Rotaru Sofia Mikhailovna, pop singer, actress, was born in 1947 on August 7.
The first success Sofia Rotaru won in 1962, winning the district competition of amateur art. In 1964, Rotaru participated in the Kiev Festival of Folk Talents. The first foreign tour of the singer took place in 1968 in Bulgaria, where she won a gold medal.
In 1971, Sofia Rotaru was invited to participate in the filming of the musical film “Chervona Ruta”, after the release of which the singer was invited to the Chernivtsi Philharmonic, where she creates her ensemble “Chervona Ruta”. Rotaru begins to work with the composer Vladimir Ivasyuk, in cooperation with whom many popular compositions in the style characteristic of the 60-70 years of the XX century are released, these songs bring great popularity to Rotaru, both in the Ukrainian SSR and throughout the USSR. Since 1972, Sofia Rotaru and the ensemble “Chervona Ruta” have been touring in Poland.
In 1974 Rotaru graduated from the Chisinau Institute of Arts. And in the same year, Sofia became the winner of the Song-74 contest.
In 1980, Rotaru won the first prize at the international competition in Tokyo. Also coming out.
Where Are You, Love? In which the singer sings the song "First Rain". In 1981, the singer took part in the filming.
film "Soul" participatoryly
Time Machine Group .
In 1984, Rotaru presented the song “Romantica” at the Song of the Year competition, and later the song “Romantica” by Sofia Rotaru became the hallmark of the singer.
The end of the 80s is marked for Sofia Rotaru by the following events: the singer leaves the collective “Chervona Ruta” and begins to cooperate with the composer Vladimir Matetsky. Then come the famous hits “Lavanda” and “Moon, moon”, “It was, but passed” and “Hutoryanka”.
In 1991, a grandiose show program dedicated to the 20th creative activity of the singer takes place. In 1997, Rotaru became an Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Crimea and took part in the filming of the musical film “10 Songs about Moscow”, where he performed the composition “May Moscow”.
The beginning of the new millennium was marked for Sofia Rotaru by awarding her the title of “Man of the twentieth century”, “Woman of the year” and the opening of a personal website.
In October 2002, Anatoly Evdokimenko, the husband of the singer, with whom Rotaru lived for 34 years, the producer and leader of the group “Chervona Ruta” died. In 2004, returning to the stage, the singer conducts a tour in Chicago and Atlantic City.
Despite her age, Sofia Rotaru is in excellent physical and vocal form, quite a lot of touring, participates in concerts and music festivals. /
Discography
1972 - Sofia Rotaru sings
1972 Chervona Ruth
1973 Ballad of Violins
1974 Sofia Rotaru
1975 – Sofia Rotaru sings the songs of Vladimir Ivasiuk
1977 Sofia Rotaru
1978 Sofia Rotaru
1980 - Just for you
1981 - Songs from the movie "Where Are You, Love?"
1981 Sofia Rotaru and Chervona Ruta (two album)
1982 Sofia Rotaru
1985 - A gentle melody
1987 - Monologue of Love
1987 - Lavanda
1988 Heart of Gold
1990 Sofia Rotaru
1991 Caravan of Love
1991 Romance
1993 Caravan of Love
1993 Lavender
1995 - Golden Songs 1985/95
1995 - The farmer
1996 Night of Love
1996 - Chervona Ruth
2002 - I still love you.
2002 - The Snow Queen
2003 - Unified
2004 - Water flows (in Ukrainian).
2004 - The sky is I
2004 - Lavender, Farmers
2005 - I Loved It, I Loved It
2007 The Fog
2008 - I'm Your Love!