Vakarchuk Svyatoslav Ivanovich with his wife. Does your loved one travel with you? Who instilled in you such beliefs

Okean Elzy, song "Hug", video

Popular rock singer from Ukraine, leader musical group"Ocean of Elzy", Svyatoslav Vakarchuk ( full name Vakarchuk Svyatoslav Ivanovich), was born in the city of Mukachevo. The date of birth of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is May 14, 1975 (05/14/1975).

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's father is a physicist, rector of Lviv University and Minister of Education Ivan Vakarchuk.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk studied at the "English" special school number four in the city of Lviv. Svyatoslav studied well, graduating from school with a silver medal. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk began to study music from childhood, he simultaneously studied the button accordion and violin. In addition, he played in the theater and KVN, went to sports section basketball.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has two higher educations - an international economist and a physicist. He studied at Lviv University from 1991 to 1996.

After graduation, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk entered the graduate school of his native university at the Department of Theoretical Physics. There he successfully defended his PhD thesis.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk created the now popular rock group Okean Elzy during his student days, in 1994. He writes music lyrics for most of the songs of his group, in addition, he is a vocalist.

After graduation, the question arose - to go further into science or to do musical career? Svyatoslav Vakarchuk chose the latter. And not in vain - the Okean Elzy group began to quickly gain popularity, successfully performing at rock music festivals. In 1998, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and the Okean Elzy group recorded their debut album in the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv. music album under the title "There, de we are dumb."

In the middle of the 2000s, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk actively supported the so-called "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine. Svyatoslav performed at concerts in support of Viktor Yushchenko, who was later elected President of Ukraine. He took an active part as an ambassador good will UN in the implementation of cultural and public programs. Vakarchuk is no stranger to charity. For example, the musicians of the Okean Elzy group sent their income from the song “Merry, brothers, the times have come” to one of the Ukrainian orphanages.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk loves to travel. Vakarchuk calls his musical idols "The Beatles" and " Rolling Stones”, “Queen”, “Pink Floyd” and “Red Hot Chilly Peperz”.
Among the favorite writers are Gogol and Chekhov.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is one of the most popular and famous people Ukraine.
Five years ago (2008) Svyatoslav Vakarchuk recorded his first solo music album called "At Night".

Three years ago (2010), the rock group Okean Elzy released their new album"Dolce Vita" (seventh in a row), with which the musicians traveled not only in Ukraine, but also in Asia, America and Europe.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was born on a significant day - when Kiev "Dynamo", scoring three unanswered goals against the Hungarian "Ferencváros", won the first for Soviet Union football european cup.

He was born in the provincial Mukachevo, Transcarpathian region. Svyatoslav's father is a teacher of theoretical physics, his mother is a teacher of mathematics.

Music

When Svyatoslav was little, his grandmother and uncle helped him to fall in love with music. From grandmother Vakarchuk got love for the Ukrainian folk music, from uncle - admiration for "Beatles", "Queen", "Rolling Stones" and " Pink Floyd".

He wrote his first song at the age of 15. And after 2 years, the first composition appeared, which later became a real hit - "Let's go".

Education

After graduating from school, Vakarchuk decided to follow in his father's footsteps and entered the Faculty of Theoretical Physics of Lviv University. In parallel, he was engaged in economics. As a result, the singer received two diplomas about higher education. However, he decided not to stop there - after graduating from the university, Svyatoslav enters graduate school at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Lviv National University, where he later receives a PhD in Physics and Mathematics. The topic of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk's Ph.D. thesis is "Supersymmetry of electrons in a magnetic field". By the way, in the future the singer will call one of his albums "Supersymmetry".

Career takeoff

At the age of 19, the musician met the Lviv group "Clan of Silence". A team was formed, which received the name "Ocean Elzy". The group successfully performed at several festivals, after which they moved to Kyiv to record their first disc.

Soon everyone knew and talked about the group.

"Revolutionary" activities

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk took an active part in the "orange revolution", supporting the opposition presidential candidate of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko. After Yushchenko's victory, he became the presidential adviser on culture. In addition, Vakarchuk was a UN Goodwill Ambassador and was involved in many social projects.

In the early parliamentary elections in 2007, Svyatoslav was included in the list of the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense bloc. Actively advocated the emergence of socially responsible politics and politicians in Ukraine. In November 2007, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk became a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information.

On September 11, 2008, People's Deputy Vakarchuk filed an application for the resignation of his deputy powers.

