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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Galina Viktorovna Khomchik |
| Born | May 30, 1960 |
| Origin | Moscow,
USSR Soviet Union/ Russia |
| Genres | Bard |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, tv presenter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, piano |
| Labels | Moskovskiye Okna, Muzprom |
| Website |
www |
Galina Khomchik (Russian: Гали′на Хо′мчик, 30 May 1960 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian singer, acoustic guitarist and pianist, a prominent figure of the country's modern folk/ bard movement. Khomchik, the three Soviet bard festivals' laureate (Moscow, 1983, The 1st National, Saratov, 1986 and V. Grushin's, Samara, 1987) and a XX Workers' Festival's golden medal winner (1984, East Berlin). [1] A popular radio and TV presenter, she was the author of the TV series I'll Sing To You and Let's Fill With Music... and filmed an eight-part TV film on the history of the bard movement in the USSR. [1] Khomchik is known also as director and producer of many musical videos, including those of the pop bard Oleg Mityaev. [2] Both on her own and as a member of an all-star project Songs of Our Century she toured Europe, Australia, Israel and USA [3]
Galina Khomchik (with a hundred songs to her repertoire, including those by Okudzhava, Vizbor, Nikitin, Kim, and Novella Matveeva urban folk classics' interpretations) released ten solo albums and features in numerous Russian modern/urban folk music compilations. [2] She is one of just two (another being Yelena Kamburova) non-writing artists who are featured in the Most Famous Bards of Russia encyclopedia (all others being songwriters). [4] [5]
Novye Izvestia described Khomchik as "the star of a Russian bard music". [6] She's been praised by Yuly Kim, [7] Sergey Nikitin [8] and Olga Okudzhava; [9] singer and poet Alexander Gorodnitsky called her "a missionary of music poetry", "unequalled in this genre". [10]
- Nesckuchny Sad (Нескучный сад, 1994, Мuzprom-MO Records)
- Eternity: a Woman's View (По-женски о вечном, 1997) [11]
- Don't leave me, Spring! (Не покидай меня, весна! 2000) [12]
- Familiar Romantics (Знакомая романтика, 2001, Mystery of Sound Records)
- Surprise Alliance (Неожиданный альянс, 2002) [13]
- Songs by Bulat Okujava, (Песни Булата Окуджавы, 2003)
- Moscow University: My Genius Teachers (МГУ: Мои Гениальные Учителя, 2005) [14]
- Two Voices' Harmony (Двухголосие, 2007) [15]
- Good and Old (Старое-доброе, 2008, First Musical Publishers)
- Songs of Yuri Visbor (Песни Юрия Визбора, 2009, IVC Records) [16]
- ^ a b "Galina Khomchik". peterout.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Galina Khomchik biography". homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ G. Khomchik: In USA and Canada we couldn't get enough of sing-alongs.... www.ozon.ru. 2000.
- ^ Galina Khomchik @ ArtVisit. – www.aptvisit.ru.
- ^ C. Истомин, Д. Денисенко. Самые знаменитые барды России. ISBN 5-94538-067-9
- ^ Yevgenya Shmelyova. Бард Галина Хомчик: «Слеты авторской песни проходят и в Пенсильвании». Izvestya, 2006
- ^ "Yuly Kim on Galina Khomchic". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Sergey Nikitin. CD footnotes". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Olga Okudzhava on Galina Khomchik". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Alexandr Gorodnitsky. A Missionary of Music Poetry". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Po-zhenski o vechnom – Galina Khomchik". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Ne pokidaj menya, vesna! – Galina Khomchik". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Unexpected Alliance – Galina Khomchik and Sergey Voytenko / Neozhidanny al'yans – Galina Khomchik i Sergey Voytenko (Import)". Amazon. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Galina Khomchik – Moi genial'nye uchitelya: Pesni vypusknikov MGU". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Galina Khomchik – Dvukhgolosie (Import)". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Galina Khomchik discography". homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- Liza magazine interview.
- Galina Khomchik MK interview, 2008.
