Our hero today is Alexander Vasilenko. His songs are very popular among Ukrainian audiences, so you should talk more about him. It is about the People's Artist of Ukraine, the academician, the owner of the voice of the bass baritone.
Brief information
Alexander Vasilenko is a singer who studied at the Kiev Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1982 he graduated from this institution. From 1982 to 1992 he was the soloist-vocalist of the Kyiv Philharmonic. Also managed to work in the Children's Musical Theater. From 1992 to 1994 he was a soloist of the State Wind Orchestra of Ukraine. Since 1994, he appeared in the ensemble "Kyiv Camerata". Since 2005, he became the chairman of the jury at the International Competition-Festival, which is dedicated to children's and youthful creativity and is called "Starry Simeiz". He is engaged in concert activity. His repertoire includes foreign and Ukrainian variety art, compositions of the peoples of the world, songs of past years, vocal music, works by classical composers. Performs with wind, folk and symphonic orchestras. Also in his concerts are participating variety groups. He is a laureate of numerous competitions and festivals. In 1994, our hero received a prize named after Gulak-Artemovsky. In 2000, in Italy participated in the International Festival titled "The World of Music", received a diploma and the Grand Prix. Awarded the prize of Dmitri Lutsenko.
Songs for children
Alexander Vasilenko sings in 13 languages - Hebrew, Yiddish, Hungarian, Azerbaijani, German, Italian, English. Curiously, when our hero entered the Conservatory, his voice was called uninteresting. At the same time he liked to sing at an early age. Supporting any motives. He sang along with everything that sounded around. Especially successfully imitated Robertino Loretti, as well as other singers.
Parents
The mother of our hero was an operator, and his father a simple worker. At the same time the head of the family had a certain musical gift. He played the accordion, balalaika, guitar and violin. From the army, the father of our hero brought the trophy mandolin. The family even had a clarinet. Father wanted his son to learn how to play this instrument.
Hobbies
Alexander Vasilenko in the early years spent a lot of time in Zhuliany at the airport. He liked to watch the planes sit and take off. He rode on the "corn". The teenager in the future dreamed of becoming a pilot of sports aircraft. He led a healthy lifestyle and wanted to be strong. In winter, every day he went skiing after school for several hours.
Interesting Facts
Younger brother of our hero was called Yura. He was a wise little man. While studying in the first class, Yura chilled his lungs and died. Alexander Vasilenko served in the army. After he began to work as a laboratory assistant. His work was related to ultrasonic technology. He worked at the institute of hydrodevices. There he was carried away by acoustics, began to study the sound of his voice. However, at that time I had not yet thought of associating my life with this matter. It all began with the birth of his mother, where he sang for the audience and played the guitar. The very next day he decided that he would be a professional musician. After a little training, he went to the conservatory. The honored artist of Ukraine Galina Sukhorukova took part in listening to our hero. She also said that the voice of the future vocalist is close to the baritone, although he himself insisted that he had a tenor.
Alexander Vasilenko took up studying the piano. I decided to enter the People's Faculty. He independently undertook the study of special literature and by this time was theoretically grounded. At the audition, he was told that his voice was uninteresting and could not be developed. The teacher advised me to test my strength in the choir. Our hero was very hard to hear such a decision, but he did not abandon his dream. The choir of the future artist did not deceive. He decided to try his hand at the vocal studio, which worked in the House of Culture of the Bolshevik plant. It was just a short time before it was headed by Alexander Goloborodko - Honored Artist of Ukraine. He was very happy about the arrival of our hero, as Alexander Vasilenko became his first student. Honored artist undertook to teach our hero everything he knew himself. After several classes, the mentor noted that his ward had an interesting voice, but he needs development. These words inspired our hero, and he took up the matter with great zeal. A year later I applied for admission to the conservatory again. He managed to surprise the teacher, and although the set was already settled, he was accepted. One of the teachers, when he put the highest ball to our hero, liked to say that it was not his merit, but a gift.
After the conservatory, the artist changed jobs several times, as he himself admits, the intrigues that appeared there were not to his liking. Now you know who Alexander Vasilenko is. Photos of it are attached to this material.