acoustic.

A very important for Vladislav Kurasov is to support children and the elderly. That is why three of his solo concerts were charitable. In addition, the artist participated in other charity events "Warm Heart to Children of Ukraine", "Give a Smile to Children", "Marathon of Good Deeds", "Remember Me!", "Creative Heritage" etc.

It seemed quite recently, Vladislav Kurasov himself was the youngest participant in the talent show, and now he himself invited to be the Judge of such children "s vocal contests as "Vechernik-1" and "Vechernik-2" of the Producer center " 24 Carats of Gold”, XXIV Contest of Young Performers of Pop Song “ORPHEUS-2015” (Bila Tserkva), “SIMPLE THE BEST-2015” (Odessa).

The growing popularity and interest of the public encourages the artist to be interviewed on radio and television, in the press and online media, to participate in press conferences, TV programs on different channels. In particular, Vladislav Kurasov had participated in television broadcasts channel STB such as "Kohana, MI Vbivayemo Dіtey", "Everything will be Good", "For Long Live!" He performed his song "Po Luzham" (In the Puddles) in the Igor Kondratyuk TV Show "Karaoke on the Maidani".
From April to July 2015 Vladislav Kurasov was a host of a musical TV Program timeLINE in the Show "Pravda Tut". The same time Vladislav was trying his acting ability. He was played a supporting role in one television series (it is planned to release in the spring of 2016).

In 2015 the singer added to his repertoire, writing three songs "My Love", "Po Luzham"(author Elina Raskhodova), and "Na Glubine Dushi"(In the Depth of the Soul). For him being as the lyrical and expressive, Vladislav Kurasov shares with his audience all his secrets, because all his songs were lived, passed through his own heart. They are about the most important feeling - love. "Love... it gives us wings, but can take them back. For me - rather, to pull out. Perhaps I "m too emotional ... Recently my wing was gone, and in me this melody has begun to sound once again. I wanted to put it into new experiences that I got during these two years - a happy and painful. I think this is my strongest work, it's impossible not to be touched by it - it is very sincere. I very much hope that it will help everyone to patch up wounds as it did for me. "Na Glubine Dushi" is a kind of secret of confession.

Director Taras Golubkov from ICONA AGENCY embodied the idea of ​​Vladislav Kurasov in the music video for the song "Na Glubine Dushi", on January 22, 2016 this work was presented on the music channel ELLO.

Vladislav Kurasov with author's song "I'm Insane" became the semifinalist of the Ukrainian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest-2016.

Songs, videos and vocals of Vladislav Kurasov repeatedly receive high marks in various international competitions. His song "Nol Liubvi v Kvadrate" - "Zero Love Squared" became a semifinalist of The International Songwriting Competition-2012 in Nashville, TN in Teen and Dance categories. Vladislav Kurasov became a semifinalist of the another international music competition Unsigned Only-2013(Nashville, USA) in TEEN category with song Halellujah (Leonard Cohen cover). Vladislav Kurasov "s single "Day Mne Ispit" became "The People" s Voice "Winner at the 2013 International Songwriting Competitions, and the Honorable mention in the category Teen. In January 2014 Video "Day Mne Ispit" won 1-st place at the Coast2Coast music video contast and received high reviews from judges. Another success in International music competition in USA. Vladislav Kurasov had won "Fandemonium" with the song "Hallelujah" in the "Vocal Performance" category in the 2014 Unsigned Only Music Competition. He won't 2015 Beat100 #1 Charting Video Award for "Ya Bolen Toboy" Original Video for week February 16, 2015.

In September 2014 year Vladislav Kurasov became an artist of MOON Records, and since May 2015 he cooperates with the music publishing house UMIG MUSIC. Recording songs takes place at TATAMUSIC Studios.

In 2012-1015 Vladislav performed at 21 Solo Concerts. He has in his repertoire 7 his own songs: "Proshchay Moy Gorord", "Nol Lyubvi v Kvadrate", "Day Mne Ispit", "Ya Bolen Toboy", "My Love", "Na Glubine Dushi" and "I"m Insane"; And the four songs of other authors: "Shopot Dozhdey" (music by Dmitry Danov, lyrics by Gleb Kraskovsky), "Zabudesh" (Vladimir Kurto), "18" (Alexey Malakhov), "Po Luzham" (Elina Raskhodova ).

Vladislav has released music videos for songs: "Zabudesh" (Director Maks Litvinov), "Day Mne Ispit" (Director Igor Savenko), "Ya Bolen Toboy" (Directors Vladislav Kurasov and Marina Khadzhinova), "Na Glubine Dushi" (Director Taras Golubkov).

Ambitious , hardworking, likes sport, Study English, Loves to travel (visited Goa, Cyprus, United States, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel, Mexico), Experimenting with his style, Lucky number - 22, Idol - Britney Speas. Main message in creativity - “Feel!”

