Oleg Yurievich Skripka, Ukrainian singer, musician, songwriter, actor, was born on May 24, 1964 in the city of Leninabad of the Tajik SSR. The family later moved to Russia. The childhood of the singer takes place in the Murmansk region. In 1987, Skripka became a graduate of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, after which he almost immediately founded it. rock band "Vopli Vidoplyasov" . The genre of the group is close to folk rock, the songs are performed in Ukrainian. The first performance of the group
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Oleg Yurievich Skripka, Ukrainian singer, musician, songwriter, actor, was born on May 24, 1964 in the city of Leninabad of the Tajik SSR. The family later moved to Russia.
The childhood of the singer takes place in the Murmansk region. In 1987, Skripka became a graduate of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, after which he almost immediately founded it.
rock band "Vopli Vidoplyasov" . The genre of the group is close to folk rock, the songs are performed in Ukrainian.
The first performance of the group takes place in Kiev, as part of the Rock Parade festival. On it, "Vopli Vidoplyasova" is awarded the first prize. Especially warm reception of listeners receives the song “Dancing”, which later became a real hit. In the early 1990s, the band toured Switzerland and France. Even the famous French newspaper Le Monde devotes a separate article to the rock team. Until 1996, Violin and the band members live in Paris.
In the 2000s, "Vopli Vidoplyasov" conduct several tours. Among the cities in which concerts are held are London, Riga, Moscow, the cities of Siberia, Israel, Portugal, New York, Toronto. At the same time, two solo albums of the artist are released. In 2001, the release of the disc “Inkoli” was held, and in 2004 the album “Vidrada” was released. In 2005, Skripka could become People’s Artist of Ukraine, but the musician refused the title in protest against the state authorities.
In 2007, a book by Russian journalist Ilya Stogov “Songs of the Western Slavs”, dedicated to the work of the groups “Vopli Vidoplyasov”, was published.
Ocean Elzy and Lapis Trubetskoy. Violin takes part in the project “Dancing with the Stars” channel “1+1”, where he takes second place. In 2009, the third solo album of the singer “Heart at Mene Vrazlive” was released. In the spring of 2009, a website appeared on the network where people could express support for Oleg Skripka as a candidate for the post of President of Ukraine, but the musician himself refuses this offer. /
Discography
2001 - Incoli
2004 - Vidrada
2009 - The Heart of Mena Vrazliva