Famous Ukrainian composers: a list of names, a brief overview of works. Famous Ukrainian composers Famous Ukrainian composers of the 19th century list

Most of us love music, many admire and understand it, and some people have a musical education and have mastered the ability to play musical instruments. However, the smallest percentage of the most talented members of the human race are able to compose melodies that fit through the ages. Some of these people were born in Ukraine, in its picturesque corners. In the article we will talk about Ukrainian composers of the 20th century, and not only, who glorified Ukraine to the whole world.

Valentin Silvestrov (1937)

The famous Ukrainian composer was born in 1937 and still lives in Kyiv. The genius of musical art is famous all over the world. We hear his music in pictures:

"Two in one";
"Tuner";
"Chekhov's motives";
"Three stories".

Estonian colleague Theodor Adorno considers him the most interesting of all composers modern world. In his work there are requiems, poems for orchestra, symphonies, and his "Four Songs on the Verses of Mandelstam" are known and appreciated all over the world. Experts consider the piece of music to be unique in its simplicity.

Miroslav Skorik (1938)

The 77-year-old modern Ukrainian composer lived a difficult life, but managed to maintain the fortitude and sense of beauty that imbued his works.

He wrote melodies for the legendary film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", created a musical cycle called "In the Carpathians". His Carpathian Rhapsody for Violin and Piano made him famous as one of the best Ukrainian composers of the 20th century in the whole world.

Miroslav's parents were intellectuals and were educated in Vienna. Skoryk is the great-nephew of Solomiya Krushelnitskaya, which he is immensely proud of.

Nikolai Kolessa (1903-2006)

The Ukrainian composer, who was born in the city of Sambir, Lviv region, lived to be one hundred and two years old! This man is amazing in his versatility. In his youth, he graduated from the Medical University in Krakow. On this, his education did not end, he enters the faculty of philosophy and Slavic studies at a higher educational institution in Prague. Kolessa was also trained by the legendary Italian Marietta de Gelli, who is a world famous pianist.

Whoever Nikolai Filaretovich was for his long life. He conducted at the Lviv Philharmonic and the Opera Theatre. Under his authorship, many teaching aids. Nikolai Kolessa also wrote the melody for the painting "Ivan Franko".

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

He was truly a composer. The classics, on which his mother, a talented pianist, brought up, influenced the filigree of his works. Mom started teaching Sergei how to play the piano at the age of five. He wrote his first operas - "The Giant" and "On the Deserted Islands" - at the age of nine.

Sergei Prokofiev is world famous for his operas:

"A Tale of a Real Man";
"Love for Three Oranges";
"War and Peace".

He also wrote music for the ballet "The Tale of the Stone Flower", "Cinderella" and "Romeo and Juliet".

Nikolai Leontovich (1877-1921)

There are few instruments that this Ukrainian composer did not own: piano, violin, wind instruments… It can be safely called a "man-orchestra". In his youth, in the village of Chukovi, where he lived with his family, he independently created a symphony orchestra.

Thanks to this man, the Ukrainian carol sounded in many foreign films. This is the famous "Shchedryk", which is known all over the world as Carol The Bells. The melody has many arrangements, and it is rightfully considered a Christmas anthem.

Reinhold Gliere (1874-1956)

He comes from the family of a Saxon subject and a citizen of Kiev by passport. Gliere grew up in a musical environment. The men in his family were engaged in the manufacture of musical instruments. Gliere's works are heard all over the world. Austria, Denmark, Germany, France, Greece applaud him. One of the music schools in Kyiv bears the name of this composer.

Nikolai Lysenko (1842-1912)

Lysenko was not only a composer, he also made a great contribution to musical ethnography. In the collection of Nikolai there are a lot of folk songs, rituals, carols. In addition to music, he was fond of pedagogy, believing that there is no one more important than children.

There was in his life a period of teaching at the Kiev Institute of Noble Maidens. 1904 was a landmark year for him - he opened his own School of Music and Drama.

Most of all, Lysenko glorified his "Children's Anthem". Now it is known all over the world as "Prayer for Ukraine". In addition, Nikolai was active civil position and took part social activities.

Mikhail Verbitsky (1815-1870)

Verbitsky was a deeply religious person. Religion occupied a leading place in his life. He was the director of the choir in the seminary, he composed musical works for worship. His creative heritage also includes romances. Verbitsky played the guitar perfectly and adored this instrument. He created many works for strings.

Fame came to Verbitsky after he wrote the music for the anthem of Ukraine. The lyrics for the anthem were composed by Pavel Chubinsky. The exact date of writing the song "Ukraine has not died yet" is unknown. There is information that it was the period 1862-1864.

For the first time, the future anthem sounded on March 10, 1865 in the city of Przemysl. It was the first concert in the lands of Western Ukrainians dedicated to the work of Taras Grigorovich Shevchenko. Verbitsky himself at the concert was in the choir, the conductor of which was Anatoly Vakhnyanin. Young people liked the song, and for a long time many considered it folk.

Artemy Vedel (1767-1808)

Artemy, in addition to the composer's gift, had a beautiful high voice and sang in the choir. In the capital of Ukraine, in 1790, he became the head of the choir of "soldiers' children and free people."

For eight years he taught vocals at the Kharkov Collegium, in addition, he led the choirs of church choristers.

He created 29 choral concertos for the church. At performances, he often led tenor solos himself. Wedel's works were greatly influenced by folk song.

Dmitry Bortnyansky (1751-1825)

As a child, he received an excellent education. Little Dmitry was lucky. He graduated from the legendary Glukhov school. Dmitry had a truly beautiful voice. He had a great treble. His voice was amazingly clear and flowed like a stream. The teachers loved and appreciated Bortyansky.

In 1758 he was sent with choristers to the chapel of St. Petersburg. The mother crossed her son, gave him a modest bundle of food and kissed him. Seven-year-old Dima never saw his parents again.

His talent allowed him to study abroad. To comprehend the basics of musical skill, he went to Venice, Naples, Rome.

Alas, most of Bortnyansky's secular works have not survived to this day. They were kept in the archives of the St. Petersburg Singing Chapel, which refused to put them on public display. The archive was disbanded, and the works of the legendary author simply disappeared in an unknown direction.

Famous Ukrainian composers The 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries made a significant contribution to the development of culture. They created and thereby glorified our Motherland. Therefore, today we will determine who are the outstanding Ukrainian composers.

FAMOUS UKRAINIAN COMPOSERS

1. Semyon Gulak-Artemovsky

Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky (1813-1873) - Ukrainian composer, singer, baritone (bass-baritone), dramatic artist, playwright, nephew of the writer P. P. Gulak-Artemovsky, author of one of the first operas based on the Ukrainian-language libretto of the opera Zaporozhets for Danube".
Gulak-Artemovsky left for Italy, where, after two years of study, he made his debut at the Florentine opera (1841). significant place in the composer's work occupy ukrainian songs, in particular “There is a sycamore above the water”, “I don’t feel like sleeping”, “On the mountain and the reapers are reaping”- a rhapsody from a collection of seven songs under the general title "Ukrainian wedding". Hulak-Artemovsky visited Ukraine in 1843 to select singers and in 1850, when he toured with an Italian opera troupe.

