Sharip Umkhanov who wrote the voice. Sharip Umkhanov about his past, present and future

16.11.2013 22:16

The young Russian singer Sharip Umkhanov (Sharif) is thirty-two (32) years old. Sharip Umkhanov was born in the Chechen Republic (Russia) in the village of Tolstoy Yurt. Works as a music teacher at school.

Music attracted Sharip Umkhanov from early childhood. He sang and learned to play the guitar. It is curious that Sharip learned the basics of music on his own. Sharip Umkhanov worked in the construction industry until he was twenty-two years old. Then he went to the capital of Kuban, the city of Krasnodar, where he studied at the Faculty of Music Education. In 2007, Sharip Umkhanov was even recognized as student of the year. He repeatedly took part in student competitions at his native university.

After completing his studies, Sharip had to leave music for a while and five years ago (2008) he went to Moscow to work. Sharip took part in the construction of the tunnel, which is located on Marshal Zhukov Avenue in Moscow. But Sharip was irresistibly drawn to music; after a difficult work shift, he could not deny himself the pleasure of singing a few songs with a guitar for his colleagues.

As people say, there would be no happiness, but misfortune helped. This happened with Sharip Umkhanov. He was injured at a construction site and devoted himself entirely to musical pursuits. Sharip sang in restaurants and at corporate parties. It is interesting that Sharip Umkhanov did not follow the well-trodden and win-win path of chanson - the artist often performed songs in the rock style. And the audience liked the performances of the young Chechen singer.

At the television music competition “The Voice,” Sharip Umkhanov performed first with the song of the group “Scorpions” (“Still loving you”). Immediately after the start of the so-called blind audition, all the judges turned to Sharip - Pelageya, Alexander Gradsky, Dima Bilan, Leonil Agutin. They were simply shocked by the voice of the Chechen performer! Sharip chose Alexander Gradsky as his mentor and joined his team.

Sharip Umkhanov, a performer from the Chechen village of Tolstoy-Yurt, became famous overnight, flawlessly performing Still Loving You - the legendary hit of the Scorpions group, on the "Voice" project. The jury and the huge audience were delighted with Sharif's performance (this is Umkhanov's stage name). Alexander Gradsky pressed the button in the first seconds, turning the chair around, and after him, the rest of the jury did so - Pelageya, Bilan and Agutin. Umkhanov performed a better cover than the original, earning a long standing ovation from the audience. The jury members did not skimp on praise for the talented Chechen.

Dmitry Nagiyev burst into a fiery speech: “I want to shake hands in your face with the entire Chechen people. Today you made us understand that this is a great cultural nation with which it is a great honor for all of us to communicate!”

And Alexander Gradsky stated that Umkhanov sang (in every sense) the Scorpions themselves: “Great! And what’s more, he fucking kills the audience right away, knocks everyone out. He sings it better than the original. On his head! Because there are shouts, but here absolutely even pressure."

After listening to compliments from the jury, Sharip Umkhanov chose Gradsky as a producer-mentor.

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Childhood, family and education of Sharip Umkhanov

He graduated from high school during the difficult wartime times of the late nineties for Chechnya. Since 1999, Sharip became interested in music, independently mastered the guitar and learned to sing. There was no music school in the village, so books on musical topics became the main source of knowledge for the future singer. The impetus for this hobby was given by the work of the Scorpions group.

A difficult time forced him to go to work in construction right after school. However, he did not give up his hobby, he even performed on stage and decided to continue his education in music.

In 2003, when he was 22 years old, Sharip Umkhanov left his native Chechnya for the Krasnodar region. There, in the city of Krasnodar, he entered the first year of the Faculty of Music Education at the Krasnodar State University of Culture and Arts. While studying at the university, Sharip participated in various creative competitions, showed his talent for singing, and in 2007 earned the title “Student of the Year.”

Sharip's creative path

The construction team to which he belonged was building a tunnel located on Marshal Zhukov Avenue. Colleagues say that after work he often performed various songs, accompanying himself on the guitar. Sharip's repertoire included not only banal and win-win chanson, but also rock and classical opera repertoire. The singer was invited to perform at nightclubs and corporate events.

Therefore, when he was injured at work and broke his leg, he left the construction site and devoted himself entirely to music. He sang in restaurants, and was very often invited to do this. He changed the stereotypical chanson repertoire of restaurants to rock, which was unusual for many, but so beloved by him.

In addition, Sharip in 2009 became the winner of the “Karaoke with a Star” show, which was held in one of the Moscow nightclubs on one of the FM radio stations. There he was noticed and appreciated by people from the top show business. These were: composer Evgeny Kobylyansky, who produces Grigory Leps, and the president of the CD LAND recording company, Yuri Tseytlin. They judged the competition and rightfully appreciated the extraordinary talent of the singer, who easily covered all 3 octaves.

Sharip Umkhanov on the show “The Voice”

During the qualifying “blind audition”, he was chosen from the very first notes by all the mentors at once. Sharip himself chose Alexander Gradsky as his mentor on the show, who in turn very highly appreciated Umkhanov’s performance of the song of the Scorpions group. He said: “Great! And besides, he fucking kills the audience right away, knocks everyone out. He sings it better than the original. By the way! Because there are shouts, but here there is absolutely even pressure.”

