Leonid Dukhovny

Leonid Dukhovny
Dukhovny performing in 1993
Born	(1938-07-18)July 18, 1938 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died	May 4, 2022(2022-05-04) (aged 83) Mountain View, California, U.S.
Occupations	Bard (Soviet Union) Singer-songwriter Poet Producer
Years active	1952–2022[1]
Awards	Grushinsky festival 1976 (as well as Moscow, Chimgan, Minsk, Riga, Saint Petersburg, Kyiv, Ottawa, San Francisco and others)
Musical career
Genres	Bard (Soviet Union) jazz
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar Double bass
Website	www.bards.ru/..
Musical artist

Leonid (Joseph) Dukhovny (July 18, 1938 – May 4, 2022) was a Soviet and American songwriter, poet, musician, bard, producer.

Dukhovny wrote songs in Russian and Ukrainian languages, using his own lyrics, as well as lyrics by other poets. He wrote over 200 songs. Most famous songs are "Podol" ("А без Подола Киев невозможен"), "Waltz for Two" ("Вальс двоих"), "Spring In The Forest" ("Осень в лесу"), "Let's Talk" ("Давай поговорим"). He won the prestigious Grushinsky festival in 1976. Dukhovny is famous for his songs about neighborhoods of Kyiv: "Podol", "Evbaz", "Shulyavka", ... He is also known for his satirical Ukrainian songs.^[2]

Dukhovny was one of seven heads of the Bard (Soviet Union) movement, responsible for the Ukraine and Moldova regions.

He was a founder and the head of a Bard club "Koster" ("Bonfire"), which was one of the first and the biggest bard clubs in Kyiv.

After moving to San Francisco Bay Area in 1992, he founded and became the president of one of the first and the largest Bard clubs "Poluostrov" ("Peninsula") in USA.

Since 1992 Dukhovny was a community leader for Soviet and Ukrainian communities of San Francisco and Silicon Valley. ^[3]