Konstantin Meladze Biography: Wife, Age, Parents, Net Worth, Height, Children, Songs

Biography

Konstantin Meladze (born Konstantin Shotayevich Meladze on May 11, 1963, in Batumi, Georgian SSR, USSR) is a Georgian-born composer and music producer widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in post-Soviet pop music. He is 62 years old.

He developed an early passion for music at the age of six after watching the film Polonaise Oginsky, and later studied at the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding in Mykolaiv, where he learned the violin, piano, and guitar.

In 1989, Konstantin and his brother Valery joined the popular Soviet rock band Dialogue, and in 1992, the Meladze brothers departed to pursue their own projects, building a creative partnership in which Valery performed songs exclusively composed by Konstantin. Their debut album Sera, released in 1995, broke sales records, with Valery named Best Performer of the Year.

In 2000, Konstantin co-founded the female pop group VIA Gra alongside Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Kostyuk, serving as its producer and composer for all of its albums. Beyond VIA Gra, he has composed and produced for artists including Vera Brezhneva, Sofia Rotaru, Polina Gagarina, and Albina Dzhanabaeva, and has scored several films, among them Lilya 4-Ever and Hipsters.

In 2012, he was recognized as the Best Composer of the Last 20 Years in Ukraine, and in 2014, he received the same honor in Russia. He has been married to singer Vera Brezhneva since October 23, 2015.

Georgian-Ukrainian composer
Konstantin Meladze
Wiki Facts & About Data
Real Name:	Konstantin Shotayevich Meladze
Stage Name:	Konstantin Meladze
Born:	11 May 1963 (age 62 years old)
Place of Birth:	Batumi, Georgia
Nationality:	Georgian, Ukrainian
Education:	Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding
Height:	N/A
Parents:	Shota Meladze, Nelly Meladze
Siblings:	Valery Meladze, Liana Meladze
Spouse:	Jana Meladze (m. 1994–2013), Vera Brezhneva (m. 2015-2022)
Girlfriend • Partner:	Not Dating
Children:	Leah Meladze, Alice Meladze, Valery Meladze
Occupation:	Composer • Record Producer
Net Worth:	$5 million (USD)

Early Life & Education

Konstantin Shotayevich Meladze was born on May 11, 1963, in Batumi, the capital of the Adjara region in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, which is today part of the Republic of Georgia.

He is 62 years old. His birth name in Russian is Константин Шотаевич Меладзе, and in Georgian, კონსტანტინე მელაძე. He holds Georgian heritage and is widely identified as Georgian by descent, having spent his formative years in Batumi before relocating later in life. Konstantin is historically associated with Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Konstantin was born to Shota Konstantinovich Meladze and Nelly Akakievna Meladze. Both parents were engineers by profession, and the household’s broader family, including grandparents on both sides, shared the same engineering background. The family was part of the educated Soviet middle class, and this professional environment shaped the academic direction Konstantin and his siblings initially took, even as music ultimately proved the stronger pull.

Konstantin has a younger brother, Valery Meladze (born in 1965), who would go on to become one of the most celebrated singers in post-Soviet pop music, and a younger sister, Liana Meladze (born in 1968). Liana later built her own career in the music industry, working as a producer at Velvet Music. The bond between Konstantin and Valery in particular would define one of the most enduring creative partnerships in Russian-language pop music.

At the age of six, Konstantin developed a deep interest in music after watching the film Polonaise Oginsky. Captivated by what he heard, he initially wanted to learn the violin, and his mother enrolled him in a music school.

Over time, he also explored the piano, and when a guitar appeared in the household, he taught himself to play it, often performing for friends and acquaintances. This self-driven curiosity across multiple instruments laid the foundation for the compositional instincts he would refine over the next decades.

After completing secondary school, Konstantin worked for a year as a mechanic at a shipbuilding plant in Batumi before pursuing higher education. In 1988, he graduated from the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, where he studied alongside his younger brother Valery.

