Biography
Born on May 14, 1975 in Mukachevo, in the family of Ivan Vakarchuk, a physics professor and future rector of Lviv University.
He graduated from Lviv school No. 4 (with in-depth study of the English language) with a silver medal. I studied violin at a music school for two years, while simultaneously studying the accordion.
During his school years he took part in KVN, the creation school theater, was actively involved in basketball.
1991-1996 - studied at the Faculty of Physics of Lviv University (specialization - theoretical physics). Second higher education - international economist.
1996 - entered graduate school at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the same university. The topic of the candidate's thesis is “Supersymmetry of electrons in a magnetic field” (later S. Vakarchuk called one of the albums “Supersymmetry”, and one of the songs - “Susy” (an abbreviation for SUperSYmmetry).
The Okean Elzy group, thanks to whose work S. Vakarchuk became famous (he is the author of most of the lyrics and music), was created in 1994. After graduating from university, Vakarchuk could continue his studies abroad, but still chose a career as a musician. The group, which successfully performed at several festivals, and Svyatoslav went to Kyiv to record their debut disc (“There, where we are silent”, 1998).
Gets carried away Japanese culture. Favorite writers are Yukio Mishima and Haruki Murakami. Among Ukrainian prose writers, the style of Kharkov resident Sergei Zhadan stands out. He considers his musical idols, first of all, to be the legendary “Beatles”, as well as the rock groups “Rolling Stones”, “ Pink Floyd" and "Queen"
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk as ambassador goodwill The UN Development Program for Youth in Ukraine takes part in many social and cultural projects. Separately, it should be noted that all the money received from the sales of the single “Merry, brother, times have come...” was sent to an orphanage in the city of Makeevka.
According to the weekly “Correspondent”, S. Vakarchuk is among the top hundred most influential and famous people in Ukraine.
Civil position
During the 1999 elections, he performed with some other artists on a tour to support Kuchma as a presidential candidate. In the 2004 elections, he actively supported the then opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was an active participant in the Orange Revolution, performing at concerts in support of Viktor Yushchenko on Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) together with Ruslana, Oleg Skripka and other musicians and singers.
Since November 2007, elected on the lists of the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense Bloc. On September 11, 2008, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk announced that he had submitted an application to resign as a people's deputy of Ukraine.
Interesting facts
* At one time, in one of the chats on the M1 TV channel, he said that he is ambidextrous, that is, a person controls his right and left hands equally well.
*His height is 1 meter 76 cm.
Internet resources
- Fan club of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
- group "Ocean Elzy"
- "Nights"
Honored Artist of Ukraine Stanislav Vakarchuk in his youth could go abroad and continue his education as a theoretical physicist; he had excellent abilities in this direction. He could become an international economist in accordance with his second higher education. Instead, Stanislav chose music and was not mistaken: the rock group “Okean Elzy”, the leader and creator of songs for which, as well as the vocalist, he is one of the most famous and beloved groups not only in Ukraine. Created in 1994, the group quickly gained popularity and, having successfully performed at several festivals, began to be considered one of the brightest musical ensembles of our time. Its frontman is quite an influential person in his homeland and has a huge number of fans. For a very long time there was no exact information about the wife of Stanislav Vakarchuk.
Until recently, he was not officially married, so the news that Vakarchuk decided to register his relationship with the woman who has been his life partner for fifteen years became a real sensation. Wife famous singer and the composer was named Lyalya Fonareva, who was its stylist throughout the existence of the Ocean Elzy group. In May 2016, a member of the group, Milos Jelic, made a message on a social network about the wedding of Stanislav and Lyalya, which took place in Lvov and, after that, a real stir began around the unexpected news. However, Stanislav himself was very angry about these rumors: firstly, they turned out to be untrue, and secondly (and mostly), he never allows outsiders to interfere in his personal life.
His relationship with Lyalya began at the very beginning of the group’s activities. Stanislav was a client of a fashionable Kyiv hairdresser - stylist Fonareva, whom he really liked. However, Lyalya was the wife of the famous designer Vladimir Tarasyuk in the capital and was not going to change anything either in her personal life or in her professional activities. Vakarchuk, then an aspiring musician, young, handsome and persistent, showed considerable persistence to please someone else’s wife and finally succeeded. Lyalya left her husband for him along with her five-year-old daughter Diana, whom Stanislav accepted as his own and raised all these fifteen years. His common-law wife has always been the permanent stylist and photographer of the group, and once, she was even persuaded to star in the “Cold” music video, where she looks great and completely organic.
