Galina Khomchik

Galina Khomchik
Background information
Birth nameGalina Viktorovna Khomchik
Born (1960-05-30) May 30, 1960 (age 64)
OriginMoscow, USSR
Soviet Union/Russia
GenresBard
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, tv presenter
Instrument(s)Guitar, piano
LabelsMoskovskiye Okna, Muzprom
Websitewww.homchik.ru

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]

Discography

  • 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Galina Khomchik". peterout.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Galina Khomchik biography". homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. ^ G. Khomchik: In USA and Canada we couldn't get enough of sing-alongs.... www.ozon.ru. 2000.
  4. ^ Galina Khomchik @ ArtVisit. – www.aptvisit.ru.
  5. ^ C. Истомин, Д. Денисенко. Самые знаменитые барды России. ISBN 5-94538-067-9
  6. ^ Yevgenya Shmelyova. Бард Галина Хомчик: «Слеты авторской песни проходят и в Пенсильвании». Izvestya, 2006
  7. ^ "Yuly Kim on Galina Khomchic". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Sergey Nikitin. CD footnotes". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Olga Okudzhava on Galina Khomchik". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Alexandr Gorodnitsky. A Missionary of Music Poetry". Homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Po-zhenski o vechnom – Galina Khomchik". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Ne pokidaj menya, vesna! – Galina Khomchik". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Unexpected Alliance – Galina Khomchik and Sergey Voytenko / Neozhidanny al'yans – Galina Khomchik i Sergey Voytenko (Import)". Amazon. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  14. ^ "Galina Khomchik – Moi genial'nye uchitelya: Pesni vypusknikov MGU". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  15. ^ "Galina Khomchik – Dvukhgolosie (Import)". Amazon UK. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  16. ^ "Galina Khomchik discography". homchik.ru. n.d. Retrieved 1 January 2011.