Philip Balzano was born in 1957 in the Italian city of Palermo, Sicily. When the future singer was nine years old, the family moved to permanent residence in America. Settled in New York.
Philip was fond of singing since childhood and decided to connect his life with it. He has been singing in Russian restaurants in New York for over thirty years.
Creativity
Italian singer Philippe Balzano began his career in the Russian quarters of New York City. In general, all his life, as he himself admits, he is closely connected with the Russians. The first places where Philip sang were Russian restaurants in one of the largest areas of the city of New York - Brooklyn.
In 2017, Philip Balzano came to Russia to take part in the Russian musical project "Voice".
Private life
Philippe Balzano was married four times, and each of his wives was of Russian origin. He also has four children from different wives. The last time the singer was married to the famous Russian singer Nargiz Zakirova.
Nargiz Zakirova and PhilipBalzano met in one of the restaurants in New York, where Philip sang on stage. As Nargiz admits, she immediately fell in love with the voice of her future husband. In the near future, the couple already began to live together, and they had a daughter, Leila. They continued to work together in a Russian restaurant, sang songs in pairs.
The couple lived together for quite a long time, more than twenty years, until the husband convinced his wife, who dreamed of becoming world famous, to go to Russia to participate in the Voice contest. His expectations came true, Nargiz quickly won the sympathy and love of the audience and soon became one of the most sought-after singers in Russia.
When his wife left for Russia to seek fame, Philip had difficulty finding work. Nargiz invited him to do housework, children, besides, her mother had he alth problems. At the same time, Nargiz will deal with all financial problems, she will earn money for her family.
Nevertheless, the marriage of Philip and Nargiz could hardly stand it. They began to quarrel frequently. Nargiz claims that the very complex nature of Philip became the reason for the divorce. Perhaps Philip Balzano could not bear the thought that he himself was unable to support a family.
After the divorce, Philip's character finally went wrong, he wrote threatening messages to his ex-wife and her son, because of which he was detained by the police. But everything got better, at the moment Philip Balzano and Nargiz Zakirova are on friendly terms, correspond,call back.
Philippe Balzano and the Voice project
In 2017, Philippe Balzano, seeing the tremendous success his ex-wife had achieved in Russia, decided to go and participate in the Voice project himself. At the blind audition, Philip sang the famous song "Hotel California" and caused a frantic delight among the judges and the audience. All four mentors turned to him (Pelageya, Dima Bilan, Leonid Agutin, Alexander Gradsky), but Philip Balzano chose Pelageya, as she, in his opinion, is a very soulful performer and all her songs come from the heart.
Unfortunately, Philip left the project during the "Fights" stage, where he competed with the young singer Alexander Ogorodnikov. Youth won over experience and maturity, Pelageya decided to leave Alexander.
Philip Balzano now
How old is Philippe Balzano? Now - 62. But at the same time, he is still young at heart and soul and does not look his age at all.
He confesses that he still loves and will always love his ex-wife, and hopes she feels the same for him. According to rumors, he already has a new lover, but Philip does not confirm these rumors.
Interesting facts
Together with Nargiz Zakirova, Philippe Balzano performed the song "Star" by Maxim Fadeev.
There are rumors that Philip ordered a killer for his son Nargiz. Nargiz Zakirova spoke about this on Russian television.
Daughters of Nargiz Zakirova and PhilipBalzano Leila is 18 years old
Always preferred Russian women - had four Russian wives with whom he has four children.
For a divorce, Philippe Balzano demanded $40,000 from Nargiz to pay off his debts of $30,000. He was depressed for a long time, did not even pay his utility bills, but now his life began to improve.
After he participated in the Voice project, businesswoman Liana Fridman became interested in him. She decided to help the destitute singer deal with his debts.