Lyalya participated with the whole team in concert activities and went on tour. In practice, she and Stanislav never parted. It is not known why this couple never wanted to formalize their close relationship in a legal way, but, according to Vakarchuk, who, reluctantly, had to give an interview to a journalist after the hype that arose around him, he and Lyalya were happy with everything as it was. The main thing in their love is that they are still close not only physically, but also internally and understand each other in everything, and the stamp in the passport is only a purely external side of their relationship, which does not have much meaning.
It is worth noting that Stanislav himself was born into a wealthy family, his father is the former Minister of Education of Ukraine. Having been separated from his family, the young musician immediately began to earn good money and fully provided for his wife and stepdaughter. In such situations, formalities often fade into the background, allowing a person to do only what gives him not the pragmatic, but the spiritual side of existence. True, Vakarchuk and his common-law wife also never appeared at social events and parties; only a narrow circle of his closest friends knew about their many years of inseparable connection.
No matter how strange the explanations for this mystery and closeness of the intimate life of the famous Ukrainian rock singer and musician may seem, there are no others. Now that everything has become known, Vakarchuk still insists on non-interference by outsiders in his personal life and assures the curious that everything is fine with him. All marriages are made in heaven and he never intended to “make his name day, christening, wedding public knowledge...”. When asked if he wanted to have his own children, Stanislav replied that he still had time to take care of this. He dreams of his own son, but his appearance also depends on God’s providence, which must be awaited patiently and with hope.
Although evil tongues They explain the pop star’s exorbitant secrecy for completely different reasons; the public has no reason yet to disbelieve Vakarchuk’s words. He began appearing with his girlfriend at concerts and other events and, from time to time, answers questions about his family life. Stanislav is a fairly prominent figure in political life of his country and even served as a people's deputy for some time. His political and civic activity could well have provoked opponents and envious people to use slander and slander against Vakarchuk regarding unconventional preferences and weaknesses. Until he himself made the corresponding statements, we can only speak with complete certainty about what he reports about himself.
In 2016, the leader of Okean Elzy turned forty-one years old and he considers Lyalya’s gift the best surprise for his birthday. Stanislav Vakarchuk’s wife found for him an antique black Austrian piano of amazing beauty, which is 120 years old.
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk- Ukrainian rock musician, leader of the group “Okean Elzy”, Honored Artist of Ukraine (2005). By education, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a physicist, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences. One of the most popular representatives of Ukrainian show business, Vakarchuk’s group “Okean Elzy” enjoyed success in Russia. Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from 2007 to 2008 from the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense bloc, powers were terminated early at the request of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk himself. An active participant in Euromaidan, he is named among the contenders for the post of President of Ukraine.
Childhood and education of Stanislav Vakarchuk
Father - Ivan Alexandrovich Vakarchuk(born 1947). From 1990 to 2007 and from 2010, he was the rector of Lviv University. Known and political career, in 2007-2010, Vakarchuk Sr. was the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Mother - Svetlana Aleksandrovna Vakarchuk(born 1947) - worked as a physics teacher, associate professor at the Lviv National Academy of Veterinary Medicine named after. S. Grzhitsky. Svetlana Alexandrovna's hobby is painting.
Brother - Oleg Vakarchuk(born 1980) - bank employee.
Svyatoslav’s parents are physicists by profession. The younger Vakarchuk also had a penchant for exact sciences. However, the guy graduated from a Lviv school with in-depth study of the English language with a silver medal. At the same time, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk studied violin at a music school, while simultaneously learning to play the button accordion.
Vakarchuk showed artistic abilities while still at school. He actively participated in the school KVN, organized a school theater with friends, and went in for sports - played basketball.
But when choosing an education, there were no other options in his life then except physics. In 1991, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk entered the physics department of Lviv National University. Ivan Franko. In 1996, he graduated from the university with a degree in theoretical physics. At the same time, Svyatoslav studied economics at the university, and therefore received a second specialty - international economist.
Svyatoslav followed in the footsteps of his parents and in 1996 entered graduate school at the Department of Theoretical Physics. Vakarchuk defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Supersymmetry of electrons in a magnetic field.”
Music and career of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk in show business
And yet the guy was attracted to music. In 1994, Svyatoslav created the group “Ocean Elzy”. New perspectives opened up in Svyatoslav’s biography. He composed lyrics and music for songs. The group performed successfully at festivals. Soon Svyatoslav Vakarchuk went to Kyiv and recorded the first disc “There, where we are silent” (1998).
The first tour in Russia of Okean Elzy took place in 2000. The group participated in the rock festival “Invasion”. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk gained even greater popularity after the release of the film “Brother-2”, where two songs were performed by “Okean Elzy” - “If You Are Mute” and “Kavachai”.
