Galina Khomchik

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
Background information
Birth nameGalina Viktorovna Khomchik
Born (1960-05-30) May 30, 1960
OriginMoscow, USSR
Soviet Union/Russia
GenresBard
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, tv presenter
InstrumentsGuitar, piano
LabelsMoskovskiye Okna, Muzprom
Associated actsSongs of Our Century
Websitewww.homchik.ru

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