Dmitry Koldun
Dsmitry Kaldun (White Russian Дзмітры Калдун; Russian Дмитрий Александрович Колдун / Dmitri Aleksandrovich Koldun; born June 11, 1985 in Minsk), also known as Koldun, is a Belarusian singer. He represented his country at the Euro Vision Song Contest 2007 (ESC ) in Helsinki.
Biography
Training and the beginning of the music career
Dsmitry Kaldun, was born in 1985 in Minsk in the former Soviet Union. His mother was a founding member of the Belarusian Princess Diana fan. He inspired as a child for music, literature and the natural sciences, and he later studied chemistry at the State University of Belarus began in his hometown, which he completed in 2002. Thereafter, he concentrated on a musical career. In 2004 he reached the final of the talent show People's artist- 2 of the Russian TV channel Rossiya 1 From 2004 to 2005 the singer was under Mikhail Finberg member of the National Symphony Orchestra and participated with varying degrees of success at national music festivals such as Molodechno 2005 Slaviansky Bazaar in Vitebsk.
In 2006, Dsmitry Kaldun without success in the Belarusian preselection for the 51 Euro Vision Song Contest in Athens, where he was taken up with the English title May Be. A wide audience, he was still known in the same year he participated in the sixth edition of the talent show Star Factory of the Russian television Channel One. He won the Russian version of Pop Idol and later joined at the invitation of Klaus Meine with the German hard rock band Scorpions and the song Still Loving You. He subsequently signed a contract with the National Music Corporation and entered into the newly formed band KGB on.
Participation in the Euro Vision Song Contest
In 2007, Kaldun the second time in the Belarusian ESC Euro decider hard part. There he came through the audience vote and the favor of the jury about his former mentor Mikhail Finberg among the last three finalists. By jury decision Kalduns English-language song Work Your Magic was determined as the winner title, which qualified him for participation in the semi-finals of Euro Vision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. The Pop - title was of the famous Russian musician Filipp Kirkorov, participants in the Euro Vision Song Contest 1995, composed and written by Karen A. Kawalerjan. The latter had been found responsible for the Russian contribution Never Let You Go at the ESC 2006 with the Dima Bilan took second place.
With Work Your Magic, which is strongly reminiscent of James Bond songs such as Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever because of its orchestration media representatives to Kaldun could place on 10 May at the ten most popular title of the ESC semi-final, which qualified for the two days later held finals meant. In the international competition offices of the Belarusian singer was traded next to Serduchka from Ukraine and the Serbian Marija Šerifović as one of the favorites and finished in a victory of Šerifović, finally the 6th Place. Ahead of the ESC Kaldun had visited on a promotional tour, among others, together with the Bosnian participant Marija Šestić the Netherlands.