Fans of the group think best album"Model", which was released in 2001. But in terms of sales, the album “Supersimetriya”, released in 2003, won. This album is double platinum.
In 2005 and 2007, the fifth album “Gloria” and the sixth album “Mira” were released, respectively, which was dedicated to the memory of the group’s sound producer Sergei Tovstoluzhsky who committed suicide.
Rock band "Okean Elzy" (Ukraine). Concert in Moscow. Last year (2004) this Ukrainian group canceled their arrival in Moscow for civil reasons. Now they are playing their second concert in Moscow to compensate fans for missing out. In the photo: concert at the Kurs club, 2005 (Photo: Vasilii Smirnov/Russian Look/Global Look Press)
In Vakarchuk’s career there was a place not only for “Elzy’s Ocean”, Svyatoslav’s solo project “Vnochi”, released in 2008, became very popular. Fans were captivated by two lyrical songs “So, like you” and “Don’t lower your eyes.” During this period, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was elected as a deputy. But he resigned and finally returned to music. The seventh album of “Ocean Elzy”, which pleased the audience, “ Dolce Vita", released in 2010.
During the performance of the rock band "Okean Elzy". In the photo: Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (Photo: Tatiana Morozova/Russian Look/Global Look Press)
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk worked tirelessly throughout the following years. He presented a new solo project “Brussels” (2011), shot videos for the songs “Airplane” and “Adrenaline”. In 2013, in the same Brussels, Svyatoslav recorded the next album of “Ocean Elzy” - “Earth”. Vakarchuk’s group wrote songs with a British sound producer Ken Nelson. The songs “Obіymi” and “Strilyay” were released as singles. The video for the song “Strilyay” was directed by the director Mike Bruce, says Wikipedia.
Lead singer of the group "Okean Elzy" Stanislav Vakarchuk (pictured) at the "Chart's Dozen. Top 13" award ceremony at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, 2011 (Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich/TASS)
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and his band completed the tour in support of the album “Earth” in the fall of 2013 in Moscow.
In 2014, the musicians held anniversary concert"Okean Elzy - 20 years together." The last album of the Svyatoslav Vakarchuk group was released in 2016 - “Without Interference”. The songs “Not your war”, “Life begins with a new beginning”, “Mit”, “Don’t go” were previously released as singles.
IN recent years Svyatoslav Vakarchuk began his career on television, taking part in the Ukrainian show “Voice of the Country” as a mentor to young musicians.
Policy
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was an active participant in the Orange Revolution. The musician also took part in many social and cultural projects, and was a goodwill ambassador for the UN Development Program for Ukrainian youth.
Orange revolution in Kyiv. December 2004. The people's leader of the Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (pictured) calls on riot police to lower their shields to demonstrate their solidarity with the Ukrainian people (Photo: Eduard Kislinsky/Russian Look/Global Look Press)
In 2007, the singer’s career made his first entry into big politics. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk became a people's deputy of Ukraine on the lists of the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense bloc; his father Ivan Vakarchuk, who became famous for three years in his position by comparing the Russian language with the “language of a dog,” became the Minister of Education from this bloc. Ivan Vakarchuk pursued the corresponding policy in the field of Ukrainian education.
As for his son Svyatoslav, he already announced on September 11, 2008 that he had submitted an application to resign as a people's deputy of Ukraine. On December 16, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine prematurely terminated the parliamentary powers of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, and he focused on songs.
in the photo: fans of the band Okean Elzy at a concert to support Euromaidan in Kyiv, 2013 (Photo: Roman Pilipey/ZUMAPRESS.com/Global Look Press)
When mass protests began in Ukraine in 2013, the Okean Elzy group gave a concert on December 14, 2013 in support of the protesters. Vakarchuk stopped visiting Russia for concerts (albeit, having played in Moscow several months earlier).
In the photo: vocalist of the group “Okean Elzy” Svyatoslav Vakarchuk during a concert in support of Euromaidan in Kyiv, 2013 (Photo: Roman Pilipey/ZUMAPRESS.com/Global Look Press)
In 2015, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk became a participant in Yale University's Yale World Fellow 2015. This program is aimed at building a network of new world leaders and expanding international understanding.
Now Vakarchuk gives lectures, including at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, where he communicates with young people and students on political and government topics.
The singer is involved in charity work. The news reported that all the money from the sales of the single “Merry, brothers, times have come...” was sent to the orphanage in the city of Makeyevka. Of course, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk provides all possible support to the Ukrainian army and ATO participants, for example, he gave them flash drives with songs from the new album.
