Belarus bidding farewell to People's Artist Alexander Tikhanovich

30 января 2017

Belarus is bidding farewell to People's Artist of Belarus Alexander Tikhanovich today. A funeral liturgy will begin in half an hour in St. Alexander Nevsky Church to be followed by a civil funeral service at the Belarusian State Philharmonic at 11:00. The singer will be buried in the Moscow cemetery in Minsk.

The legendary artist Alexander Tikhanovich passed away on Saturday following a long illness in the 65th year of his age. Despite the illness, the artist never left the stage and continued recording songs. Alexander Tikhanovich wrote an unforgettable page in the history of Belarusian music, his songs becoming golden hits. The People's Artist of Belarus trained a whole generation of young artists.