Valerii Marenych (born 1 January 1946, Kryvyi Rih) is a Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine (2003).
Biography.
He was born on 1 January 1946 in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro region.
In 1971, together with his future wife Antonina Sukhorukova, he organised a singing duet that won first place at the VIA (vocal and instrumental ensembles) competition in Kharkiv.
In 1973, Antonina's sister Svitlana joined the duo, creating the Marenych Trio, whose repertoire included both folk songs and original songs, mostly in Ukrainian. Among them are "I'm Sitting at the Window's Edge", "My Mother Sent Me", "Oh, in a Grove by the Danube", "Halya Carries Water", "Oh, Under a Cherry Tree...", "Silence Around", "Why Didn't You Come?" and others.
In 1979, Melodiya recorded their first disc, and Ukrtelefilm made a video version of it. In the same year, all the band members were awarded the title of Honoured Artists of the Ukrainian SSR.
Since 2005, he has been performing independently. Currently lives in Lutsk.
Awards and titles
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, I class (22 January 2019) - for significant personal contribution to state-building, strengthening national security, socio-economic, scientific, technical, cultural and educational development of the Ukrainian state, significant labour achievements, many years of conscientious work
People's Artist of Ukraine (8 February 2003) - for a significant personal contribution to the development of the Ukrainian song heritage, many years of fruitful creative activity.
Discography
Albums with the "Marenych Trio"
"Three Poplars" (1998)
"Oh, Under the Cherry Tree" (2000)
"Marenychi" (2003)
"The Best" (2004).
His own albums
"Songs by Volyn Authors" (2005)
"Gen, the cross is silent on the edge of the forest" (2006)
"The Idea of the Nation" (2008)
"Without an Address" (2010)
"Without You" (2015)
