Sofia Rotaru

Also known as Sofia Mykhailivna Rotaru, Sofiia Rotaru, Sofiia Mykhailivna Rotaru

Ukrainian singer, songwriter and actress

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Sofia Rotaru is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and actress known for her work in entertainment across multiple disciplines. She represents an important figure in Ukrainian cultural and artistic history, having contributed to music and performance in her country.

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Film & TV

Acting · Marshyntsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known for

Новый год в деревне Глухарёво2010
Goldfish — Spaniard2008
Little Red Riding Hood and Everyone — witch2008
Star Holidays — Diva2007
Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors — queen / participant from Ukraine2007
First Express — "Zina Timofeeva"2006
One at Home — singer on TV2006
Sorochyntsi Fair — gypsy2005
The Snow Queen — Flower Fairy2004
The Crazy Day, or The Marriage of Figaro — Marceline2003

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Ukraine
Active from: 1947

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Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 11,001
Total plays: 93,146

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“Interview "Cosmopolitan Sofia":If there were a fire in your house, what would be the first thing you would take away with you?- I would take away my legs.”
“20.02.94, Kyiv, 18:15 a boy from the crowd:- Sofia Mihailovna, how many languages do you speak?- I speak Moldavian, Ukrainian and Russian, but what is important is that we understand each other.”
“Replying to Anatolii Kirillovich and Ilya Savelievich to their jokes about Aurica Rotaru during one of the rehearsals in Krasnodar [Russia] ('93):- One more time, one can't here Aurica!- Well, she is echoing in Moldavian...- She is not echoing in Moldavian. I'll show you, khokhols!! Just sing, Aurica.- Well, I am not singing in the beginning...- I'm telling you: sing.”
“13.04.95. Kharkiv [Ukraine] speaking to pyrotechnist - about fog on the stage...- Make sure no one can be seen. Myself as well...”
“Interview to the newspaper "Week" [Russian: "Неделя"/Nedelya], 1978:-They say you started singing from the cradle?-Couldn't do it in the cradle: the dummy was in the way.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website: sofiarotaru.com
Image: Софія Ротару (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Sofia Rotaru
date of birth: 1947-08-07
start of work period: 1968-00-00
name in native language: Софія Михайлівна Євдокименко-Ротару
social media followers: 63800

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Article

Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (Ukrainian: Софія Михайлівна Євдокименко-Ротару [soˈfijɐ roˈtɑrʊ]; Russian: София Михайловна Евдокименко-Ротару; née Rotaru; born 7 August 1947), known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian singer.

In 1972, she released the multilingual album Sofia Rotaru, re-released three times and covered by numerous singers, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in the countries of the former Soviet Union. She first gained international recognition after participating in 1968 in the International Youth Song Festival in Bulgaria and winning first prize at the Golden Orpheus in 1973 and second prize in the category of Polish songs at the Sopot International Song Festival in 1974. In the former USSR her career was marked by her stage success and numerous controversies.