The leader of the Okean Elzy group, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (pictured second from right), was invited as a lecturer by the Stanford Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (Photo: twitter.com/s_vakarchuk)
Income of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
Being a leader popular group, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has the opportunity to make good money at concerts. In the ranking of Forbes Ukraine magazine “25 most expensive and popular stars show business and sports" for 2013, Vakarchuk earned $6 million on his tour with the Okean Elzy group alone, including concerts in Russia.
In the photo: lead singer of the group "Okean Elzy" Stanislav Vakarchuk during a performance at the rock festival "Invasion" in Zavidovo, Tver region (Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich/TASS)
In a similar Forbes ranking in 2015, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk became third in income, 4th in mention and only 9th in popularity. Forbes Ukraine noted that the incomes of Ukrainian musicians have fallen sharply due to a decrease in the volume of touring in Russia.
At the same time, Svyatoslav criticized the income declarations of Ukrainian civil servants, which were actively discussed in Ukrainian news in 2016.
“Judging by the declarations of some officials and deputies, they lived 25 years of Ukrainian independence differently than their voters. Lucky, probably,” Vakarchuk wrote on social networks.
Personal life of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was married in a civil marriage with Lyalya Fonareva. Lyalya worked as a stylist and art director from the first steps of the Okean Elzy group. As it became known from the news, the couple officially formalized their marriage in 2015. Although Vakarchuk himself did not comment on information about his personal life, the media actively reported that Vakarchuk got married in Lvov after 15 years of relationship with Lyalya Fonareva.
Vakarchuk does not like to be frank about his personal life. The singer always answers questions from journalists: “I have a family, and I’m happy.” However, in latest interviews he stopped hiding his relationship with Lyalya Fonareva.
“In my opinion, everyone already knows about Lyala. And I just don’t want my personal life to become public knowledge. I value feelings too much, our internal connection, and I don’t want to let anyone in,” Vakarchuk answered questions about his wife in an interview with Viva magazine.
In the same interview, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk said that, although he was popular among girls at school, he “started his intimate life quite late.” “Sex back then, in 1988-89, was not underfoot,” he confessed.
Vakarchuk has no children in common with Fonareva. The only child is 22-year-old Diana, the daughter of Svyatoslav’s wife from her first marriage. Vakarchuk said in an interview that he dreams of his own children, a son, but so far there is no news about a new addition to his family from Ukraine.
By the way, Svyatoslav named his wife Lyalya Fonareva and father among his main friends. Vakarchuk also considers the musicians of his group to be friends.
“In general, I don’t understand how there can be many friends. There can be any number of acquaintances with whom I have common interests, but I personally can count my friends on the fingers of one hand,” says Svyatoslav Vakarchuk.
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk loves to travel. Favorite writers of Svyatostav - Ivan Franko, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Lina Kostenko. And among modern Ukrainian prose writers, Vakarchuk singles out like-minded people in nationalism - a Kharkov resident Sergei Zhadan and early prose Yuri Andrukhovich.
Among Svyatoslav’s musical idols, of course, are The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd and Queen. Likes to show off quotes from Machiavelli.
Biographies report that Svyatoslav is fluent in Ukrainian, Polish, Russian and English.
Vakarchuk believes that the best surprise in life is the Austrian antique piano, which his wife bought for him.
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk - potential president of Ukraine
IN latest news There are reports from Ukraine that Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is preparing for the 2019 presidential elections. He has his own program, which the singer has not yet advertised. According to sources, the singer is working on launching a political startup tentatively titled " European choice", and therefore voters should not associate him with any real politician and will be promoted using completely new, little-known political technologies in Ukraine.
In the photo: the leader of the group “Okean Elzy” Svyatoslav Vakarchuk during a concert in Kyiv (Photo: ZUMA/TASS)
The frontman of the group “Okean Elzy” Svyatoslav Vakarchuk shared his opinion on how Ukraine can “break out of the vicious circle of history.” He wrote on his Twitter that we need to start trusting each other.
Also, according to Vakarchuk, in Ukraine there is a war not with an external enemy, but with an internal one - corruption, ignorance, indifference, cowardice, narrow-mindedness, greed.
It is curious that Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, despite his Western Ukrainian residence and support for Euromaidan, tries to flirt with the Russian-speaking audience; as a politician, he can also use anti-war rhetoric. For example, the video for the song of the group “Okean Elzy” “Mit” (“Moment”), which appeared on the Internet in 2015, received recognition not only in Ukraine. Lugansk writer Gleb Bobrov wrote about this song in “SP” that in its lyrics “the collective unconscious of Ukraine gave a clear and unambiguous metaphysical answer to the war in the Donbass Republics. In expanded form, this answer translated into Russian sounds like: “Don’t rush to die, fighter. All your values are not there.”
