Karen Kavaleryan | |
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 Karen Kavaleryan in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Karen Kavaleryan |
| Born | June 5, 1961 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation(s) | Lyricist |
| Website | www |
Karen Kavaleryan (Armenian: Կարեն Կավալերյան; Russian: Каре́н Кавалеря́н; born 5 June 1961 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-Armenian lyricist. He is known for his work in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Karen Kavaleryan is widely considered as the most successful Russian lyricist, he is 27 times finalist of "Song of the Year" gala, author of anthem of 2014 Winter Olympics and the final song 2014 Winter Paralympics, performed by José Carreras and Diana Gurtskaya, during his career has published more than 700 songs performed by Gorky Park, Bravo, Prime-Minister, Alla Pugacheva, Philip Kirkorov, Nikolay Baskov, Valeriya, Dima Bilan and many others.
Artyom Kavaleryan, son of Karen Kavaleryan, is the lyricist of the Russian entry in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 "Doroga k solntsu" performed by Vlad Krutskikh.
