Bohdan Andrusyshyn (also Bahdan Andrusishyn, , born January 3, 1958), also known under his stage name Danchyk (), is a Belarusian journalist and former singer.

Biography

Andrusyshyn was born in New York City to a Ukrainian father and a Belarusian mother. In 1981 he graduated from the public communications faculty of the University of New York. At the same year, he had his first concert tour in Podlachia, eastern Poland, home to a large Belarusian minority.

Bohdan Andrusyshyn

In 1989, he for the first time visited Belarus and had several concerts there. His second tour to Belarus took place in 1996. Danchyk gained significant popularity, especially among Belarusian language speakers.

Bohdan Andrusyshyn

In 1997, Danchyk stopped his singing career and concentrated on working for the Belarusian edition of Radio Free Europe.

Bohdan Andrusyshyn

External links

Годзе зьнявагі! Podcast: Danchyk, An American Idol -- In Belarus

Discography

Беларусачка, Biełarusačka (Belarusian Girl), 1978

Мы адной табе належым, My adnoj tabie naležym (It's Only You We Belong to, together with Lyavon Bartkevich), 1985 Я ад вас далёка, Ja ad vas daloka (I Am Far From You), 1985, re-released in 2005 Калядныя песьні, Kaladnyja pieśni (Christmas Songs), 1996

References

20th-century Belarusian male singers

Belarusian journalists

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty people

American people of Belarusian descent

American people of Ukrainian descent

1958 births

Living people