Valeriy Rozhdestvensky
Valeriy Vsevolodovich Rozhdestvensky
Date of birth – May 4, 1968
City – Kyiv (Ukraine)
Activity – theater and film actor
Rozhdestvensky dreamed of a career as an actor since he was six years old. Paving the way to popularity and recognition, Valery attended the theater studio at the Ivan Franko Theater. After returning from military service in 1988, he entered the institute. He conquered the profession of an actor at the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv State Institute of Theater Arts (Mykhailo Reznikovich's workshop). He graduated with honors in 1992. Thus, his youthful interest in creativity and the world of culture grew into a life's work.
Since 2020, the actor has been playing on the stage of the National Academic Drama Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka. The artist's current repertoire includes performances and roles:
Date of birth – May 4, 1968
City – Kyiv (Ukraine)
Activity – theater and film actor
Becoming an artist
Valeriy Rozhdestvensky is a Ukrainian theater and film actor, whose childhood was spent in Kyiv. Valeriy’s father, Vsevolod Petrovich, is a composer by profession and vocation and worked as the head of the music department at the Ivan Franko Theater. His mother, Lyudmila, sang in the choir of the Kyiv National Opera for a long time. Valeriy himself was a soloist of the Dzvinochok children’s choir for some time and was even fond of boxing. The future star of the big stage graduated from a music school in the capital with honors, majoring in piano. Therefore, naturally, he made a choice in favor of a creative profession.Rozhdestvensky dreamed of a career as an actor since he was six years old. Paving the way to popularity and recognition, Valery attended the theater studio at the Ivan Franko Theater. After returning from military service in 1988, he entered the institute. He conquered the profession of an actor at the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv State Institute of Theater Arts (Mykhailo Reznikovich's workshop). He graduated with honors in 1992. Thus, his youthful interest in creativity and the world of culture grew into a life's work.
Creative path
Since 1992, Valery Rozhdestvensky has collaborated with creative groups of enterprise theaters. He worked as a DJ on GALA Radio under the pseudonym DJ ROODY. But fate decreed that the artist was forced to leave his beloved work for 20 years. And already in 2014 he returned to continue conquering the audience. He played in performances of various genres, demonstrating a talent for reincarnation in a variety of images and roles. For six years, Valery Rozhdestvensky was a member of the creative team of the Classical Art Alternative Theater.Since 2020, the actor has been playing on the stage of the National Academic Drama Theater named after Lesya Ukrainka. The artist's current repertoire includes performances and roles:
- “My Own” (Fischl);
- “Dinner with a Stranger” (François);
- “Ukraine on Fire” (Zabrod);
- “Jacaranda Blossom” (Pastor);
- “The Ferryman” (Tom Kettle);
- “The Holy Family” (Giovanni Battista).
Work in the Film Industry
Valery Rozhdestvensky also has experience working with film directors and producers. He has appeared in commercials. Among the films where you can see the actor's roles are the following works:- "Shop";
- "Matchmakers 5";
- "The Sniffer";
- "Central Hospital";
- "Servant of the People. From Love to Impeachment";
- "Opera on Call";
- "On Sunday Morning She Died Potion";
- "Tell Me the Truth";
- "Daddy" and others.
Actor's Style
Rozhdestvensky is distinguished by his deep psychologism in the performance of roles, his ability to convey complex emotions and internal conflicts of characters. Valery Vsevolodovich's acting style combines dramatic depth with comedic ease, which allows the artist to successfully perform in various genre productions.Interesting facts about the actor:
- likes to create something with his own hands - make crafts from wood and even knit;
- hobby - fishing.