During their university years, the Meladze brothers took part in amateur performances at the institute, and in November 1985, Konstantin joined the band April as a keyboardist, with Valery joining a month later as the band’s vocalist. After graduating, Konstantin worked as a design engineer at a design bureau, though his engineering career proved brief, as the pull of music would soon redirect his life entirely.

Career

Konstantin Meladze’s professional journey in music began not in a studio but on a university stage. During his time at the shipbuilding institute, he and his brother Valery participated in amateur performances, and in 1989, the two brothers chose to pursue music full-time, joining the popular Soviet rock band Dialogue.

It was within this environment that Konstantin’s gifts as a composer and songwriter began to sharpen, as he increasingly took on the role of writing material for Valery to perform. In 1992, the Meladze brothers departed Dialogue to concentrate on their own projects, building a creative arrangement in which Valery performed songs composed exclusively by Konstantin.

The brothers’ big break came through one of the Soviet music industry’s most towering figures. In 1993, Alla Pugacheva, having heard their songs, invited Valery to perform at the New Year’s show Christmas Meetings, which marked the beginning of their nationwide popularity. The momentum from that appearance was seismic.

Their debut album Sera, released in 1995, broke sales records, and Valery was named Best Performer of the Year. The albums that followed, including The Last Romantic and Samba of the White Moth, cemented their standing as one of the most commercially formidable songwriting partnerships in Russian-language pop. Konstantin has penned over 1,000 tracks for prominent artists, with his compositions for Valery, including Séra and Komediant, establishing a template for emotive ballads that blended pop accessibility with orchestral swells and introspective lyrics.

As the new millennium approached, Konstantin expanded his vision beyond the writing desk and into full-scale music production. In 2000, he co-founded the female pop group VIA Gra alongside Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Kostyuk, acting as its producer and the author of all its musical albums.

The group, whose early lineup included Nadezhda Granovskaya, Vera Brezhneva, and Anna Sedokova, became one of the most commercially successful acts in the post-Soviet space, with their albums selling millions of copies and dominating airplay across Russia and Ukraine. VIA Gra’s founding marked a pivotal shift in Konstantin’s career, introducing a glamorous, high-energy aesthetic that popularized synchronized choreography and sensual themes in Russian pop, influencing subsequent acts across the region.

His production work soon spread well beyond VIA Gra. In 2001, Konstantin became the composer and music producer for the musical Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, followed by the production of Cinderella in 2002 and The Sorochyntsi Fair in 2004. He also moved into television, bringing his creative sensibility to some of the era’s biggest broadcast projects. In 2007, he served as producer for Star Factory 7 on Channel One, and in 2006, he was the music producer for Valery Todorovsky’s film Hipsters. In 2009, he produced Star Factory 3 in Ukraine, and from 2010 to 2012, he was the music producer for the Ukrainian version of The Voice on the 1+1 channel.

Konstantin also wrote songs for some of the biggest names in post-Soviet music, extending his reach far beyond his immediate circle. He composed for artists including Sofia Rotaru, Albina Dzhanabaeva, Polina Gagarina, and Vera Brezhneva, and scored several films, including Lilya 4-Ever and Hipsters. His partnership with Polina Gagarina between 2012 and 2015 was particularly notable, during which he wrote key singles, including Spektakl okonchen in 2012, a dance-pop track that highlighted her vocal range and marked a commercial peak in their collaboration, and Net in 2013.

His ambitions extended further into theatrical and orchestral territory as well. In 2013, Konstantin composed the soundtrack for the TV series Thaw and created the symphonic ballet The Great Gatsby, choreographed by American ballet master Dwight Rhoden.

That same year and in 2014, he produced the television talent shows I Want to Join VIA Gra and I Want to Join Meladze. The latter project gave rise to the boy band MBAND, adding yet another successful act to his ever-growing production portfolio. He has also worked as a producer for groups such as Yin-Yang and BiS, and has written songs for legends including Alla Pugacheva and Sofia Rotaru.