In 2013-2014, Vakarchuk was an active participant in political protests at the Euromaidan. He also spoke on the air many times, where he expressed his opinion about the situation in Ukraine and Crimea.

- For me, the face of this revolution is the students who took to the Euromaidan, as well as those caring people who literally sacrificed their bodies for the future of the country. Indeed, everyone in this country got so sick of politics that many people reacted apathetically even to these events, saying "don't touch us, they've already got it with their politics!" And a bunch of caring people who were on the Maidan took the whole blow, - Vakarchuk noted regarding the events on the Euromaidan.

Personal life

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is not officially married. But she is in a civil marriage with the beautiful brunette Lyalya Fonareva, who, almost from the first days of the move of the Okean Elzy musicians to Kyiv in the late 1990s and until November 2008, was a photographer, stylist and art director of the group.

To all the questions about "marriage" Slava from year to year y: "I have a family, I'm happy," but about the stamp in the passport - no goog! Perhaps the singer will feel the need to take his beloved to the registry office after they have a joint baby - the singer has repeatedly admitted that he dreams of a son. By the way, in the civil family of Vakarchuk and Fonareva there is a child - 20-year-old Diana, daughter of Lyali from marriage with the owner of a network of hairdressing salons Vladimir Tarasyuk.

BRIEFLY ABOUT SVYATOSLAV:

Hobbies - Japanese culture and everything connected with it
Height - 1 m 76 cm.
Talent - Vakarchuk equally masters both the left and right hand. This rare ability is called by the funny term "ambidexter".
Languages ​​- Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, English.
Favorite writers are Yukio Mishima and Haruki Murakami.
Favorite bands - " The Beatles”, “Rolling Stones”, “Queen”, “Pink Floyd”.
Favorite drinks - dark beer, "Bloody Mary".
Favorite food is vegetables and fruits.
Sports - basketball, football.
Marital status - not officially married, but in a civil marriage with Lyalya Lantern.
Favorite TV series - "Doctor House". In general, as he himself admitted, he does not like serials.

Born on May 14, 1975 in Mukachevo, Transcarpathian region, in the family of a physicist, future rector of Lviv University and Minister of Education of Ukraine Ivan Vakarchuk.

He graduated from Lviv School No. 4 with an in-depth study of English with a silver medal. Worked for two years in music school in the violin class, while simultaneously studying the button accordion.

The musical upbringing of little Slava was carried out by his grandmother and uncle, who instilled in the boy a love for folk Ukrainian and Western music. (Beatles interspersed with folk motifs did their job - from under Slava's hands emerges a true Ukrainian music with western flair)

AT school years took part in KVN, the creation of a school theater, was actively involved in basketball.

1991-1996 - studied at the Faculty of Physics of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (specialization - theoretical physics). The second higher education is an international economist.

1996 - entered the graduate school of the Department of Theoretical Physics of the same university. The topic of the Ph.D. thesis is "Supersymmetry of electrons in a magnetic field" (later S. Vakarchuk called one of the albums "Supersymmetry", and one of the songs - "Susy" (an abbreviation for SUperSYmmetry).

A family

Lyalya Fonareva

*Father - Ivan Alexandrovich Vakarchuk (born 1947), former minister education and science of Ukraine.

Private bussiness

Behind the shoulders is a music school in the accordion class. There are still legends about how Slavko let his classmates write off solfeggio dictations. Svyatoslav graduated from secondary school with a silver medal. The only 4 was a 4 in math. Surprisingly, Vakarchuk Jr., who loved humanitarian subjects at school, followed in his father's footsteps by entering Lviv University. I. Franko, to the Faculty of Theoretical Physics. In the same educational institution Slava entered graduate school and received a PhD in physics and mathematics. In 2003, all at the same university, Svyatoslav received a diploma of a second higher education with a degree in economics - international affairs. In 2009, Svyatoslav defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic: "Supersymmetry of electrons in an electromagnetic field."

Slava had a group whose name history did not convey to us. The guys tried to play, but the very fact that they "tried" and did not play did not satisfy the ambitious and talented young man. And he began to search ... At a party with his girlfriend, Svyatoslav found what he was looking for - he met Pasha, who at that time was the guitarist of the notorious "Clan of Silence" ... Subsequently, the acquaintance grew into close cooperation and resulted in what we know as the name "Ocean Elzy").

