Vasily Rainchik

Vasil Pyatrovič Rainčyk (Belarusian: Васіль Пятро́віч Раінчык, Russian: Василий Петрович Раинчик) (born March 7 1950, village Charapy [be], Mogilev Region, Belarus[1]), also Vasily Rainchik, is a Belarusian musician and composer and also a professor at the Belarus University of Culture, Minsk, Belarus. He was also the leader of Vierasy, an early Belarusian pop music band.[2][3]

In 1994 he became musical director and in 2000 artistic director he became artistic director of the State Youth Variety Theater (Моладзевы тэатар эстрады) of the Belarus University of Culture.[2][1]

Awards

• 1980: Belarus Komsomol prize[1]
• 1982: Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR[2]
• 1985: People's Artist of Belarus[2]
• 2006: Order of Francysk Skaryna[4]
• 2006: Certificate of Honor from the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus[5]

Personal

Married to Irina Tsvetkova (Ирина Цветкова). Their only son Sergey died in 2020 (at the age of 48). Grandson: Vasily (23 years in 2020).[6]

References

1. Раінчык Васіль Пятровіч
2. Биография народного артиста Беларуси Василия Петровича Раинчика
3. Раинчик Василий Петрович
4. Лукашенко наградил орденом Франциска Скорины Надежду Бабкину и Николая Баскова
5. Аб узнагароджаннi I.М.Абалян, I.У.Афанасьевай, Я.К.Паплаўскай, В.П.Раiнчыка, М.М.Скорыкава, I.М.Цвятковай i А.Р.Цiхановiча Ганаровай гр
6. Умер единственный сын известного композитора и худрука "Верасов" Василия Раинчика – Сергей

External links

• Rainchik in the catalog of the Belarus National Library