The book entitled “Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Voice and Soul” is published in the Moscow publishing house Veche. Its author is a journalist and writer Svetlana Shishkova-Shipunova.

Not only did Svetlana collect all available materials about the great singer, but she also analysed his artistic journey.

- There was no such artist of comparable magnitude in our country at that time. There is none now. I wrote not so much a biography in the classical meaning of the word, as I explored Hvorostovsky’s path to success, to world fame, to the heights of vocal mastery. The concept of success is now almost the crucial one in our life, it seems to have replaced all other values. I tried to trace and analyse it step by step, decompose it into components, derive, if you like, the "formula for success according to Hvorostovsky",” Svetlana Shishkova-Shipunova explains.

The book has three parts. The first one is called “The Boy from Siberia. Awareness of talent”, it describes the Krasnoyarsk period of Hvorostovsky’s life, his parents and an outstanding vocal teacher Yekaterina Iofel, his first roles on the stage of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, his victories at vocal competitions. The book’s second part is called “Singer of the world. Ascent to Olymp”. It describes the so-called foreign period when Hvorostovsky settled in London and began to sing on the best opera stages of the world - at the London Royal Theatre Covent Garden, Vienna Opera, New York Metropolitan Opera, and many others.

The final part is called “People's Artist. Return to the origins” analyses one of the phenomena of Hvorostovsky: living and working outside of Russia for many years, he managed to stay the Russian. Performing in the West, he introduced the Russian culture to the western audience. He used to come to Russia quite frequently - he performed concerts of opera and chamber music there, although he was known more to experts in the classics up until the beginning of the 2000s. The military songs concerts he has annually performed during the celebration of the Victory Day for several years, have truly brought him the love of the  Russian people; these concerts were often broadcast on TV.

“With these songs, Dmitri Hvorostovsky actually returned to Russia forever, although he kept on living in the West,” emphasizes the author of the book.