“...A significant moment is the obvious fact that such a metaphysical answer came from the lips of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk - one of the brightest symbols of the “Revolution of Hydnost”, a representative of a social formation born on the stage and barricades of the Maidan. Roughly speaking, at first glance, we really have some kind of ideological paradox: a convinced enemy of a certain “collective Donbass”, one of the spiritual leaders of the Maidan and the spiritual inspirer of military aggression against the South-East of the country declared at maximum volume to the whole world: “No to war “Donbass is not our enemy!” wrote Gleb Bobrov.
In the news of 2017, there was information about how his compatriots poured a whole tub of dirt on Svyatoslav Vakarchuk because the musician showed human feelings and expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the explosions in the St. Petersburg metro. “Terrible news from St. Petersburg... Sincere condolences to the families of those killed in the subway explosion!” Vakarchuk wrote on his microblog on Twitter.
At the same time, in December 2016, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk spoke out in an original way against the ban on entry into Ukraine Russian artists, offering to let them in, and if they broke the law, to arrest them on the spot. Vakarchuk stated this on the air of the Belarusian Channel One.
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk can be called not just a legendary musician-performer for modern Ukraine, but also a real people's leader. Often his heartfelt lyrical songs touch not only our feelings, but also make us think about social activism, the morality of our actions and the political path of our country. Being real" guiding star“For many Ukrainians, he confirms his brilliant ideas with an impeccable biography. He is truly worth listening to and understanding - he is truly worth emulating!
Height, weight, figure parameters, age
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is naturally fit and slim. With a height of 176 centimeters, he consistently weighs about 75 kilograms. But men are not used to “bragging” about their figure parameters, so the press knows nothing about them.
On at the moment Svyatoslav (2018) 43 years old.
Zodiac sign: Taurus.
Nationality: Ukrainian.
Family
Svyatoslav Ivanovich Vakarchuk was born on May 14, 1975 in the city of Mukachevo (in the Transcarpathian region). Parents future star were simple teachers. At the time of Svyatoslav’s birth (by the way, the artist does not really welcome other variations of his name), his mother, Svetlana Aleksandrovna, taught mathematics, and his father taught physics at an ordinary Mukachevo secondary school.
Svyatoslav grew up together with his older brother Oleg. He became a successful banker, to date he has made good career in Kyiv and is raising a daughter with his wife.
Even during Svyatoslav’s childhood, the family moved to Lviv to give their children the opportunity to receive good education. This was also connected with his father’s career advancement. Soon Ivan Alexandrovich took up scientific activity at the I. Frank Lviv National University in the field of physics, and ultimately became its rector. It should be noted that the development of Ivan Vakarchuk’s scientific career led him to the post of Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, which he held in 2007-2010.
Biography
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was already a comprehensively developed personality in his childhood. The future frontman of Okean Elzy was interested not only in music, but also in science, sports, foreign languages, playing KVN. Svyatoslav enjoys studying English and physics in depth, plays basketball and graduates from a music school in violin and accordion.
But after graduating from school (with a silver medal, by the way), young Vakarchuk saw no other way for himself but to follow his parents. He successfully entered his “native” Lviv University at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. But even that was not enough for him: after receiving a diploma of higher education, Svyatoslav took him to graduate school. True, not without hesitation. The fact is that at that time he could continue his education abroad. But he gave preference to domestic graduate school only because it gave him the opportunity to study music. By that time, Svyatoslav had already joined one of the local Lviv groups...
IN student years Svyatoslav became friends with the musicians of the Clan of Silence group. They performed in local bars, pubs and restaurants. Actually, this is where his stunning career began. After some time, the “Clan of Silence” disbanded. Therefore, Vakarchuk suggested to his musicians (and by that time already his faithful friends) to found a new group - it was this that received the already legendary name for us “Okean Elzy”. Her birthday is considered to be October 12, 1994.
For the development and formation of this group, Svyatoslav did almost everything: wrote songs and music, negotiated concerts, inspired his comrades. Already in winter, the team recorded a demo of 4 songs. And soon the first (little known now) clip of “OE” - “Long Time Ago” was broadcast on TV screens. First big concert the group gives on the square near Lviv opera house. In 1996, “Oceans” went on an international (!) tour, visiting not only Ukraine, but also Poland, Germany, and France. And after 2 years, the group moved to Kyiv and presented to the public their first album “There, Where We Are Mute.” Well, that’s all: from now on, fame and people’s love do not leave Okean Elzy. Although the composition of the group changes several times, it maintains stable popularity and Svyatoslav Ivanovich remains its permanent leader.
