Alexander Ponomarev - Honored Artist of Ukraine

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Many are familiar with pop singer Alexander Ponomarev from Ukraine. But not everyone knows his thorny path to the stars. And it was quite complex and full of all sorts of events.

Alexander Valeryevich Ponomarev was born on August 9, 1973 in Ukraine, in the city of Khmelnitsky.

Childhood

At a young age, Alexander developed an interest in sports. At the age of six, he began to take a serious interest in boxing. The guy imagined his future life only in sports, and those around him predicted a successful career for him. In one of the fights, the athlete received a strong blow to the head, as a result of which his vision deteriorated sharply. I had to end my sports career.

The boy's musical talent manifested itself in elementary grades. Alexander learned to play the guitar, composed songs. The first independent piece of music was the song "Saint Anna", which was written as a result of experiences because of first love.

Profile training

After graduating from eight classes, the guy applied to a music school. Since the young man did not even study at a music school, he had to learn allprogram in one year.

In 1992, Alexander Ponomarev entered the Lviv Conservatory at the vocal faculty. In 1993, the young talent took part for the first time in the famous Chervona Ruta music festival, where he won first place in the pop music category. After the victory, there was a performance at the Slavianski Bazaar festival, where the singer took second place and was highly appreciated as a vocalist.

Competition

Alexander became the winner at the Volodymyr Ivasyuk Music Competition held in Chernivtsi in 1995. This prompted the artist to move to Kyiv and start studying at the Kyiv Academy of Music.

Honored Artist

The title of Honored Artist of Ukraine Alexander Valeryevich received already in 1997 by decision of President Leonid Kuchma.

Due to the lack of free money, Alexander could not afford to pay for popular songwriters and composers. Partly because Alexander independently wrote his compositions and produced himself. He had to personally learn professional arranging.

In 1998, the musician created the production center "From early to night", which is still considered one of the most popular in Ukraine.

The first duet composition was recorded with Natalia Mogilevskaya in 2000 under the name "You are mine". Of the entire history of Ukrainian show business, Alexander Valeryevich was the first performer who performedat the international song contest "Eurovision" in 2003 and took a worthy 14th place. Over the entire period of his musical career, the singer has released seven albums and shot a large number of popular videos.

In 2011, Alexander Valerievich was lucky to take part in the music show "Voice of the Country" as one of the coaches along with the Russian singer Diana Arbenina. At the show, famous performers sang together the famous composition of Alexander "Varto chi ni". Also, the artist tried himself as a TV presenter in the culinary show "Smachna Krajina" on the TV channel "1 + 1".

Alexander Ponomarev was one of the most active participants in the Orange Revolution in 2004. The artist performed on the Maidan and sang the anthem of Ukraine. During the presidential elections in Ukraine in 2010, he actively supported the candidacy of Yulia Tymoshenko.

With Alexander's personal life, not everything is as good as in music. The artist lived in a civil marriage for about ten years with Alena Mozgova, who played the role of a manager for the singer. The couple had a daughter, Eugene, in 1998.

In 2006, Ponomarev tied the knot with Viktory Martynyuk. A year later, the couple had a son, Alexander. In 2012, the couple divorced due to the artist's infidelities. There were rumors that Alexander met with a young Ukrainian singer Maria Yaremchuk, but the singer's fans did not wait for official confirmation of this relationship.

After a long break due to hostilities in Ukraine, Alexander Ponomarev released a video clip for the song"Poloney" and went on tour in Ukrainian cities. One of the latest music videos called "Naykrascha" was presented by the author in the winter of 2018.

The vocal academy founded by Alexander Ponomarev, where young talents study, is one of the artist's main incomes.

In 2018, the singer's cherished dream came true. Alexander Ponomarev sang on the stage of the Palace "Ukraine" for the famous opera diva Montserrat Caballe, thus congratulating her on her 85th birthday.