During his participation in the show, Sharip Umkhanov won a huge number of admirers of his voice and reached the semi-finals in triumph. In the semi-final, in the audience SMS voting, despite the enormous support of many, and even the President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, who personally sent 278 SMS in support of him, Sharip Umkhanov lost to the singer from Belarus Sergei Volchkov.

In the semi-finals, he performed the magnificent song “Miserere” by the Italian medieval composer Gregorio Allegri. And he left the show gracefully, having big creative plans for releasing a solo album and continuing his career as a singer.

Personal life and interests of Sharip

In addition, the participants shared their impressions of what a great massage Sharip can give. There was even a queue of participants for the massage. Sharip Umkhanov names such singers as Luciano Pavarotti, Grigory Leps, Alexander Gradsky, Larisa Dolina and groups such as Aria, Queen and, of course, Scorpions as his favorite performers.

The singer's favorite classical composers are Tchaikovsky, Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov. Sharip loves Italian, Caucasian and Russian cuisine. His particular preference is for pilaf and pasta with seafood, which he knows how to cook himself. What the singer values ​​most in people is loyalty to their word, sincerity and kindness.

The amazing fate of Sharif is a ready-made script for a Hollywood film, and sooner or later there will definitely be a director who wants to film it. Agree: an unknown 32-year-old music teacher from a small Chechen village ends up on a popular music show on the central television channel and overnight turns into a famous artist throughout the country.

This is exactly what happened to Sharip Umkhanov, who reached the semi-finals of the “Voice” project. By the way, composer Igor Matvienko suggested that Sharif take part in the casting. Already at the first audition, the jury of the project gave a standing ovation to its future participant. And during the so-called “blind audition”, when it was decided which of the jury members would become Sharif’s mentor, Alexander Gradsky was the first, after seven seconds, to turn his chair around to face the stage. Pelageya, Dima Bilan and Leonid Agutin lasted a little longer: the ballad of the Scorpions group Still Loving You performed by Sharif won them over in less than a minute.

And now there are already hundreds of thousands of views of Sharif’s video on YouTube, a flurry of SMS messages in his support from ordinary viewers, high-ranking officials and famous musicians. And hundreds of questions: where is he from, who is he, what will happen to him after the end of the project.

Sharif was born in Chechnya, in the village of Tolstoy Yurt. After school, I entered the Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering, but for quite objective reasons I abandoned my studies - in the late 90s there were enough problems in the republic. Until the age of 22, he worked as a loader and laborer in his native village and at the same time performed at the local cultural center. Then he entered the Krasnodar University of Culture, from which he graduated in 2008, receiving the profession of a secondary school music teacher. And then he went to Moscow, where at first... he worked at a construction site. Then a friend invited him to perform at a restaurant, and away we go.

Grigory Leps was one of the first to notice this amazing singer with an amazing voice of three octaves. In July 2013, Sharif even took part in his charity concert at Crocus City Hall. And when he became a participant in the second season of “The Voice,” Grigory Leps – for the first time – turned to his fans with an appeal to support the talented performer. Therefore, it is not surprising that after Sharif left the show, Leps invited him to become an artist at his production center.

At the end of 2013, the winners of the republican music competition “National Five 2013” ​​were solemnly awarded in Grozny, and Sharif was recognized as the undisputed leader in the “Breakthrough of the Year” nomination.

Everyone who has ever heard Sharif sing is sure that a most talented artist with colossal potential has appeared on our stage, who, without a doubt, will have unprecedented success.

Sharip Umkhanov, song Still loving you, video, Voice season 2

The young Russian singer Sharip Umkhanov (Sharif) is thirty-two (32) years old. Sharip Umkhanov was born in the Chechen Republic (Russia) in the village of Tolstoy Yurt. Works as a music teacher at school.

Music attracted Sharip Umkhanov from early childhood. He sang and learned to play the guitar. It is curious that Sharip learned the basics of music on his own. Sharip Umkhanov worked in the construction industry until he was twenty-two years old. Then he went to the capital of Kuban, the city of Krasnodar, where he studied at the Faculty of Music Education. In 2007, Sharip Umkhanov was even recognized as student of the year. He repeatedly took part in student competitions at his native university.

After completing his studies, Sharip had to leave music for a while and five years ago (2008) he went to Moscow to work. Sharip took part in the construction of the tunnel, which is located on Marshal Zhukov Avenue in Moscow. But Sharip was irresistibly drawn to music; after a difficult work shift, he could not deny himself the pleasure of singing a few songs with a guitar for his colleagues.

As people say, there would be no happiness, but misfortune helped. This happened with Sharip Umkhanov. He was injured at a construction site and devoted himself entirely to musical pursuits. Sharip sang in restaurants and at corporate parties. It is interesting that Sharip Umkhanov did not follow the well-trodden and win-win path of chanson - the artist often performed songs in the rock style. And the audience liked the performances of the young Chechen singer.

At the television music competition “The Voice,” Sharip Umkhanov performed first with the song of the group “Scorpions” (“Still loving you”). Immediately after the start of the so-called blind audition, all the judges turned to Sharip - Pelageya, Alexander Gradsky, Dima Bilan, Leonil Agutin. They were simply shocked by the voice of the Chechen performer! Sharip chose Alexander Gradsky as his mentor and joined his team.