Amazing for Ukrainian performers(and even more so for those who fundamentally write songs only in Ukrainian and never in Russian language), but “Ocean” in the 2000s was extremely popular in Russian Federation. The first step towards this was his participation in the Moscow rock festival “Invasion”. Their songs are then used in cult film Bodrova “Brother-2” - this is how the group gains nationwide popularity in Russia.
The year 2000 was marked by the release of the album “Yananebibuv”.
In 2001, the album “Model” was released. Many critics and fans of the group believe that this is the best creation in the entire history of Oceans.
In 2003 - “Supersymmetry”. Named after Vakarchuk's dissertation, it received two platinum record status.
2005 - release of the album “Gloria”. Its 100,000th circulation was instantly sold out on the first day it went on sale.
In 2007, “Okean” released the album “Mira” and posthumously dedicated it to its producer Sergei Tovstoluzhsky, who suddenly committed suicide. In the history of the group, this album stands out as the most “rocky” and dynamic musically.
After 3 years, the album “Dolce Vita” is released.
In 2013, “OE” pleased with the release of “Earth”. The most famous tracks from it are “Strilyay” and “Obіymi”.
The group’s latest compositions are combined in the 2016 album entitled “Without Between”.
At the same time, Svyatoslav is also engaged in his own solo projects. In 2008, he released the album “Vnochi”. His most iconic songs were “Don’t Lower Your Eyes” and “So, Like You.” And in 2011 - Brussels. It should be noted that he is not solo album, but belongs to the project of the same name, which Vakarchuk created, involving in the work already famous independent musicians (including those with whom he began in “Oceans”) - Sergei Babkin, Maxim Malyshev, Pyotr Chernyavsky and Dmitry Shurov. This album was recorded live. He became known to a wide audience thanks to two videos - “Adrenaline” and “Airplane”.
Also from 2013 to 2016 (4 seasons) Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was a judge-mentor of the show “Voice of the Country”. The result was its production by Christina Soloviy and Leo Mantis.
Album "Gloria"
Vakarchuk burrs slightly. And this seemingly defect became one of the attractive trademarks of his songs.
In the first years of Viktor Yushchenko's presidency in 2005, Svyatoslav received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. If people often have many questions with the presentation of such “medals,” then no one even thinks of arguing with the granting of this status to Vakarchuk: his significance for the modern culture of Ukraine is obvious.
Vakarchuk has an academic degree - Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, which he acquired after defending his dissertation “Electron Supersymmetry in a Magnetic Field.” He wrote it for no less than 13 years, although he entered graduate school immediately after graduating from university. Active musical activity, songs, videos, tours - it’s all to blame.
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk consistently occupies leading positions in various rankings of the most influential people Ukraine.
Svyatoslav supports revolutionary movements in the country, taking an active social and civic position, including through his creativity. For example, his speech in support of Euromaidan in 2013 attracted more than two hundred thousand people. Everyone was so eager to listen to the songs live that they were even ready to climb onto the roofs of nearby shopping centers, when space in the square “runs out.” Vakarchuk also does not hide his Political Views from the general public in Ukraine and beyond its borders: he repeatedly shows a negative attitude towards the war in Donbass and helps ATO soldiers.
In one of the interviews, Svyatoslav admitted that he is ambidextrous. That is, he is just as right-handed as he is left-handed - he can perform all actions with both hands absolutely equally.
On September 30, 2007, during early elections to the Verkhovna Rada, Svyatoslav Ivanovich became a people's deputy. The party “Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense” accepted him into its lava. But a year later (in December 2008) he renounced his parliamentary powers.
Among Vakarchuk’s broad interests is an active passion for Buddhism and Japanese culture.
The musician's favorite writers (in order of priority) are Ivan Franko, Anton Chekhov, Lina Kostenko, Nikolai Gogol.
Musical idols - The Beatles, Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Rolling Stones, Queen, Pink Floyd. He also admits that he loves listening to Mumiy Troll, Zemfira and Nikolai Noskov.
Rumors: Vakarchuk wants to become President
The brightest rumor associated with Svyatoslav Vakarchuk appeared precisely in lately. Now at different levels (from social networks to international conferences) it is being actively discussed that he may be running for President and running for the next elections.
