Sofiya Mykhaylivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (born 7 August 1947), known as
Sofia Rotaru (Ukrainian: Ð¡Ð¾Ñ„Ñ–Ñ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ñ–Ð²Ð½Ð° Ротару
[soˈfijÉ roˈtÉ'rÊŠ]; Russian: Ð¡Ð¾Ñ„Ð¸Ì Ñ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ì Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð
Ð¾Ñ‚Ð°Ì Ñ€Ñƒ; Romanian: Sofia Rotaru), is a former Soviet and
Ukrainian pop singer.Rotaru, nicknamed "Bukovinsky Solovey" ("the
Nightingale from Bukovina"), emerged in 1966 as a pop folk star in the
movie Solovey iz sela Marshintsy (Nightingale from Marshyntsi) in the
Romanian and Ukrainian-speaking world after her manager and future
husband Anatoliy Yevdokymenko made her change her music style from
folk to pop music with Chervona Ruta.In 1972, she released the
multilingual album Sofia Rotaru, re-released three times and covered
by numerous singers, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in
the countries of the former Soviet Union. She first gained
international recognition after participating in 1968 in the
International Youth Song Festival in Bulgaria and winning first prize
at the Golden Orpheus in 1973 and second prize in the category of
Polish songs at the Sopot International Song Festival in 1974. In the
former USSR her career was marked by her stage success and numerous
controversies. She has been acknowledged by the Kyiv
Patriarchate.Rotaru has been performing for more than 40 years. and
topped the Moscow airplay with "Ya nazovu planetu imenem tvoim" in
2008.
Sofia Rotaru (Ukrainian: Ð¡Ð¾Ñ„Ñ–Ñ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ñ–Ð²Ð½Ð° Ротару
[soˈfijÉ roˈtÉ'rÊŠ]; Russian: Ð¡Ð¾Ñ„Ð¸Ì Ñ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ì Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð
Ð¾Ñ‚Ð°Ì Ñ€Ñƒ; Romanian: Sofia Rotaru), is a former Soviet and
Ukrainian pop singer.Rotaru, nicknamed "Bukovinsky Solovey" ("the
Nightingale from Bukovina"), emerged in 1966 as a pop folk star in the
movie Solovey iz sela Marshintsy (Nightingale from Marshyntsi) in the
Romanian and Ukrainian-speaking world after her manager and future
husband Anatoliy Yevdokymenko made her change her music style from
folk to pop music with Chervona Ruta.In 1972, she released the
multilingual album Sofia Rotaru, re-released three times and covered
by numerous singers, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in
the countries of the former Soviet Union. She first gained
international recognition after participating in 1968 in the
International Youth Song Festival in Bulgaria and winning first prize
at the Golden Orpheus in 1973 and second prize in the category of
Polish songs at the Sopot International Song Festival in 1974. In the
former USSR her career was marked by her stage success and numerous
controversies. She has been acknowledged by the Kyiv
Patriarchate.Rotaru has been performing for more than 40 years. and
topped the Moscow airplay with "Ya nazovu planetu imenem tvoim" in
2008.
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