Boris Sevastyanov

Boris Sevastyanov (born 1 April 1983), is a Ukrainian singer and music composer.

He is known for his songs; Thats Baby Ruscism, Grady, Take me back, mom. He had cited how his music is being influenced by the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Biography
Boris started writing music from early childhood. He studied at the Kharkiv Lyceum of Arts, as well as secondary schools No. 111 and No. 152. He studied composition and playing the piano since childhood. In 2003, he graduated from the Kharkiv Music School (specialty "Theory of Music", composition - Volodymyr Ptushkin's class). In 2008, he graduated from Ivan Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv State University of Arts (conservatory) majoring in "Composition" (Volodymyr Zolotukhin's class).

In 2010-2012, he worked as an arranger of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University Wind Orchestra. In 2012-2015, he collaborated as an arranger with the symphony orchestra "Virtuosos of Slobozhanshchyna".

Since the summer of 2014, he regularly travels to the ATO zone as a volunteer and author-performer, and has given about 600 concerts for military and civilian audiences. Participates in many charity concerts and festivals. The author of the music for the song "Prayer" (the author of the poetic text is Dzvinka Torokhtushko), which is considered the unofficial hymn of modern military chaplains.

In September 2017, he published the novel "Monk", the events of which take place in the ATO zone and modern Kharkiv. In 2020, the NAONI orchestra performed Boris's instrumental piece "Morning Rain".

In May 2021, the musical "The Chronicles of Narnia. The mystery of the Easter code" was staged in Kharkiv. In September 2023, the musical "PinocchiA" was staged at the Kyiv Opera

Among the works are piano and viola concertos, a symphony, instrumental and vocal works. He repeatedly performed as a pianist-performer of his own works. Author of music for documentaries and movies (Ukraine, Russia, Germany, USA), TV shows, computer games, author of songs and arrangements. He recorded joint songs with the groups TaRUTA, Haydamaki, P@p@ Karlo, with singer Ivan Ganzera, poet Dmytro Lazutkin. The author of the anthem of FC Metalist fans (Kharkiv) "We are fans of Metalist".

Founder of the Online School of Composition and Arrangement. By Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 336/2016 of August 19, 2016, he was awarded the jubilee medal "25 years of independence of Ukraine".

Wife - cellist Yulia Sevastyanova. Daughter — Dana, born in 2016.

Discography
Albums
 * Thats Baby Ruscism (2014)
 * Romantic piano music (2019)
 * Epic Uplifting Music (2022)

Interesting facts
Several citizens in Russia have been convicted for publishing Boris Sevastyanov's song "This Baby Ruscism" on social networks.

The songs "'Take me back, mom" and "Magadan" are included in the list of extremist materials of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation under numbers 4888 and 4889