Yuri Naurotski (; ; born 11 May 1991 in

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), better known by his stage name Uzari (, ), is a

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ian singer and songwriter. He represented Belarus at the

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with Maimuna with the song "

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". Previously, he competed in the Belarusian national final in

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with the song "The Winner", coming in 5th place, and in

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with the song "Secret", coming in 8th place. He was also one of

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's backing singers at

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. He co-composed Belarus's entry into the

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, "

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" by Nadezhda Misyakova which came in 7th place out of 16th with 71 points Uzari and Maimuna represented

at the

, but failed to qualify for the final. They finished 12th in semi-final 1 (13th Televote/ 8th Jury).

Biography

Uzari was born in a family of musicians in the third generation. His mother is a singer, a soloist of the National academic concert orchestra, and his father is a holder of higher musical education in the trumpet class. Uzari studied in several schools: General education, theater and music. In 2008 he entered the St. Petersburg University of culture and arts at the jazz department and graduated in 2013 In 2008, Uzari started working in the theater "Music Hall" and was seen by the Directors: he played the role of Kai and Raven in the musical "Snow Queen". The first public composition of Yuri was "What is between us", which in 2011 was awarded the "Song of the year of Belarus". In the same year in the summer Uzari became the representative of Belarus at the International competition of young performers of popular music "New wave". In 2012 and 2013 Uzari participated in the selection for Eurovision and reached the finals with the songs "The Winner" and "Secret". In 2014, he became a producer, composer and arranger of the song "Sokal", which Nadezhda Misyakova performed at the

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. Finally, in 2015 Uzari together with Belarusian violinist Maimuna presented Belarus at Eurovision 2015 with the song "Time". Uzari is the winner of the award of ONT channel "Song of the year of Belarus" (2011–2016). In 2016, he founded his production company
Art Platform"
In the same year, Yuri took part in the Ukrainian TV show " Voice of the country" (Ukrainian version of the show The Voice), hitting the team of

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UZARI

UZARI is a musical project of the Belarusian artist and composer Uzari Navrotsky. In 2013 he released the song "Secret", with which he participated in the Belarusian National qualifying round for the Eurovision song contest. In 2016, the first single in Belarusian "Mora" (The Sea) was released, which received the award "Song of the year of Belarus". In 2017 came out the following Belarusian singles "The Opposite" and "I imagine". In February 2019 the singl
"Padziaka serca"
has been released. On April 10, 2019, the albu
"Padziaka serca"
has been released.

Music

As a singer

*2012: ''The Winner'' *2013: ''Secret'' *2013: ''Купалінка ( Kupalinka)'' *2013: ''Tishina (Silence)'' *2014/15: ''Time (with Maimuna) '' *2016: ''Mora (The Sea)'' *2017 - Супрацьлеглыя (The opposite) *2017 - Я Выдумляю (I Imagine) *2018 - Be Open *2018 - This Land *2019 - Падзяка Сэрца (The Grateful Heart) *2019 - The Winner (feat. Toure Masters) *2019 - Sunlight

As а composer

*2014: Sokal (Falcon) ''for Nadezhda Misyakova'' *2015: Shag za Shagom (''Step by Step'') ''for Masha Novik'' *2018: Made of Steel ''for Vanya Zdonyuk,'' Blazing ''for Viola'', Мотылек (Butterfly) ''for Nastya Glamm'', They Know ''for Angelina Pipper'', На стиле (On style) ''for Monkey Tops'' *2019: Посмотри на нас (Look at us) for ''Monkey Tops''

Music videos

* Tell Me (2012; dir. Alexander Potapov) * Time (2015; dir. Dmitry Semenov) * Padziaka Serca (2019; dir. Anna Gert)

References

External links

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