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk currently continues to lead Okean Elzy, collaborates with other musicians, writes songs for commercials, music for films.

The Okean Elzy group, thanks to whose work S. Vakarchuk became famous (he is the author of most of the texts and music, the vocalist, the leader of the group), was created in 1994. After graduating from the university, Vakarchuk could continue his studies abroad, but still chose the career of a musician. The group successfully performed at several festivals, and Svyatoslav, together with O. E., went to Kyiv to record the debut disc “There, where we are dumb” (1998).

In the 1999 elections, he performed with some other artists on a tour to support presidential candidate Kuchma. In the 2004 elections, he actively supported the then opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was an active participant in the Orange Revolution, performed at concerts in support of Viktor Yushchenko on Maidan Nezalezhnosti along with Ruslana, Oleg Skrypka and other musicians and singers. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, as a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Program for Youth in Ukraine, takes part in many social and cultural projects.

Since November 2007, he has been elected a People's Deputy of Ukraine on the lists of the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense bloc.

On September 11, 2008, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk announced that he had filed an application for the resignation of the People's Deputy of Ukraine. On December 16, 2008, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine terminated his deputy powers ahead of schedule.

He took part in many social and cultural projects. Separately, it should be noted that all the money received from the sales of the single "Merry, brothers, the times have come ..." were sent to orphanage in the city of Makeyevka.

Producers

In 1998, the Okean Elzy group began working with Vitaly Klimov. Having not yet ceased cooperation with Tabula Rasa, in 1997 Vitaly Klimov took up the “promotion” of Okean Elzy, a young team from Lviv. The idea of ​​cooperation with the new group came from Andrey Avramenko, one of the marketers of the Smak trademark (juices), which was part of Anatoly Yurkevich's large Milkiland holding. Avramenko was inspired by Klimov's success in working with Oleg Laponogov's team. It was Yurkevich's holding that became the investor of the new musical project.

Russian history of Vakarchuk

In 1998, the group began working with Vitaly Klimov, signed a contract with the Nova Records label and recorded debut album, which was published in September of the same year, under the title "There, de we are dumb." The songs of the group took first place in various charts. Thanks to their lyricism and the unusual vocals of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, the group gained fans all over Ukraine. In 1999 Okean Elzy performed in Paris at the MCM Café (the performance was broadcast by the MCM International TV channel). General producer radio station "Nashe Radio" Mikhail Kozyrev, having heard the song "Sosni", contacted the group to thank for such a sincere lyrical composition and to personally notify the band that they have now taken the song into rotation. As a result, the Okean Elzy group took part in the Russian rock festival Invasion. According to Vakarchuk: “It was the first visit to Russia, after which I did not have to leave for a long time.” At the Tavria Games festival, the musicians won in the nominations "Breakthrough of the Year" and " Best Song”(for the composition“ There, de we are dumb ”). In the same year, a reissue of the album was released in Russia. However, the team gained wide popularity in Russia after the release of the film by Alexei Balabanov "Brother-2" (banned in Ukraine), the soundtrack of which included two songs: "If you are dumb" and "Kavachai". After the film, 2 videos appeared on the MTV channel for the songs “There, where we are dumb” and “Pine”. At the beginning of 2000, the group completed work on the second album "I'm in the sky buv", which was released on two labels at once - Ukrainian Nova Records and Russian Real Records.

Vakarchuk and Soros

American financier and philanthropist George Soros and his people want to see the leader of the Okean Elzy group, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, as president, although the musician himself has not yet decided. If he announces his participation in the presidential race, he will turn from a spokesman for the generation's thoughts into "one of them." This opinion was expressed by well-known journalist Dmitry Gordon on the air of the 112 Ukraine TV channel.

Hobbies

addicted different cultures. Favorite pastime is travelling. Favorite writers - Ivan Franko, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Lina Kostenko. Among modern Ukrainian prose writers, he distinguishes the style of Sergey Zhadan from Kharkiv and early prose Yuri Andrukhovych. He considers The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd and Queen to be his musical idols.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk can be called not just a legendary performing musician for modern Ukraine, but also a real people's leader. Often, his soulful lyrical songs not only touch our feelings, but also make us think about social activity, morality of our actions and political path our country. Being a real "guiding star" for many Ukrainians, he confirms his brilliant ideas with an impeccable biography. He is really worth listening to and understanding - he is really worth being equal to!

