Main points
- Ruslan Kvinta, a famous Ukrainian composer, lives in Bulgaria, but continues to share his creative successes on social networks.
- On social media, Quinta is sometimes criticized for using Russian in her posts.
Ruslan Kvinta / Photo from the composer's Instagram
Ruslan Kvinta is a very famous and popular Ukrainian composer and producer. His songs have been heard by millions of people, and his experience has helped him create shows such as “The Voice of the Country”, the National Selection for Eurovision, and others.
- 1 Creative achievements
- 2 Interesting facts about Ruslan Kvinta
- 3 Where is Ruslan Quinta now?
Ruslan is originally from the city of Korosten. For a while, the family lived in Kazakhstan, and then returned to Ukraine, where at a young age he began studying at a music school and mastered various instruments. Kvinta (surname at birth – Akhrimenko) received his professional education at a school in Belarus. In the 90s, he was a student at the Kyiv Music School and the National Music Academy. Further in the material , 24 Channel will tell you which stars the producer collaborated with and where he is now.
Creative achievements
His career development began in 1997. The man got a job as a composer at Oleg Afanasyenko's studio “Pioneer”. Then he began collaborating with famous stars of Ukrainian show business: Yevgenia Vlasova, Alina Grosu, Iryna Bilyk, Olga Yunakova and many others.
Interestingly, Kvinta recorded many famous tracks for artists: “Love. Poison” for Iryna Bilyk, most of the songs in the repertoire of Alina Grosu and Asiya Akhat, and also wrote over 27 hits for Sofia Rotaru. Perhaps not everyone knew, but it was Kvinta who created the very “One Kalina”, which every Ukrainian knows by heart.
Sofia Rotaru – “One Kalina”: listen to the song online
In 2017, in a comment, the composer recalled the history of the creation of this song.
“At that time, I had already written several songs for Sofia Mikhailovna, but she wanted something more. “I want a song like “Chervona Ruta”, – said the people's artist. – But everyone sings it, and I want my own folk hit”. I simply fell into a stupor from such a request: “Well, how can you create such a song?!” There can be no second “Chervona Ruta”. Every day I thought about the future song, fell asleep and woke up with thoughts about it, but nothing came to mind. Almost a year passed, and there was no result. – Where is my “Chervona Ruta”? – Sofia Rotaru asked every time during the meeting”, – Ruslan Kvinta shared his memories.
But inspiration came to the producer while he was driving to work. In the studio, poet Vitaly Kurovsky immediately began writing the lyrics. When Sofiya Mikhailovna heard the song, her eyes lit up.
In 2004, he received the “Song of the Year” award for “One Kalina”.
Ruslan Quinta and Sofia Rotaru / Photo from the Internet
After the beginning of the 00s, he began working with Mika Newton. When the singer went to Eurovision from Ukraine in 2011, it was Quinta who wrote the music for the song Angel.
Micah Newton – Angel (Eurovision): watch the video online
Then the singer took 4th place in the overall ranking.
Gradually, work on television began. Ruslan is well remembered as the music producer of the projects “Voice of the Country”, “Voice. Children”, the National Selection for Eurovision, etc.
In 2022, he became the organizer of the International Children's Song Festival United Kids Festival, which takes place in various cities in Europe to popularize Ukrainian music.
Interesting facts about Ruslan Kvinta
- In collaboration with Russian DJ Leonid Rudenko, in 2008 he created the track Destination, which at the time was among the top ten in Europe according to Billboard magazine.
- He has a daughter, Elizabeth, who chose the profession of an artist-illustrator.
- He was married to Victoria Rudnik for over 10 years.
- He was a vegetarian for 8 years, but in 2020 he returned to his usual lifestyle.
- He has made hundreds of parachute jumps.
- He is the author of the musical accompaniment for two popular TV shows: “Heads and Tails” and “Le Marshutka”.
Where is Ruslan Quinta now?
The composer has been living in Bulgaria for several years. He occasionally posts his own photos on social media, but he also shares the creative successes of young artists. However, sometimes the public has complaints about Ruslan, because he can write posts in Russian.
Two years ago, Quinta wrote on Threads that he had a good dream.
Post by Ruslan Kvinta / Screenshot from social media
Over time, people began to question whether a composer could be considered “ours” if he wrote in Russian.