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Rymar Leonid (1938)

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SurnameRymar
NameLeonid
Birth year1938
Birth month1
Birth day9
Birth placeKyiv
SexM

Rymar Leonid (Iosif) Rymar (9 January 1938, Kyiv) — singer.

Leonid Rymar graduated from the vocal department of the music college attached to the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Leningrad. He sang in the army ensemble of the Carpathian Military District in Lviv. After completing his military service, he returned to Kyiv, where he sang in the choir of the Bolshevik Factory Capella, and later in the Kyiv Operetta Theatre.

In 1965 he was accepted as a soloist in the troupe of the Riga Operetta Theatre. He was also actively engaged in concert performances.