2. Boris Lotoshinsky

Boris Nikolaevich Lotoshinsky (1894-1968) - Ukrainian composer, conductor and teacher, one of the founders of modernism in Ukrainian classical music.
A multiple jury member of international competitions, an active worker in the governing bodies of the Union of Composers of Ukraine and the Kiev Conservatory, Lotoshinsky brought up a new galaxy of composers: I. Shamo, V. Silvestrov, I. Karabits, E. Stankovich, A. Kanershtein.
He was awarded the titles of Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1945), People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1968), State Prize of the USSR (1946, 1952) and the Ukrainian SSR. T. G. Shevchenko (1971).
Created operas "Golden hoop"(based on the story of Ivan Franko "Zakhar Berkut", 1929), Shchors("Commander", lib. I. Kocherga and Rylsky, 1937). Wrote works for choir and orchestra: "Ceremonial Cantata"(words by M. Rylsky, 1939), "Will"(words by T. Shevchenko. 1939);

3. Miroslav Skorik

Miroslav Mikhailovich Skorik (1938) - composer and musicologist, Hero of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Prize. T. G. Shevchenko, candidate of art history, co-chairman of the Union of Composers of Ukraine in 2006-2010, artistic director Kyiv Opera (since 2011). Great-nephew of Solomiya Krushelnitskaya.
Notable works: opera "Moses"(Libretto by B. Stelmakh after I. Franko, 2001), ballets "Bricklayers"(according to I. Franko, 1967); "Suite" (1961); "Melody" for violin and orchestra, etc.

4. Valentin Sivelstrov

Valentin Vasilyevich Sivelstrov (1937) - Ukrainian composer.
The composer is characterized by a technique in music - avant-garde, which he refuses in the 1970s, preferring postmodernism. The author himself calls his style "meta-music". The music of this period is dominated by meditative, contemplative moods.
Valentin Silvestrov - laureate of the International Prize. S. Koussevitzky (USA, 1967), International Competition for Composers "Gaudeamus" (Netherlands, 1970), State Prize of Ukraine named after. T. Shevchenko (1995), People's Artist of Ukraine (1989). He was awarded the Order of Merit, III degree (1997), Yaroslav the Wise, V degree (2007). Honorary Doctor honoris causa of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (2011). Sivelstrov is the author of music for many films.
The most famous works:“Quiet Songs”, “Old Ballad”, “Ode to a Nightingale”, “Music in the Old Style”, etc.

5. Dremlyuga Nikolay

Dremlyuga Mykola Vasilyevich (1917-1998) - Ukrainian composer, teacher, musical and public figure, author of the first bandura concerto, member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.
In 1946 he graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory in the composition class of L. Revutsky and the Faculty of History and Theory. Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1972) People's Artist of Ukraine (1993); Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine named after T. G. Shevchenko (1998, for Symphony No. 3, dedicated to the memory victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine).
Artworks: oratorio "Lenin" (1970); "Under the Golden Eagle" (1957); suite "In Poland" (1962), etc.

6. Evgeny Stankovich

Evgeny Fedorovich Stankovich (1942) - Ukrainian composer, chairman of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine (since 2005), Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1980), People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1986), Hero of Ukraine (2008).
He studied at a music school, studied composition with Adam Soltys at the Mykola Lysenko Lviv State Conservatory.
Yevgeny Stankovich is the author of 6 symphonies and 10 chamber symphonies, opera, 5 ballets, instrumental concertos, film music, etc.
Notable works: folk-opera "When the Fern Blooms" (1978); for soloists, two mixed choirs "Requiem for those who died of starvation" (1992); For string instruments Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonia lirica) (1977) and others.

7. Vladimir Ivasyuk

Vladimir Mikhailovich Ivasyuk (1949-1979) - Ukrainian composer and poet. Hero of Ukraine (2009, posthumously).
One of the founders of Ukrainian pop music (pop music). Author of 107 songs, 53 instrumental works, music for several performances. A professional physician, a violinist, he perfectly played the piano, cello, guitar, masterfully performed his songs. Extraordinary artist.
Awards: diploma winner of the All-Union Review of Young Composers (1978), laureate of the Republican Komsomol Prize named after. N. Ostrovsky (1988, posthumously) laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine. T. G. Shevchenko (1994, posthumously).
Artworks:"Chervona Ruta", "Vodogray", "Ballad of Mallow", Suite Variations for chamber orchestra (1977), etc.

8. Alexander Kozarenko

Alexander Vladimirovich Kozarenko (1963) - Ukrainian composer, pianist, musicologist.
He graduated from the Lviv Musical College and the Kyiv Conservatory and postgraduate studies, piano class. Trained at the University of Würzburg (Germany, 2004). Doctor of Arts (2001).
Laureate of the All-Ukrainian Piano Competition. N. Lysenko (1984), winner of the All-Russian competition of chamber ensembles (1986). Laureate of State Prizes of Ukraine for composition: them. L. Revutsky (1996) and them. N. Lysenko (2001). Member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine and the New Music Association. A significant influence on the work of A. Kozarenko was made by many years of cooperation with theater groups, the fruits of which are music for more 50 performances.

Also, a significant contribution to the development of art was made by such composers as: L. Dichko, A. Zagaykevich, A. Bilash, V. Kosenko, M. Kolessa, T. Petrinenko and others.

Musicality is one of characteristic features Ukrainian people.

Music in Ukraine appeared during the time of Kievan Rus and in its development covers almost all types of musical art - folk and professional, academic and popular music. Today, diverse Ukrainian music sounds in Ukraine and far beyond its borders, develops in folk and professional traditions, and is the subject of scientific research.

folk music

Initial development period

Musical traditions on the territory of modern Ukraine have existed since prehistoric times. Musical instruments found by Kyiv archaeologists near Chernigov - rattles from mammoth tusks date back to the 18th millennium BC. The flutes found at the site of Molodovo in the Chernivtsi region are attributed to the same time.

The frescoes of St. Sophia of Kiev (XI century) depict musicians playing various wind, percussion and stringed (similar to harps and lutes) instruments, as well as dancing buffoons. These frescoes testify to the genre diversity musical culture Kievan Rus. Chronicles mention of the singers Boyan and Mitus date back to the 12th century.

In general, primitive music had a syncretic character - song, dance and poetry were merged and most often accompanied rituals, ceremonies, the labor process, etc. In the minds of people, music and musical instruments played an important role as amulets during spells and prayers. In music, people saw protection from evil spirits, from bad sleep, from the evil eye. There were also special magical melodies to ensure the fertility of the soil and the fertility of livestock.

Soloists and other singers began to stand out in the primitive game. The development of primitive music became the source from which folk musical culture arose. This music gave rise to national musical systems and national characteristics musical language.

