Bohdan Andrusyshyn | |
Native Name Lang: | be |
Native Name: | Багдан Андрусішын |
Occupation: | journalist and former singer |
Nationality: | American and Belarusian |
Awards: | Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal (2018) |
Bohdan Andrusyshyn (Belarusian: Багдан Андрусішын|{{transliteration|be|bgn/pcgn|Bahdan Andrusishyn, born January 3, 1958), also known under his stage name Danchyk (Belarusian: Данчык|{{transliteration|be|bgn/pcgn|Danchyk), is a Belarusian journalist and former singer.
Andrusyshyn was born in New York City to a Ukrainian father and a Belarusian mother. In 1981 he graduated from the public communications faculty of the University of New York.[1] At the same year, he had his first concert tour in Podlachia, eastern Poland, home to a large Belarusian minority.
In 1989, he for the first time visited Belarus and had several concerts there. His second tour to Belarus took place in 1996. Danchyk gained significant popularity, especially among Belarusian language speakers.
In 1997, Danchyk stopped his singing career and concentrated on working for the Belarusian edition of Radio Free Europe.