Galina Khomchik Explained

Galina Khomchik
Birth Name:Galina Viktorovna Khomchik
Birth Date:30 May 1960
Origin:Moscow, USSR
Soviet Union/Russia
Instrument:Guitar, piano
Genre:Bard
Occupation:Musician, singer, tv presenter
Label:Moskovskiye Okna, Muzprom
Associated Acts:Songs of Our Century

Galina Khomchik (ru|link=no|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). 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. Both on her own and as a member of an all-star project Songs of Our Century she toured Europe, Australia, Israel and USA[2]

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.[3] 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: n.d.. Galina Khomchik . peterout.ru. 1 January 2011.
  2. http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/198738/ G. Khomchik: In USA and Canada we couldn't get enough of sing-alongs...
  3. Web site: n.d.. Galina Khomchik biography . homchik.ru. 1 January 2011.
  4. http://www.aptvisit.ru/catalogs/catalog_artists/russian_artist/homchik_galina/ Galina Khomchik @ ArtVisit
  5. C. Истомин, Д. Денисенко. Самые знаменитые барды России.
  6. Yevgenya Shmelyova. Бард Галина Хомчик: «Слеты авторской песни проходят и в Пенсильвании». Izvestya, 2006
  7. Web site: Yuly Kim on Galina Khomchic . Homchik.ru . n.d.. 26 July 2011.
  8. Web site: Sergey Nikitin. CD footnotes . Homchik.ru . n.d.. 26 July 2011.
  9. Web site: Olga Okudzhava on Galina Khomchik . Homchik.ru . n.d.. 26 July 2011.
  10. Web site: Alexandr Gorodnitsky. A Missionary of Music Poetry . Homchik.ru . n.d.. 26 July 2011.
  11. Web site: Po-zhenski o vechnom – Galina Khomchik . Amazon UK . 9 September 2009 . 26 July 2011.
  12. Web site: Ne pokidaj menya, vesna! – Galina Khomchik . Amazon UK . 9 September 2009 . 26 July 2011.
  13. Web site: Unexpected Alliance – Galina Khomchik and Sergey Voytenko / Neozhidanny al'yans – Galina Khomchik i Sergey Voytenko (Import) . Amazon . 9 September 2009 . 26 July 2011.
  14. Web site: Galina Khomchik – Moi genial'nye uchitelya: Pesni vypusknikov MGU . Amazon UK . 9 September 2009 . 26 July 2011.
  15. Web site: Galina Khomchik – Dvukhgolosie (Import) . Amazon UK . 9 September 2009 . 26 July 2011.
  16. Web site: n.d.. Galina Khomchik discography . homchik.ru. 1 January 2011.

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