After the news that the super popular Ukrainian performer was from Belarus, news came that he was not alone: ​​our artists would take part in the Belarusian national selection. They say that there is less competition there than in Ukraine, the performers explain.

How to say... By the way, Belarusians are a very “singing nation”. Ethnic Minsk resident Alexander Rybak, remember? And popularly loved "Verasy", "Pesnyary", "Syabry"? They tore up stadiums! And now a new galaxy has come to the favorites of our grandparentsmusicians, many of whom are known throughout the world.

1.Naviband

The duet of Artem Lukyanenko and Ksenia Zhuk loudly announced itself during Eurovision 2017. Our Jamala won, but the positive, vocal couple of Belarusians received the highest score from the Ukrainian jury and many votes from the audience. Let us remind you that Naviband performed the song “History of My Life”.

Now Naviband is a quintet that also plays guitar pop-rock, dream pop and break beat, diluted with blues and indie pop. The guys recently released new album“Adnoy Darogay” and went on tour. Soon they will perform in Kyiv - we are holding a drawing for tickets to the concert. Participate!

2. "Bi-2"

Few people know that the world-famous duo Leva and Shura began their stellar career in glorious city Bobruisk. It was there, in the nursery creative school, in 1988, young Shura (real name Alexander Uman) and Leva (he was named Yegor Bortnik at birth) met. They grew up, founded a group, toured Belarus with concerts, then Israel, and then settled in Australia. “Bi-2” has soundtracks for many famous films, cooperation with symphony orchestra and a whole armful of music awards. We recently released our tenth album, the album “Event Horizon”.

3. Sergey Mikhalok

The leader of the super-popular group “Lyapis Trubetskoy”, which blew up dance floors for 25 years - from 1989 to 2014. - not so long ago “retrained” as a serious rocker, and his group has already managed to loudly declare itself. The Lapis were punk mischief-makers, which made them especially revered by young people. They released as many as 13 albums! Well, the brutal Brutto already boasts 5 albums, not counting singles and collections.

4. Bianca

The singer “lit up” in show business thanks to her collaboration with rapper Seryoga. By the way, she even refused Eurovision for this reason. Not so long ago we “shot” it - “Dog Style”. Rumor has it that the famous Kamensky weight loss was timed specifically for this event - so as not to seem “too big” against the backdrop of the graceful Bianca. The singer actively performs in three countries - Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, has many music awards and has released 6 albums. By the way, the other day Bianca shared good news– she’s getting married soon!

5. Evgeniy Litvinkovich

A native of the city of Zhodino became famous in Ukraine by participating in the show “Ukraine’s Got Talent-4” and “X-Factor”. An unusual performer with a strong voice became a super finalist! And also the winner “out of competition”. He made a lot of noise in Ukrainian showbiz, given the rumors about his gender... After his triumph in song shows, he began solo career, released singles, videos, went on tour. However, after 2016 there is not much news about him. Probably preparing a “bomb” ;)

6. Seryoga

“Black Boomer” - in the 2000s, not only teenagers, but also adults knew this song by heart! Rapper Serega (Sergey Parkhomenko) is from Gomel, and began to create in Germany, where he went on a student exchange. There I became interested in writing so-called sports ditties in the style of rap and hip-hop. I returned home with a baggage of music, and decided to promote myself on Ukrainian TV. Happened. A couple of years ago I launched the Polygraph SharikoOFF project. He released 8 albums, starred in several films, and was a judge on the X Factor show in Ukraine.

7. Alexander Rybak

The winner of Eurovision 2009 - Belarusian Rybak - performed in Moscow from Norway! This alone made him famous. And after he scored 387 points - a record result - after performing the song Fairytale with a violin, the guy from Minsk became famous throughout the world! True, Alexander left his homeland at the age of 4, when his parents moved to Norway, but the family does not lose ties with Belarus. Rybak participated in the jury and was a guest of many Belarusian festivals. By the way, he also appeared in the Ukrainian “Star Factory”. This year the artist again takes part in the national selection from Norway.

Who else can be counted among the famous Belarusians?

• Marc Chagall (artist, born in Vitebsk in 1887).
• Isaac Asimov (science fiction writer, born in 1920 in the village of Petrovichi, Mogilev region).
• Leon Bakst ( theater artist, born in 1866 in Grodno).
• Vasil Bykov (writer, born in 1924 in the village of Bychki, Vitebsk region)
• Natalya Podolskaya (wife of Vladimir Presnyakov).
• Dmitry Koldun (singer, composer, born in Minsk
• Angelika Agurbash (singer, ex-soloist of the ensemble "Verasy", born in Minsk).
• Max Korzh (rapper, born in Brest region).

