Vasyl Zinkevych

Hero of Ukraine
Vasyl Zinkevych
Zinkevych (right) in 2009, receiving his Hero of Ukraine award
Born
Vasyl Ivanovych Zinkevych

(1945-05-01) 1 May 1945 (age 79)
Vas′kivtsi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician, dancer, actor, designer
Years active1968–present
Awards


Vasyl Ivanovych Zinkevych (Ukrainian: Васи́ль Іва́нович Зінке́вич; born 1 May 1945) is a Soviet and 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.[1] Several of Zinkevych songs, as well as some of his dance choreographies, made it to the "Golden Fund of Ukrainian artistry".[2]

  1. ^ "Указ Президента України № 631/2009" [Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 631/2009]. Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. ^ Kosyanchuk, Inna. "Василь Зінкевич розповів, чому замолоду програвав у конкурсах". Polglyad.tv. Retrieved 12 May 2020.