Oleg Skrypka

1. Oleg Yuriyovich Skrypka
2. Date of birth – May 24, 1964
3. Place of birth – Gafurov (Tajikistan)
4. Language – Ukrainian, French
5. Genre – folk music, jazz, rock and roll, alternative rock

The path to a musical career

Oleg Skrypka is a Ukrainian musician, singer, composer, and leader of the band Vopli Vidoplyasova. Oleg Skrypka's mother, Anna Alekseevna, comes from a small village in the Kursk region. His father, Yuri Pavlovich, comes from a farm in the Poltava region. He graduated from the Kyiv Medical Institute. He did his pre-graduate internship in Bryansk, where he met his future wife. Anna was then working as a kindergarten teacher. Shortly after the wedding, the young couple moved to Khodzhent on a distribution.

So the first years of the childhood of the future star of the Ukrainian music scene were spent in Central Asia. In the family circle and in kindergarten, Oleg, the owner of bright charisma, was the constant main character of the holidays. The boy sang, danced and recited poems from the age of four. So Skrypka's stage debut took place early. His mother was seriously engaged in raising his son, instilling in him a love of culture and creativity. The seven years spent in Khujand left a deep mark on the boy's worldview. Eastern culture, national melodies, the vastness of the desert, the peaks of the Pamirs... All this formed a deep emotional foundation, which later manifested itself in the choice of his life path.

After several years in Central Asia, the family moved to the city of Kirovsk, located on the Kola Peninsula. Here Oleg was distinguished by excellent academic success. The exact sciences (physics and mathematics) were especially easy. The student repeatedly won school competitions and olympiads. However, discipline was not the young man's strong point.

Already in the second grade, Oleg began attending a music school, where he mastered the accordion. Later, he learned to play incendiary rock and roll. After graduating from school, Skrypka moved to Kyiv, entering the KPI at the radio engineering faculty. Student life was eventful: the young artist studied with enthusiasm, played in a rock band, and was fond of theater. In addition, he collaborated with the theater studio team and the student theater.

Creative path

One evening in 1986, when Oleg Skrypka was working on his diploma in the dormitory, Oleksandr Pipa and Yuriy Zdorenko visited the student. This spontaneous meeting was the beginning of the history of the legendary band Vopli Vidoplyasov. After defending his diploma, Oleg stayed in Kyiv, where he began working as an engineer. At that time, the young specialist was developing GPS systems for naval needs. But there was always a place for music in his heart. In the break between performing technical tasks, Skrypka created songs. And in a few years he accumulated a considerable repertoire.

In 1987, the movement towards popularity and recognition among a wide audience of fans of quality music continued. Vopli Vidoplyasov joined the Kyiv rock club and became the winners of the first Kyiv rock festival "Rock Parade". In the same year, the group's first hit was released - the composition "Dances". In 1990, the musicians went on tour to France and Switzerland. The trip became significant, because one of the leading French newspapers, Le Monde, wrote about the group. This fact became an indisputable international recognition of the group's creativity, which was rapidly expanding the army of loyal fans. The longer Oleg Skrypka was abroad, the stronger he felt longing for his native land. According to the musician, it was in France that he first truly realized himself as a Ukrainian.

The performer's creative development

In 1996, Oleg Skrypka returned to Kyiv. Since then, he has been actively touring both in Ukraine and abroad. A new stage in his creative activity was marked by the organization of the ethno-festival "Krayina Mriy", which started in 2004. In 2007, the artist discovered another facet of his talent. The singer showed himself in the popular TV project "Dancing with the Stars-2", taking second place.

Since September 2010, Skrypka has hosted the author's program "Nashi vechornytsy" on "Nasho Radio" for fans of ethnic music. In 2012, he joined the team of coaches of the project "Voice of the Country. Nova istoriia” on the 1+1 TV channel. Later, he became a star mentor in the show “Golos. Diti”. The artist passed on his experience to young performers, preparing them for the big stage. Oleg Skrypka continues his activities as a presenter in cooperation with the creative group of the radio “Kraina FM”. The musician hosts the program “Kraina Mriy”.

Oleg Skrypka actively realizes himself not only in music, but also in publishing and educationalts activity. The artist is the initiator and founder of several significant cultural events. In particular, the festival of modern Ukrainian rock music "Rock-Sich" and the art project "Montmartre on Andriyivskyi Descent", which unites artists and fans of Ukrainian art.

Along with the festival initiatives, Skrypka also founded the musical project Le Grand Orkestra. The ensemble's work combines folklore motifs, elements of ethno-jazz and Ukrainian classical romance. Another direction of the musician's work was jazz cabaret, in which Skrypka experiments with genres, stage forms and the sanud. A special place in the star's career is occupied by cooperation with the National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments of Ukraine (NAONI).

Filming

Creating singles, releasing albums and recording video clips is not the only direction in which the musician has realized himself. Fans of the musician can see Oleg Skrypka not only on stage, but also on the TV screen. The artist has starred in the following films:

1. “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka”;
2. “Cinderella”;
3. “The Milkmaid from Khatsapetivka”;
4. «Radio Day»;
5. «My Mermaid, My Lorelai» and others.

Oleg Skrypka is also a voice actor. In particular, the singer's voice is spoken by one of the Spirits of Nature in the cartoon «Mavka. Forest Song».

Social activity

Since 2014, Oleg Skrypka has been actively involved in charity work. Together with the band Vopli Vidoplyasova, the artist has repeatedly performed on the front line. In particular, he played live in Debaltseve, Selidove, Konstantinivka and Maryinka, supporting the Ukrainian military.

The musician also takes care of the Children's Cardiology Center. Oleg Skrypka participates in charity art auctions and is the initiator of the events "Great French Evenings" and "Great Children's Ball". Thanks to the funds collected from ticket sales, the necessary medical equipment was purchased for the resuscitation of the center.

With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the artist continued to support Ukraine. The musician actively holds charity concerts in European countries. Together with friends in Germany, he initiated the creation of the "Mriya" music festival. The event was held in Berlin in order to draw the attention of the world community to the events in Ukraine.

Awards and distinctions:

1. title of "Honored Artist of Ukraine" (2005);
2. Order of Merit, III degree (2007);
3. nomination for the Shevchenko Prize in 2008 (for organizing the "Krayina Mriy" festival);
4. Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (from the UN Foundation);
5. music awards (as the leader of the Vopli Vdopliasova band) and others.

Discography:

1. “Sometimes”;
2. “Vidrada”;
3. “My Heart is Vulnerable”;
4. “Shchedryk” (single);
5. “Zhorzhyna”;
6. “Humanists” (together with Les Poderviansky);
7. “Ukraine” (single) .

Interesting facts about the artist:

1. in his childhood, he found like-minded people mainly among the students of the music school;
2. the musician created his own relaxation technique "vibration of the soul", which combined meditation and rock music;
3. while participating in the project "Dance