Belarusian folk songs They enchant and captivate with their melody. It’s probably hard to find someone who doesn’t know them. The reason for this is the wonderful motives and euphony musical instruments. Original style and originality made Belarusian folklore popular. Vocal and instrumental groups of this country have conquered the planet. The most famous of them are, and. On the music resource site you can download for free both individual compositions and a collection of works by your favorite artists in mp3 format.

Music Features

The basis of the Belarusian folk music was the culture of the ancient Slavs. Its main feature was the great popularity of ritual songs. Also a big role in the Belarusian musical folklore Church liturgical hymns are played. Played a significant role in the development of folk music in Belarus traditional dances and dancing. The real flourishing of folklore began in the country at the border of the 19th and 20th centuries. Then the first ones appeared music schools, full-fledged theaters and conservatories.

The best Belarusian singers and singers gathered on December 13, 2011 at the presentation of the National music award in Minsk at the Palace of the Republic. See photos of Belarusian stars on the website!

Before the awards ceremony, Belarusian stars walked the red carpet.

Alexey Khlestov (according to the results of the music award - the best male vocal in Belarus!) willingly smiled and posed for a photo. Anatoly Ermolenko hugged the blondes from the Topless group. Vasily Rainchik was not bored either...

To the start-attention-march!... The organizers commanded the stars just like that

On the red carpet - brilliant Gunesh. And behind her are the guys from the “Pull-Push” group.

To be honest, I have never met a violinist of this height before... :)

Presenter-Christmas tree: “I have the most anti-crisis outfit - natural spruce.” Singer Inna Afanasyeva: “I congratulate everyone on the upcoming New Year!” And a little time later, at the gala concert, Inna Afanasyeva herself accepted congratulations: the singer received a music award in the category “Best Female Vocal”

Irina Dorofeeva, as always, is stylish and charming.

13-year-old Lidiya Zablotskaya, who won bronze at Junior Eurovision 2011, gives an interview with Vasily Rainchik. And a few moments later - the awarding of the National Music Award and Lida Zablotskaya - “Star of the Year” (best young performer).

I think I got it! This is what the “angels of goodness” look like from Lydia Zablotskaya’s song, with which she performed at Junior Eurovision...

The girls from the group "Topless" "sang" with Uncle Vanya and continue to conquer men...

Gunesh. Always on the top

And more photos of young Belarusian groups and performers.

So, the winners of the National Music Award in the field pop art in 2011 they became:

In nomination " Best Song of the year"
- Dmitry Koldun “Ships” (music by D. Koldun, lyrics by I. Sekachev)

"Best Female Vocal"
- Inna Afanasyeva

"Best Male Vocal"
- Alexey Khlestov

"Best musical group»
- group "Trinity"

"Discovery of the Year"
- "TEO"

"Best song on Belarusian language»
- “White Lastauka” (music by V. Kondrusevich, lyrics by O. Boldyrev) performed by Alena Lanskaya

"Best Album of the Year"
- Anna Khitrik and the group “S`unduk” “Volume One”

"Best concert of the year"
- Y. Poplavskaya and A. Tikhanovich “Love-fate” Vitebsk Amphitheater May 4, 2011 (broadcast July 3, 2011 on STV channel)

"Best video of the year"
- group “Litesound” “See You In Vegas” (dir. D. Karyakin)

"Best Journalist" (music critic)
- O. Klimov - music critic, music columnist for the newspaper “SB: Belarus Today”

"Best Producer"
- Maxim Aleinikov (E.V.A, group “Topless”)

"Best tour»
- “J:Morse” “Electrification of the entire country”

"Starlet of the Year" (best young performer)
- Lydia Zablotskaya

SPECIAL PRIZES:

“Best production of a number” (For a bright stage image)
- Venus

"Best Duet"
- Vadim Galygin and Ilya Mitko “Only You”

"Best Arrangement"
- Sasha NEMO - all songs own performance, L. Gribaleva, N. Bogdanova, Alesya

Audience Award
- Irina Vidova

There is no escape from tradition: on the eve New Year's holidays One’s hands are itching to sum up the musical year. We were curious how many Belarusian artists Do they manage to release their CDs within a year on those 5 - 6 music labels that are consistently represented on our market?

It was revealed that quite a lot: with God's help and with the active support of music experts, we have compiled a list of all more or less high-profile releases of 2007. There were 50 of them. The figure, in our opinion, is impressive, although, as is known, the gigantic number of published albums does not always indicate their impeccable quality. We asked the most prominent rock and pop music experts in the capital to carefully study our Top 50 list and recommend no more than five albums for listening.

