Ukrainian singer (lyric-dramatic tenor), performer of classical and popular music. Gained popularity in 2010, becoming the winner of the first season of the Ukrainian version of the large-scale vocal show "X-Factor".
Biography
Childhood and youth
Oleksiy Kuznetsov was born on May 28, 1991 in the city of Makiivka, Donetsk region, in the family of Yury Anatolyovich Kuznetsov and Lyubov Antonivna Kuznetsova. There is a younger sister - Kateryna Yuriivna Kuznetsova (1992).
Already at the age of three, Oleksiy began to show interest in opera, and at the age of 12 he knew for sure that he wanted to be an opera singer.
He graduated from a music school with a guitar class.
After graduating from secondary school, he entered the Donetsk Music School at the "Academic Vocal" department. During his studies, as a freshman, he successfully interned at the Donetsk National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after A. B. Solovyanenko.
"X-factor" is the beginning of a musical career
In the fall of 2010, Oleksiy took part in the first season of the Ukrainian version of the world-famous vocal talent show "X-Factor", which is broadcast on the STB channel. Having performed Lara Fabian's composition Adagio ("Adagio") at the casting, he passes all the selection rounds and gets into the group of judge Yolka - "Guys from 14 to 25 years old", performs in 11 live broadcasts of the show and, according to the results of the final audience vote, becomes his the winner, gaining 305,547 votes and ahead of his rival Maria Rak, for whom 221,720 votes were cast.
Songs performed in the X-factor talent show:
Song Authors Original artist
Adagio music — Remo Giazzotto
sl. — Lara Fabian
Lara Fabian
Bésame mucho music. and sl. — Consuelo Velasquez Emilio Tuero
We Are the World (group performance) music. and sl. — Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie USA for Africa
A mi manera (My Way) music. — Claude François, Jacques Revaux
sl. — Rudy Perez
Frank Sinatra
"Don't renounce love" music. — Mark Minkov
sl. — Veronika Tushnova
Alla Pugacheva
"I'm what I need" music. and sl. — Valery Syutkin Bravo
We Will Rock You (group performance) music. and sl. — Brian May Queen
Regresa A Mi music. —Diane Warren Il Divo
"Love has come" (group performance) music. — Raymond Pauls, Tatiana Tolkunova
sl. — Robert Rozhdestvenskyi
Roza Rimbaeva
"How young we were" music. — Oleksandr Pakhmutov
sl. — Nikolay Dobronravov
Oleksandr Gradskyi
Another Brick in the Wall (group performance) music. and sl. — Roger Waters Pink Floyd
"A gypsy goes" music. — Andriy Petrov
sl. — Grigory Kruzhkov (translated by Rudyard Kipling)
Nikita Mikhalkov
with k.-f. "Cruel Romance"
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (group performance) music. — Elton John
sl. — Tim Rice
Elton John
Les Feuilles mortes music. —Joseph Kosma
sl. — Jacques Prevert
Yves Montand
Les Rois du monde (group performance) music. and sl. — Gérard Presgurvic Philippe d'Avilla, Damien Sargue,
Gregory Baquet
from the musical
Roméo et Juliette, de la haine à l'amour
"Tequila-Love" music. and sl. — Konstantin Meladze Valery Meladze
"Despite" the music. and sl. — Konstantin Meladze Valery Meladze
"Salute Vera" (group performance) music. and sl. — Konstantin Meladze Valery Meladze
"Enchanted bewitched" music. — Alexander Lobanovskyi
sl. — Mykola Zabolotskyi
Alexander Lobanovskyi
Felicità music and sl. — Cristiano Minellono, Gino De Stefani, Dario Farina Al Bano and Romina Power
The Best (group performance) music. and sl. — Mike Chapman, Holly Knight Bonnie Tyler
Luna (duet with Alessandro Safina) music. and sl. — Alessandro Safina Alessandro Safina
Happy New Year (group performance) music. — Benny Andersson
sl. — Bjorn Ulvaeus
ABBA
"Romance" music. — Anatoly Balchev
sl. — Mykola Gumilyov
Mykola Noskov
Ti Amero music. and sl. — Matteo Saggese, Per Magnusson[en], David Kreuger, Frank Musker Il Divo
Time to say goodbye (Con te partirò) music. — Francesco Sartori
sl. — Lucio Quarantotto
Andrea Bocelli
Oleksiy also participates in the gala concert of the 2nd season of the show as an invited guest, performing the composition Believe from the movie "Polar Express" in a duet with Maria Rak.
Solo career — performances
In 2011, Oleksiy signed a contract with Sony Music Russia, which was soon terminated due to the lack of activity of the other party.
Starting from 2012 and up to now, Oleksiy has been taking vocal lessons, as well as attending master classes of foreign teachers in Italy and Austria, studying with Giuseppe Sabbatini and Teodora Caresi. Studied at the Vienna Opera, Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini (Florence, Italy), Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi (Milan, Italy), Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy), Neues Wiener Konservatorium (Vienna, Austria), Universitatea din Oradea (Oradea, Romania) ). Thanks to this, in addition to his native Ukrainian and Russian, he speaks English, German, Italian and French.
Also works in China, Switzerland, Hungary, Spain, Kazakhstan, Cyprus.
In 2012, Oleksiy participated in two solo concerts of Alessandro Safina in Kyiv accompanied by a symphony orchestra, during which he performed the compositions Adagio and Regress A Mi solo, as well as in a trio with Alessandro Safina and Michaela Marku Libiamo — Funiculì, Funiculà and Con te partirò .
Participates in Ukrainian Fashion Week, the world's longest musical telethon on the First National Channel "Song unites us!", entered in the Guinness Book of Records, the Ukrainian musical project "Give us God" and the opening of the 10th international gymnastics tournament "Stella Zakharova Cup".
Oleksiy was entrusted with the performance of the national anthem at the open training of the national team of Ukraine during Euro-2012, before the fight for the title of world champion according to the WBA version, at the celebration of the Independence Day of the USA in Ukraine, and the anthem of the Football Federation of Ukraine at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Federation.
With his performances, he congratulated the Donetsk region on its 80th anniversary, and was invited to perform at Pierre Cardin's anniversary.
In 2013, Oleksiy was invited to a closed evening of classical music in Zurich.
In 2015, he gave his first concert in Guangzhou, China.
Notre Dame de Paris
On March 28 and 29, 2015, the premiere of a concert of songs from the musical Notre Dame de Paris will take place at the "Ukraine" Palace in Kyiv. Oleksii performs the role of Claude Frollo, during the concert he performs the following arias: Tu vas me détruire, Être prêtre et aimer une femme - solo, as well as Belle, Fatalité, Florence, Où est-elle?, Visite de Frollo à Esmeralda, Un matin tu dansais, Liberés and L'attaque de Notre-Dame — together with other soloists.
Sport
Interest in academic singing did not harm the young man to seriously engage in sports, and at the age of 17 he became a master of sports in boxing.
In 2014, Oleksiy took part in setting the Ukrainian record for squats.
Oleksiy is fond of crossfit, at the first crossfit competitions in Kyiv, he took fourth place.
Privacy
Married to ballet dancer Kateryna Olehivna Semenova (born July 31, 1987). He lives in New York with his wife.
Discography
Year Single title
2011 "Love is in everything"
"Fairy tale" (music and lyrics - Seryoga)