- Galina Khomchik profile at Radio Chanson
- Echo Moskvy interview, by Natella Boltyanskaya, 2 April 2010
- Links to her CDs
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Galina Khomchik | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Galina Viktorovna Khomchik |
| Born | May 30, 1960 |
| Origin | Moscow,
USSR Soviet Union/ Russia |
| Genres | Bard |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, tv presenter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, piano |
| Labels | Moskovskiye Okna, Muzprom |
| Website |
www |
Galina Khomchik (Russian: Гали′на Хо′мчик, 30 May 1960 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian singer, acoustic guitarist and pianist, a prominent figure of the country's modern folk/ bard movement. Khomchik, the three Soviet bard festivals' laureate (Moscow, 1983, The 1st National, Saratov, 1986 and V. Grushin's, Samara, 1987) and a XX Workers' Festival's golden medal winner (1984, East Berlin). [1] A popular radio and TV presenter, she was the author of the TV series I'll Sing To You and Let's Fill With Music... and filmed an eight-part TV film on the history of the bard movement in the USSR. [1] Khomchik is known also as director and producer of many musical videos, including those of the pop bard Oleg Mityaev. [2] Both on her own and as a member of an all-star project Songs of Our Century she toured Europe, Australia, Israel and USA [3]
Galina Khomchik (with a hundred songs to her repertoire, including those by Okudzhava, Vizbor, Nikitin, Kim, and Novella Matveeva urban folk classics' interpretations) released ten solo albums and features in numerous Russian modern/urban folk music compilations. [2] She is one of just two (another being Yelena Kamburova) non-writing artists who are featured in the Most Famous Bards of Russia encyclopedia (all others being songwriters). [4] [5]
Novye Izvestia described Khomchik as "the star of a Russian bard music". [6] She's been praised by Yuly Kim, [7] Sergey Nikitin [8] and Olga Okudzhava; [9] singer and poet Alexander Gorodnitsky called her "a missionary of music poetry", "unequalled in this genre". [10]
- Nesckuchny Sad (Нескучный сад, 1994, Мuzprom-MO Records)
- Eternity: a Woman's View (По-женски о вечном, 1997) [11]
- Don't leave me, Spring! (Не покидай меня, весна! 2000) [12]
- Familiar Romantics (Знакомая романтика, 2001, Mystery of Sound Records)
- Surprise Alliance (Неожиданный альянс, 2002) [13]
- Songs by Bulat Okujava, (Песни Булата Окуджавы, 2003)
- Moscow University: My Genius Teachers (МГУ: Мои Гениальные Учителя, 2005) [14]
- Two Voices' Harmony (Двухголосие, 2007) [15]
- Good and Old (Старое-доброе, 2008, First Musical Publishers)
- Songs of Yuri Visbor (Песни Юрия Визбора, 2009, IVC Records) [16]
- ^ a b "Galina Khomchik". peterout.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Galina Khomchik biography". homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ G. Khomchik: In USA and Canada we couldn't get enough of sing-alongs.... www.ozon.ru. 2000.
- ^ Galina Khomchik @ ArtVisit. – www.aptvisit.ru.
- ^ C. Истомин, Д. Денисенко. Самые знаменитые барды России. ISBN 5-94538-067-9
- ^ Yevgenya Shmelyova. Бард Галина Хомчик: «Слеты авторской песни проходят и в Пенсильвании». Izvestya, 2006
- ^ "Yuly Kim on Galina Khomchic". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Sergey Nikitin. CD footnotes". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Olga Okudzhava on Galina Khomchik". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Alexandr Gorodnitsky. A Missionary of Music Poetry". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Po-zhenski o vechnom – Galina Khomchik". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Ne pokidaj menya, vesna! – Galina Khomchik". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Unexpected Alliance – Galina Khomchik and Sergey Voytenko / Neozhidanny al'yans – Galina Khomchik i Sergey Voytenko (Import)". Amazon. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Galina Khomchik – Moi genial'nye uchitelya: Pesni vypusknikov MGU". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Galina Khomchik – Dvukhgolosie (Import)". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Galina Khomchik discography". homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- Liza magazine interview.
- Galina Khomchik MK interview, 2008.
- Galina Khomchik profile at Radio Chanson
- Echo Moskvy interview, by Natella Boltyanskaya, 2 April 2010
- Links to her CDs
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