A MAN WITH THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL

VITALY VLADASOVICH GRACHOV ( VITAS) WAS BORN IN DAUGAVPILS, LATVIA ON 19 FEBRUARY 1981

HE IS A SINGER, SONGWRITER, COMPOSER AND DESIGNER.

HE DESIGNS ALL THE COSTUMES HE WEARS IN HIS SHOWS.

HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN DECEMBER 2000 WITH THE VIDEO 'OPERA 2'

IN MARCH 2002 HE GAVE A SOLO CONCERT IN THE STATE KREMLIN PALACE. AND IN SEPTEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR AND IN THE SAME PLACE HE PRESENTED HIS FASHION COLLECTION CALLED 'AUTUMN DREAMS'

HIS APPROACH TO SINGING IS UNIQUE. HE CAN HIT HIGH OCTAVES AND SING LIKE A BARITONE, A COUNTER-TENOR OR A SOPRANO. HIS VOICE IS INCREDIBLE. HIS VOCAL RANGE IS VERY WIDE. HE CAN SPAN IT NEARLY FIVE OCTAVES.

BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT HIS PERFORMANCES ARE LIP SYNCHED, IN HIS LIFE SHOWS,HE SWINGS THE MICROPHONE AWAY FROM HIS LIPS TO PROVE HE'S SINGING LIVE.

SOMETIMES DURING HIS CONCERTS, HE SINGS WITHOUT MICROPHONE TO THE AMAZEMENT OF THE AUDIENCE.

AFTER HIS OUTSTANDING SUCCESS IN 2002, HE PRESENTED TWO ALBUMS IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER ,WHO DIED IN 2001: 'THE SONGS OF MY MOTHER' AND 'MAMA' (2003)

HE GAVE MORE THAN 600 PERFORMANCES DURING 2005-06 WITH 'SONGS OF MY MOTHER'

THE MOST POPULAR SONGS ARE:' KINGS CAN DO EVERYTHING', 'WINTER', 'FORTUNE-TELLER', 'THE STAR', 'THE SPEAKING DOLL' AND ´EVEN THE STARS WILL LOOK LIKE LETTERS'.

OTHER FAMOUS SONS ARE: 'CRANE'S CRYING,' 'SHORES OF RUSSIA', 'I REPEAT YOUR NAME','SMILE' AND 'KISS AS LONG AS ETERNITY'

IN 2003 VITAS GOT AN INVITATION FROM LUCIO DALLA ,THE COMPOSER OF 'CARUSO' TO SING TOGETHER THAT FAMOUS SONG, IN 'SAN REMO IN RUSSIA' HELD IN THE KREMLIN PALACE.

IN 2005 HE ENTERED THE ASIAN MARKET, PERFORMING IN CHINA ,TAIWAN, JAPAN AND SINGAPORE.

IN SEPTEMBER 2007 HE WAS AWARDED WITH THE PRIZE 'IN SERVICE TO THE ART' FOR THE CONTRIBUTION OF DEVELOPING RUSSIAN ART AND SPREADING IT WORLDWIDE.

IN FEBRUARY 2008 HE RECEIVED THE PRIZE 'RUSSIAN CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.

DURING THIS MONTH, JUNE 2009, AFTER SHOOTING TWO MVs , 'LA DONNA MOBILE ' AND 'LOVE ME', HE IS PERFORMING SOLO CONCERTS IN ISRAEL. THEN, ON THE 22 HE BEGINS TO RECORD THE SONGS OF HIS NEW ALBUM

HIS LAST ALBUM IS 'LIGHT OF A NEW DAY'

VITAS IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN DVD. HE HAS RELEASED EIGHT OF THEM.

IN JUNE 30 HE'S GIVING A SOLO CONCERTO IN JURMALA, DZINTARI.

HIS ALBUMS ARE:

PHILOSOPHY OF MIRACLE (2001)

SMILE (2002)

MAMA (2003)

THE SONGS OF MY MOTHER (2003)

A KISS AS LONG AS ETERNITY (2004)

RETURN HOME part 1 (2006)

CICAC.THE BEST (2007)

KHAM. THE BEST (2007)

RETURN HOME part2 ( 2007)

RETURN HOME 1 -UNIVERSAL (2007)

CICAC. THE BEST 2 ( 2007)

SHANGAI RETURN HOME (2008)

VITAS- GEMINI SUN RECORDS ( 2008)

EVOLUTION LMT. ( 2008 )

XXth CENTURY HITS (2008)

LIGHT OF A NEW DAY(2008)

VITAS IS STARRING THE NEW FILM 'MULAN'. THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE RELEASED IN 2010

FILM CATGORY: HISTORY ACTION

DIRECTOR: JINGLE MA

ACTORS:

HU JUN FROM HONG KONG

ZHAO WEI AN ACTRESS FROM CHINA

VITAS FROM RUSSIA

PRODUCED BY STARLIGHT INTERNATIONAL MEDIAGROUP.