Height, weight, figure parameters, age

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk differs from nature in smartness and harmony. With a height of 176 centimeters, he steadily weighs about 75 kilograms. But men are not used to “boasting” with the parameters of the figure, so the press knows nothing about them.

On the this moment Svyatoslav (2018) 43 years old.

Zodiac sign: Taurus.

Nationality: Ukrainian.

A family

Svyatoslav Ivanovich Vakarchuk was born on May 14, 1975 in the city of Mukachevo (in the Transcarpathian region). Parents future star were simple teachers. At the time of the birth of Svyatoslav (by the way, the artist does not really welcome other variants of his name), his mother, Svetlana Aleksandrovna, taught mathematics, and his father taught physics in an ordinary secondary school in Mukachevo.

Ros Svyatoslav together with his older brother - Oleg. He became a successful bank employee, today he has made a good career in Kyiv and is raising a daughter with his wife.

Even in the childhood of Svyatoslav, the family moved to Lviv to give the children an opportunity to get a good education. It was also associated with career advancement father. Soon Ivan Alexandrovich took up scientific activity at the I. Frank Lviv National University in the field of physics, and, ultimately, became its rector. It should be noted that the development of Ivan Vakarchuk's scientific career led him to the post of Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, which he held in 2007-2010.

Biography

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk already in his childhood was a comprehensively developed personality. The future frontman of Okean Elzy was fond of not only music, but also sciences, sports, foreign languages, playing KVN. Svyatoslav is happy to study English and physics in depth, plays basketball and graduates from a music school in the class of violin and button accordion.

But after graduating from school (with a silver medal, by the way), young Vakarchuk saw no other way for himself than to follow his parents. He successfully entered his "native" Lviv University at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. But even that was not enough for him: after receiving a diploma of higher education, Svyatoslav took him to graduate school. True, not without hesitation. The fact is that at that time he could continue his education abroad. But he gave preference to domestic graduate school only because it gave him the opportunity to study music. By that time, Svyatoslav had already joined one of the local Lviv groups ...

AT student years Svyatoslav made friends with the musicians of the Clan of Silence group. They performed in local bars, pubs and restaurants. In fact, this was the beginning of his resounding career. After some time, the "Clan of Silence" broke up. Therefore, Vakarchuk to his musicians (and by that time already to his true friends) offered to found a new group - it was she who received the already legendary name for us “Okean Elzy”. Her birthday is October 12, 1994.

For the development and formation of this group, Svyatoslav did almost everything: he wrote songs and music, arranged concerts, inspired his comrades. Already in winter, the band recorded a demo of 4 songs. And soon the first (little-known now) clip "OE" - "Long Time Ago" was broadcast on TV screens. The first big concert the group gives on the square near Lvov opera house. In 1996, "Oceans" went on international (!) tours, visiting not only Ukraine, but also Poland, Germany, France. And after 2 years the group moved to Kyiv and presented to the public their first album "There, where we are dumb." Well, that's all: since then, fame and people's love have not left Okean Elzy. Although the composition of the group changes several times, it retains stable popularity and Svyatoslav Ivanovich remains its permanent leader.

It's amazing for Ukrainian performers(and even more so for those who fundamentally write songs only in Ukrainian and never in Russian), but "Ocean" in the noughties was extremely popular in Russian Federation. The first step towards this was his participation in the Moscow rock festival "Invasion". Further, their songs are used in cult film Bodrov "Brother-2" - this is how the team gains nationwide popularity in Russia.

The year 2000 was marked by the release of the album "Yananebibuv".

In 2001, the album "Model" was released. Many critics and fans of the group believe that this is the best creation in the history of the existence of the "Oceans".

In 2003 - "Supersymmetry". Named after Vakarchuk's dissertation, it received the status of a platinum record twice.

2005 - the release of the album "Gloria". Its 100,000th edition was instantly sold out on the first day it went on sale.

In 2007, "Ocean" released the album "Mira" and posthumously dedicated it to his producer Sergei Tovstolugsky, who suddenly committed suicide. In the band's history, this album marks a bright characteristic as the most "rock" and musically dynamic.

After 3 years, the album "Dolce Vita" is released.

In 2013, "OE" pleases with the release of "Earth". The most famous tracks from it are "Shoot" and "Hug".

The group's latest compositions at the moment are combined in the 2016 album called "Without Between".