The practice of folk song that existed in ancient times on the territory of Ukraine can be judged from ancient ritual songs. Many of them reflect the integral worldview of primitive man, and reveal his attitude to nature and natural phenomena.

The original national style is most fully represented by the songs of the central Dnieper region. They are characterized by melodic ornamentation, vocalization of vowels. Connections with Belarusian and Russian folklore are clearly traced in the folklore of Polesye.

In the Carpathians and in the Carpathians, special song styles developed. They are defined as Hutsul and Lemko dialects.

Ukrainian folk songs are divided into many diverse genres, which have certain characteristics. In this sense, the most typical genres Ukrainian song are:

Calendar and ceremonial- stoneflies, schedrivkas, gaivkas, carols, kupala, obzhinkovye and others

Family ritual And household- wedding, comic, dance (including kolomiykas), ditties, lullabies, funeral, lamentations, etc.

Serf life- Chumatsky, Naimitsky, Burlatsky, etc.;
historical songs And thoughts
Soldier life- recruit, soldier, archery;
Lyric songs and ballads.

Dumas and historical songs

In the XV-XVI centuries, historical thoughts and songs became one of the most striking phenomena of Ukrainian folk music, a kind of symbol of national history and culture.

The creators and performers of historical songs and thoughts, psalms, cants were called kobzars. They played the kobza or bandura, which became an element of the national heroic-patriotic epic, the freedom-loving character and the purity of the moral thoughts of the people.

Great attention in the thoughts turned to the fight against the Turks and Poles. The “Tatar” cycle includes such well-known thoughts as “About Samoil Koshka”, “About the Three Brothers of Azov”, “About the Storm on the Black Sea”, “About Marusya Boguslavka” and others. In the "Polish" cycle, the central place is occupied by the events of the People's Liberation War of 1648-1654, a special place is occupied by folk heroes- Nechay, Krivonos, Khmelnitsky. Later, new cycles of thoughts appeared - about the Swede, about the Sich and its destruction, about the work on the canals, about the haidamatch, about panshchina and freedom.

Already in the XIV-XVII and XVIII centuries Ukrainian musicians became famous outside of Ukraine. Their names can be found in the chronicles of those times among court musicians, including those at the court of Polish kings and Russian emperors. The most famous kobza players are Timofei Belogradsky (famous lute player, 18th century), Andrey Shut (19th century), Ostap Veresai (19th century) and others.

Folk musicians united in brotherhoods: song workshops that had their own charter and protected their interests. These brotherhoods developed especially in the 17th-18th centuries, and existed until the very beginning of the 20th century, until they were destroyed by the Soviet authorities.

Instrumental folklore and folk instruments

Instrumental folklore occupies an important place in Ukrainian musical culture. The musical instrumentation of Ukraine is very rich and varied. It includes a wide range of wind, string and percussion instruments. A significant part of Ukrainian folk musical instruments comes from the instruments of the times of Rus', other instruments (for example, the violin) were adopted on Ukrainian soil later, although then they became the basis of new traditions and performance features.

The most ancient layers of Ukrainian instrumental folklore are associated with calendar holidays and rituals, which were accompanied by marching (marches for processions, congratulatory marches) and dance music (hopachkas, cossacks, kolomiykas, polechkas, waltzes, doves, lassoes, etc.) and song- instrumental music to listen to. Traditional ensembles most often consisted of trios of instruments, such as violin, sniff and tambourine. The performance of music also involves a certain amount of improvisation.

During prayers in domestic conditions (in the house, on the street, near the church), lyre, kobza and bandura were often used to accompany the cants and psalms.

At times Zaporozhian Sich timpani, drums, Cossack antimony and pipes sounded in the orchestras of the Zaporizhzhya Army, and the timpani were among the kleynods of the Zaporizhzhya Sich, that is, they were among the symbols of the Cossack statehood.

Instrumental music has also become an integral part of urban culture. In addition to national instruments such as violins and banduras, urban culture is represented by such instruments as table-like harp, zither, torban. They sang laudatory songs, city songs and romances, religious chants to their accompaniment.

Ukrainian folklore

In the XX century to the topic Ukrainian folklore many professional and amateur groups Ukraine, ensembles were also created in emigrant circles foreign countries. A characteristic feature of the presentation folk traditions in the form of academic music making.

So, at the beginning of the 20th century, the Ukrainian ethnic music ensemble led by Pavel Gumenyuk from Philadelphia gained popularity in the United States. Ukrainian traditions have been preserved in the work of such Ukrainian-American musicians from New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Zinovy Shtokalko, Hryhoriy Kitasty, Yulian Kitasty, Viktor Mishalov and others.

In Soviet Ukraine, many ensembles were also created that specialized in arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs and dances, as well as works by Ukrainian composers in a similar style: orchestras folk instruments Ukraine, song and dance ensembles, folk choirs, etc.

Ukrainian folk song formed the basis of the works of many Ukrainian composers. The most famous adaptations of Ukrainian songs belong to N. Lysenko and N. Leontovich, a significant contribution to the study and collection of folk art was made by domestic folklorists - Filaret Kolesa, Kliment Kvitka.

Since the 1980s there is an increase in interest in authentic forms of folk music making. The Drevo group, founded in 1979 and headed by professor of the Kyiv Conservatory E. Efremov, is considered to be the pioneers of this direction. In the 2000s, such ethnic music festivals arose in Ukraine as„ Country of Dreams" And„ Sheshory”, where folk music sounds both in authentic performance and in various versions of rock or pop styles. The organizers of the festival "Sheshory" decided to give their offspring a new name - "ArtPole". The fact is that since 2003 the festival was held in the village of Sheshory, Ivano-Frankivsk region, but since 2007 it settled in the village of Vorobievka (Vinnitsa region). "IN last years the festival began to move away from the purely ethnic style in which the Sheshors were born, so we decided that it was time to emphasize the new face of our festival, changing its name after the format. In addition, it is more correct in relation to those real, geographical Sheshors that remained in the Ivano-Frankivsk region," said the director of the ArtPole-2009 festival. Olga Mikhailyk.

Among modern groups of authentic singing, the groups "Bozhychi", "Volodar", "Buttya" should be mentioned. Ethnic motifs are used by the Tartak, Vopli Vidoplyasova, Vopli Vidoplyasova, Mandri, Haydamaki, Ocheretyany Kit groups, the original layering of elements is offered by the DakhaBrakha group.

The rise of professional music

There is information about the professional musical art of the East Slavic tribes from the time of Rus'. With the adoption of Christianity at the end of the 10th century, church singing appeared on the territory of modern Ukraine, which was formed under the influence of Byzantine and Slavic folk music. In the XII-XVII centuries, the monophonic “znamenny chant” spread in Orthodox churches, which also significantly influenced the work of composers of subsequent eras.

XVII - XVIII centuries

In the Baroque era, monophonic znamenny singing was replaced by multi-voiced parterre singing, which contributed to the development of the major-minor system, and on the basis of which the style of the sacred concert developed. Among the outstanding musical figures of that time was Nikolai Diletsky, the author of the Musician Grammar (1675).

