Today, May 1, the Ukrainian pop singer Vasily Zinkevich celebrates his 80th birthday. The legendary artist, who at one time was a member of VIA Smerichka and the Svytyaz group, fell into the soul of the audience thanks to his talent and magnificent voice.

One of the last public exits of Vasily Zinkevich was the performance at the anniversary concert of his colleague, artist Ivan Popovich, who turned 75 in 2024. Then he invited the legendary pop artist to participate in a musical show and he agreed, although he had not the best well -being.

By the way, despite a large number of ranks and an invaluable contribution to the development of Ukrainian music, Vasily Zinkevich receives a pension of five thousand hryvnias. As Ivan Popovich noted, this amount is catastrophically small, so his colleague appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers. Then the artist explained that at one time he brought millions to the Philharmonic and should receive significantly large payments, in response to which he was briefly told: "

The last time Vasily Zinkevich organized his own concert in 2021. His performance was called " This is not all connoisseurs of the artist’s creativity are successful, because the other two hours were the other performers came out onto the stage. However, when the celebrity nevertheless appeared before the public, the hall erupted with loud ovations. Zinkevich performed legendary hits, including LITO PIZHIKH ZHORZHEN, “Violin Gra”, “Sea Vechorov”, “Marichka”, “The Muzik’s Proceedings”, “Love Yak Spring Tsvite”, “Muziko My”, “Two Coles” and others ”and others.

An important stage in the creative development of Vasily Zinkevich was to participate in the legendary team " The trio was able to gain crazy popularity among listeners and become a real favorite of the public. But, despite this, Vasily Zinkevich, like Sofia Rotaru, refused to star in the documentary " Non -hearted svit beautiful "

" One that our dad is an outstanding personality is not enough for the consent of participation in the picture. But the beat - he either is or is not. I don't know if this character trait can be educated. And you also need to love yourself not in art, but art - in yourself. You see? "