In parallel, Svyatoslav is also engaged in his own solo projects. In 2008, he released the album "At Night". His most iconic songs were "Don't lower your eyes" and "So, like you." And in 2011 - "Brussels". It should be noted that he is not solo album, but belongs to the project of the same name, which Vakarchuk created by connecting to the work of already famous independent musicians (including those with whom he started in Oceans) - Sergey Babkin, Maxim Malyshev, Pyotr Chernyavsky and Dmitry Shurov. This album was recorded live. He became known to a wide audience thanks to two clips - "Adrenaline" and "Airplane".

Also, from 2013 to 2016 (4 seasons), Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was a judge-mentor of the Voice of the Country show. The result was his production by Christina Soloviy and Leo Mantis.

Album "Gloria"

Vakarchuk burrs slightly. And this seemingly defect has become one of the attractive trademarks of his songs.

In the first years of Viktor Yushchenko's presidency in 2005, Svyatoslav received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. If people often have many questions with the presentation of such “medals”, then no one even thinks to argue with granting this status to Vakarchuk: its significance for modern culture Ukraine obviously.

Vakarchuk has a scientific degree - Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, which he acquired after defending his dissertation "Supersymmetry of an electron in a magnetic field." He wrote it neither more nor less - 13 years, although he entered graduate school immediately after graduating from the university. Active musical activity, songs, videos, tours - it's all to blame.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk consistently occupies a leading position in various rankings of the most influential people Ukraine.

Svyatoslav supports revolutionary movements in the country, taking an active social and civic position, including through their creativity. For example, his speech in support of the Euromaidan in 2013 gathered more than two hundred thousand people. Everyone was so eager to listen to the songs live that they were even ready to climb onto the roofs of nearby shopping centers when the place on the square is "ended". Vakarchuk also does not hide his Political Views from the general public in Ukraine and abroad: he repeatedly shows a negative attitude towards the war in Donbas and helps ATO soldiers.

In one of the interviews, Svyatoslav admitted that he is an ambidexter. That is, he is just as right-handed as he is left-handed - he can perform all actions with both hands absolutely equally.

On September 30, 2007, during the extraordinary elections to the Verkhovna Rada, Svyatoslav Ivanovich became a people's deputy. The party "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" accepted him into its lava. But a year later (in December 2008) he resigned his parliamentary powers.

Vakarchuk's extensive interests include an active interest in Buddhism and Japanese culture.

The musician's favorite writers (in order of priority) are Ivan Franko, Anton Chekhov, Lina Kostenko, Nikolai Gogol.

Musical idols - "The Beatles", "Red Hot Chilly Peppers", "Rolling Stones", "Queen", "Pink Floyd". He also admits that he loves to listen to Mumiy Troll, Zemfira and Nikolai Noskov.

Rumors: Vakarchuk wants to become President

The brightest rumor associated with Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has appeared recently. Now on different levels(from social networks to international conferences) it is actively discussed that he may go to the Presidency and run for the next election.

Svyatoslav does not say “I want to become President”, thereby confirming the rumors, but he does not unambiguously refute them either. However, he recently gave a fiery speech to the Ukrainian people at the European YES Forum. Many have already called him a true and honest leader of the nation. And ill-wishers compared with the young Yulia Timoshenko, who knew how to inspire the people with ephemeral ideas with luminous eyes. But no one will be able to find criminal compromising evidence, like on Lady Yu, on Vakarchuk ...

Personal life: married, divorced, why no children?

The personal life of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is practically a secret. He prefers not to talk about women in public and not to talk about the details of his love in interviews. But fans still have to give some answers, because they need to be respected, and it’s almost impossible to completely hide the obvious.

So what is known about Vakarchuk's personal life? Everyone knows that he has been married for a long time and on the topic " new novel Vakarchuk" you will not find any news.

Back in the same student years, when he met his comrades and founded the group, Svyatoslav also met the lady of his heart - Lyalya Lantern. The love between them arose instantly, immediately grew into a creative collaboration and a serious love relationship for life. Initially, Lyalya participated in every possible way in developing the group's style - she selected looks for them for performances, took photographs, and then took up the stylistic image of the team. Over time, she became the art director of Okean Elzy and remains so to this day. As for personal relations with Svyatoslav, he has been living in a civil marriage with Lyalya for 15 years. And just recently (in 2015), the lovers nevertheless decided to legalize their relationship. The star couple played a modest wedding at home in Lviv, without inviting a single journalist and forbidding anyone to publish pictures from this event. Obviously, only the closest people were at the wedding of Vakarchuk and Lantern.