An important event of that time was the opening in 1632 of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy, where, among others, musical subjects were also taught. Pupils of the academy popularized the nativity scene, and later - kanty. Among the graduates of the Academy were many artists, including composers Grigory Skovoroda, Artemy Vedel.

Secular professional vocal and instrumental music, which existed in the estates and military units, began to develop in the cities from the 17th century. Workshops of musicians appeared, and orchestras and chapels were created under the magistrates. On the basis of folk song and Kant traditions in the XVIII- early XIX centuries, the song-romance to the verses of various poets has become widespread. One of the first in this genre began to create Grigory Skovoroda, who introduced civil, philosophical and lyrical themes into the song genre.

Of particular importance in the Ukrainian musical culture XVIII century had the Glukhov song school, created on the initiative of Daniel the Apostle in 1730, whose pupils were Dmitry Bortnyansky, Maxim Berezovsky and Artemy Vedel. After graduating from the Glukhov school, Bortnyansky and Berezovsky continued their studies at Italian music schools, which were the centers of European music of that time.

Combining the traditions of partes singing and modern techniques of European writing determined the uniqueness of the work of these composers. Having become the court bandmaster in St. Petersburg, and since 1796 - the head of the court chapel, formed almost exclusively from students of the Glukhov school, Bortnyansky greatly influenced the development of Russian musical culture. He also became the first composer of the Russian Empire, whose musical works began to be published.

19th - early 20th century

The 19th century in the history of music was marked by the emergence of many national schools on the world stage, which was associated with the growth of the national self-consciousness of European peoples. Following the Polish and Russian, the Ukrainian national school of composers also appeared.

After Ukrainian writers and poets, professional musicians of the 19th century began to turn to folk themes, to process folk songs, which were performed by talented amateurs accompanied by folk instruments - kobza, bandura, cymbals, violins, lyres, etc. At the beginning of the 19th century, the first symphonic and chamber music appeared in Ukrainian music. - instrumental works, among the authors of which are I. M. Vitkovsky, A. I. Galenkovsky, Ilya and Alexander Lizoguby.

The basis for the development of national professional music was the activity of Mykola Lysenko, who created classical samples of works in different genres: 9 operas, piano and instrumental, choral and vocal works, a work based on the words of Ukrainian poets, including those on the words of Taras Shevchenko. He also became the organizer of a music school in Kyiv (1904; from 1918 - Lysenko Music and Drama Institute).

At the beginning of the 20th century, a galaxy of Ukrainian performers gained worldwide fame. Among them are singers Solomiya Krushelnitskaya, O. Petrusenko, Z. Gaidai, M. Litvinenko-Wolgemut, singers M. E. Mentsinsky, A. F. Mishuga, I. Patorzhinsky, B. Gmyrya, pianist Vladimir Horowitz, choir conductor A. A. Koshits. Outside of Ukraine, choral arrangements by N. D. Leontovich became known.

The period of the Ukrainian Revolution (1917-1918) saw the creation of a number of artistic groups and the emergence of a new generation of Ukrainian cultural figures. The Government of the Ukrainian State consistently supported cultural life, including the art of music, as evidenced by the Decree of the Council of Ministers on the mobilization of the literary, scientific, artistic and technical forces of Ukraine. Also, by decree of Pavel Skoropadsky in 1918, the State Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine was founded, the first conductor of which was Alexander Gorily, the Ukrainian State Capella, the First and Second National Choirs. The Kiev Opera was renamed into the Ukrainian Drama and Opera Theatre. A significant number of world-famous operas have been translated into Ukrainian. Also in 1918, the kobzar choir was founded, later known as the National Honored Bandura Choir of Ukraine named after I. G. I. Mayborody.

The arrival of Soviet power to the lands of Ukraine was marked by several tragic events. In 1921, N. Leontovich was killed by an agent of the Cheka, and in 1928 the activities of the society named after him were banned. In the 1930s, the Soviet authorities destroyed several hundred bandura players, kobzars and lyre players, and in 1938 the musician and ethnographer Gnat Khotkevich was shot. In general, the twenties and thirties in Ukrainian culture are called the “Executed Renaissance”

At the same time, the Soviet government opened a number of musical institutions in different cities of Ukraine. Among them are opera and ballet theaters in Kharkov (1925), Poltava (1928), Vinnitsa (1929), Dnepropetrovsk (1931), Donetsk (1941), choir and symphony groups.

Starting from the second half of the 1930s, the musical art of Soviet Ukraine developed mainly in line with socialist realism, which became the only creative method of literature and art officially permitted in the USSR. Cultural figures who deviated from this method were subjected to severe criticism and persecution.

At the same time, a mass Soviet song arose in Ukraine, one of the first creators of which was Konstantin Boguslavsky. In the 1930s, the first operas on Soviet themes appeared, including Shchors by B. Lyatoshinsky (1930), Perekop by Y. Meitus (1937). Songs dedicated to the Communist Party and its leaders have become entrenched in the repertoires of professional and amateur groups.

A significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian musical art was made by the composer and teacher Mykola Vilinsky (a student of Vitold Malyshevsky), who worked first at the Odessa and then at the Kyiv Conservatory.

In the post-war period, prominent Ukrainian composers included Hryhoriy Veryovka, the brothers Georgiy and Platon Mayborody, Konstantin Dankevich, A. Ya. Shtogarenko, and others. Among the well-known performers was the Ukrainian tenor Ivan Kozlovsky. Claudia Shulzhenko, a native of Kharkiv region, became widely known thanks to the performance of front-line songs.

The 1960s became the time of the breakthrough of the Ukrainian musical school on the world stage, the penetration of the newest trends in European music into Ukrainian music. In Kyiv, the Kiev Avant-Garde group was created, which included Valentin Silvestrov, Leonid Grabovsky and Vitaly Godzyatsky. Due to discrepancies with the official musical circles of the USSR, members of the Kiev Avant-garde succumbed to pressure of various kinds, in connection with which the group eventually broke up. The national school of vocal art received world recognition. In parallel with the formation of pop music in Western countries, in Ukraine, as well as in other countries, the Soviet variety art flourished. The work of Vladimir Ivasyuk, the author of more than 100 songs, whose life was tragically cut short in 1979, stands out in particular.

Among the songwriters of those years, AI Bilash, V. Vermenich, and later I. Karabits are also known. In the same years, pop singers - Sofia Rotaru, Nazariy Yaremchuk, Vasily Zinkevich, Igor Belozir, Taras Petrinenko, Alla Kudlay and others - gained popularity.

Contemporary music

As a legacy from the USSR, Ukraine received an extensive system of educational and concert musical organizations, which are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine. Among them:

Theaters

* opera houses in Kyiv, Kharkov, Lvov, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk

* theaters of musical comedy in Kharkov and Odessa, as well as an operetta theater in Kyiv

* Children's musical theater in Kyiv

Concert institutions

* National Philharmonic and Philharmonic in all regional centers of Ukraine,

* Houses of organ and chamber music in Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Bila Tserkva, Lvov, and Kharkov

* palaces of culture and houses of culture in many cities of Ukraine.

