Mykola Hnatyuk

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasylyovychand the family name is Hnatyuk.

Mykola Hnatyuk Микола Гнатюк PAU
Background information
Born	(1952-09-14) 14 September 1952 (age 73) Nemyrivka  [ uk ], Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Ukraine)
Occupations	singer songwriter actor musician
Years active	1970–present

Mykola Vasylyovych Hnatyuk ^[a] (born 14 September 1952) is a Ukrainian and Soviet singer, popular in the early 1980s. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography

In 1979 he won the Grand Prix at the Dresden Pop Music Festival with David Tukhmanov's I Dance With You (Russian: Я с тобой танцую). A year later Dancing on the Drum (Russian: Танец на барабане, penned by Raimonds Pauls) brought Hnatyuk the 1980 Sopot Intervision Song Contest Grand Prix, ^{[note 1]} and made him famous at home. A year later came out Bird of Fortune (Russian: Птица счастья, by the Pakhmutova-Dobronravov songwriting team), another huge hit for him. ^{[3] [4]}

In 1988 Hnatyuk was awarded the title The People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. ^[5]

In 2002 Mykola Hnatyuk received the title "Honorary Citizen of Mogilev" for his great contribution to the development of national cultures of Belarus and Ukraine. ^[6]

In 2021, Mykola Hnatyuk pleased fans with new songs, which he recorded under the name Anastasiy. ^{[7] [8]}

Notes

1. Ukrainian: Микола Васильович Гнатюк, romanized: Mykola Vasylovych Hnatiuk, sometimes given as Mykola Vasyliovych Hnatiuk

1. He scored 36 ponts and shared the first place with four other performers: Marion Rung (Finland, Where Is the Love), Marika Gombitova (Czechoslovakia, I Want to Share with You), Jigsaw (UK, Sky High) and Vox (Poland, Banana Song)

References

1. "Николай Гнатюк – биография, новости, личная жизнь, фото, видео". stuki-druki.com (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
2. "Народный артист Украины Николай Гнатюк выложил в Фейсбуке пост". fishki.net (in Russian). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
3. Николай Васильевич Гнатюк, biography at zakulisi.ru
4. "Гнатюк Микола | Золотий Фонд української естради" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
5. Николай Васильевич Гнатюк, peoples.ru
6. "Новости шоу бизнеса сегодня онлайн. Последние гламурные новости Украины и мира". Tochka.net (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
7. Гейдор, Оксана (11 October 2023). "Куда подевался бывший кумир миллионов – певец Николай Гнатюк: жизнь в Германии, смена имени и скандал с Пугачевой". OBOZREVATEL NEWS (in Russian). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
8. "Представлен новый хит легенды украинской эстрады на слова днепровского поэта". Gorod.dp.ua. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jaak Joala with "Podberu muziku""	Soviet Union in the Intervision Song Contest 1980	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Czesław Niemen with "Nim przyjdzie wiosna"	Winner of the Intervision Song Contest 1980 (tied with Marika Gombitová & Marion Rung)	Succeeded by Tahmina Niyazova with "Hero"