There is a loving and beloved wife - this is the short answer to all questions about his personal life from Svyatoslav Ivanovich. But what about the children? Despite the fact that he turned 43 this year, Vakarchuk never got a “full-fledged family”. To questions on this topic, he answers: as God wills. And yet, he somehow already experienced the joy of fatherhood. Lyalya has a daughter from her first marriage, Diana, whom they raise together.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk- Ukrainian rock musician, leader of the Okean Elzy group, Honored Artist of Ukraine (2005). By education, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a physicist, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences. One of the most popular representatives of Ukrainian show business, Vakarchuk's Okean Elzy group was also successful in Russia. Member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2007 to 2008 from the bloc "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense", powers were terminated ahead of schedule at the request of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk himself. An active participant in Euromaidan, is named among the contenders for the presidency of Ukraine.

Childhood and education of Stanislav Vakarchuk

Father - Ivan Alexandrovich Vakarchuk(born in 1947). In 1990-2007 and since 2010 he was the rector of Lviv University. Known for his political career, in 2007-2010 Vakarchuk Sr. was the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Mother - Svetlana Alexandrovna Vakarchuk(born in 1947) - worked as a teacher of physics, associate professor of the Lviv National Academy of Veterinary Medicine named after. S. Gzhitsky. Hobby of Svetlana Aleksandrovna is painting.

Brother - Oleg Vakarchuk(born in 1980) - bank employee.

Svyatoslav's parents are physics by profession. The younger Vakarchuk also had a penchant for the exact sciences. However, the guy graduated from the Lviv school with an in-depth study of English with a silver medal. At the same time, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was studying violin at a music school, while simultaneously learning to play the button accordion.

Vakarchuk showed artistic abilities at school. He actively participated in the school KVN, organized with friends school theater played sports - played basketball.

But when choosing education, there were no other options in his life, except for physics. In 1991, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk entered the Faculty of Physics of the Lviv National University. Ivan Franko. In 1996, he graduated from the university with a degree in theoretical physics. At the same time, Svyatoslav studied economics at the university, in connection with which he received a second specialty - an international economist.

Svyatoslav followed in the footsteps of his parents and in 1996 entered graduate school at the Department of Theoretical Physics. Vakarchuk defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic "Supersymmetry of electrons in a magnetic field".

Music and career of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk in show business

And yet the guy was attracted to music. In 1994, Svyatoslav created the Okean Elzy group. New perspectives opened up in the biography of Svyatoslav. He wrote the lyrics and music for the songs. The group performed successfully at festivals. Soon Svyatoslav Vakarchuk went to Kyiv and recorded the first disc "There, where we are dumb" (1998).

The first tour in Russia at Okean Elzy took place in 2000. The group participated in the rock festival "Invasion". Svyatoslav Vakarchuk gained even more popularity after the release of the film "Brother-2", where two songs were performed by "Ocean Elzy" - "If you are dumb" and "Kavachai".

The band's fans think best album"Model", which was released in 2001. But in terms of the number of sales, the album Supersymmetry, released in 2003, won. This album is double platinum.

In 2005 and 2007, respectively, the fifth album "Gloria" and the sixth - "Mira" were released, which was dedicated to the memory of the group's sound producer Sergei Tovstolugsky who committed suicide.

Rock band "Okean Elzy" (Ukraine). Concert in Moscow. Last year (2004) this Ukrainian group canceled their arrival in Moscow on civil reasons. Now they are playing their second concert in Moscow to compensate the fans for missing out. In the photo: a concert at the Kurs club, 2005 (Photo: Vasilii Smirnov / Russian Look / Global Look Press)

In Vakarchuk's career, there was a place not only for Okean Elzy, Svyatoslav's solo project "At Night", released in 2008, became very popular. Fans were subdued by two lyrical songs “So, like you”, “Don't lower your eyes”. During this period, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was elected a deputy. But he resigned his powers and finally returned to music. The seventh album of Okean Elzy, which delighted the public, Dolce Vita, was released in 2010.

During the performance of the rock group Okean Elzy. In the photo: Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (Photo: Tatiana Morozova/Russian Look/Global Look Press)

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk worked tirelessly all subsequent years. He presented a new solo project "Brussels" (2011), shot videos for the songs "Airplane" and "Adrenaline". In 2013, Svyatoslav in the same Brussels recorded the next album of Okean Elzy - Earth. The Vakarchuk group wrote songs with a British sound producer Ken Nelson. The songs "Hug" and "Shoot" were released as singles. The video for the song "Shoot" was shot by the director Mike Bruce, according to Wikipedia.