Musical educational institutions

The training of professional musicians is carried out by:

* Conservatories (music academies) in Kyiv, Odessa, Lvov, Donetsk, Dnepropetrovsk

* Music faculties at Kharkiv University of Arts and Kiev University of Culture

* Musical schools in different cities of Ukraine.

Concert bands

As of 2008, there are 9 national and 2 state teams in Ukraine. Of these, 10 are located in Kyiv and one - in Odessa:

* National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

* National Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra

* National Honored Academic Chapel of Ukraine "Dumka"

* National Honored Academic Ukrainian Folk Choir. Grigory Veryovka

* National Honored Bandurist Choir of Ukraine named after I. G. I. Maiborody

* National Ensemble of Soloists "Kyivska Camerata"

* National Honored Academic Dance Ensemble of Ukraine named after. P.P. Virsky

* National Orchestra of Folk Instruments of Ukraine

* National Academic Brass Band of Ukraine

* State Variety Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

* State Academic Men's Choir of Ukraine. L. Revutsky

In addition, there are many municipal groups, groups at regional philharmonics, houses of organ and chamber music, etc.

Music associations

Two creative musical unions have national status:

* National Union of Composers of Ukraine and

* National All-Ukrainian Musical Union

Popular music

Almost all musical trends are represented on the modern Ukrainian stage: from folk to acid jazz. The club culture is actively developing. Many Ukrainian pop artists - Sofia Rotaru, Irina Bilyk, Alexander Ponomarev, VIA Gra, Ruslana, Ani Lorak, Nadezhda Granovskaya-Meikher, Alena Vinnitskaya, Anna Sedokova, Svetlana Loboda, Vera Brezhneva-Galushka, Verka Serduchka - have long gained popularity outside of Ukraine, especially in the CIS. Popular music is presented at the festivals "Chervona Ruta", "Tavria Games", "Seagull" and others.

Performers from Ukraine adequately represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest. So Ruslana, having synthesized the folklore motives of the Carpathians in her music, became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, and won the right for Ukraine to host the next contest - Eurovision 2005. At Eurovision 2007, Verka Serdyuchka took second place.

Ukrainian rock music is also developing. Among the most famous groups are “Okean Elzy”, “Vopli Vidoplyasova”, “Tank on the Maidan Congo”, “Krykhitka Tsakhes”, “Skryabin”, “Tartak”, “Lament of Yeremia”, “Komu Down”, BadloV, “Lama” (Lama). Ukrainian rock festivals "Rock Existence", "Taras Bulba" and others are regularly held.

Purely vocal ensembles, such as the Picardy Third and the Mensound, are also becoming popular. The art of jazz is also represented in Ukraine - international jazz music festivals are held in different cities of the country, among them the most famous are Jazz Bez and Jazz Koktebel. A significant contribution to the popularization of the jazz movement in Ukraine was made by Volodymyr Symonenko and Aleksey Kogan.

The trend of using folklore by modern Ukrainian performers is becoming more and more expressive. One of the first folk motifs in rock music began to be used in the second half of the 1980s by the Vopli Vidoplyasova group. Based on the folklore basis, new original music is created by the Scriabin, Mandri, Gaidamaki groups, performers Taras Chubai, Maria Burmaka and many others. Evidence of the growing interest in folklore was the founding of two ethnic music festivals in Ukraine - "The Land of Dreams" in Kyiv and "Sheshory" in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.

Labels

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a number of music labels were created in Ukraine, including Gallicia Distribution (Lviv), Lavinamusic, Origen Music, Moon Records, Nexsound (Kyiv), Metal Scrap Production (Ternopil), OMS Records (Zhytomyr), Wolf song production (Dnepropetrovsk) and others.

Ukrainian labels are competing on the domestic market with the main players in the global audio market - Majors Universal, EMI, Sony/BMG, Warner. The Ukrainian music media market in 2005 amounted to about 10 million licensed discs and cassettes, the fight against piracy led to the fact that the share of pirated products in the Ukrainian market is up to 40% (in Western Europe - 10-15%).

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OH DIVCHINO, NOISE GUY

"Oh girl, make some noise,
Whom do you love - forget it, forget it!
Oh girl, make some noise,
Whom do you love - forget it!"

"Let's make some more noise,
Whom I love - my future, my future!
Let's make some more noise,
Whom I love - my future!"

"Oh divchino, my heart,
Chi pidesh ti for me, for me?
Oh girl, my heart,
What are you going for me?"

"I'm not singing for you, -
Nema hati you have, you have.
I'm not singing for you -
You have no hati."

Let's go, heart, to someone else's,
While I wake up, I wake up.
Let's go, heart, to someone else's,
For now, I'll wake up mine."

"Having set up a hut from lobodi,
And do not lead to someone else, do not lead.
Putting a hut out of lobodi,
Don't take someone else!"

"Such a strange house,
Yak mother-in-law dashing, dashing.
Such a strange house
Yak is a dashing mother-in-law.

Hotch don't bark, so grumble,
But all the same, don’t speak out, don’t speak.
Hotch don't bark, so grumble,
But still, don’t speak out.”

BLACK EYEBROWS, BROWN EYES

Black eyebrows, brown eyes, dark,
like a niche, clear, like a day! Oh eyes, eyes, eyes girls, Have you learned how to invite people?

Remain 2 rows
skin couplet - dvіchі

You are not there, but you mov tuta,

Shine into the soul, like two dawns.
Chi is snailed in you, as if it were disgusting,
Chi, can you tell me the healers? Black eyebrows - seam stitches, All bіlki you I love- Brown eyes, girls eyes, "Be healthy, sudidko,

Love, sweetheart, girly,

Oh wow, you garnesenka,

Like a little snow, little white! "Godі, godі fry,

Axis go and old mother!

"Oh, be healthy, mother,

I arrived in Hannus! Oh, be healthy, mother,

I arrived in Gannus.

I want to be with you.

Be my little one!”

Valentin Silvestrov (1937)

The famous Ukrainian composer was born in 1937 and still lives in Kyiv. The genius of musical art is famous all over the world. We hear his music in pictures:

"Two in one";
"Tuner";
"Chekhov's motives";
"Three stories".

Estonian colleague Theodor Adorno considers him the most interesting of all the composers of the modern world. In his work there are requiems, poems for orchestra, symphonies, and his "Four Songs on the Verses of Mandelstam" are known and appreciated all over the world. Experts consider the piece of music to be unique in its simplicity.

Miroslav Skorik (1938)

The 77-year-old modern Ukrainian composer lived a difficult life, but managed to maintain the fortitude and sense of beauty that imbued his works.

Miroslav's parents were intellectuals and were educated in Vienna. Skoryk is the great-nephew of Solomiya Krushelnitskaya, which he is immensely proud of.

