Igor Yuryevich Gankevich ( June 7, 1962 , Odessa - June 27, 1990 , Odessa ) is an Odessa rock musician, composer, poet, author and performer of many songs, the leader of the Bastion group, one of the founders of the Odessa Rock Club [1] .
| Igor "Ganya" Gankevich | |
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 Igor Gankevich at the SyRok-88 festival | |
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| Full name | Igor Yurievich Gankevich |
| Date of Birth | June 7, 1962 |
| Place of Birth | Odessa |
| Date of death | June 27, 1990 (28 years old) |
| Place of death | Odessa |
| Buried | |
| A country | the USSR |
| Professions | |
| Genres | hard rock , glam rock |
| Collectives | "Illusion", " Bastion " |
Biography
Born on June 7, 1962 in Odessa . In the early 1980s, Igor "Ganya" Gankevich organized the group "Illusion", which since 1984 changed its name to "Bastion". The group starred in the film “Discjockey” and performed at the “SyRok-88” festival [2] in Moscow, where the most popular numbers were sounded: “In memory of the victims of perestroika” and “Remember how the crabs were in Odessa ...”. Also, one of the notable concerts of the Bastion was a performance at the famous Podolsk rock festival , where the song “Walk in Odessa” was first performed.
The authorship of Igor Gankevich belongs to the song “Walking in Odessa” , [2] often attributed to Sergei Chigrakov (“Cizhu”) performing it. His other song, “The Monologue of the Old Rocker,” became the anthem of the Odessa rock club, one of the founders of which was Igor Gankevich.
In early 1990, having a hard time experiencing the crisis at Bastion, Igor Gankevich took part in the Gambrinus project, which included, in addition to him, members of the Cat House (Odessa-SPB) and Nate! "(St. Petersburg). The Gambrinus group did not live long, just playing at the two-day festival in the Palace of Culture named after Gaza (January 15-16, 1990) in the same company as Hummingbird , Sudden Owl , Wine and Nate! ".
June 27, 1990 Igor Gankevich was gone. The cause of death was the deterioration in health as a result of tearing during the transfer of cargo (the main place of work of Igor was Odessa Sea Port).
4 years after Igor’s death, the album “Pique Vests” was released, in which concert (and several studio) recordings of the songs of “Bastion” were recorded. The financing and distribution of the album was done by Alexey Gankevich’s son. [ clarify ]
Memory
- Since 1991, a rock festival of his memory has been held annually in Odessa, which since 1994 has received the name " Pike Vests " [3] . Almost all well-known Russian rock bands took part in these festivals, [1] including Chayf , Alice , DDT , Chizh and Co , Slot , Kukryniksy , Aquarium .
- In 2010 , during the XX festival “Pike Vests”, the mayor announced the desire to name one of the streets of Odessa in the name of Igor Gankevich [3] .
Links
Sources
- ↑ 1 2 Igor Gankevich . The official website of the group "Chizh & Co" . Date of treatment May 28, 2012. Archived June 25, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Little_Crow Biography of the Bastion Group Archived March 8, 2011 at Wayback Machine // www.vgorode.ru. - 2010. - November 28.
- ↑ 1 2 Kumbarg A. A street of rock musician Igor Gankevich may appear in Odessa Archival copy of September 7, 2010 on Wayback Machine // Delfi reporter. - 2010 .-- September 4.