Valery Kuras: “I am Kuras. Kuras himself. Your own!”

For me personally, Valery Kuras has been a "closed book" for a long time.
I knew his humorous songs, heard about his medical background, chatted with him about nothing, but really discovered only after this interview.
The first frank interview that he gave about his personal life, about the sores of our society and how these sores should be treated correctly ...
- Valery, of course, excuse me, but I will reproach you. I looked on the Internet, and there - a rolling ball about Valery Kuras! Why such underlined modesty against the backdrop of general PR?
- I'm just not a fan of it. And therefore I do not use the Internet either as a marketing tool or as a communication tool. But I accept the request. You're right. I will correct! (smiling)
- Your site www.kuras.ru gives maximum information from a minimum. And then you know what I thought? Find the meaning of your name, take the most important characteristics from there, in order to figure out together with you what is true and what is a lie. Agree?
- Lets do it! It should be interesting. Moreover, I myself was going to deal with this topic, but there was no time ...
- Go. We read: “In childhood, all Valerias are very restless children ...”. And you, I know, from childhood you tormented and tormented the piano, and made complex ships in the club of young technicians, and even made kitchen furniture for your mother ... From which parent did you inherit such perseverance?
- When I was born, my parents were already quite adults, so it was no longer possible for me to understand which of them was more diligent. And then years passed, I grew up myself. And my perseverance over the years somehow ...
- Dissolved, or what?
- Yes, not that it has resolved. There was simply no time left to assemble kitchen furniture and design ships in the club of young technicians.
- Let's find out about perseverance. What were your parents doing? Mom, well, was a spinner, and dad was in some design bureau?
- With dad, you hit the bull's-eye! At one time he actually headed the design bureau in the Ministry of Geology. And in such a position, perseverance was very necessary. Well, my mother was a translator. German and English. And she also sat with her books and dictionaries ...
- Do you speak English? ("Do you speak English?")
- Yes, of course! ("Well, of course!")
(Laughing)
- But the surname Kuras, I don’t understand, does it go into what wilds: into Bulgarian, Israeli or gypsy? You, for an hour, are not romale?
- No, definitely not Romale, but also a guy anywhere! We, the Kuras, wherever we have marked ourselves.
Follow me on the map now. The surname comes from Ukraine. The same surname lives in Lithuania. Several Kuras have taken root today in Siberia and Israel ...
It is a pity that no family ties were found with them. But since my father is from Ukraine, I calmed down and closed the topic of these studies for myself.
So let's consider that I am Kuras - Kuras in itself ... My own! (Laughing)
When I was a schoolboy, and then a student, everyone called me Kuras. And it was all at once: both the surname, and the name, and the school nickname, and the pseudonym - all in one glass.
- Back to your name. If you believe what they write about Valeriev, you are "far from being easy to communicate with everyone." Not party people, in general. And that's all, they say, because your totem plant is nettle ... That's what I look at concerts: you arrived, performed, smiled a little backstage and in the car ... What is more here - modesty or totem nettle?
- Totem nettle, to be honest, I did not know. The devil knows whether this is good or bad ... Although, from a medical point of view, the vitamins in it are a fig. So let's assume that this plant is good.
About the party-goer. I can’t say that I absolutely can’t stand parties. I don't like artificial parties. After all, everything is false there: both words and smiles. And if you count the meetings of friends who are engaged in the same business or are simply interested in each other, then I will always support such meetings.
Only it will no longer be a party, but communication. Communication with people who are interested in you, who are interested in you, with whom you can exchange experience, human warmth ... In general, with whom it is easy and pleasant for you ...
As for concerts, here you, as an artist, give off a lot of energy on stage and, frankly, you get tired like a dog ...
Therefore, I approach this wisely: if it is interesting, I stay, if not, I leave.
- Okay, let's move on. “The field of activity of Valeriev depends on the chosen profession. If they don’t like the job, they will change it until they find what they need…”. After all, you also have: a medical institute, then, in Rosenbaum's way, work at an ambulance, then ophthalmology, residency, an eye microsurgery institute, and then - bang! - the pharmaceutical business and, finally, chanson ... Have you been looking for yourself for so long?
- It’s not that I changed jobs, like Casanova changed women ... It’s just that in every period of time I really, really liked what I was doing - until something else appeared in my life that I started to like more .
If the new pulled, I acted honestly: I left the old, which no longer inspired me so much.
The fact is that combining medicine with business is very difficult - provided that you give yourself one hundred percent to the cause. I could not afford it - neither as a person, nor as a doctor. I did 1700 surgeries a year! And each patient had his own, special case ...
When I realized that medicine began to fascinate me less than the pharmaceutical business, which I got into, I made an honest conclusion for myself: you have to choose, either one or the other. And I chose business.