Nikolai Kolessa (1903-2006)

Whoever Nikolai Filaretovich was during his long life. He conducted at the Lviv Philharmonic and the Opera Theatre. Under his authorship, many methodological manuals have been published. Nikolai Kolessa also wrote the melody for the painting "Ivan Franko".

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

He was a truly outstanding Ukrainian composer. The classics, on which his mother, a talented pianist, brought up, influenced the filigree of his works. Mom started teaching Sergei how to play the piano at the age of five. He wrote his first operas - "The Giant" and "On the Deserted Islands" - at the age of nine.

Sergei Prokofiev is world famous for his operas:

"A Tale of a Real Man";
"Love for Three Oranges";
"War and Peace".

He also wrote music for the ballet "The Tale of the Stone Flower", "Cinderella" and "Romeo and Juliet".

Nikolai Leontovich (1877-1921)

There are few instruments that this Ukrainian composer did not own: piano, violin, wind instruments... He can be safely called a "man-orchestra". In his youth, in the village of Chukovi, where he lived with his family, he independently created a symphony orchestra.

Reinhold Gliere (1874-1956)

Nikolai Lysenko (1842-1912)

There was in his life a period of teaching at the Kiev Institute of Noble Maidens. 1904 was a landmark year for him - he opened his own School of Music and Drama.

Most of all, Lysenko glorified his "Children's Anthem". Now it is known all over the world as "Prayer for Ukraine". In addition, Nikolai took an active civic position and took part in social activities.

Mikhail Verbitsky (1815-1870)

Artemy Vedel (1767-1808)

For eight years he taught vocals at the Kharkov Collegium, in addition, he led the choirs of church choristers.

He created 29 choral concertos for the church. At performances, he often led tenor solos himself. Wedel's works were greatly influenced by folk song.

Dmitry Bortnyansky (1751-1825)

In 1758 he was sent with choristers to the chapel of St. Petersburg. The mother crossed her son, gave him a modest bundle of food and kissed him. Seven-year-old Dima never saw his parents again.

His talent allowed him to study abroad. To comprehend the basics of musical skill, he went to Venice, Naples, Rome.

National Union of Composers of Ukraine

Union of Composers of Ukraine traces its history from the Society to them. Leontovich (1922), within the framework of which separate composer cells began to function in Ukraine. However, the direct basis for the creation of the Union of Composers was the Decree of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of 1932 "On the restructuring of literary and artistic organizations", for the implementation of which in 1932 the Organizing Bureau for the creation of the Union of Soviet Musicians was approved, which included outstanding composers of Ukraine - P Kozitsky, B. Lyatoshinsky, I. Kolyada, L. Revutsky. Subsequently, composer organizations appeared in Kharkov, Kyiv, Odessa, and later - in Lvov. In Kiev, the Union was headed by Levko Revutsky (by that time Boris Lyatoshinsky was the executive secretary. Since 1939, B. M. Lyatoshinsky became the Chairman of the Union of Composers of Ukraine. Over the years, the Union of Composers of Ukraine was headed by Konstantin Dankevich (1941), Lev Revutsky (since 1944 to 1948 during the difficult period of the war and the first post-war years), and then Grigory Verevka, Philip Kozitsky, again Konstantin Dankevich, Georgy Maiboroda. For more than 20 years until 1989, the Union was headed by A. Ya. Shtogarenko. Since 1989, she began to actively operate the middle generation of composers - the Union was led by Yevhen Stankovich, Mykhailo Stepanenko.Currently, the National Union of Composers of Ukraine (the Union has had this status since 1998) is headed by the Co-Chairmen - Yevhen Stankovich and Miroslav Skorik.

A significant place among the organizations created to promote the creative activity of professional composers and musicologists, to support them and provide them with material, financial, legal and other assistance, is occupied by the Musical Foundation of Ukraine of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. Since Ukraine gained independence in August 1991, the Musical Foundation of Ukraine exists today as an independent organization, subordinate in its activities to the Union of Composers of Ukraine and the Board of the Musical Foundation of Ukraine.

The Musical Foundation of Ukraine (Director - Oleksandr Ilyich Serebryanyk) provides an opportunity for everyone who is interested in the art of music to get a broad idea of the diversity of modern and classical musical creativity, and for Ukrainian musicians and composers to realize themselves and their original culture in the context of general world processes.

The Musical Foundation of Ukraine over the years of its existence has become a cultural, social, public and legal center of the creative intelligentsia, where issues of the development of national musical culture, copyright protection of composers and social problems (participation in the organization of creative concerts, festivals, granting for use musical instrument, financial assistance, health and treatment services, etc.). Today, thanks to the fruitful work of the new team of employees of the Muzfond, contacts are maintained with numerous musicians, creative associations many countries of the world, new trends began to appear in the development and formation of Ukrainian musical culture and legal protection of copyright and related rights.

The main goal of the Musical Fund of Ukraine is to ensure the full implementation of the multifaceted creativity of members of the Union of Composers of Ukraine, the creation of appropriate social and living conditions for them. In its creative activities, the Musical Foundation of Ukraine carries out: · Assistance to composers and musicologists in promoting their creative activity; · Organization of the first audition, holding consultations, providing creative business trips, census and copying of manuscripts; · Financing of measures to assist in improving the professional skills of composers and musicologists; · Financing of orders for writing works by young composers and musicologists; Organization of competitions for the creation musical works various genres; · Appointment of annual awards of the Musical Fund of Ukraine for the best works of certain genres, the best musicological works, covering modern processes and the musical heritage of Ukraine.

In social services, the Musical Foundation of Ukraine carries out: · Organization of the provision of household, medical and sanatorium-and-spa services for members of the Muzfond and their families; - Provision of legal assistance; · Allocation of monetary loans for writing new works; - Provision of material assistance; · Dealing with issues of improving living conditions.

Since June 1991, by the decision of the Board of the Union of Composers of Ukraine, the store "Notes" was subordinated to Tsentrmuzinform. At the end of 1956, at the expense of the Union of Composers in Kyiv, a residential building was built on the street. Sofievskaya, 16/16 with non-residential premises built into it on the ground floor and basement to accommodate the Musical Fund of Ukraine of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. For 45 years of operation of the house, he gained the status of "Monument of History", where numerous memorial plaques are installed to famous composers: L. M. Revutsky, Platon Mayboroda, Andrey Olkhovsky.

Almost 50 years of activity of the Musical Fund of Ukraine, the presence of numerous legal acts, makes it possible to obtain a reliable and sustainable existence of the Musical Fund of Ukraine. The development and rise of the national musical culture is not possible without financial resources. And the flow of financial resources to the Muzfond is impossible without hard and painstaking work to raise funds for their further refinancing into the Fund's social programs, as well as: creative work. Therefore, the process of implementing the program of activities of the Music Fund is underway.

In addition, now the Muzfond, together with the Ukrainian Agency for Copyright and Related Rights, is introducing new areas of the Fund's activities: - Collection of royalties to the Musical Fund for the use of musical works; - Collective management of property copyright and related rights when using works and objects of related rights in digital networks (including the Internet). Everyone understands that all these processes are connected with the solution of many problems. However, without this, it is impossible to effectively engage in collective management in the field of copyright and related rights.

