Gennady Boyko is a baritone, without which it is impossible to imagine the Soviet stage. He made an undeniable contribution to the cultural development of his native country. The artist during his creative career actively toured not only in the USSR. His work was also highly appreciated by Chinese music lovers.
Baritone is an average male singing voice, middle in pitch between tenor and bass.
The artist's repertoire includes compositions by contemporary authors and composers. But, according to fans, he was especially good at conveying the mood of folk songs and sensual romances.
Childhood and youth of Gennady Boyko
He was born in the last days of January 1935, on the territory of St. Petersburg. The childhood of the future idol of millions cannot be called calm. In the midst of the most beautiful childhood years of little Gena, the war thundered.
During the Great Patriotic War, Gennady, together with his mother, was urgently evacuated to the territory of Yekaterinburg. The family lived in this town until 1944. Then they returned to their native St. Petersburg.
He was not in the habit of complaining about fate. Together with his mother, the boy lived in modest conditions, but even a cramped communal apartment did not prevent the guy from developing his creative potential.
He went to the male secondary school No. 373 of the Moscow region. From the 3rd grade, the guy also attended the Pioneer House. After some time, Gennady mastered the piano to mastery.
Soon he changed his place of residence. Together with his mother, the guy moved to a new communal apartment, which was located on Arsenalnaya Street. Here an interesting acquaintance took place with a young man named Porfiry. The last one took the guy from the Krasny Vyborzhets recreation center. From that moment on, Boyko's life sparkled with new colors.
He was orphaned early. Gennady really wanted to please his mother with his achievements, but, unfortunately, the woman died at the age of 46. At that time, Boyko was an unknown musician and singer. Doctors diagnosed the mother of the future artist of the Russian Federation with a heart defect. The departure of the closest person in the world, he experienced extremely hard.
He received his vocal education under the guidance of Boris Osipovich Geft. The teacher prophesied a good future for Gennady. Further, the aspiring singer entered the service as a soloist in the capital's State Music Hall.
The creative path of the artist
During this period of time, he performs a lot in European countries, China and South America. He was especially warmly received in Shanghai. When he performed the musical work "Moscow Nights" in China, the audience in the hall gave a standing ovation to the Soviet talent.
During the 60-70s of the last century, the "golden" baritone actively toured the territory of the Soviet Union. Special attention deserves the fact that Gennady Boyko is the first performer of Anatoly Dneprov's immortal hit “To please”.
In the mid-70s of the last century, the artist's first record was recorded at the Melodiya recording studio. The collection was called "Gennady Boyko Sings". The album received flattering comments not only from fans, but also from music critics.
Gennady Boyko: decline in popularity
In the post-Soviet era, the singer's popularity began to gradually fade. During this period of time he worked as a soloist of the Petersburg Concert. In addition, he regularly performed in concert programs, recorded on the radio and organized creative numbers.
He was constantly experimenting and was open to something new in his work. So, he performed with a variety symphony orchestra. He was ready to sing odes to the head of the ensemble, Stanislav Gorkovenko. According to Gennady, with his light hand, he felt a surge of creative strength and energy.
In 2006 he became the People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Gennady for a long time served as Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Regional Public Organization "Creative Union of Workers of Culture and Arts".
In the last years of his life, the artist was also actively involved in social activities. Since 2018, he stopped leaving the house due to an exacerbation of the disease.
Gennady Boyko: details of his personal life
He never spoke about his personal life, so this part of the information is not known to fans or journalists. During the period of exacerbation of the disease, he did not give interviews for obvious reasons. Gennady Boyko preferred to keep silent about this part of his biography.
Death of Gennady Boyko
The artist suffered from arterial stenosis. He passed away on October 27, 2021.
