Ukrainian musician, producer, and songwriter
Ivan Klymenko Іван Клименко |
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Born | (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
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Occupation(s) | Musician, producer, songwriter |
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Musical artist
Ivan Petrovych Klymenko (Ukrainian: Іван Петрович Клименко; born 20 January 1987) is a Ukrainian musician, producer, and songwriter. He is known for writing several tracks that have competed to be Ukraine's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, including the song "Stefania" which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.[1]
Biography
Klymenko was born in Kyiv.[2] Early on in his career, he was a street musician in China.[3] Klymenko founded the band "Salto Nazad" and the label "Enko".[4] He has worked with Kalush Orchestra, Jamala, Alyona Alyona, Jerry Heil, Kola, Skofka, Kozak Siromaha[2] and is the author of more than 300 tracks,[5] including Ukrainian-language singles by Dorofeeva, "Chuty Himn" (Skofka), "Zori" (Kalush).[2] As of June 2023, 20 of his songs were on the Apple Music Ukraine Top 100 chart.[5] Klymenko invented the character of KylymMen, who has contributed to the Kalush Orchestra band.[2]
In 2023, he became a coach on the 13th season of Holos Krainy alongside Dorofeeva, Artem Pyvovarov, and Julia Sanina,[4] where he was the first non-singer coach on the show.[citation needed]
Songwriting discography
Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections
2017
2019
2022
2023
2024
Other notable songs
- "Золотыми рыбками" - by MakSim (2015)
- "Непохожие" - by Quest Pistols Show (2016)
- "Вылечи мою любовь" - by Yaav (2018)
- "Голови" - by Alyona Alyona (2018)
- "Відчиняй" - by Alyona Alyona (2018)
- "Падло" - by Alyona Alyona & Alina Pash (2019)
- "Прости" - by Anna Sedokova (2021)
- "Лише тебе" - by Anna Trincher (2021)
- "Інь Ян" - by Monatik & Roxolana (2022)
- "Nasze Domy" - by Kalush Orchestra & Szpaku (2022)
- "Біля серця" - by Kola (2022)
- "Cry For You" - by Ochman & Kalush Orchestra (2023)
- "Bronia" - by Jerry Heil & Ochman (2023)
- "вотсап" - by Dorofeeva (2023)
- "Хай пишуть" - by Dorofeeva (2023)
Awards
Year
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Subject
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Category
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Awards
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Result
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Ref
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2023
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"Liudy" / «Люди» – Kola і MamaRika
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Best author
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Muzvar Awards
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Won
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[6]
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References
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