Ukraine’s legendary singer Nina Matvenko dies at 75
Pele's Artist of Ukraine Nina Matvenko died just two days before her 76th birthday.
Her daughter Antonina, also a Ukrainian artist, broke the news on social media.
"Mom died…" Antonina Matvenko wrote.
Nina Matvienko was famous for her soulful rendition of Ukrainian fk songs. She was also praised as the first performer of songs by Yevhen Stankovych, Myroslav Skoryk, Iryna Kyrylina, Hanna Havrylets, and many others.
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She was a hder of Ukraine’s Shevchenko National Prize (1988).
Matvenko has performed in Mexico, Canada, the United States, Czechoslovakia, Pand, Finland, Korea, France, Latin America.
Source: www.unian.info
