Lyawon Wolski

Ljavon Volski (September 2009)

Cyrillic ( Belarusian )
	Лявон Вольскі
Łacinka :	Lavon Volski
Transl. :	Lyavon Vol'ski
Transcr. :	Lyawon Wolski

Lyawon Wolski ( Belarusian Лявон Вольскі ; born September 14, 1965 in Minsk ) is a Belarusian rock musician , band leader and writer . His current band Krambambulya, which he founded in 2001, also performs internationally. He was also the founder of the groups Mroja and NRM

Life

Ljawon Wolski is the son of the writer Artur Wolski. Lyavon studied at the Minsk Art School and completed his military service in the army. Wolski has been working as a freelance musician since the early 1980s, first in the Soviet Union , then in his home country of Belarus. He sings mostly in Belarusian . The journalist and Belarus expert Ingo Petz considers him one of the "most influential personalities of Belarusian culture" in the past 25 years. At the time of the Soviet Union, the Belarusian culture and language was considered the "culture of the peasants" and secondary to Russian. Since the country is ruled by a “neo-Soviet elite”, this discrimination continues to this day. Wolski is therefore also an “icon of the alternative cultural movement”. For 16 years he has campaigned against the authoritarian ruling President Alexander Lukashenko with “literature, irony, music and courage” .

Wolski has "translated" texts by the Belarusian poets Maksim Tank , Uladsimir Karatkewitsch and Ryhor Baradulin into rock songs on one album .

Quote from Wolski

“The disaster, the misfortune, the suffering are an important part of the Belarusian mentality. Because of this, many believe that our culture does not have a winning gene. We need an experience with which we can prove to ourselves that we can be the masters of our history and our destiny. "

- Lyawon Wolski

Publications (selection)

Books of poetry:

Kalidor (1993)
Photo album (2000)

Prose:

Milarus' (2011)

Discography

Narodny Albom (1997)
Sviaty Viečar 2000 (1999)
Yes Naradziŭsia Tut (2000)
Premjer Tuzin 2005 (2005)
Premjer Tuzin 2006 (2006)
Kupliety i prypievy (2008)
Takoha niama nidzie (2010)
Bielaja Jablynia Hromu (2010)
Hramadaznaustva (2013)
Psychasamatyka (2016)

Literature / source

Ingo Petz : To the west. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 11, 2011 online, accessed January 5, 2013

Web links

Commons : Lavon Volski - collection of images, videos and audio files

Homepage of Volski
Homepage of the band Krambambulya (Krambambula)
Text about a performance by Volski and his band Krambambulya in Berlin (June 2011) at the German-Belarusian Society
Ingo Petz: Interview with Ljawon Wolski from 2006 , English, accessed on January 5, 2013

Individual evidence

↑ Сяргей Будкін: Лявон Вольскі: "У Беларусі сытуацыя агульнанацыянальных Навінак" ( be ) Radio Free Europe . May 3, 2011. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020. Retrieved on April 10, 2020.
↑ quoted from Ingo Petz, see literature. Translated by Ingo Petz
↑ Алексей Александров: Из потока новостей ( ru ) Belorusy i rynok . September 26, 2011. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved on April 8, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Wolski, Lyawon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Volski, Ljavon; Вольскі, Лявон (Belarusian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belarusian rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Minsk

[1] Сяргей Будкін: Лявон Вольскі: "У Беларусі сытуацыя агульнанацыянальных Навінак" ( be ) Radio Free Europe . May 3, 2011. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020. Retrieved on April 10, 2020.

[2] quoted from Ingo Petz, see literature. Translated by Ingo Petz

[3] Алексей Александров: Из потока новостей ( ru ) Belorusy i rynok . September 26, 2011. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved on April 8, 2020.