Soloist of the Okean Elzy group Stanislav Vakarchuk (pictured) at the Chart Dozen. Top 13 awards ceremony at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, 2011 (Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich / TASS)

The tour in support of the album "Earth" Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and his group completed in the fall of 2013 in Moscow.

In 2014 the musicians held anniversary concert Okean Elzy - 20 years together. The last album of the Svyatoslav Vakarchuk band was released in 2016 - "Without Between". The songs “Not your war”, “Life starts again”, “Mit”, “Don't go” were previously released as singles.

AT last years Svyatoslav Vakarchuk began his career on television, took part in the Ukrainian show "Voice of the Country" as a mentor to young musicians.

Politics

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was an active participant in the Orange Revolution. The musician also took part in many social and cultural projects, was a goodwill ambassador for the UN Development Program for Ukrainian youth.

Orange revolution in Kyiv. December 2004 People's leader of the Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (pictured) urges OMON soldiers to lower their shields to show their solidarity with the Ukrainian people (Photo: Eduard Kislinsky/Russian Look/Global Look Press)

In 2007, the first entry into big politics took place in the singer's career. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk became a people's deputy of Ukraine on the lists of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense bloc, from this bloc his father Ivan Vakarchuk became the Minister of Education, who became famous for three years in his position by comparing the Russian language with "dog language". Ivan Vakarchuk pursued the corresponding policy in the field of Ukrainian education.

As for his son Svyatoslav, on September 11, 2008, he announced that he had submitted an application for the resignation of the People's Deputy of Ukraine. On December 16, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine terminated the deputy powers of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk ahead of schedule, and he focused on songs.

photo: Okean Elzy fans at a concert to support Euromaidan in Kyiv, 2013 (Photo: Roman Pilipey/ZUMAPRESS.com/Global Look Press)

When mass protests began in Ukraine in 2013, the Okean Elzy group on December 14, 2013 gave a concert in support of the protesters. Vakarchuk stopped visiting Russia with concerts (albeit having played in Moscow a few months earlier).

In the photo: Okean Elzy vocalist Svyatoslav Vakarchuk during a concert in support of Euromaidan in Kyiv, 2013 (Photo: Roman Pilipey/ZUMAPRESS.com/Global Look Press)

In 2015, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk became a member of Yale University's Yale World Fellow 2015. This program is aimed at building a network of new world leaders and expanding international understanding.

Now Vakarchuk gives lectures, including at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute, where he communicates with young people and students on political and state topics.

The singer is involved in charity work. The news reported that all the money from the sales of the single "Merry, brothers, the times have come ..." were sent to the orphanage in the city of Makeevka. Of course, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk provides all kinds of support Ukrainian army and ATO participants, for example, he gave them flash drives with the songs of the new album.

As a lecturer, the leader of the Okean Elzy group, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (pictured second from right), was invited by the Stanford Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (Photo: twitter.com/s_vakarchuk)

Income of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk

Being a leader popular group, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk has the opportunity to make good money at concerts. In the rating of the magazine "Forbes Ukraine" "25 most expensive and popular stars show business and sports" in 2013, Vakarchuk earned $ 6 million only on a tour with the Okean Elzy group, which includes concerts in Russia.

In the photo: Okean Elzy soloist Stanislav Vakarchuk during a performance at the Invasion rock festival in Zavidovo, Tver region (Photo: Vladimir Astapkovich / TASS)

In a similar Forbes rating for 2015, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was third in terms of income, 4th in terms of mention and only 9th in popularity. Forbes Ukraine noted that the income of Ukrainian musicians has fallen sharply due to a decrease in the volume of tours in Russia.

At the same time, Svyatoslav criticized the income declarations of Ukrainian civil servants, which were actively discussed in the news of Ukraine in 2016.

“Judging by the declarations of some officials and deputies, they lived 25 years of Ukraine's independence differently than their voters. Lucky, probably, ”Vakarchuk wrote on social networks.

Personal life of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was married in a civil marriage with Lyalya Lantern. Lyalya worked as a stylist and art director from the first steps of the Okean Elzy group. As it became known from the news, the couple officially formalized their marriage in 2015. Although Vakarchuk himself did not comment on information about his personal life, the media actively reported that Vakarchuk married in Lviv after 15 years of relationship with Lyalya Fonareva.