The Ukrainian branch of the Musical Fund of the USSR was established in the city of Kiev on September 20, 1939 in accordance with the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 1511 and the Charter of the Musical Fund of the USSR, approved by the Board of the Union of Composers of the USSR of September 30, 1939. The Ukrainian branch of the Musical Fund of the USSR was set up to provide creative and everyday assistance to the members of the Musical Fund who lived in the territory of the Ukrainian Republic. Due to the fact that no pre-war archival documents have been preserved, there is no other information about the activities of the Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund for the period from 1939 to 1942. On February 10, 1958, the Board of the Union of Composers of the USSR approved the new charter of the Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund, on the basis of which the branch carries out its activities.

The main task of the Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund was to promote the creative activity of the members of the Music Fund, improve their material, everyday and cultural situation. The Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund was entrusted with: Assistance to composers and musicologists in their creative activities in creating all types and genres of music, as well as musicological works, listening, organizing creative business trips, providing repayable loans, irrevocable assistance, census of notes, etc. ; - Providing assistance in improving the skills of composers and musicologists and enhancing their creative skills; · Popularization of works of composers; · Organization of cultural, community, medical and sanatorium services for members of the USSR Music Fund, as well as members of their families; · Carrying out activities to improve the living conditions of members of the USSR Music Fund; - Provision of legal assistance, etc. The Ukrainian branch has been granted the right, in accordance with the established procedure, to build and maintain residential buildings, composers' creative houses, rest houses, sanatoriums, music shops, printing houses and other enterprises.

The highest governing body that managed all the activities of the Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund was the Board, which was intended by the Board of the Union of Composers of the Ukrainian SSR. The Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund was directly subordinated to the Board of the USSR Music Fund, to which it provided estimates and reports on its activities, as well as the conclusions of the Audit Commission of the Union of Composers of the Ukrainian SSR, within the established time limits. The Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund had its own seal, the sample of which was established by the USSR Music Fund with the addition of the name of the Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund. The Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund was a self-supporting organization and had its own budget. The Ukrainian branch of the USSR Music Fund has slightly subordinated regional branches in the cities of Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Lvov, Odessa, Simferopol, Kharkov.

In addition, little Vorzelsky House of Composers' Creativity, a residential building in the city of Kiev (former Kalinina Street (now Sofiyivska, 16/16), a production plant and a music store are under its control. In early 1963 to March 1964, under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian branch of the Muzfond In the USSR, there was a music printing factory, which was later transferred to the State Committee of the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR for Printing All subordinate enterprises, with the exception of a residential building, were on an independent balance sheet.

On January 16, 1967, the Secretariat of the Board of the Union of Composers of the USSR approved the Instruction on the procedure for spending funds to provide creative and everyday assistance to members of the Muzfond. This Instruction assumed that the assistance provided by the Muzfond should not be of a charitable nature, therefore only creatively active composers and musicologists, as well as those members of the Muzfond who are temporarily not working for various reasons, can count on it, but creative activity who had or has public importance. The size of loans and the period of their repayment are determined depending on the nature of the works, as well as on the conditions of creative work and financial situation member of the Music Fund. Vouchers to the houses of creativity were provided to members of the Muzfond to work on a specific piece of music and musicological works that were of great ideological, artistic and social significance. A member of the Muzfond could receive a creative business trip through the department for up to 1.5 months. Business trips were provided: · To collect materials for the creation of new works; · To collect and record samples of folk musical creativity; · For creative reports and demonstrations of new musical works and musicological works; · For advice when working on new works. ・To work with musical theaters And concert organizations on the creation of new musical works; · To participate in the plenums of the Board of the Union of Composers, meetings and conferences convened by the Union of Composers, etc. During the period of activity of the Ukrainian branch, the USSR Music Fund was left with archival documentary materials that have a certain historical, scientific and reference value.

In June 1987, according to the Order of the USSR Music Fund No. 73 dated June 29, 1987, the propaganda department was separated from the Ukrainian branch and the Ukrainian republican branch of the Center for Musical Information (Centrmuzinform) was created on its basis. By that time, the subordinate organizations of the Musical Fund of Ukraine were the production plant, the House of Composers' Creativity "Vorzel" and the store "Notes".

In November 1989, the Ukrainian branch of the Musical Fund of the USSR was renamed into the Musical Fund of the Ukrainian SSR. This renaming was due to organizational and structural changes in the Union of Composers of the USSR - the formation of a voluntary federative association of unions of composers of the Union republics, composer organizations of Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev, granting economic independence to these unions and in connection with the Declaration on State Sovereignty adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.

Since Ukraine gained independence in August 1991, the Musical Foundation of Ukraine exists today as an independent organization, subordinate in its activities to the National Union of Composers of Ukraine and the Board of the Musical Foundation of Ukraine.

At present, the Union has 440 members (271 composers and 169 musicologists). The work of many of them is a real national treasure, an intellectual and spiritual treasury of the Ukrainian people.

About the significant contribution of the members of the Union of Composers to the development national culture evidenced by the fact that among the members of the Union there are 17 People's Artists of Ukraine, 54 Honored Art Workers of Ukraine, 16 laureates of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, 6 academicians and 3 corresponding members of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine, 35 Doctors of Science, 59 professors, 20 Prize winners N. V. Lysenko, 15 laureates of the Prize. B. Lyatoshinsky, 15 laureates of the Prize. L. M. Revutsky, etc. For special achievements, 10 artists were awarded the Order of Merit of the III Stupas, the Order of Merit of the President of Ukraine, 1 - the Order of Yaroslav the Wise, 1 - the Order of Princess Olga.

The highest governing body of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine is the congress, which is convened once every five years. Between congresses, the activities of the Union are managed by the Board headed by the Chairman of the Board.

The grounds for the entry of citizens of Ukraine to the NCU are determined by the Charter of the Union. According to it, composers and musicologists - professionals with a special higher education, whose creative activity, having independent artistic and scientific value, contributes to the development of the national musical culture of Ukraine, can be members of the NSCU.

Every year, the National Union of Composers of Ukraine, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine, holds a large number of cultural events - festivals, forums, competitions, concert cycles, anniversary evenings, as well as symposiums, conferences, seminars, creative meetings, etc.

Thanks to the fruitful efforts of the Union of Composers of Ukraine, an international festival movement was established in Ukraine in the field of academic music, which brought the national musical art into the world orbit.

Since 1990, 17 international festivals "Kyiv Music Fest" (the main festival of modern academic music in our country), 9 International Forums of Young Music, 16 festivals "Musical premieres of the season" have been held. All of them have received worldwide recognition. The International Festival of Avant-Garde Music "Two Days and Two Nights", which takes place every spring in Odessa, the Lviv Festival of Contemporary Music "Contrasts", musical festivals in Kharkov, Donetsk, Drohobych, Kolomyia, Dnepropetrovsk, Uzhgorod, etc., are also very popular with listeners.

