VAL (band)

VAL is a Belarusian band comprising Valeria Gribusova and Vlad Pashkevich.

VAL
Also known asBelarus
GenresPop
Years active2016-present
MembersValeria Gribusova
Vlad Pashkevich

History

In 2016, together with keyboardist and sound producer, Pashkevich, Gribusova founded the "VAL Music Project" which released the singles "Кто ты есть" (Who Are You) and "Ветер во сне" (Wind in a Dream) the same year.[1]

VAL would have represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam with the song "Da vidna", after winning Belarus' national selection Natsionalniy Otbor 2020 on 28 February 2020;[2][3] although it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Members
Valeria Gribusova (2017)
Valeria Gribusova

Valeria Gribusova (Belarusian: Валерыя Грыбусава, romanized: Valieryja Hrybusava) does vocals for the duo, is a songwriter and a dancer. Born in Mogilev on 12 February 1995), Gribusova participated in Ludmila Zukova's children's ensemble Yaritsa from the age of five. She later attended the Mogilev Gymnasium where she matriculated with honours in choral music and art in 2013. She went on to study in the Pop Art department of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts.[4]

Gribusova is an award-winning Belarusian singer who performs as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Belarus under Mikhail Finberg. In 2015, when just 20 years old, she won first prize in the Belarus Slavianski Bazaar Competition.[5][6] In 2017, she participated in the Ukrainian version of The Voice.[7]

Vlad Pashkevich

Vlad Pashkevich – is a music producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

Discography

Albums
  • 2017: В моей комнате (on ToneTwins Records)

Singles
  • 2016: "Кто ты есть"
  • 2016: "Ветер во сне"
  • 2020: "Да вiдна" ("Da vidna")

References
  1. "VAL". Sound Cloud. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. "Belarus will be represented by VAL with 'Da Vidna'". Eurovision Song Contest. 28 February 2020.
  3. Belarus has decided VAL wins ticket to Rotterdam Retrieved 28 February 2020
  4. "Valeria Gribusova". Belarusian International Festival of Arts. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. "Kazakhstani Singer Wins Slavianski Bazaar". meteo.by. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  6. "Valeria Gribusova". 20 years Belarus. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  7. "Певица Валерия Грибусова об участии в украинском шоу "Голос"" (in Russian). Sputnik.by. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
ZENA
with "Like It"		 Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
(VAL)
2020		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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