Vakarchuk does not like to be frank about his personal life. The singer always answers questions from journalists: "I have a family, and I'm happy." However, in recent interviews he stopped hiding relations with Lyalya Lantern.

“In my opinion, everyone already knows about Lyalya. And I just don't want my personal life to become public. I value feelings too much, our inner connection, and I don’t want to let anyone in, ”Vakarchuk answered questions about his wife in an interview with Viva magazine.

In the same interview, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk said that although he was popular among girls at school, he “began his intimate life quite late.” “Sex then, in 1988-89, did not lie under your feet,” he confessed.

Vakarchuk has no common children with Fonareva. only child- 22-year-old Diana, daughter of Svyatoslav's wife from her first marriage. Vakarchuk said in an interview that he dreams of his own children, of a son, but so far there is no news about replenishment in his family from Ukraine.

By the way, Svyatoslav named his wife Lyalya Fonareva and his father among his main friends. Vakarchuk also considers the musicians of his group to be his friends.

“In general, I don’t understand how many friends can be. There can be as many acquaintances with whom there are common interests, but I personally can count my friends on the fingers of one hand, ”says Svyatoslav Vakarchuk.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk loves to travel. Favorite writers of Svyatostav - Ivan Franko, Nikolay Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Lina Kostenko. And among modern Ukrainian prose writers, Vakarchuk singles out like-minded people in nationalism - a Kharkiv resident Sergei Zhadan and early prose Yuri Andrukhovych.

Among Svyatoslav's musical idols, of course, are The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd and Queen. He likes to flash quotes from interviews Machiavelli.

Biographies report that Svyatoslav is fluent in Ukrainian, Polish, Russian and English.

The best surprise in life Vakarchuk considers the Austrian vintage piano which his wife bought him.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a potential president of Ukraine

AT latest news from Ukraine it is reported that Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is preparing for the 2019 presidential elections. He has his own program, which the singer does not advertise yet. According to sources, the singer is working on launching a political startup under the working title "European Choice", and therefore it should not be associated with voters with any real politician and will be promoted using completely new, little-known political technologies in Ukraine.

In the photo: the leader of the Okean Elzy group Svyatoslav Vakarchuk during a concert in Kyiv (Photo: ZUMA / TASS)

The frontman of the Okean Elzy group Svyatoslav Vakarchuk shared his opinion on how Ukraine can "break out of the vicious circle of history." He tweeted that it is necessary to start trusting each other.

Also, according to Vakarchuk, in Ukraine there is a war not with an external enemy, but with an internal one - corruption, ignorance, indifference, cowardice, narrow-mindedness, greed.

It is curious that Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, despite his Western Ukrainian residence permit and support for the Euromaidan, tries to flirt with the Russian-speaking audience, as a politician he can also use anti-war rhetoric. For example, the video for the song of the group "Okean Elzy" "Mit" ("Instant"), which appeared on the Internet in 2015, was recognized not only in Ukraine. Lugansk writer Gleb Bobrov wrote about this song in “SP” that in its text “the collective unconscious of Ukraine gave a clear and unambiguous metaphysical answer to the war in the Republics of Donbass. In expanded form, this answer, translated into Russian, sounds like: “Do not rush to die, fighter. All your values ​​are not there.”

“... A significant moment is the obvious fact that such a metaphysical answer came from the lips of Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, one of the brightest symbols of the Revolution of Goodness, a representative of a social formation born on the stage and barricades of the Maidan. Roughly speaking, we, at first glance, really have a certain ideological paradox: a convinced enemy of a certain “collective Donbass”, one of the spiritual leaders of the Maidan and the spiritual inspirer of military aggression against the South-East of the country at maximum volume declared to the whole world: “No war , Donbass is not our enemy!” wrote Gleb Bobrov.

In the news of 2017, there was information about how Svyatoslav Vakarchuk was poured a whole tub of mud by his compatriots for the fact that the musician showed human feelings and expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the explosions in the St. Petersburg metro. “Terrible news from St. Petersburg… Sincere condolences to the families of those killed in the metro explosion!” Vakarchuk wrote on his Twitter microblog.

At the same time, in December 2016, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk spoke out in an original way against the ban on entry into Ukraine. Russian artists, offering to let them in, and if they violated the law, arrest them on the spot. Vakarchuk stated this on the air of the Belarusian Channel One.