Today we will talk about who Andrei Klimnyuk is. All the songs of this artist can be attributed to the genre of Russian chanson. He presented the lovers of the thieves yard song and urban romance the work "April". This person lived incomplete 55 years. After the death of the musician, his romantic, lyrical, patriotic compositions remained.
Childhood and youth
Andrei Klimnyuk was born in Siberia, in 1964, in September. The first years of the life of the future chansonnier passed in Minusinsk, and military service threw his father into this city. Soon he was transferred to Novosibirsk. Little Andrei and his mother also got over his father. The story is silent about which of the family members was endowed with hearing and played music, but a creative spark broke out early in the future performer.
Music
After demobilization, Andrei Klimnyuk did not doubt the further choice of his life path. Having chosen a musical direction, this person worked tirelessly. But Andrei Klimnyuk decided to release his debut disc entitled Volyushka only ten years after he returned from Afghanistan in 1999.
The first collection of compositions, which included the song “April,” was warmly received throughout the country. The musician’s success inspired him, in 1999 he also thanked the fans by recording three more albums, they were combined into a single “three-volume book” called “From Afghanistan to Chechnya”.
In these works, the most powerful impressions embodied in the service in a boiling “cauldron” were embodied; these were unthinking stories from the times lived in a hot spot. In the “zero” years, the chansonnier pleased the fans with two records with the saying names “Katorzhansky” and “Bosyatskaya Luck”.
Each year, the musician presented 2-3 new collections, which were warmly greeted by lovers of the genre. About life in the North can tell the album covers "The Tale of the Prison Years", "Kolyma", "From places of deprivation."
Paying tribute to the grandfathers and fathers who defended the country during the war, Andrei wrote several dozen patriotic compositions, of which the collections “Soldier's Song”, “Songs Sung by the Heart”, “Rota”, “Cranes” were compiled.
The singer toured Russia, gave concerts in the countries of the near abroad, performed in front of soldiers in Chechnya, sang in places of detention, and there they waited with special trepidation for the appearance of a chansonnier. The touring geography of the artist is extensive, but he spent about two-thirds of concerts outside the Urals in large and small cities.
This man was a long-awaited, but rare guest in Sochi, Rostov, St. Petersburg. His concerts were sold out. Together with representatives of the Union of Paratroopers of Transbaikalia and Russia, the performer recorded an album, which was called "For the Airborne Forces." He also collected a collector's edition, entitled "Anthology of the Afghan Song 1979-1989."
This work consists of ten discs. One of Andrei’s most outstanding works was released in 2013. This album was entitled "The Constellation Magadan." I was inspired by the chansonnier to record this record with an acquaintance with a man who spent 25 years in prison in Kolyma. A friend of the author traveled through a harsh land.
Personal life
Andrei Klimnyuk was married. Spouse Olga shared her husband’s interests, she recorded 3 copyright chanson records. The woman is known to connoisseurs of prison lyrics and urban romance under the pseudonym Vika Magadan. All the love lyrics in the songs and poems of Klimnyuk are dedicated to his beloved woman.
The couple had a son. Andrei died in 2018 in Novosibirsk. Relatives of the musician did not name the reason for passing away. Chansonnier was a little less than 54 years old. They decided to bury the musician in his hometown.
Discography
Albums of Andrei Klimnyuk are very numerous, the first of them was released in 1999 and received the name "Volyushka". The performer also released the following records: “Slut”, “Our Steam Locomotive”, “From One Yard”, “Special Forces of Russia”, “April”, “For the Airborne Forces”, “Songs Sung by the Heart”, “Cranes”, “Afghan”, "The Tale of the Prison Years", "Kolyma", "From Places of Deprivation", "Bosyatskaya Luck", "From Afghanistan to Chechnya."