In 2016 and 2017, Konstantin served as a judge at Vidbir, Ukraine’s National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, further underlining his stature as a leading authority in the regional music industry. In 2005, he received the Golden Star of Alla Pugacheva award, earned the Ovation Prize in 2007 for music in cinema, and was named Composer of the Year by the Russian National Music Award Victoria.

In 2012, he was recognized as the Best Composer of the Last 20 Years in Ukraine, and in 2014, he received the same title in Russia. Over the course of a career spanning more than three decades, Konstantin Meladze has established himself as one of the most prolific and consequential figures in Russian-language popular music, a composer and producer whose fingerprints can be heard across the defining pop soundscapes of an entire era.

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Personal Life

Konstantin Meladze was born on May 11, 1963, and is 62 years old. He is a notably private figure who has largely preferred to let his creative work speak for him, though certain chapters of his personal life have drawn considerable public attention over the years. His height is not widely confirmed in public records.

Konstantin’s first known serious relationship led to marriage. He met Yana Summ during his student years. She was born in Ukraine, trained as a lawyer, and had participated in the Miss Ukraine-92 competition. Meladze fell in love with her at first sight and proposed after only a few dates.

He married Jana Meladze in 1994, and the couple built what appeared to be a stable family life over the following years. Yana was described as a virtuous and devoted wife, though she did not deeply engage with the professional world her husband inhabited.

The couple’s family grew steadily: their first daughter, Alice Meladze, was born in 2000, followed by daughter Leah Meladze in 2004, and finally a son, Valery Meladze, in 2005, named in honor of Konstantin’s celebrated younger brother. However, after three years, young Valery began to regress, losing the speech and communication skills he had developed. He was subsequently diagnosed with autism.

Yana later recalled that the child’s speech had not been conscious, and that the cause of the regression was never definitively identified. The diagnosis placed enormous emotional weight on the family, and while it initially appeared to bind the household closer together, it ultimately could not hold the marriage intact.

The unraveling of Konstantin’s first marriage was tied to one of the most talked-about secret romances in post-Soviet entertainment. Konstantin and Vera Brezhneva had been acquainted since she won her audition to join VIA Gra, the girl group he co-founded in 2000, and their professional bond quietly deepened into something far more personal over the years that followed.

For a decade, they denied the relationship to the public, with both citing their families and children as reasons to maintain the appearance of a purely professional dynamic. When the romance eventually became public knowledge, Yana reportedly said, “You have withdrawn 10 years of my life.” The first marriage ended in divorce around 2013, after which Konstantin and Vera lived together before formalizing their relationship.

Konstantin Meladze and Vera Brezhneva held a private wedding ceremony in 2015 in Forte dei Marmi, a resort in Italy. The marriage was widely regarded as a union between two people who had been creative partners for years before acknowledging the depth of their personal connection, and the couple maintained a low-profile life focused on family and collaborative work.

Vera Brezhneva brought two daughters of her own into the relationship from her previous marriages: Sonya Kiperman, born March 30, 2001, from her first marriage to Ukrainian businessman Vitaliy Voychenko, and Sarah Kiperman, born December 17, 2009, from her second marriage to Ukrainian businessman Mikhail Kiperman. The blended family was one that both Konstantin and Vera spoke of warmly during their years together.

However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 introduced political tensions that ultimately fractured the relationship, and the couple divorced in 2023. The separation marked the end of one of the most high-profile unions in the world of Russian and Ukrainian entertainment.

As of the time of writing, Konstantin Meladze has not publicly confirmed any new relationship following his divorce from Vera Brezhneva.

Net Worth

Konstantin Meladze has an estimated net worth of $5 million, a fortune built across more than three decades of relentless work as one of the most in-demand composers and music producers in the post-Soviet entertainment space.

His wealth comes from multiple income streams, including songwriting royalties, music production fees, record label operations through his independent imprint Meladze Music, television production credits, and his long-running work as a film and theatrical production scorer.

Having penned over 1,000 songs for artists including his brother Valery Meladze, Vera Brezhneva, Polina Gagarina, Sofia Rotaru, and Alla Pugacheva, Konstantin has accumulated decades’ worth of royalty earnings from some of the most commercially successful tracks in Russian-language pop.

