Vasily Rainchik
Vasil Rainčyk (Belarusian: Васіль Раінчык), also Vasily Rainchik, is a Belarusian musician and composer and also a professor at the Belarus University of Culture, Minsk, Belarus.[1] He was also the leader of Vierasy, an early Belarusian pop music band.[2][3] Currently he is director of the [1] of the Belarus University of Culture.[4] Rainčyk was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of Belarus.[1]On 20 December 2010, Vasil Rainčyk was among a few Belarusian artists who supported the use of brutal military force against the demonstration of opposition in Minsk. Vasil Rainčyk became known world-wide after these police actions were condemned by European countries and USA.
He is married to Iryna Ćviatkova.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c About Youth Theatre
- ^ "Verasy did not Want to Sing Malinovka", an article in Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian)
- ^ "Verasy" (in Russian)
- ^ "Rainchik Speaks for Decent Pay for Labor of Creative People", A BelTA news item
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