Expert opinions:

Egor Khrustalev, general producer ONT:

— I would like to mention Galina Shishkova’s album. I can’t stress enough, it’s made up of my songs, it’s a very important work for me, although I’m unlikely to be able to evaluate it objectively. I don’t know why your subsequent speakers don’t pay attention to pop singers. It seems to me music critics must navigate all musical genres, not only in rock. I'm looking at your list, it seems to me that the music is last year has become of lower quality compared to the previous one. When we made “Song of the Year” two years ago, the artists brought good, strong pop music that had been hard-earned, apparently over the course of several years. Every second song was a hit. There were no hits in 2007. The most stable of the artists represented in the “Top 50” is, of course, Vladimir Pugach and the group “J: Morse”. You can mention the group Atlantica. Although, you know, in our production environment there is an opinion that the quality and professionalism of artists is judged not by the first record, but by the second. So, the first Atlantica album was, in my opinion, stronger. I respect all the newly released albums of our good old rockers, although, in my opinion, they did not offer anything super new this year. The group "Krama" makes consistently good, plus-sounding music. The landmark work "Capital" by "Lyapis": their musical provocation brought them good commercial dividends. They again returned "all-Union" interest to their group. Recently we tried to invite them to film ONT projects and were unable to do this simply because of the busy schedule. tour schedule group "Lyapis Trubetskoy". I also really liked the new album of the group “Leprecons”: Ilya Mitko works great in the theme of folk recitative, but he is fatally unlucky. His song “Not a Couple” appeared much earlier than the duet of Potap and Nastya Kamensky, well, Ilya just turned out to be further from record companies, which can provide decent rotation. Although today music labels are already becoming obsolete. I hope that in the future, when our musicians begin to distribute their music via the Internet, they will gain much more popularity than they have now in Belarus.

Dmitry Podberezsky, dry music expert:

— From your list I would mark “Krama”. With some stretches - probably the Belarusian-language album of the group "J: Mors": after all, not all of their songs are new. Atmoravi is an original musician, he has his own path, unlike anyone else in Belarusian music. In my opinion, each of his albums is very interesting, deep and unusual. My applause to Atmoravi. I listened to his demo recordings a long time ago, and even then, about five years ago, I was very pleasantly pleased with this musician. Let's go further down the list Here's Alexey Shedko, the album "Taiga", of course, this is an album of "old new songs", as one of my friends likes to say. But Shedko, in my opinion, confirmed with “Taiga” his extremely high level presence in the music market. You won’t find any supernova musical discoveries or surprises in Lesha, but at the same time there are several songs that you want to listen to and listen to. As for the “Festival Ensemble”, I will say that this is an undeservedly unrecognized and unpromoted group in Belarus, although the musicians are of a very high class. The accordionist and bassist of the "Festival" play in the group "Leprecons", which I can't stand, it's beneath my understanding of music. But when I hear these guys in the “Ensemble Festival”, my soul rests, they have the most excellent level of performance. Yura Nesterenko produced a very high-quality album; previously this musician was practically unknown to anyone. He lives in Belynichi, does some of his own business there, and suddenly releases a very stylish, very strong album, “Svyata vyalikikh dazhdzho”, which I recommend for all blues lovers to listen to. I’ll also say a few words about Sergei Kovalev. Despite my dislike for pop music, Kovalev, in my opinion, is a very experienced author, performer and arranger. God bless him, if all our pop music worked at this level, I would be simply happy. I never pay attention to the circulation numbers of performers or groups. In our country, the worse the product, the greater the circulation, in my opinion. The dumber the music, the more likely it will have more promotion and sales.

Oleg Klimov, temperamental music journalist:

— In my opinion, the two most powerful albums of the outgoing year are Zygimont Vaza - Distortion and “Zmyaya” - “Gost Gusta Dustu Part 1”. In a musical sense, they recorded completely modern albums - this is such a weighted alternative music, not "terry" like Deep Purple, for example, namely the music of the 21st century. I remember the album of the group "Children". “Krambambulya” also supported its status as charming restaurant labukhs with the album “Svyatochnaya”. Yura Nesterenko has a good album. And our “monsters” gave birth to records - N.R.M, “Lapis”, “Neuro Doubel”. To be honest, of all three groups, I found the album N.R.M interesting: I like Lyavon Volsky as a lyricist more when he acts as a philosopher than as a warrior. "Neuro Doubel" has the same impression from the Stasi album. I’ve probably come out of the “barricade” age, I want peace, thinking about life But all these aggressions and scattered emotions do not warm me. Sasha Kullinkovich knows how to write beautiful reflective songs, like Volsky, he is a great philosopher, but, unfortunately, in the albums of the past year, our rock monsters acted straightforwardly. The same claims apply to the Lyapis Trubetskoy group. “Capital” is an aggressive record, even fashionably aggressive, and I personally am sad that Mikhalok could not resist and went into fashion. This surprised me very much. Nevertheless, I think 2007 turned out to be fruitful: the rockers released an album and, I hope, next year they will delight us with concerts. I am optimistic about tomorrow: I am sure that after the well-known visits of musicians to the Administration, “blacklisted” groups will appear on FM airwaves and on television, and many interesting live performances await us there. As for records, there will probably be some lull. As for the pop stage, I certainly like the way Pyotr Elfimov sings. His only weak point It seems to me that there is a lack of repertoire. I won’t reveal anything new here, but it’s unclear what genre Elfimov works in. Who is he, a pop musician? rock musician? I think Peter still hasn’t decided on a genre for himself. Petya throws from side to side, so perhaps he doesn’t have a repertoire. We need to decide.

Top 50

1. Asguard - Dreamslave Awakening.

2. Atlantica - Urbanoid.

3. beZ Bileta - "Cinema".

4. Da Vinci - Bum-Bum.

5. Dialectic Soul - Terpsychora.

6. Hair Peace Salon - Split Before, Together Now.

7. "J: Morse" - "Adleglasc".

8. "J: Morse" - "Icebreakers. Live".

9. M. L. A. - "Same as we've always been"

11. N.R.M. - "06".

12. Oleg Spitsyn & Chermen - Drive.

13. Osimira - Druva.

14. P. L. A. N. - “Way and kahanay.”

15. Sem Dnei - "Beyond the spring."

16. The Xobbot - "All characters are fictitious."

17. WZ-Orkiestra & Zmitser Vaytsyushkevich - Liryka.

18. Zygimont Vaza - Distortion.

19. Atmoravi - “Many consonants.”

20. Alexander Solodukha - “Love you, dear.”

21. Alexey Shedko - “Taiga”.

22. "Ensemble Festival" - Pop Accordion Music.

23. Art group "Belarusians" - "Sun".

23. VIA "Harley" - "Love is your name"

24. Galina Shishkova - “I will wait for you.”

25. "Children of Children" - "Envelopes for Dreams."

26. "Queen Maud's Land" - "Heart of a Fool."

27. Zmitser Bartosik - “Ganduraski seryyal”.

28. Zmyaya - "Gost gusta dustu part 1".

29. Iskui Abalyan - “Another Life”.

30. Yo-Yo - "Let's be friends."

31. "Klendike" - "Different times."

32. "Krama" - "Use zhytstso dziўny dream."

33. "Krambambula" - "Svyatochnaya".

34. L. O. M. - “Mango Slice.”

35. "Leprechauns" - "No date."

36. "Lyapis Trubetskoy" - "Capital".

37. "Neuro Dowel" - Stasi.

38. Olga Plotnikova - “It happens.”

39. "Pesnyary" - "Raspavyadalnaya".

40. Petr Elfimov - “Bells”.

41. "Savannah" - "There."

42. "Family Heirloom" - "All the Strings of the Lyre."

43. Sergey Kovalev - "Tochka.by".

44. “Suzor’e” - “Song of the great bison.”

45. Syarzhuk Sokalau-Voyush - “Songs of the foxes”.

46. ​​Tatsyana Belanogaya - “Dzvyuhkrop’e”.

47. "Chyrvonym Pa Bely" - "Kryvavy sakavik".

48. Yury Nestsyarenka - “Holy Saints of the Dazhjos”.

49. Yur’ya - “Paradise for the horse.”

50. CHIP - Uno.

P.S. Despite the unspoken ban on music labels not to disclose the circulation figures of Belarusian performers, we still risked guessing some numbers. Of the artists represented on the market in 2007, we had three “echelons” of circulation.

Top sellers for 2007:

First echelon - 4 - 5 thousand disks per year:

"J: Morse" "Barefoot on the pavement", N. R. M. "06", "Krambambula" "Savyatochnaya", "Lyapis Trubetskoy" "Capital", "Pull-Push" "How long have I been looking for you."

Second echelon - about 3 thousand disks per year:

beZ bileta "Cinema", "J:Mors" "Adleglasc", "J:Mors" "Icebreakers. Live".

Third tier - about 2 thousand per year:

Atlantica “Urbanoid”, Da Vinci “Bum-bum”, “Children of Children” “Envelopes for Dreams”, Alexey Khlestov “Because I Love”, “Krama” “All zhitstsyo - dziўny dream”.

Victoria POPOVA

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