The Union of Composers is actively working on international musical exchange. Representatives of almost all European countries, as well as the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Latin American countries, Israel, Lebanon take part in the above events. On the other hand, Ukrainian contemporary music is increasingly heard in these countries, which is now increasingly recognized as an extraordinary, original phenomenon of global culture.

The constant concern and subject of special attention of the Union is the creative youth. As the Forum of Young Music established by the Union shows, the creative potential of young Ukrainian composers is extremely high. This is evidenced by the high artistic results demonstrated by the young members of the Union at prestigious international composer competitions in Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Poland, China, Japan, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and other countries.

The powerful musicological team of the Union is actively working, making its constant contribution to the development of fundamental areas of musicological science, revealing to the public pages forgotten or deliberately removed from the cultural history of Ukraine, exploring the modern musical process, doing extensive journalistic and educational work.

The National Union of Composers of Ukraine for many years has been and remains a unique, active creative organization that does its best to maintain the national professional school of composers at a high world level. Working closely with state organizations and institutions, the National Union of Composers of Ukraine significantly influences the process of cultural development of a civilized Ukrainian state, the preservation and development of national cultural traditions, and the enhancement of international prestige. Ukrainian music, the formation of the spiritual ideals of our people.

STATISTICAL INFORMATION

Total members of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine as of April 1, 2008 - 440

Of these, composers - 271, musicologists - 169

Age composition

From 25 to 30 years - 25

From 30 to 40 years - 48

40 to 50 years - 99

From 50 to 60 years - 108

From 60 to 70 years - 87

Over 70 years - 57

MUSICAL EDUCATION

With higher - 440

HONORARY TITLES, AWARDS AND PRIZES:

Awarded:

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise In Art. - 1, Order of Princess Olga III c. - 1, Order "For Merit" III Art. - 10, Order of St. Prince Vladimir III Art. - 5, the Order of St. Barbara the Great Martyr - 3, the Order of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker "For the increase of good on earth" - 1, the Order of St. Stanislav III degree - 1, the Order of the Badge of Honor - 3, the Order of St. Michael the Archangel - 1, the Order " Cossack glory "III century. - 1

People's Artist of Ukraine - 17

Honored Art Worker of Ukraine - 54

Honored Artist of Russia - 1, Honored Artist of the Republic of Moldova - 1, Honored Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan - 1, Honored Artist of Ukraine - 1, Honored Artist of Ukraine - 2, Honored Artist of Russia - 1, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine - 5 , Honored Journalist of Ukraine - 1, "Person of the Year - 2002" - 1, "Person of the Year - 2003" - 1

WINNERS:

National Taras Shevchenko Prize of Ukraine - 16 Laureate of the Gorky Prize - 20 Laureate of the Boris Lyatoshinsky Prize - 15 Laureate of the L. N. Revutsky Prize - 15 Laureate of the V.S. Kosenko - 6 Laureate of the M. Verikovsky Prize - 3 Laureate of the Leo Vitoshinsky Prize - 4 Laureate of the Ivan Ogienko Prize - 2 Laureate of the Vernadsky Prize - 2 Laureate of the Kiev Prize (named after A. Vedel) - 5 Laureate of the B. Asaf "Eva" - 1 Laureate of the F. Kolessa Prize - 1 Laureate of the V. Stus Prize - 1 Laureate of the Republican Komsomol Prize named after N. Ostrovsky - 9 Laureate of the State Prize of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea - 3 Laureates of regional (regional, city) prizes - 34

SCIENTIFIC DEGREES AND SCIENTIFIC RANKS:

Academician - 6 Corresponding Member - 3 Doctor of Science - 35 Professor - 59 Candidate of Art History - 70 Associate Professor - 51

The governing bodies of the Union

Head of the Union, Chairman of the Board,

First Secretary Stankovich Yevgeny Fedorovich. Composer, Hero of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize, academician of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine.

Co-Chair of the Union

Skorik Miroslav Mikhailovich

Composer, Hero of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize, academician of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine.

SECRETARY

NATIONAL UNION

COMPOSERS OF UKRAINE

Nevenchanaya Tamara Sergeevna

musicologist, doctor of philosophy of art. Executive secretary, secretary of the board for organizational and creative issues.

Dichko Lesya Vasilievna

composer, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize. Creative Secretary of the Board. He deals with creative issues, the development of concert programs for festivals, forums, creative meetings, anniversary evenings. Represents the Board of the Union in the Collegium of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, various organizing committees, juries, councils, etc.

Lyashenko Gennady Ivanovich

composer, people's artist of Ukraine, professor. Creative Secretary of the Board. He deals with creative issues, the development of concert programs for festivals, forums, creative meetings, anniversary evenings. Represents the Board of the Union in various organizing committees, juries, councils, etc. Provides constant communication with performing groups, philharmonic societies, and other art institutions.

OLEYNIK Lesya Stepanovna

musicologist, candidate of art criticism, associate professor, Secretary General of the National Committee of the UNESCO International Music Council. Secretary of the Board for Foreign Relations. He is in charge of international relations related to the popularization of the work of Ukrainian composers in the world, creative contacts with foreign composers, groups of performers and musicological institutions. Maintains relations with foreign embassies in Ukraine on issues of cultural cooperation, as well as with various foundations. Represents the National Union of Composers of Ukraine in the international cultural organization - UNESCO.

Pilyutikov Sergei Yurievich

composer. Secretary of the board for work with creative youth. Deals with issues of working with creative youth, incl. those who are preparing to join the Union. He heads the directorate and creative and organizational work for the International Festival "Forum of Music of the Young". Organizes and conducts international competition young composers "Gradus ad Parnassum", master classes, seminars, creative laboratories with leading Ukrainian and foreign masters of contemporary music. Implements art direction Youth Ensemble new music"ricochets". Engaged in establishing creative relations with international and domestic youth centers, organizations, unions, foundations, etc.

TARANENKO Ivan Ivanovich

composer. Secretary of the Board for Intellectual Property and Advertising. Carries out general work on intellectual property issues, coordinates the work of public organizations that manage copyright and related rights, along with the Department of Intellectual Property, regulates the legal relations of subjects of copyright and related rights in Ukraine. Provides coverage of the activities of the NCU, various programs and projects through television, radio, the Internet, periodicals, etc.

SHCHERBAKOV Igor Vladimirovich

composer, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize, associate professor. Chairman of the board of the Kyiv organization NSCU.

Stetsyun Nikolai Grigorievich

Composer, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine. Chairman of the board of the Hariv organization of the NSCU.

SOKOL Alexander Viktorovich

musicologist, doctor of art history, honored worker of arts of Ukraine, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine. Chairman of the board of the Odessa organization NSCU.

Tsepkolenko Karmella Semyonovna

Composer, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor. Member of the board of the Odessa organization NSCU.

MAMONOV Sergey Alekseevich

composer, honored worker of arts of Ukraine, professor. Chairman of the board of the Donetsk organization NSCU

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