Volha Samusik


Volha Samusik was a Belarusian rock singer and journalist.

Biography and career

Volha was born on January 7, 1985, in Minsk.
She studied at Minsk school №146 from 1991 to 1995, then moved to school №189, which she graduated in 2002. In the same year she entered the Faculty of Journalism of BSU. While studying, she contributed to Muzykalnaya Gazeta, Narodnaja Volya, Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta, and other outlets. In 2007–2008 she worked as a journalist at the “Novaye Radio,” anchored the show “Antipop.” After graduation in 2008, she was distributed to the newspaper Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya.
Volha was the vocalist of the rock bands Tarpach, žygimont VAZA, and Hasta La Fillsta. She also collaborated with the bands B:N:, Neuro Dubel, ZM99, and Lavon Volski.
She was named a Rock-Princess at the ceremony “Rock Coronation-2007,” which was held in Minsk on February 29, 2008. After leaving the band Hasta La Fillsta, she was about to start a solo career.
As a vocalist of the band Tarpach at the Rock-kola festival in 2007, she won a prize for best vocals, while her band won the grand prix.

Sickness and death

Volha Samusik died exactly a month before her 26th birthday, on December 7, 2010, from a prolonged pneumonia. She underwent three serious operations, after the third one on the night of December 6–7, the girl did not recover.

Appraisal

In the report from the joint-concert with the participation of Tarpach in 2008, Alena Sobolevskaya, concert columnist for LiveSound.by, highlighted the choreography and vocal abilities of the “excellent music journalist.”
Oleg “О’К” Klimov, editor-in-chief of Muzykalnaya Gazeta, recalled Volha as an excellent employee who “always made interesting and cool materials, offered ideas by herself;” from the musical side, in his opinion, she was most successfully realized in the band žygimont VAZA. Guitarist of Tarpach Dmitry Astapuk remembered that Volha “was a creative person, capable of a lot of things.” The founder and producer of the “Rock Coronation” Yury Tsybin spoke about “a phenomenon in the Belarusian rock and roll.” Guitarist of Hasta La Fillsta Siarhei Kananovich felt the energy from the person “who wanted to live rock music.” Reminiscenting about joint-projects, Lavon Volski praised her for responsibility and professionalism.

Discography