Nani Bregvadze

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Nani Bregvadze is a Georgian and Soviet singer, pianist, music pedagogue, people's artist of the USSR.
She was born, raised, and started her career in Soviet Georgia in the USSR, then gained USSR-wide popularity during 1957 6th World Festival of Youth and Students. Bregvadze has performed with Georgian music group VIA Orera and as a solo artist.
Bregvadze's signature songs include Snegopad, Bolshak, and Dorogoi Dlinnoyu. After launching a successful solo career in the early 1970s, Bregvadze performed a great number of Russian and Gypsy romances. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. As of 2007, Bregvadze lived in Moscow and held the chair in popular and jazz music at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University. She has been an honorary citizen of Tbilisi since 1995.