In general, I am grateful to fate for everything. Everything is for the good!
While working as an ophthalmologist, I met Svyatoslav Fedorov (a legendary eye microsurgeon, one of the participants in the introduction of radial keratotomy, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Author's note)
He was a terrific person and a great worker who took upon himself the organization of such a big deal as the Eye Microsurgery MNTK, where, consider, the whole country was treated ...
I left there when I realized that as a doctor I had achieved everything I wanted, but as a scientist I would not be able to develop with so many operations. Something had to be changed. And then I went into the pharmaceutical business.
- Are you selling drugs like Bryntsalov?
- (Laughs). Vladimir Bryntsalov owned the pharmaceutical business. I was a hired top manager.
I worked in international companies that represented quality medicines. And only then in my life there was a chanson ...
- Speaking of chanson. I want to know: why, with higher education and such human integrity, does it take you in chanson not to the area of ​​\u200b\u200bfine lyrics, like, for example, our Stas Mikhailov, but to pronounced mischief? Take at least your “Airplane”, or “Muzhikov”, or the same funny “Pampushka” ... It turns out, such Yuri Galtsev, only in chanson ...
- Great question. I have always considered myself a lyricist - perhaps even more subtle than our Stas Mikhailov ... But my producer Andrey Pryazhnikov considered that songs with a humorous filling would be more in demand. Yes, and this niche in the chanson was empty. And I took it. I began to sing cheerful songs that fell on my soul. And it turned out that they are well received by the public!
The producer turned out to be right in his predictions. So, after a long search for ourselves in different musical styles, we settled on this humorous one.
Well, the comparison with Galtsev is flatteringly fantastic for me.
- Andrey Pryazhnikov writes many songs for you. These are songs, the meaning of which people illustrate by clicking on the right side of the throat ... And, by the way, you and Pryazhnikov yourself are practically non-drinkers ... What is this? Playing on native Russian weakness? Or is this my narrow-minded view on the topic?
- Well, I can’t say that Andrei and I are so non-drinkers ... As the main character of “Office Romance” said: “Why am I not a drinker? Very much…” (laughing).
We are not alcoholics, of course. Therefore, in no way meant propaganda of alcoholism in our songs. Rather, it is a reflection of our Russian life. Such a kindly friendly caricature.
That is why these songs are popular. After all, our people have a sense of humor, they catch a chip.
Only I cannot understand why the ability to drink well is considered only a Russian national trait? I travel a lot around the world and I'll tell you - there, over the hill, oh, how they like to drink well! Take at least the Europeans, at least the Americans ...
- And where do they drink more?
- Yes, everywhere they drink well! Both Germany and France...
- Sorry, but they drink beer and wine. And we have something that is more respected ...
- And in Georgia, for example, they drink chacha! And in Bulgaria - Rakia! And this is the same moonshine ...
It's just that in our country this topic is turning into a national tragedy. That's why, you ask? Yes, because in other countries the economic situation is more stable and therefore there is no need to firmly “fill in grief”. They drink there because it's good. That's the whole difference!
- After such an exciting topic, it's time to talk about women ...
Look what they write about Valery: “If Valery has found his woman who suits him in everything, he is not able to change her, although the desire to change almost never leaves him ...”.
And you, Valera, found your only one, which you don’t want to change?
- Well ... if everything you read to me here is about me, it means that I'm still looking for HER ...
- Do you want me to help you?
- How is it?
- I'll tell you the cherished names that suit you for life.
- Interesting ... And what are they?
- Mostly exotic: Zoya, Wanda, Victoria, Galina, Louise, Nadezhda, Olesya, Roxana, Yana. Of the simple names, you have only two options - Svetlana and Tatyana ...
- Curious ... To tell the truth, I have not had any business with the owners of exotic names. There seems to be a lot of work to be done here. (Laughing)
- And let's draw the image of your woman - the one you are looking for ... Perhaps, after reading this interview, she will be found?
- In this sense, Andrei Mironov said very well. He was asked: “Which women do you like? Blondes? Brunette? High? Little ones?" To which he replied: “You know, I would like to be broader on this issue…”.
Understand, there are no standards here and cannot be.
I just want to meet a person who understands you, with whom you feel comfortable, with whom you will have a lot in common - both in views and interests. And the name, appearance or size of the bust do not matter at all!
- Okay, let's go to the area of ​​the human psyche. Here is what they write about Valery: “Such men feel good if they actively participate in life; they must intervene in everything, advise everyone, change something, otherwise they feel useless and even unhappy.”
Valera, do you feel unhappy because you do not advise anything to anyone? Or, like a perfectionist, do you interfere in everything in order to improve everything?
- The fact that I am actively engaged in a business that interests me, and I try to bring it to perfection, is the pure truth. You can call it perfectionism, for God's sake. As for advice, I try not to give it until they ask. Interfering everywhere, handing out my advice to the right or left, I think it is incorrect.
