Singer Karat Biography

Andrey Karat Andrey Tolstukhin - singer, performer of the Russian chanson. Karat is a stage pseudonym. Diploma and laureate of music festivals.

Born on January 28 of the year in Kushva, Sverdlovsk region. Lives and works in Yekaterinburg. Read more Andrey Karat Andrey Tolstukhin - singer, performer of the Russian chanson. Karat stage pseudonym. The pseudonym came from the unit of measurement of expensive stones. Andrei measures his life in musical works, and his talent. Andrei Tolstukhin was born on January 28 of the year in the city of Kushva, the Sverdlovsk region.

From early childhood, he began to get carried away with music, sang songs sounding from a tape recorder. He convinced his parents to buy a guitar, someone showed him three chords, and then continued to play on his own. His efforts were not in vain, at school he participated in all competitions where he took first places. He played in the yard in front of the boys, listened to Western music.

After school, he went into the army. He served on Baikonur, where he continues to make music under the sound of flying missiles. After the army, he continues his musical direction, his velvety with a hoarse voice was seen. He began to be invited to various music festivals, where he becomes a laureate, simultaneously sings in nightclubs, restaurants. He writes the first songs in the city in the 90s in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan with a concert program.

The first album "You are married" was recorded in the year in Nizhny Tagil. In the city of old songs, new arrangements are made and the first album in the city is produced in active musical activity and the following albums are recorded in parallel, where the best musicians, arrangers from the city of Yekaterinburg, Moscow are attended. Belikov “Gems”, “Funny guys” write down one of the best songs “Arrive to me”.

Between the record of albums, it tours with concerts, performs on television and radio, also in prefabricated concerts with our popular singers of Chanson A. Kalyanov, V. Tokarev, A. Dneprov, V. Ustinov, E. Kemerovsky, gr. Repeatedly with concerts was abroad, where he receives great recognition of the public. At this time, he lives in Yekaterinburg, performs at various sites of the city, orphanages, military units, in places of imprisonment, for which he received an international award in the city Moscow - the medal "In the name of life on Earth." Kotelnikov, known for the clip "Chansonetka".

His songs sound on the Radio "Chanson", "Police Wave". Andrei gives over 50 charity concerts in Russia. Arkanova, I. Otieva, Lukinsky was especially marked by the vocal genre, becomes a diploma and acts on the final gala concert. Currently, Andrei leads an active creative life, performs with concerts and continues to record new songs.