His cofounding and sustained production of VIA Gra, one of the best-selling female pop groups in the region, further significantly contributed to his financial standing, as did his work as a music producer on major television projects such as Star Factory 7, Star Factory 3, and the Ukrainian edition of The Voice.

While Konstantin Meladze has never been publicly flashy about wealth, preferring to let his creative output command his reputation, his body of work across music, film, theatre, and television makes his $5 million net worth a figure that reflects both the breadth and the lasting commercial impact of a career that has shaped the sound of an entire era.

Discography

Albums (as Composer/Producer for Valery Meladze)

• Sera (1995)
• Posledniy Romantik (The Last Romantic) (1996)
• Samba Belogo Motylka (Samba of the White Moth) (1998)
• Vsyo Tak I Bylo (All Was This Way) (1999)
• Nastoyashcheye (The Present) (2002)
• Nega (Bliss) (2003)
• Vopreki (Against All Odds) (2008)
• Polsta, Vol. 1 (2016)
• Polsta, Vol. 2 (2016)

Singles

For Valery Meladze

• Ne Trevozh Mne Dushu Skripka (Don’t Disturb My Soul, Violin) (1993)
• Sera (1995)
• Komediant (1995)
• Devushki iz Vysshego Obshchestva (Girls from High Society) (1996)
• Limbo (1995)
• Samba Belogo Motylka (Samba of the White Moth) (1998)
• C’est la Vie (2003)
• Prityzheniya Bolshe Net (No More Attraction) (feat. VIA Gra) (2004)
• Okean I Tri Reki (Ocean and Three Rivers) (feat. VIA Gra) (2004)
• Salut, Vera (2008)
• Parallelnyye (Parallel) (2008)
• Inostranets (Foreigner) (2008)
• Nebesa (Heavens) (2010)

For VIA Gra

• Popytka No. 5 (Attempt No. 5) (2000)
• Provans (Provence) (2003)

For Vera Brezhneva

• Ya Ne Igrayu (I Don’t Play) (2008)
• Nirvana (2008)
• Lyubov v Bolshom Gorode (Love in the Big City) (2009)
• Lyubov Spaset Mir (Love Will Save the World) (2010)
• Rozovyy Dym (Pink Smoke) (2021)

For Polina Gagarina

• Spektakl Okonchen (The Show Is Over) (2012)
• Net (No) (2013)
• Nav Ek (Forever) (2013)

For Sofia Rotaru

• Ya Zhe Yego Lyubila (I Did Love Him)
• Odin Na Svete (The Only One in the World)

For Alla Pugacheva

• Various compositions (1990s)

Soundtrack Albums

• Pesni iz Filma Sorochynskaya Yarmarka (Songs from the Film The Sorochyntsi Fair) (2004)
• The Great Gatsby (Music from Ballet) (2015)
• Ottepel (Thaw) (2014)

Filmography

Movies

• Lilya 4-Ever (2002) — Composer
• Zolushka (Cinderella) (2003) — Composer/Producer
• Gipsy (Hipsters) (2008) — Music Producer

TV Shows

• Star Factory 7 (2007) — Producer, Channel One
• Star Factory 3 (2009) — Producer, Ukraine
• The Voice Ukraine (2010–2012) — Music Producer, 1+1 Channel
• Ottepel (Thaw) (2013) — Soundtrack Composer
• Ya Khochu Na VIA Gru (I Want to Join VIA Gra) (2013) — Producer
• Ya Khochu K Meladze (I Want to Join Meladze) (2014) — Producer

Stage and Theatre

• Vechera Na Khutore Bliz Dikanki (Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka) (2001) — Composer and Music Producer
• Zolushka (Cinderella) (2002) — Producer
• Sorochinskaya Yarmarka (The Sorochyntsi Fair) (2004) — Producer
• The Great Gatsby (2013) — Symphonic Ballet Composer (choreographed by Dwight Rhoden)

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