Sofia Rotaru

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykhaylivna and the family name is Rotaru.

Sofia Rotaru
Софія Ротару
Rotaru in 2011
Rotaru in 2011
Background information
Born (1947-08-07) 7 August 1947 (age 77)
Marshyntsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, record producer, film producer, fashion designer, dancer, actress
InstrumentVocals
Years active1968–present
Formerly ofChervona Ruta
Spouse
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(m. 1968; died 2002)​
Websitewww.sofiarotaru.com
TitleHero of Ukraine (2002)
People's Artist of the USSR (1988)
Awards

Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (née Rotaru; Ukrainian: Софі́я Миха́йлівна Рота́ру [soˈfijɐ roˈtɑrʊ]; Russian: Софи́я Миха́йловна Рота́ру; 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"),[1] emerged in 1966 as a pop folk star in the movie Solovei iz sela Marshyntsi (Nightingale from Marshyntsi) in the Romanian and Ukrainian-speaking world after her manager and future husband Anatoliy Yevdokymenko made her change her music style from folk to pop music[2] with Chervona Ruta.

In 1972, she released the multilingual[which?] 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[3] 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 in 1974.[4] In the former USSR her career was marked by her stage success and numerous controversies. She has been acknowledged [3] by the Kyiv Patriarchate.[5][6]

Rotaru has been performing for more than 40 years,[7][8][9] and topped the Moscow airplay with "Ya nazovu planetu imenem tvoim" in 2008.[10]

She reported the highest income of all celebrities in Ukraine in 2008 and 2010.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Her repertoire consists of more than 40 albums and 400 songs recorded in many languages. She has received awards, deemed a Meritorious Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, People's Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of Moldavian SSR, Laureate of the Young Communist League Prize, Hero of Moldova, and Cavalier of the Republican Order of Moldova. In August 2002 former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and President of Russia Vladimir Putin gave awards to Sofia Rotaru for her 55th birthday, bestowing upon her the high rank of the Hero of Ukraine for her "outstanding personal merits in the sphere of art", and the Russian order "For merits before the Nation", respectively.[18]

Rotaru's official surname is Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (Ukrainian: Євдокименко-Ротару). Yevdokymenko was the surname of her late husband. Yalta is her main residence, although she also has homes in Moscow, Kyiv, and Baden-Baden.[19]

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  2. ^ "Sofia Rotaru profile" (in Russian). vogue.ru. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Sofia Rotaru Moya Krestnaya" (in Russian). www.senat.org. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  4. ^ Прасковья Нечаева. Бессмертная тень великих душ (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Новости дня на сайте podrobnosti.ua". podrobnosti.ua. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. ^ Софию Ротару наградили высшим церковным орденом. Твой день (in Russian). 3 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
  7. ^ "София Ротару стала лидером 100 самых популярных исполнителей". 2004. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  8. ^ "Россияне любят больше всего Софию Ротару". 2005. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  9. ^ "Самый популярный певец России". 2006. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  10. ^ Profile, rma.ru; accessed 9 July 2015. (in Russian)
  11. ^ Profile, segodnya.ua; accessed 9 July 2015. (in Ukrainian)
  12. ^ "Sofia Rotaru declared highest earning celeb in Ukraine in 2008". Деньги.ua, ООО ИД Украинский Медиа Холдинг. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  13. ^ The Russian News & Information Agency RIA Novosti (18 July 2008). Ротару задекларировала самые высокие доходы в Украине за 2008 год [Sofia Rotaru declared highest earning celeb in Ukraine in 2008] (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: RIA Novosti Ukraine. RIA Novosti. p. 1. Retrieved 18 July 2009. Народная артистка Украины София Ротару задекларировала самые высокие доходы за 2008 год, сообщил заместитель председателя государственной налоговой администрации Украины Сергей Лекарь на брифинге в пятницу. При этом, он не уточнил задекларированную сумму, но добавил, что наибольший доход значительно превышает 500 миллионов (гривен) (около 100 миллионов долларов).
  14. ^ Staff (28 July 2008). Евроремонт для "Евровидения" [Sofia Rotaru declared highest earning celeb in Ukraine in 2008] (in Russian). Moscow: Журнал «Деньги» № 29 (684). Kommersant. p. 1. Retrieved 11 November 2009. Певица София Ротару задекларировала самые высокие доходы на Украине за 2007 год, сообщил заместитель председателя государственной налоговой администрации Украины Сергей Лекарь. Он не уточнил задекларированную сумму, но отметил, что доход народной артистки Украины "значительно превышает 500 млн гривен" (около $100 млн). Также он сообщил, что по итогам прошлого года 360 украинцев задекларировали доход более 10 млн гривен (около $2 млн). Подобные декларации за 2006 год подали 200 граждан Украины. Более 1 млрд гривен дохода за прошлый год на Украине никто официально не получил. Зампред государственной налоговой администрации отметил, что высокие доходы декларируют футболисты, боксеры, артисты.
  15. ^ [1] Archived 2 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Фокус: 25 самых успешных и дорогих звезд украинского шоу-бизнеса и спорта /". Vlasti.net. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  17. ^ [2] Archived 13 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference ukraine-hero was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  19. ^ "Ротару откроет в Ялте гостиницу "София"". Interfax.ru. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2018.