Besarion Shpetishvili
| 18 May 1980 | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
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Biography
Music producer, singer, and composer. Songwriter for German, Georgian, Azerbaijani, Ukrainian and Russian artists. Musical sound producer of the international song contest «New Wave» from 2005 to 2010. In 1995 he and his family moved to Germany. In 2001, Brandon graduated with honors from the Berlin Conservatory as a jazz pianist. In 2000 he signed his first contract with the German label Mabuse Records. After that, Brandon recorded his new album in the USA, in Nashville, on which he worked with producers Harry Hinde and Joel A. Katz. At the end of the same year, Brandon recorded 3 songs at the East iris Nashville studio. In 2005, Brandon released his first album in Russia - «Random Look». In the same year, he took 4th place at the largest Russian competition in Latvia «New Wave». From 2005 to 2010 he was the musical sound producer of the «New Wave». Brandon has written over 700 songs for Russian and Ukrainian stars such as Emin, Lyubov Uspenskaya, Ani Lorak, Tina Karol, Sati Kazanova, Lada Dance and others. Repeatedly performed at concerts of Mikhail Zadornov with songs in different languages. In 2012, Brandon became the composer of Donnie Montell's song «Love Is Blind», which was presented at Eurovision 2012 from Lithuania. The song took 14th place in the competition and became a big hit in the Baltics. The song was recorded in Russian, English, Lithuanian and Georgian. In 2013 he worked with Boris Koval at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. In 2014, he composed the soundtrack for the American film The Enemy Within, featuring Eric Roberts. In 2015, he released a duet with beatboxer Vakhtang. The song «She» has been sold over 200,000 times on iTunes. In 2017, he released the song «Heart Beats», which has been sold over 100,000 times on iTunes. In 2017, Brandon Stone became a member of the «Voice» project in Russia. Brandon reached the semi-finals with the Spanish song «Historia de un amor», as well as «Mother's Eyes» and «Tbilisi» in Georgian. From 2018 to 2020, he was nominated for the Victoria Award in the Urban Romance and Composer of the Year categories.