Galina Khomchik

Russian singer (born 1960)

Galina Khomchik

Background information
Birth name	Galina Viktorovna Khomchik
Born	(1960-05-30) May 30, 1960 (age 63)
Origin	Moscow, USSR Soviet Union/Russia
Genres	Bard
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, tv presenter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, piano
Labels	Moskovskiye Okna, Muzprom

Website	www.homchik.ru

Musical artist

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

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