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Vladimir Vysotsky’s songs will be performed in Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, French, Italian and Armenian languages at three concerts dedicated to poet’s birthday. The concerts will take place in Helsinki, Espoo and Hyvinkaa, Finland on January 24-26. Vysotskifestinternational will be held 4th time. More than 200 people attended previous concerts, Yle.fi informs.
The festival has been established in Finland in 2016 by Sata Kieli artistic community, which can be translated as “a hundred languages” or “a hundred strings”. Festival’s permanent organizer Vladimir Ishchenko says that Vladimir Vysotsky is widely known in Scandinavian and other European countries thanks to a large number of translations and comprehensible issues of his songs. Ishchenko estimated that Vysotsky’s poems have been translated to 216 languages, including exotic ones.
Song of a Friend is very popular in Finland, and there are three versions of this song with different lyrics. There are singers abroad, who became famous with Vysotsky’s songs. For example, Jorn Simen Overly from Norway performs with the songs translated to Norwegian since 1980’s. He will also sing at
Vysotskifestinternational.
The festival is unique because Vysotsky’s songs are being played not only in different languages, but also in various styles such as rock, guitar and even folk.
Russkiy Mir
