Igor Kornelyuk
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Igor Yevgenyevich Kornelyuk (Russian
: Игорь Евгеньевич Корнелюк), born on November 16, 1962 in Brest
(Belarus), is a Soviet and Russian musician, singer and composer.
In 1978, Igor Kornelyuk moved to Leningrad
to study at the School of Music of the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. He graduated in 1982, and started to follow the Composition classes at the same institute, from which he graduated in 1987. Being a student, he worked as musical director and composer for the Leningrad Theatre Buff.
His professional career started in 1988, when he reached the final of the TV show Song of the Year
with his song Bilyet na Balyet (Ticket to the Ballet).
Igor Kornelyuk wrote more than 200 popular songs, many of which were recorded by popular Russian singers like Mikhail Boyarsky
, Anne Veski
, Edita Piekha
and Philipp Kirkorov
, and he wrote the soundtracks for some of the most renowned Russian films and TV-series directed by Vladimir Bortko
like Gangsters of Saint-Petersburg, The Idiot
, The Master and Margarita and Taras Bulba.
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
: Игорь Евгеньевич Корнелюк), born on November 16, 1962 in Brest
Brest, Belarus
Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...
(Belarus), is a Soviet and Russian musician, singer and composer.
Biography
Igor Kornelyuk started studying music at the local musical school in Brest when he was 6 years old. At the age of 12, he played keyboards in the ensemble of the Palace of Dance Culture in Brest.In 1978, Igor Kornelyuk moved to Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
to study at the School of Music of the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. He graduated in 1982, and started to follow the Composition classes at the same institute, from which he graduated in 1987. Being a student, he worked as musical director and composer for the Leningrad Theatre Buff.
His professional career started in 1988, when he reached the final of the TV show Song of the Year
Song of the Year (festival)
The Song of the Year song contest is a TV song festival in the former USSR, then Russia. First held in 1971. Since the first years of its existence the festival was given importance of the main musical event of the year , which the festival retained until now, as evidenced by television...
with his song Bilyet na Balyet (Ticket to the Ballet).
Igor Kornelyuk wrote more than 200 popular songs, many of which were recorded by popular Russian singers like Mikhail Boyarsky
Mikhail Boyarsky
Mikhail Sergeevich Boyarsky is a Soviet/Russian actor and singer, currently living in the city of Saint Petersburg. He is best known and loved for the role of d'Artagnan in the film d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers and its sequels . He was also a popular singer of the 1980s and completed several...
, Anne Veski
Anne Veski
Anne Veski is an Estonian pop singer who has recorded music in both her native language as well as Russian, and Polish.- Biography :...
, Edita Piekha
Edita Piekha
Edita Piekha is a French-born popular Soviet and Russian singer and actress of Polish descent. She was the third popular female singer, after Klavdiya Shulzhenko and Sofia Rotaru, to be named a People's Artist of the USSR ....
and Philipp Kirkorov
Philipp Kirkorov
Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov is a Bulgarian-born Russian singer and producer living and working in Moscow.-Biography:Philipp Kirkorov was born on April 30, 1967 in Varna, Bulgaria. His father is Bulgarian singer of Armenian and Belarusian ethnicity Bedros Kirkorov. His mother, Victoria, is...
, and he wrote the soundtracks for some of the most renowned Russian films and TV-series directed by Vladimir Bortko
Vladimir Bortko
Vladimir Vladimirovich Bortko , born on May 7, 1946 in Moscow, is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer.-Biography:...
like Gangsters of Saint-Petersburg, The Idiot
The Idiot (TV series)
The Idiot is a costume drama TV series produced by Russia TV Channel in 2003 based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel with the same title.Series script is very close to original text of Dostoevsky and well-known Russian actors are playing in the film...
, The Master and Margarita and Taras Bulba.
Discography
- 1988 – Bilyet na Balyet (A ticket to the ballet)
- 1990 – Podozhdi (Wait)
- 1994 – Ya ne mogu tak zhit (I can not live like this)
- 1994 – Moy lyubimye pesni (My favorite songs)
- 1998 – Privyet, a eto Kornelyuk! (Hi, this is Kornelyuk!)
- 2003 – Banditskiy Peterburg (Gangsters of Petersburg - soundtrack)
- 2010 – Pesni iz kino (Songs from the movie)
- 2010 – Taras Bulba (Taras Bulba - soundtrack)
- 2010 – Master i Margarita (The Master and Margarita - soundtrack)