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Yuriy Rybchynskyi
Yuriy Yevhenovych Rybchynskyi (; born 22 May 1945) is a Ukrainian poet, songwriter and playwright who is a recipient of both the title Hero of Ukraine and People's Artist of Ukraine. He was among the pioneers of contemporary Music of Ukraine, Ukrainian pop music. Between 1998 and 2000, Rybchynskyi served as a cultural advisor to the President of Ukraine. Early life and education Born on 22 May 1945, in the neighbourhood of Podil in Kyiv, Rybchynskyi attended an art school and enjoyed drawing as a youngster. In addition, he participated in athletics, leaping with a pole for eleven years starting from 1958. In the 1960s, Rybchynskyi began to take a serious interest in poetry. During the Khrushchev Thaw, all forms of art, including literature, were actively developing and society was experiencing a spiritual uplift. Unexpectedly, after the eighth grade, he began to write poems. Rybchynskyi stated that he was incredibly lucky to have Les Tanyuk, Les Taniuk as his first poetry teach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podil
Podil ( ) or Podol ( ), also known in English as the Lower City,Ivankin, H., Vortman, D. Podil (ПОДІЛ)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace over the Dnieper between the Kyiv Hills and the lower stream of Pochaina River. Podil is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Kyiv, and the birthplace of the city's trade, commerce and industry. After the Mongol invasion of Rus' and destruction of Kyiv, it served as a city center until the 19th century.Old Podil (Старий Поділ) Seven Wonders of Ukraine. Here the city administration (magistrate) and the main university were located, and later the city's port and shipyard were established here. Podil contains many architectural and historical landmarks, and new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maestro
Maestro (; from the Italian '' maestro'' , meaning " master" or "teacher," plural: maestros or maestri) is an honorific title of respect, sometimes abbreviated Mo. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera, in line with the ubiquitous use of Italian musical terms. The feminine form of the word is '' maestra'' (pl. ''maestre''). The word is often used outside of music to refer to individuals of great skill or virtuosity. Roger Federer, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, is nicknamed "the Swiss Maestro" by fans. In music The word ''maestro'' is most often used in addressing or referring to conductors. Less frequently, one might refer to respected composers, performers, impresarios, musicologists, and music teachers. In the world of Italian opera, the title is also used to designate a number of positions within the orchestra and company that have specific duties during rehearsal and performance. These include: * Maestro sos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlo Zibrov
Pavlo Mikolajovich Zibrov () is a Ukrainian pop singer (baritone), songwriter. People's Artist of Ukraine (1996). He became notable for his song ''Khreshchatyk'' co-written with Yuriy Rybchynskyi. Pavlo Zibrov was born on 21 June 1957 in a village of Chervone, Nemyriv Raion (now Haisyn Raion), Vinnytsia Oblast in a family of Russian Nikolai Ivanovich and Ukrainian Hanna Kyrilivna. His mother worked as a teacher, and his father was a master of all trades. After a couple of years at school, Pavlo moved with his family to Kyiv. He graduated from the Kyiv Lysenko special music boarding school which he started sometime in 1965, while his brother attended a military-music college in Moscow. In 1981 Zibrov graduated from the orchestra department of Kiev State Conservatory of Tchaikovsky and in 1992 - the vocal department. In 1986-93 he was a vocalist of the State symphony orchestra of Ukraine. Since 1994 Zibrov is a director of his own Pavlo Zibrov Theater of Song [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (, ; born 24 May 1973),Руслана – Биография known ously as Ruslana, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, activist, and former politician. She is a World Music Award and winning recording artist, holding the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Mohylevska
Natalia Oleksiyivna Mohylevska, née Mohyla (born 2 August 1975), also known by her stage name Nataliya Mogilevskaya, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, composer, Actor and TV presenter, producer. National Artist of Ukraine (2004). She graduated from the nine classes of Kyiv secondary school named after V. I. Kudryashov number 195 in Berezniaky. She graduated from the Ukrainian Circus Academy. Soloist and actress of the theaters: the Ukrainian folk theater “Rodina”, the Kyiv House of Actors, the Kyiv Variety Theater, and the Jewish Theater “Stern”. Early years 1995–1997: Beginning a career In 1995 with the support of Yuriy Rybchynskyi began a solo career. At Chervona Ruta, in Simferopol, received a diploma, and for the month gained first place in the "Slavic Bazaar." In early 1996, Oleksandr Yaholnyk became the new producer of the singer, and pop songs were added to the lyrical drama repertoire. In the summer at the Yalta Festival "Sea of Friends", Mohylevska oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Rotaru
Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru ( ; ; ; born 7 August 1947), known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian origin. Rotaru, nicknamed "Bukovinsky Solovey" ("the Nightingale from Bukovina"), emerged in 1966 as a pop folk star in the movie '' Solovei iz sela Marshyntsi'' (Nightingale from Marshyntsi) in the Romanian and Moldovian-speaking world after her manager and future husband Anatoliy Yevdokymenko made her change her music style from folk to pop music with Chervona Ruta. In 1972, she released the multilingual album '' Sofia Rotaru'', re-released three times and covered by numerous singers, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in the countries of the former Soviet Union. She first gained international recognition after participating in 1968 in the International Youth Song Festival in Bulgaria and winning first prize at the Golden Orpheus in 1973 and second prize in the category of Polish songs at the Sopot International Song Festival i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taisia Povaliy
