Halyna Batkovska

Halyna Batkovska (also known as Halyna Telnyuk; Ukrainian: Гали́на Станісла́вівна Батько́вська; born May 23, 1965, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian singer, member of The Telnyuk Sisters, Merited Artist of Ukraine, and People's Artist of Ukraine (2019).

Biography She was born on May 23, 1965, in Kyiv to the family of writer Stanislav Telnyuk and editor-translator Nelli Kopylova. She studied at Kyiv school No. 58.

She graduated from the Institute of Journalism at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. As a third-year student, she had already hosted several original programs on Ukrainian Public Radio. Later she worked there as a music program editor. She also worked for the magazine Knowledge and Labor, and as a journalist for the newspaper Literary Ukraine.

As a singer, together with her sister Lesya, she performs in the musical duo, The Telnyuk Sisters. She is the diploma winner of the All-Ukrainian Festival "Chervona Ruta" (1989, Chernivtsi; 1991, Zaporizhzhia).

Awards

Merited Artist of Ukraine (2009) People's Artist of Ukraine (2019)