Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasyuk or Volodymyr Ivasiuk was a Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet.
10 Facts About Volodymyr Ivasyuk
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Volodymyr Ivasyuk is the author and composer of the widely popular song "Chervona Ruta" popularized by Sofia Rotaru in 1971, and later covered by other singers.
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Volodymyr Ivasyuk's father Mykhailo Ivasyuk was a well-known writer from Bukovyna.
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Volodymyr Ivasyuk's mother Sofiya Ivasyuk, from Zaporizhzhia Oblast, was a teacher in a local school.
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Volodymyr Ivasyuk went on to study at the Lviv Medical Institute while he continued his musical career.
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Volodymyr Ivasyuk joined the "Karpaty Ensemble" at a local community centre and played the violin and offered his songs to be performed.
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Volodymyr Ivasyuk became an overnight national sensation in the Soviet Union, after a public performance on 13 September 1970 of his compositions "Chervona Ruta" and "Vodohray" with Olena Kuznetsova.
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Volodymyr Ivasyuk moved to Lviv to formally study composition at the Lviv Conservatory of Music.
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All these songs and other works of Volodymyr Ivasyuk were premiered by Rotaru.
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Volodymyr Ivasyuk never got there nor did he report for duty as a doctor.