Taisia Mykolaivna Povaliy (; ; née Hiriavets, , ; born 10 December 1964) is a Soviet, Ukrainian, and Russian singer and actress. She started her career of singer in 1985. In 1993, she won the Grand Prix at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus. In 1995, she released her first album./(website has automatic Google Translate option)''Short bio LIGA The next year she was awarded the honorary title of Merited Artist of Ukraine. In 1997, she was awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. In 1998, she was awarded the Order of Saint Nicholas Thaumaturgus (International). Personal life From 1982 to 1993, she was married to keyboardist Volodymyr Povaliy (born 6 June 1959), who worked in the Kyiv Music Hall as the artistic director of the singer Ivo Bobul's musical group, made backing tracks for Zhanna Bodnaruk, Vitalii Bilonozhko, Alla Kudlai and Taisia Povaliy, now he works as an arranger in the presidential orchestra. In this marriage, a son Denis Povaliy was born on 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasyl Zinkevych
Vasyl Ivanovych Zinkevych (; born 1 May 1945) is a Ukrainian singer, actor, dancer and costume designer. Alongside Nazariy Yaremchuk, Sofia Rotaru and Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Zinkevych was one of the faces of the Ukrainian roots revival music of the 1970s. Zinkevych found his initial fame as the lead singer of the Ukrainian VIA Smerichka and as the lead actor in the 1970 film '' Chervona Ruta''. His interpretations of Volodymyr Ivasyuk's songs " Chervona Ruta", "Myla moia" and "Na shvydkykh poizdakh" made him known all over the Soviet Union. He was appointed a People's Artist of Ukraine in 1995, received the Ukrainian State Prize in 1994 and became a Hero of Ukraine in 2009. Several of Zinkevych songs, as well as some of his dance choreographies, made it to the "Golden Fund of Ukrainian artistry". Biography Early life Zinkevych was born several days before the end of World War II in the village of Vas'kivtsi in western Ukraine. From a young age, Zinkevych loved drawing and wanted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazariy Yaremchuk
Nazariy Nazarovych Yaremchuk () was a Hutsuls, Hutsul Ukrainians, Ukrainian singer, born in the village of Vyzhnytsia Raion, Rivnya, Chernivtsi Oblast. He was posthumously named Hero of Ukraine in August 2021. Until his death in 1995, Yaremchuk was one of the most-loved singers of Ukraine. He held on to the title People's Artist of Ukraine and was a posthumously recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize. In Ukraine, he was commonly nicknamed "the favourite of the country" and the "nightingale from the Bukovina, Bukovyna". Yaremchuk was mostly known for his Ukrainian-language repertoire. Together with Vasyl Zinkevych and Volodymyr Ivasyuk, he was the first singer to sing in his native language at ''Pesnya goda''. As part of VIA Smerichka, Yaremchuk first popularised songs such as "Chervona Ruta (song), Chervona Ruta" and "Vodohray". Yaremchuk's children became known in music as well. His two eldest sons and Nazariy Yaremchuk were both assigned the title People's Artist of Ukrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Matviienko
Nina Mytrofanivna Matviienko (; 10 October 1947 – 8 October 2023) was a Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine. Life and career Matviienko was born on 10 October 1947 in village of Nedilyshche, Yemilchyne Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast at the time in the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union (today Ukraine). She was the fifth of eleven siblings, her mother was Antonina Ilkivna and father, Mytrofan Ustynovych. She began at a local residential school, then worked as a copyist and then a crane-operator's assistant. She completed her studies in Ukrainian philology at the Kyiv University in 1975. She had previously entered the vocal studio of the Ukrainian State Folk Choir named after Hryhory Veriovka in 1968, before becoming a soloist. She married Petro Honchar and the couple had three children. The marriage ended in divorce. In 1988 Matviienko received the Shevchenko National Prize, a Ukrainian State prize named after Taras Shevchenko, and also acted in Yuri Ilyenko's Ukraine war d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihor Shamo
Ihor Naumovich Shamo (, , also romanized ''Igor''; 21 February 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a Ukrainian composer, Shevchenko National Prize laureate. Shamo was born in Kyiv to a family of Jewish origin. He graduated from the Lysenko Music School in Kyiv, where his main subjects were composition and piano, in 1941, and was evacuated in that year to Ufa, where he studied medicine for two years.Nevichana (n.d.). From 1942 to 1946, he was in the Soviet Army as a medical assistant; when he returned to Kyiv he recommenced his musical studies, graduating from the Kyiv Conservatory in 1951 in the class of Boris Lyatoshinsky.Shurova (n.d.) He had joined the Union of Soviet Composers in 1948, and at his graduation played his own ''Concert-Ballade'' for piano and orchestra.Biography i [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykola Mozghovyi
Mykola Petrovych Mozghovyi (1 September 194730 July 2010) was a Ukrainian and Soviet composer, producer, and songwriter. He was born in Sarniv, Volochysk Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. Mozhovyy's major success was the song "Kray, miy ridniy kray", written for Sofia Rotaru and produced by Melodiya. He was a manager of Palace "Ukraine" National Palace of Arts Ukraina () or Palace Ukraina () is one of the main theatre venues for official events along with Palace of Sports in Kyiv, Ukraine. The venue is a state company administered by the State Directory of Affairs. The main co ... in 2000s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
