Aviator (Ukrainian band)

Aviator
Aviator
Origin	Kiev, Ukraine
Genres	Pop
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Mamamusic; Аstra Records ; Aviator Music;
Members	Ihor Voyevudsky; Andrey Storozh; Dmitry Todoruk
Website	aviatorband.net

Aviator - (Ukrainian Авіатор) – Ukrainian music band, that was formed in 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine. From the beginning, group had occupied a niche of the romantic character of pop music and it still remains a leader of the field. The release of the debut album “V efire” (On air) made a splash on the national market of show business: for the first week, the band sold over 50 000 of copies, and, in general, the album has sold over 200 000 of copies.

The members of the band are: Ihor Voevudsky, Andrey Storozh, Dmitry Todoruk

History

Formation and first years (since 2005)

The future members of the band Ihor Voyevudsky and Dmitry Todoruk had met during the third season of the TV-show “Chance” (Ukr. "Shans" «Шанс») in 2004. While on, the sound producer of the project was a famous Ukrainian producer Jurij Nikitin, and guys shared with him their idea to create a boys-band. In order to differ from another bands, they’d decided to form a trio. They invited Andrey Storozh to join the band and to become the third member.

With the following members of the band - Ihor Voyevudsky (guitar), Andrey Storozh (drums), Dmitry Todoruk (keyboard), on May 29, 2005 for the very first time, they’ve played the song “Return” (ukr. “Vozvraschaysya”) at the big concert on European Square in Kiev.

Lately, the band has started to work with session musicians, and Andrey started to play keyboards, Dmitriy – on bass guitar.

May 29 – is the day of the official formation of the band Aviator. At the same day, the band released their first video "Return", which was broadcasted on all Ukrainian musical channels.

The name “Aviator” was suggested by Andrey, because each of the member of the band, except from music, had been interested in aviation – Ihor collected the children models of airplanes; Dmitry had practiced skydiving and Andrey was a fan of Martin Scorsese’s movies, including “Aviator”. Moreover, this title most accurately transferred the romantic direction of the band.

So, in 2005 the band had started its activity under the guidance of the production center «Mamamusic».

Albums and awards

On December 7, 2005 the band released their first album “On air” (ukr. “V efire”). The album had a great success – for the first 6 week, it’s sold more than 200 000 of copies and February 21, 2006 the band was awarded with a Gold Album certificate for selling such a big amount of copies.

In three days after the award, the band started their first Ukrainian tour with such stars as Verka Serduchka, Iryna Bilyk and Maria Burmaka – they visited 25 biggest cities of Ukraine.

In autumn 2006, the band received an award "Showbiz AWARDS" in the category "Discovery of the Year".

On summer 2007, their single “Ruzhaya” (“Red”), entered the hit-parade of Russian radio station “Russian Radio” and stayed there for 5 month in a row. At the same time, Aviator became a special guest of the international festival “Slovyanskiy Bazar”.

From 2005 to 2008 the group became a regular winner of the festival "Song of the Year"

In general, the band released 3 albums and 2 re-issues: "On air" (2005), "On air - Golden Album" (2006), "Mania" (2006), "Green Mania" (2007), "The sun of Arizona" (2008).

Group "Aviator" has experiences in creating cover versions and remakes. The new version of the famous hit "Grass in the home", performed by the band, was the undisputed hit. In 2009 for their version of the song, guys were awarded with the "Golden Gramophone". In addition, during the concert program, listeners can hear remakes of such songs, as "Letters from far away " and «You're In The Army Now».

New achievements

In 2012 Aviator and the executives of the production center “Mamamusic” had decided to part their ways. Even after that, the rights to use the name of the band and to perform the songs were left to the band (which is a phenomenon in Ukrainian show-business).

The head of the company, Juriy Nikitin, commented on this situation: “Aviator is a great band, each member is a fully formed creative person, ready to work independently. There are no analogues of the band in Ukraine and it confirms a genuine interest of their fans to all kinds of band's creative activity”

Currently, the team continues its successful touring, they’re recording new songs, shooting videos under their own label "Aviator Music". As the band says – the most important thing for them is to bring joy to people.

Official members

Ihor Voyevudsky – vocal, guitar
Andrey Storozh – vocal, keyboard
Dmitry Todoruk – vocal, bass guitar

Session musicians

Anton Shelkonogov – drums (2005-2006)
Denis Haritonov – drums (2006-2013)
Irina Cristinina – back-vocal (2007-2009)
Eve Bushmina – back-vocal (2007-2008)
Maria Kulish – back-vocal (2008-2013)
Sergey Buginskiy – solo-guitar (2012-present)
Kiril Boldyriev – drums (2013)

Discography

"On air" (2005)
"On air - Golden Album" (2006)
"Mania" (2006)
"Green Mania" (2007)
"The Sun of Arizona" (2008)

Videos

#	Name	Year	Director	Album
1	Vozvraschajsya	2005	Ihor and Alexander Stekolenko	On air
2	Podarok	2005	Alexander Filatovich	On air
3	Berega	2005	Alexander Filatovich	On air
4	Mania	2006	Alexander Filatovich	Mania
5	Dozhd' navsegda	2006	Evgeniy Tymohin	Mania
6	Trava y doma	2007	Evgeniy Tymohin	The Sun of Arizona
7	Ryzhaya	2007	Viktor Skuratovskyj	The Sun of Arizona
8	Za vusokymy berezamy	2008	Viktor Skuratovskyj	The Sun of Arizona
9	Den' Rozhdeniya	2008	Viktor Skuratovskyj	The Sun of Arizona
10	Za toboj	2009	Alexander Filatovich	Single
11	Bez tebya	2010	Sergey Tkachenko	Single
12	Vesna	2011	Sergey Tkachenko	Single
13	Zvezda	2011	Sergey Tkachenko	Single
14	Geroyi	2012	Dmitriy Todorok	Single
15	Vnov' k tebe	2012	Pavel Kogut	Single
16	Ne yderzhat'	2013	Dmitriy Peretrutov	Single
17	Zapreschay	2013	Alexander Ivanenko	Single

Awards

"Song of the year" (2005-2008)
«Gold Album» (2006)
Showbiz AWARD «Discovery of the year» (2006)

External Links

Official Links