Svyatoslav does not say “I want to become President,” thereby confirming the rumors, but he also does not unequivocally refute them. However, he recently made a fiery speech addressed to the Ukrainian people at the European YES Forum. Many have already managed to call him a true and honest leader of the nation. And ill-wishers compared her to the young Yulia Tymoshenko, who knew how to instill ephemeral ideas in the people with glowing eyes. But no one will be able to find criminal incriminating evidence on Vakarchuk like Lady Yu...
Personal life: married, divorced, why no children?
The personal life of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is practically a secret. He prefers not to talk about women in public and not to talk about the details of his love in interviews. But fans still have to give some answers, because they need to be respected, and it’s almost impossible to completely hide the obvious.
So what is known about Vakarchuk’s personal life? Everyone knows that he has been married for a long time and on the topic " new novel Vakarchuk" you will not find a single news.
Back in those same student years, when he met his comrades and founded the group, Svyatoslav also met the lady of his heart - Lyalya Fonareva. The love between them arose instantly and immediately grew into creative collaboration and serious love relationship for life. Initially, Lyalya participated in every possible way in developing the group’s style - she selected looks for them for performances, took photographs, and then took on the stylistic image of the team. Over time, she became the art director of Ocean Elsa and remains so to this day. As for personal relationships with Svyatoslav, he has been living in a civil marriage with Lyalya for 15 years. And just recently (in 2015), the lovers finally decided to legalize their relationship. Star couple played a modest wedding in her homeland in Lviv, without inviting a single journalist and forbidding anyone to publish photographs from this event. Obviously, only the closest people were at the wedding of Vakarchuk and Fonareva.
There is a loving and beloved wife - this is the short answer to all questions about his personal life from Svyatoslav Ivanovich. What about the children? Despite the fact that he turned 43 this year, Vakarchuk never acquired a “full-fledged family.” He answers questions on this topic: as God willing. And yet, he somehow already experienced the joy of fatherhood. Lyalya has a daughter from her first marriage, Diana, whom they are raising together.
Born on May 14, 1975 in Mukachevo, Transcarpathian region, in the family of a physicist, future rector of Lviv University and Minister of Education of Ukraine Ivan Vakarchuk.
He graduated from Lviv school No. 4 with in-depth study of the English language with a silver medal. I studied violin at a music school for two years, while simultaneously studying the accordion.
Little Slava’s musical education was carried out by his grandmother and uncle, who instilled in the boy a love of folk Ukrainian and Western music. (The Beatles, interspersed with folk motifs, did their job - a true Ukrainian music with a western flair)
During his school years, he took part in KVN, the creation of a school theater, and was actively involved in basketball.
1991-1996 - studied at the Faculty of Physics at Ivan Franko Lviv National University (specialization - theoretical physics). Second higher education - international economist.
1996 - entered graduate school at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the same university. The topic of the candidate's dissertation is “Supersymmetry of electrons in a magnetic field” (later S. Vakarchuk called one of the albums “Supersymmetry”, and one of the songs - “Susy” (an abbreviation for SUperSYmmetry).
Family
Lyalya Fonareva
*Father - Ivan Aleksandrovich Vakarchuk (born 1947), former Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Personal matter
Behind you music school according to the accordion class. There are still legends about how Slavko let his classmates copy dictations in solfeggio. Svyatoslav graduated from secondary school with a silver medal. The only B was a B in math. Surprisingly, Vakarchuk Jr., who loved humanitarian subjects at school, followed in his father’s footsteps by entering Lviv University. I. Franko, to the Faculty of Theoretical Physics. In the same educational institution Slava entered graduate school and received a Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics. In 2003, at the same university, Svyatoslav received a second degree diploma higher education with a degree in international economics. In 2009, Svyatoslav defended his PhD thesis on the topic: “Supersymmetry of electrons in an electromagnetic field.”
Slava had a group, the name of which history has not conveyed to us. The guys tried to play, but the very fact that they were “trying” and not playing did not satisfy the ambitious and talented young man. And he began to look... At a party with his girlfriend, Svyatoslav found what he was looking for - he met Pasha, who at that time was the guitarist of the not unknown "Clan of Silence"... Subsequently, the acquaintance grew into close cooperation and resulted in what we know as called "Ocean Elzy").
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk currently continues to lead Okean Elzy, collaborates with other musicians, writes songs for commercials, and music for films.
The group “Okean Elzy”, thanks to whose work S. Vakarchuk became famous (he is the author of most of the lyrics and music, vocalist, leader of the group), was created in 1994. After graduating from university, Vakarchuk could continue his studies abroad, but still chose a career as a musician. The group successfully performed at several festivals, and Svyatoslav, together with O. E., went to Kyiv to record their debut disc “There, where we are silent” (1998).
