Nikolay Gnatuk

Nikolay Gnatyuk was born in the Ukrainian village of Nemirovka on September 14, 1952. His mother was a primary school teacher, and his father was a collective farm chairman. After studying at school, Nikolai successfully entered the Rivne Pedagogical Institute, the Faculty of Music and Pedagogy. Even then, Gnatyuk was sure that he wanted to connect his life with music, and intended to realize this dream at all costs.

The musician began his ascent to the creative Olympus with an ensemble called "We are Odessites". He did not stop singing during his service in the Soviet army, demonstrating his vocal talents in the ensemble of the Eighth Combined Arms Guards Army, organized on the basis of a group of Soviet troops in the German city of Weimar.

Having paid his debt to the Motherland, Nikolai Vasilyevich began to take lessons in the studio of the Leningrad Music Hall, at the same time he received a unique opportunity to tour various cities of the USSR as part of a popular vocal and instrumental ensemble called "Friendship".

Over the years of its existence, the collective has changed many musicians, and for each of them it was an honor to have a job in this renowned ensemble in their track record.

Despite the fact that the artist has worked in the music industry from a young age, he gained real popularity only in 1978. Then he deservedly took first place in the Ukrainian contest of pop artists, held in Zaporozhye. A year later, Nikolai won third place in the sixth all-Union-wide competition of pop artists, and in 1980 the musician received the grand prix at the Intervision festival held in Sopot and at the pop song competition in Dresden, Germany.

It was in the late 1970s - early 1980s that the artist's popularity peaked. The songs he performed, such as "Dancing on the Drum", "The Girl from Apartment 45", "If the City Dances", "The Bird of Happiness" and many others were heard on radios throughout the Soviet Union. People liked the light, catchy melodies of Gnatyuk's songs, as well as simple and pleasant lyrics to them.

At the peak of his career, the artist was not only engaged in solo work, but also actively collaborated with many ensembles. So, among his musical "partners" were the vocal and instrumental ensembles "Mriya" and "Malvy", as well as the jazz-rock group "Crossword". It was with "Crossword" that the performer released his first solo album, which included translations of several melodic French songs.

To record his second album, Nikolai Gnatyuk invited a Tashkent ensemble called "Labyrinth". The disc was released in 1985 and consisted of songs written by Evgeny Shiryaev. Soon after, the artist met the composer Alexander Morozov, who was to play a huge role in his creative career.

It is to him that he owes the presence in his repertoire of the well-known song "Raspberry Bell", the company in the performance of which he was accompanied by Natalya Varley. In the late 1980s, the records "Crimson Chime" and "Don't Leave Me" were released, which became the most successful recordings of Hnatiuk. The best songs of the musician turned into hits of the all-Union scale, and many of them are still loved by the older generation.

At the end of the 80s of the last century, Nikolai Vasilyevich, having released a total of five records and becoming one of the most popular artists of the Soviet Union, moved to live in Germany. For a fairly long period of time, he disappeared from the sight of his fans. He performed little and almost completely suspended his touring activities.

The artist's triumphant return began in 1993, when he recorded the song "Hour to Rikoy Plyve" in Ukrainian. The composition, despite the long absence of Nikolai Hnatiuk in the pop horizon, gained immense popularity and became a national hit. In the summer of 1996, the artist released an album of the same name (no longer a record, but a CD and a cassette).

Another extremely popular song of the period of Hnatiuk's return to its former popularity was the composition "Oh, Smereka!", Dedicated to a special breed of slender picturesque fir trees growing in the Carpathians. Now in Transcarpathia, this song is considered almost a kind of anthem of the region. His brother has repeatedly become a companion in performing this composition at concerts for the artist.

At the age of 47, Nikolai Vasilyevich paid close attention to the spiritual component of his life and entered the Belgorod Theological Seminary, its missionary department. Since then, in the lyrics of Hnatiuk's songs, the theme of faith and intimacy with the Lord often slips, and one of the artist's last discs even received the title “Lord, have mercy”.

This disc was later supplemented with new compositions and reissued under the title "Lord, save, save." The album includes such songs as "Small Motherland", "Faith", "It's Time to Penitence", "Ave Maria", "Ksenia Blessed", "Song of St. Nicholas". The album was published not by a record label, but by the Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra.

Today Nikolai Vasilievich sometimes appears on television, and also sometimes gives concerts, mainly in Ukraine.

In 1980, the artist was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1988, Gnatyuk received an even more honorary title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.

In 2006, Nikolai Vasilievich was awarded the Order of Francis Skaryna, which he was awarded for his significant personal contribution to the development of Belarusian-Ukrainian cultural ties. In 2002, for approximately the same reason, the artist became an "Honorary Citizen of Mogilev".

The charming and talented artist has always attracted the attention of the fair sex: his rather tall stature, open face, charisma invariably evoke sympathy. The musician met his only wife Natalia during an interview. A charming plump girl (also smart) attracted the musician's attention, and soon they began to meet.

It's funny that the astronaut Grechko became the matchmaker for the Hnatiuk couple. Nikolai Vasilyevich met with him on the set, after which Grechko invited his favorite musician to a restaurant. By a mysterious coincidence - just then Gnatyuk was going to go to propose to Natalia. The astronaut, taking a box of apples, went with his illustrious acquaintances to his bride.

The wife gave the artist such happiness as children: the couple had a son, Oles. Unfortunately, over time, the family broke up, and since then Nikolai Vasilyevich never married.

After the accident at Chernobyl, Natalia, together with Oles, emigrated to Germany, where the son of the married couple grew up. That is why in the photo Gnatyuk is often captured against the background of German landmarks: the artist often travels to Germany to see his son.

1980 - mini-album "Nikolay Gnatyuk and the group" Crossword "1980 - mini-album" Nikolay Gnatyuk and the ensemble "Labyrinth" 1981 - disc "Dance on the drum" 1988 - disc "Crimson ringing" 1989 - disc "Don't leave me" 1996 - disc "Hour to Rikoyu Plive" 2005 - disc "Lord, save, save" 2006 - disc "Znov" 2011 - disc "Golden Album"

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