Viktar Antonavich Shalkevich (born February 9, 1959, in

Porazava Porazava is an urban-type settlement in Svislach District, Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It is located near the town of Svislach. As of 2025, it has a population of 616. History The first church was built in 1460 by Jan Rynwid. It was a ...

; , Viktar Antonavič Šalkievič, , ) is a Belarusian actor, poet and singer-songwriter.

Biography

Shalkevich was born in 1959 in Porazava near

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in the Socialist Byelorussian

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, he grew up surrounded by three cultures: the

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and

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. He graduated from the State Theatre Institute in 1980, until 1991 he was an actor at the Grodno City Theatre, since 1991 he has worked at Grodno Puppet Theater. Shalkevich is an actor, poet and bard. Since his school days, he writes songs and performs them. He has performed in Belarus,

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, France,

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, Germany (at Waldeck Castle),

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and Russia. His texts have been translated into English, German, Polish, Ukrainian and Czech. He played the lead role in the films ' (''Tears of the Prodigal Son'') and ' (''The sweet poison of love''). His songs are very personal, full of sarcasm, irony and sadness over unfulfilled hopes and despite lofty themes he comes without pathos. During his performances he responds spontaneously and unpredictably.

Awards

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* Winner of the Grand Prix festival ''

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1992'' * Grand Prix of the festival "Jesień Bardow / Autumn of Bard in 1992" * Winner of the festival "Pieśni Autorskiej ORRA" * Nomination for the "Wydarzenie festiwalu" * Winner was the Grand Prix National Competition "the arrival of the bard 2005" * Winner of the Grand Prix National Polish Competition "Przybycie Bardow"

Discography

* ''Niewidoczny mur/Unsichtbare Mauer'' 1999, Concert in Minsk, together with Ales Kamocki, Szymon Zychowicz and

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. * ''Prawincyja'' 1992. * ''Smutny biełaruski bluz/Sad Belarusian Blues/ Смутны беларускі блюз'' 1996. * ''Bałady i ramansy/ Балады і рамансы'', „

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", 1998. * ''Dobraj ranicy/ Добрай раніцы'', 2002. * '' За сто крокаў ад Вострае Брамы'', 2003. * ''Haradzieniec pryziamliusia u Minsku/Live in Minsk/ Гарадзенец прызямліўся ў Менску'' 2006. * ''Światy Mikałaj'' (at the album ''Światy wieczar'' 2000). * ''Jołaczka'' (at ''Dni latuć. Pieśni z-za kratau''), „BMAGroup", 2005. * ''New songs and anecdotes'', „BMAGroup", 2009. * ''Viktar Šalkievič'', “uCentry”, 2019.

Theatrical performances

* Плач перапёлкі * Атрад * Łzy syna marnotrawnego /Сьлёзы блуднага сына (main role) * Słodka trucizna miłości /Салодкі яд каханьня (main role) * Tutejsi/ ТутэйшыяGrodzieński Teatr Lalek
''Tutejsi'' sceny tragikomiczne
Białostocki Teatr Lalek

Literature

References

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