During the 1999 elections, he performed with some other artists on a tour to support presidential candidate Kuchma. In the 2004 elections, he actively supported the then opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was an active participant in the Orange Revolution, performing at concerts in support of Viktor Yushchenko on Maidan Nezalezhnosti along with Ruslana, Oleg Skripka and other musicians and singers. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, as a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Youth Development Program in Ukraine, takes part in many social and cultural projects.
Since November 2007, he was elected as a people's deputy of Ukraine on the lists of the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense bloc.
On September 11, 2008, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk announced that he had submitted an application to resign as a people’s deputy of Ukraine. On December 16, 2008, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine prematurely terminated his parliamentary powers.
He took part in many social and cultural projects. Separately, it should be noted that all the money received from the sales of the single “Merry, brothers, times have come...” was sent to an orphanage in the city of Makeevka.
Producers
In 1998, the Okean Elzy group began working with Vitaly Klimov. Having not yet stopped collaborating with Tabula Rasa, in 1997 Vitaly Klimov took up the “promotion” of Okean Elzy, a young group from Lvov. The idea of cooperation with new group came from one of the marketers of the Smak (juice) brand, Andrey Avramenko, which was part of Anatoly Yurkevich’s large Milkiland holding. Avramenko was inspired by Klimov’s successes in working with Oleg Laponogov’s team. It was Yurkevich’s holding that became the investor of the new musical project.
Russian history of Vakarchuk
In 1998, the group began working with Vitaly Klimov, signed a contract with the Nova Records label and recorded their debut album, which was released in September of the same year, entitled “There, Where We Are Mute.” The group's songs took first place in various charts. Thanks to their lyricism and the unusual vocals of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, the group gained fans throughout Ukraine. In 1999, “Okean Elzy” performed in Paris, at the MSM Café (the performance was broadcast by the MSM International TV channel). The general producer of the Nashe Radio radio station, Mikhail Kozyrev, having heard the song “Sosni”, contacted the group to thank them for such a soulful lyrical composition and to personally notify the team that they had now taken the song into rotation. As a result, the group “Okean Elzy” took part in the Russian rock festival “Invasion”. According to Vakarchuk: “This was my first visit to Russia, after which I didn’t have to leave for a long time.” At the Tavria Games festival, the musicians won in the categories “Breakthrough of the Year” and “ Best Song"(for the composition "There, Where We Are Mute"). In the same year, a re-release of the album was released in Russia. However, the group gained wide popularity in Russia after the release of Alexey Balabanov’s film “Brother-2” (banned in Ukraine), the soundtrack of which included two songs: “If You Are Mute” and “Kavachai”. After the film, 2 videos appeared on the MTV channel for the songs “There, Where We Are Mute” and “Sosni”. At the beginning of 2000, the group completed work on the second album “I'm in the sky”, which was released on two labels at once - Ukrainian Nova Records and Russian Real Records.
Vakarchuk and Soros
American financier and philanthropist George Soros and his people want to see the leader of the Okean Elzy group Svyatoslav Vakarchuk president, although the musician himself has not yet decided. If he announces participation in the presidential race, he will turn from a spokesman for the thoughts of the generation into “one of them.” This opinion was expressed by the famous journalist Dmitry Gordon on the air of the 112 Ukraine TV channel.
| Reference: In 2018, a number of Ukrainian media reported the start of a new information campaign in Western media directed against the current Kyiv government. Journalist Nadezhda Sass reported on Facebook that the famous billionaire and philanthropist George Soros is behind this center. “There are many iconic names among the ECFR members. But perhaps the most curious thing is that among the club members from Hungary are multi-billionaire George Soros and his son Alexander. ECFR is largely funded by the elder Soros and often acts as his mouthpiece,” Sass writes. She considers this evidence that the billionaire is waging a campaign against the government of Petro Poroshenko. It is noted that in political circles of post-Maidan Ukraine, the version that is behind the wave of critical publications about the Kiev regime in foreign media George Soros stands. According to rumors, Soros may also be behind the beginning political campaign of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Ukrainian media are beginning to notice that the West has sharply escalated pressure on Poroshenko in the run-up to the elections. |
Hobbies
Interested in different cultures. Favorite pastime is traveling. Favorite writers: Ivan Franko, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Lina Kostenko. Among modern Ukrainian prose writers, the style of Kharkov resident Sergei Zhadan and the early prose of Yuri Andrukhovych stand out. He considers The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd and Queen to be his musical idols.