Vasily Rainchik

Vasily Rainchik (Василий Раинчик) 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 Verasy, an early Belarusian pop music band.[2][3] Currently he is director of the State Youth Variety Theater[1] of the Belarus University of Culture.[4] Rainchik was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of Belarus.[1]

On 20 December 2010, Vasily Rainchik was among a few Belarusian artists who supported the use of brutal military force against the demonstration of opposition in Minsk. Vasily Rainchik become known world-wide after these police actions were condemned by European countries and USA.

References

  1. 1 2 3 About Youth Theatre
  2. ↑ "Verasy did not Want to Sing Malinovka", an article in Komsomolskaya Pravda (Russian)
  3. ↑ "Verasy" (Russian)
  4. ↑ "Rainchik Speaks for Decent Pay for Labor of Creative People", A BelTA news item
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