Vyacheslav Khursenko is a singer from Ukraine who possessed an unsurpassed timbre and a unique voice. He was a composer with a new author's style in his works. The musician was the author of famous songs:
“Falcons”, “On the Island of Waiting”, “Confession”, “Old Man, Old Man”, “Faith, Hope, Love”, “In the Parental House”, “The Cry of White Cranes”, etc. The singer is a laureate of dozens of music competitions and festivals . His performance was admired by listeners not only in Ukraine, but also in the Soviet Union. And even after a tragic death in the prime of his life, his songs continue to live in the hearts of millions.
Childhood and youth
The singer was born in 1966 in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. At the age of 3, the mother of the future star divorced her father, Slavik was taken to the other end of the country - the city of Kovel. There, in the future, his grandfather and grandmother (on the maternal side) took up his upbringing. The boy's talent and love for the art of music arose at an early age. At the age of 4, the boy could easily reproduce any modern works on the harmonica donated by his grandfather. Slava graduated from elementary school in the city of Kovel.
After Slava's mother got married a second time, the boy and his family moved to Lutsk. There, the young singer was educated in a regular school and at the same time took lessons in a children's music school in the cello class. He graduated from music education in 1982. Vyacheslav had absolute pitch, which all teachers admired.
Remembering the student, the teachers could not understand why the boy did not want to first study the notes of a piece of music. It turned out that he was simply too lazy to read the notes, because he could repeat it by ear the first time.
Vyacheslav Khursenko: Music education
At the age of 8, Slava was presented with a guitar, which he dreamed of almost from birth. The boy independently mastered the game on it in a matter of months. Later, the musician said that one day, out of anger, his mother specially tore the strings of his favorite instrument, because the young man's fingers were literally swollen from wounds. And playing the cello and piano depended on this, on which Slava learned to play at a music school.
During his school years, Vyacheslav Khursenko participated in all concerts and performances, was the main soloist in the choir. He wrote his first songs at the age of 14. But he didn’t sing them to anyone, he was shy and afraid of being misunderstood by classmates. In parallel with music, the guy was fond of sports, he was a champion in lifting the barbell among juniors.
The guy was not transferred to the 10th grade because of bad behavior, he solved all his problems with the help of his fists. Relations with the mother's new husband were becoming increasingly difficult. Therefore, the teenager returned to his grandparents in Kovel and entered a medical school. In 1985, the guy received a medical education with a degree in paramedic and was immediately drafted into the ranks of the Soviet army. The guy did not part with his guitar in the service. He later said that it was then that he really wanted to write songs.
The beginning of the creative path of Vyacheslav Khursenko
In 1987, Vyacheslav Khursenko returned home after the service. The guy decided to apply to the Lviv Conservatory. But a meeting with an army friend V. Lenartovich, who worked in the Kray musical group, changed his plans. A friend invited him to work in a group, and the aspiring singer agreed. Later, the artist was invited to work in the Lutsk variety show, where he performed his first hits with a guitar.
In 1988, Vyacheslav met his future wife Olya. Six months later, the couple decided to get married.
In 1990, daughter Maria was born. Then the aspiring artist devoted himself to the development of a creative career.
He wrote a number of new songs, which in the future were released in the album "My Most". He was helped in this by a friend who works as a sound engineer for Volyn Radio, Yuri Vegera.
Vyacheslav Khursenko: With music through life
After the release of the album, the musician was offered a job at the Philharmonic of the city of Lutsk. The Krai group functioned there, which, with the arrival of Larisa Kanarskaya, changed its name to Rendezvous. At first, Khursenko sang backing vocals, and then performed parodies of popular domestic and foreign performers. And he did amazingly well. After some time, the tour began to exhaust the artist. Constant moving, busy schedule had a negative impact on the state of health. The family began to protest against the constant absence of her husband and father from home. And Khursenko decided to devote more time to his personal life.
He returned to performing at a restaurant in his hometown, but at the same time he did not stop writing songs.
Since 1989, Vyacheslav Khursenko has taken part in various musical events with musicians from the Rendezvous group. He sang at the Song Opening Day festival, where he met the artistic director of the Svityaz group D. Gershenzon. He changed the singer's creative view of music, in particular pop music. Collaborating with him, Khursenko seriously began to think about the career of a professional pop singer. The result of the joint work was the debut of the singer on the radio "Luch".
In 1991, the musician participated in the festival "Obereg". Then there was the festival "Chervona Ruta", in which he shared the 2nd place with Zhanna Bondaruk for the performance of the song "Old Man, Old Man". The jury did not award 1st place that year to anyone. Continuing to collaborate with Gershinzon and working at his recording studio, Khursenko presented the songs: “I fell out of love with you”, “To my parents' house”, “Confession”, “Covered towels”, “On the waiting island”.
Thanks to his acquaintance with N. Amosov, who was the deputy director for creative programs of the TV channel "Ukraine", the singer received new opportunities in his work. Khursenko's songs began to be shown on television. Finally, the singer's voice became recognizable, and his songs were heard on every musical program.
Recognition and glory
The first producer of the singer was Nikolai Tarasenko. Khursenok was offered to move to the capital and work in the creative association "Engagement". Soon the first video of the musician "Falcons" was released. The producer organized the first and only solo concert for the performer. He took place in the Kiev theater. Lesya Ukrainka. In 1996, at the Golden Hit festival in Mogilev, the singer took 2nd place.
In 1998, Khursenko received the Grand Prix at the Song Opening Day festival from the President of Ukraine. Shortly after that, the singer presented the Russian-language album "I'm back." The songs were arranged by V. Bebeshko, F. Borisov and D. Gershenzon. The next album was "Falcons". In 1999, thanks to the song "I Don't Blame", the artist won the "Hit of the Year" contest. Subsequently, a clip was released on it.
The composition "Falcons" was included in the disc "Part 1" of the major publishing project "Hit of the XX century". She also became one of the most popular on the wave of Radio Russia as part of the Singing Ukraine project.
Khursenko continued to work actively on the third disc "Cry of the White Cranes". At that time, he began to collaborate with the Lesopoval group, and the musicians performed two of his songs. Natalya Senchukova's repertoire also includes several songs by Khursenko. In 2001, the singer again became the winner of the "Hit of the Year" contest.
The last years of creativity
After 2004, Vyacheslav Khursenko practically stopped performing on the stage as a performer. The singer had diabetes, and it was difficult for him to work in public. The artist returned from the capital to his hometown of Lutsk and continued to create new songs. He wrote songs to the stars of Ukrainian and Russian show business.
At the same time, he was engaged in the creation of the fourth album, which was arranged by V. Kovalenko. 13 songs were almost ready for release. But during the period of exacerbation of the disease, Khursenko fell into a diabetic coma, from which he did not come out. And in 2009, the artist died at the age of 43. Vyacheslav did not work as a paramedic. But the medical specialty often helped those who were nearby in difficult times.
It is a pity that no one could save the singer himself. People who have known him for many years say: “Despite diabetes, Slavik was full of strength and inspiration. His senior colleague, Volyn singer Mikhail Lazuka, says that he knew Slavik from his youth, he was always fond of weightlifting, barbell, was a very athletic person. In 2011, in memory of the singer and composer, an unfinished album "This is not a dream" was published.
