Volha Samusik (; 7 January 1985, Minsk â 7 December 2010, Minsk) was a Belarusian rock singer and journalist.
Volha was born on 7 January 1985 in Minsk (Belarusian SSR).
She studied at Minsk school âÂÂ146 from 1991 to 1995, then moved to school âÂÂ189, 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 2007âÂÂ2008 she worked as a journalist at the âÂÂNovaye Radio,â anchored the show âÂÂAntipop.â After graduation in 2008, she was distributed to the newspaper Sovetskaya Belorussiya â Belarus' Segodnya.
Volha was the vocalist of the rock bands Tarpach (2005âÂÂ2009), à ¾ygimont VAZA (2004âÂÂ2010), and Hasta La Fillsta (2009âÂÂ2010). She also collaborated with the bands B:N:, Neuro Dubel, ZM99, and Lavon Volski.
She was named a Rock-Princess at the ceremony âÂÂRock Coronation-2007,â which was held in Minsk on 29 February 2008.
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.
Volha Samusik died at age 25, on 7 December 2010, from a prolonged pneumonia. She underwent three major operations, after the third one on the night of December 6âÂÂ7, she did not recover.
A concert in honor of Volha Samusik was organized by her girlfriend Zoya Sakhonchik from the band ZM99 in December 2011. During the musical evening, Alexander Rakovets and his band IQ48, Anastasia Shpakovskaya, Leonid Narushevich and his band Knyaz Myshkin, Oleg Khamenka, Alexander Pamidorau, Alexander Kullinkovich and Yuri Naumov (both of Neuro Dubel), and others appeared on the stage of the Minsk club "Loft." The money raised was given to Volha's parents for a monument.
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 âÂÂexcellent music journalist (vocalist).âÂÂ
Oleg âÂÂÃÂâÂÂÃÂâ Klimov, editor-in-chief of Muzykalnaya Gazeta, recalled Volha as an excellent employee who âÂÂalways made interesting and cool materials, offered ideas by herself;â from the musical side, in his opinion, she was most successfully realized in the band à ¾ygimont VAZA. Guitarist of Tarpach Dmitry Astapuk remembered that Volha âÂÂwas a creative person, capable of a lot of things.â The founder and producer of the âÂÂRock Coronationâ Yury Tsybin spoke about âÂÂa phenomenon in Belarusian rock and roll.â Guitarist of Hasta La Fillsta Siarhei Kananovich felt the energy from the person âÂÂwho wanted to live rock music.â Reminiscing about joint-projects, Lavon Volski praised her for responsibility and professionalism.