Ukrainian composer, Honored Artist of Ukraine (1995), member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine since 1990, member of the All-Ukrainian Music Union since 1995. Laureate of the Ilya Slatin Municipal Prize (1997), the Ivan Ohienko All-Ukrainian Prize (1999), the Diploma of the President of Ukraine (1999), the Order of Merit, III degree (2009), and the Mykola Lysenko Prize (2010).
Biographical information
Born in Kirovobad (now Ganja, Azerbaijan), he spent his childhood in Poltava region. In 1977, he graduated from the Folk Orchestra Department of the Kharkiv State Institute of Culture (now the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture); in 1989, he graduated from the Kharkiv Ivan Kotliarevskyi Institute of Arts, composition class of Volodymyr Zolotukhin.
From 1992 to 2021, he was the musical director of the Kharkiv Municipal Theater of Folk Music of Ukraine "Oberegi". He participated in the II All-Ukrainian Festival "Golden-Domed Kyiv" with his author's concert "Awakening" (1998).
He worked as an artistic director of the village house of culture (Persha-Starovirovka village, 1970), concertmaster of the Honored Dance Ensemble of Ukraine "Kvitka" at the Palace of Culture of KhEMZ (1974-1976) and concertmaster of the Kharkiv State Academic Russian Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin (1976-1991), since 1991 - senior lecturer, since 2000 - associate professor at the Kharkiv State University of Arts named after Ivan Kotliarevskyi.
His works include
for symphony orchestra - overture "Youth of Tractor-Building" (1981), poem "Prologue" (1987); symphony "Chernobyl" (ed. 2006), which begins the GREAT SYMPHONY COMPOSITION OF THE Native Land under the general title: "Time", which includes seven program symphonies: I. "Chernobyl" (Symphony-Prologue) (2006), II. "OVASTA FIRST" (Symphony of the Fields) based on the Book of Veles (2011), III. "KURGAL SHU-NUN" (Symphony of the Sacred Stone) (2012), IV. "On the path of the Chumak..." (Song Symphony) (2015), V. "Exampus XXI" (Scythian Symphony) (2018), VI. "THE GLORIOUS GIFT" (Confessional Symphony) (2020), VII. "Boholissia" (Symphony-Epilogue) (2022). March for symphony orchestra "Toulumbas 48-16" (2006). Waltz for Symphony Orchestra "Echo" (2020), Triple Concerto: "Like an Easter egg village..." (violin, viola, cello) for violin and percussion (2020), "Zaporohy" symphonic poem (2021), for large symphony orchestra, "LIBERTAS - FREEDOM!" in unison - a cantata on the poetry of H. Skovoroda (2021) for tenor, mixed choir, paired symphony orchestra;
for pop orchestra - Watercolors (1976); Metamorphoses 52-61;
for percussion, brass quartet, synthesizer and piano - symphony "Memories of Mother Earth" (1987); for instrumental and folk-ethnographic ensembles - rhapsody "Golden Pectoral" (1990), for brass quartet and percussion "Old Bastion" (1987);
for piano - "Sketches" (1979), "Russian Triptych" (1984), "Duma" (1985);
for trumpet and orchestra - Scherzo (1977), Capriccio Concerto (2020);
for accordion - Concert Piece (1977); waltz "Rondo" (2015); for ready-made accordion "Paraphrase on the theme of the Ukrainian folk song "Oh dzhyhun, dzhyhun..." (2022)
concert fantasies for folk music orchestra: "Dergunets", "Ukrainian Knitting", "Troista-Zabridska", "Svyatkova Slobidska" (on Ukrainian themes), "Pandukhty" (on Armenian themes), "Dromoresa" (on gypsy themes), "Kubana" (on Spanish and Cuban themes), "Shepherd Melodies" (based on Lithuanian folk melodies), "Chocchirlia" (based on Moldovan folk melodies), "Autumn Ortachala..." (based on Georgian folk melodies), rhapsody on backgammon melodies of the Greeks of the Azov Sea region "Exodus from the Crimea", concert overture "Tnoyim" (based on klezmer and Jewish melodies common in Ukraine);
for the National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments - "Call of the Whistler..." concert-diptych for flute (2007), "Concert-Kakhtyr for Orchestra" in 3 parts (2009), "Let's fly to the end of the world..." (2019), "As a blue-winged eagle..." divertimento rhapsody in 5 parts (2020);
for unaccompanied choir - concerts: on canonical texts: "Glory to Thee, O Lord!", "Sing for the Lord..."; choral concert "Native Circle" in 3 parts, "Still Third Roosters..." (concert-diptych) on the poetry of Taras Shevchenko, "Pray to the Lord for Her..." (cantata) on the poetry of Taras Shevchenko, for soloists and men's choir accompanied by a symphony orchestra (2018), for women's choir: "Awakening" and "Dawn of Orianta" based on folk songs: "Chants", "Maiden's Dream" in 3 parts, "O Lelya!";
harmony songs: for tenor "My Kobza", poetry by P. Kulish, for bass "Over the Dnipro Saga..." poetry by T. Shevchenko, for soprano "Mother Sowed Sleep..." poetry by B. Oliynyk, for baritone "How I Want to Live..." poetry by O. Oles;
music for theater performances.