Every person has the right to live his own life and make his own mistakes, some of which are later for his own good.
- But, let me, but what about the children? Is it wrong to give parental advice to them?
- I want to say that children are not our appendages, which we can twist as we want. These are individuals who have their own outlook on life and their right to make mistakes. A mistake is the same experience! And as a parent, you have to accept it, whether you like it or not. It's awful how hard it is. But personally, I did it.
- And what do you live for when you don’t sing on stage? I heard you have a medical practice somewhere. So you recently hosted a program on Radio Chanson about health ... Have you taken up the “old” again?
- The pharmaceutical business has not died in my life, it is going somehow ...
It's just that the more I sing, the less I do it. Time goes to concerts and studios...
As for the program on Radio Chanson, I conducted it with pleasure. In the format in which she was, she did a lot for the listeners. Well, I got an interesting experience as a radio host.
- And what is more difficult: doing business or singing chanson on stage?
- Impossible to compare. Very different things..
In business, a lot can be calculated by writing a business plan and doing the right marketing. It doesn't work in art. It is impossible to know in advance which of the songs will shoot, become a hit. There are a lot of factors here that are generally unpredictable. Therefore, in every song you always put your soul, all of yourself. And therein lies its charm! There are, of course, producers who not only calculate the future hit, they smell it ... Accordingly, those artists who work with these producers become very successful ...
- I dug up a curious song on the Internet that you dedicated to Elena Vaenga. Where did she come from? I mean the song, not Vaenga...
- It was in 2008. I come to Pryazhnikov, and he says to me: “Listen, a singer has appeared here who writes songs for herself, this is a bomb!” And plays me a couple of her songs. And I listen and understand that it is pushing me, and strongly. Andrey says to me: “Let's write down a dedication to her and perform it at the next concert, huh?”. And he shows me a sketch of his new song.
We sat down and recorded the same day. And then they came to the concert and gave it to Vaenga.
(watch and listen to the song here: click)
- And what is she?
- I listened, said that it was cool, thanked. And Alaverdi promised to write some song for me. I am still waiting...
Well, she had very good personal reasons to forget her promise to you. But time passed, the long-awaited son was born, and you can remind her of your agreement. I suggest using…
- (Clearing his throat) “Dear Lenochka! I congratulate you on the addition to the family - this is the coolest of all the songs put together! God bless you and your baby! I want to remind you that you promised to write a song for me. You decide for yourself what the song will be and what it will be about. What lies in your soul, then put it on the notes! I am waiting. It's me, Kuras!" (Laughing)
- Wouldn't you like to sing a duet with Vaenga? Now it's so fashionable to do duets "at once" ...
- It would definitely be a very strong duet. If she wanted to, I would take the risk too!
So far, I have had the only duet in my life - with Katya Golitsyna. I'll tell you, it's hard to sing a duet. After all, this is a merger of two completely independent personalities, a subtle understanding of each other on stage - so that no one pulls anyone and does not drag the blanket over themselves.
Lena Vaenga is an insanely talented person, a charismatic person, a personality. It would be very flattering for me to sing with her. Although she probably deliberately does not work with anyone in a duet - she just does not need it, because she is self-sufficient. If she wanted it, she could do it. She is capable of anything.
- Vaenga, as you know, is a socially active person, not indifferent to what is happening in our country. Here is my question about the same... Look what is happening today: there has been a social split in Russia. Moral guidelines are heavily erased. Blasphemy in the temple is called a struggle for democratic rights and even peace prizes are awarded for it ...
Tell me as a doctor and a citizen: when will this time of troubles end, and what must each of us do for this?
- It is difficult to predict when it will end. But I do not agree that the whole society has become unspiritual. Part of the society, on the contrary, against the background of this orgy, more actively comes to spiritual growth: they are drawn to God, to religion, where there are spiritual postulates that help to preserve in a person ... human. And others, not finding a moral stronghold for themselves, cross that very psychic brink of normality. And then there are accidents with drunk drivers at the wheel, kidne; ping and what you just mentioned ...
I think that in such a troubled time, when moral guidelines are erased, you need to start working with yourself. Ask yourself why you live, what good can you give to the world right now or, say, tomorrow?
No matter how you raise a child - according to the Gippenreiter system, or on Mayakovsky’s poem “What is good and what is bad?”, But if the child does not have your correct example in front of his eyes, there will be no results!
So guys, you need to start with yourself: with the ability to help others, to please them with something, to please yourself. In general, to spread goodness around you, no matter what!
As soon as this good beginning is restored between people, everyone, consider that the process of healing the nation has begun ...
I declare this as a doctor and just as a person Valery Kuras...

Interviewed by Tatyana Feoktistova