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Evgeny Antonovich Ksenevich (born May 17, 1952) is a collector of contemporary Belarusian art, bibliophile, curator of art and music projects, songwriter.
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Biography
He was born on May 17, 1952 in the village Zeleny Bor, Smolevichi District, Minsk Region in the family of teachers-philologists. He graduated from the Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University (1974).
Curatorship of art projects
Evgeny Ksenevich has been a curator of art projects since 1986. The most significant of them are:
"REFLECTIONS", solo show of Vladimir Akulov in the Yanka Kupala Central Library. Photos of the exhibition opening, June 2016. Curator Evgeny Ksenevich
"VITRAGES OF TIME", solo show of works of Vladimir Akulov in the Vitebsk Art Museum. Photos are made at the exhibition opening, April 2016. Curator Evgeny Ksenevich
One-man exhibition of works of Vladimir Akulov in commemoration of the 60th birthday of artist, organized in the National Library of Belarus, Minsk, November–December 2014. Curator Evgeny Ksenevich
The exhibition "BEAUTY AND POWER" in the National Library of Belarus. 2004. Curator Evgeny Ksenevich
The exhibition in the Pushkin Regional Library. Curator Evgeny Ksenevich. 2003.
Patents of medical devices
Ksenevich owns international patents of the Eurasian Union and th epatent of the Russian Patent Office (replacement arthroplasty).
Music works
Since the 1980s Ksenevich has been writing variety songs with lyrics by Russian and Belarusian speaking authors (more than 100 authors of lyrics): Rasul Gamzatov, Andrei Dementyev, Igor Severyanin, Anatoliy Poperechny, Nikolai Gumilyov, David Samoylov, Petr Vegin, Vasily Fyodorov, Yury Levitansky, Grigory Pozhenyan, Mark Lisyansky, Maria Petrovykh, Nina Krasnova, Olga Pavlova, Elizaveta Stuart, Veronika Tushnova, Nikolay Zinovyev, Eduard Asadov, Boris Maryev, Andrei Voznesensky, Nil Gilevich, Evgenia Yanishchits, Anatoly Grechanikov, Averyan Dzeruzhynsky, Kastus Tsvirka, Rygor Baradulin, Petrus Brovka, Gennady Pashkov, Arseny Tarkovsky, Petr Laman, Aleksandr Zaritsky and many others.
In 2015 Ksenevich began to publish music books of variety songs.
The first music book called "Lyot lebediny" includes the following songs: "Lyot lebediny", "I gryanet slovno grom razluka", "Imya tvoe", "Ptitsa", "Pozdnie tsvety", "Dvazhdy dva", "Veryu v zhizn", "Pesnya dochke". The book is illustrated with the works of a Belarusian artist The second one, "Imya tvoe", includes the following songs: "Imya tvoe", "Vot ty uyekhala", "Rossiyskie poety", "I Pesnya dochke", "Znayu, chto ko mne ty ne pridyosh", "Mozhet byt’, kazhetsya", "Grust’ moya", "Lyot lebediny". The book is illustrated with the works of a Belarusian artist Vladimir Akulov.
The second one, "Imya tvoe", includes the following songs: "Imya tvoe", "Vot ty uyekhala", "Rossiyskie poety", "I Pesnya dochke", "Znayu, chto ko mne ty ne pridyosh", "Mozhet byt’, kazhetsya", "Grust’ moya", "Lyot lebediny". The book is illustrated with the works of a Belarusian artist Vladimir Akulov.
The third one, "Ptitsa", includes the following songs: "I Ptitsa"I, "I Proshchai, lyubov’", "Pogovori so mnoi", "Ya ne mogu tebya zabyt’", "Ne otpuskai menya", "Razve proshloe ushlo", "Mozhet byt’, kazhetsya", "Zima", "Belarus". The book is illustrated with the works of a Belarusian artist Valery Pesin.
In 2016 Ksenevich published the forth music book of variety songs named "Koni", which includes the following songs: "Koni", "Bely sneg", "Akh, eta noch’", "Ne vinovat", "Do svidaniya", "Sibirsky solovei", "I poka my vmeste", "Sokrovishche, dorogoi", "Belarus". The book is illustrated with the works of a Belarusian artist Vladimir Akulov.
Miniature books
Since 1980s Ksenevich has been collecting rare and miniature books. He owns one of the most interesting collections of miniature books in Belarus. These are books of the early 19th century, pocket-sized, containing most ¬variable subjects, including those published in different languages in Belarus and many other countries all over the world: composite books containing works of classics of Belarusian, Russian and world poetry, selected prose, reference books and encyclopedias, researches in the branch of history and art history, comic editions and children's books, books of the Bible and Christian literature, as well as cook, chess and philosophy books. Evgeny Ksenevich considers a miniature book to be a high-water mark of printing art. Publishing of such books requires delicate cooperation of highly professional artists, print workers, designers. In the interview he pointed out the following: "miniature books are a trademark of the country's printing industry. And Belarus is famous for its books. First books were published pocket-sized in Minsk in 1833. And this tradition has existed ever since: many publishing houses issue wonderful miniature books, which win awards at international competitions". Evgeny Ksenevich more than once organized exhibitions of miniature books from his collection. The most significant exhibitions are: Exhibition in the Petrus Brovka State Literary Museum (2009); exhibition of miniature books in the State Museum of the History of Belarusian Literature, commemorating the 520th birthday of Francisk Skorina (2010).