“MY LAST LOVE”
Concert for the 75th anniversary of the birth of the Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus, singer-songwriter, composer Leonid Shurman
Honored Collective of the Republic of Belarus
Belarusian State Folk Music Ensemble “Svyata”
Artistic Director – Vyacheslav Statkevich
Honored Artists of the Republic of Belarus Leonid Nikolsky and Oleg Semenov;
Zhanna Pivovarova
Nina Avdeenko
Svetlana Pavlishina
Igor Gais
Galina Sokolnik
Yulia Shikunets
Svetlana Selivon
Olga Zagadskaya
Igor Aksyuta
Sergey Korotyshevsky
Dmitry Gaidukov
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A concert dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Leonid Shurman will take place on March 30, 2025 in the Great Hall of the Belarusian State Philharmonic.
Leonid Shurman (1950–2023) was remembered as a talented composer, songwriter, performer, and arranger. He devoted more than half a century to the main work of his life – music. His creative legacy includes more than 450 songs and instrumental pieces, most of which are performed by Belarusian pop artists and various musical groups in the country. The repertoire of the Belarusian State Folk Music Ensemble “Svyata” alone includes more than 20 of his works.
A graduate of the Belarusian State Conservatory in the accordion class, Leonid Shurman made a significant contribution to the development of domestic performing arts. It is noteworthy that in the song “Broken off a few branches” the accordion of the joker Vaska, the hero of Nikolai Karachentsov from the Belarusfilm hit “White Dews”, was voiced by Leonid Shurman.
For his active professional work, the composer was awarded the medal “For Labor Merit” (2015). In 2020, he became a member of the Belarusian Union of Composers.
