Zynoviy Mykolaiovych Demtsiukh (born 7 February 1943, Velykosilky, Lviv region) is a Ukrainian conductor, teacher, associate professor at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Honoured Worker of Culture of Ukraine.
Biography.
Graduated from the conducting faculty of the Mykola Lysenko Lviv State Conservatory (1972). In 1963, he was a teacher at the Ivan Franko Pedagogical College in Pryluky (Chernihiv region).
1963-1966 he served in the army;
1971-1972 - artistic choirmaster of the Kyiv Men's Choir of the Choral Society of the Ukrainian SSR (now the Levko Revutskyi Chapel);
1972-2006 - a lecturer at the Filaret Kolessa Lviv Music and Pedagogical College and the Pedagogical College of Lviv University. 1991-1997: Senior Lecturer at the Conducting Department of the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy. Since 2006, he has been a senior lecturer at the Department of Musical Art of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
He is the author of scientific works, articles, collections of choral works, curricula, reviews, feedback, and developments in the field of folklore.
He worked with various choirs: the Prolisok Children's Choir (1976-1979); the Lviv Polytechnic Choir (1979-1985); the student and faculty choir of the Filaret Kolessa Lviv Music and Pedagogical College (1972-2000);
Founder, artistic director and chief conductor of the Antheus Choir (1984-2005).
Conductor of the male vocal ensemble "Lviv Soloists" (since 2001).
The ensembles led by Z. Demtsiukh became winners of national and international competitions and festivals, in particular,
First prize and the title of laureate at the All-Ukrainian Solomiya Krushelnytska Choir Competition (Ternopil, 1988);
Second prize and the title of laureate at the Second Mykola Leontovych All-Ukrainian Competition of Choirs (Kyiv, 1993);
First prize with honours (Firste prijs cum laude) and the title of laureate at the International Competition of Choirs in Neerpelt (Belgium, 1996).
He has participated in international musical projects:
1996 - Hierarchical Divine Liturgy in St Peter's Basilica (Vatican City) with the participation of the Holy Father John Paul II (Z. Demtsiukh conducted the combined choir from Ukraine);
1999 - operetta "Boccaccio" (the project included the comic operetta of the same name by Franz von Zuppe and "Requiem" and "Coronation Mass" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart);
2004 - "William Tell" by Gioacchino Rossini (opera, performance); 2004-2005 - "Die Fledermaus" (performance of the operetta of the same name by Johann Strauss and popular choral fragments from operas "Nabucco" and "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi and "Carmen" by Georges Bizet); 2006 - "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff (concert performance).
He has recorded three CDs: "Let Us All Rejoice Together Now (Carols and Christmas Carols)" (Lviv, 2002); "Folk Pearls (28 Ukrainian Folk Songs)" (Lviv, 2004); "Bless, My Soul, the Lord (Spiritual Works)" (Lviv, 2006).
Geography of concert performances (tours, concerts): Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, and Spain.
He has been a member of the organising committee for the preparation and holding of international choral music festivals in Lviv, a jury member of numerous competitions. For many years he was a member of the National All-Ukrainian Music Union.
Since 2006, he has been heading the section of conducting and choral disciplines at the Department of Musical Art of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
Since 2011 - Associate Professor of the Department of Choral Singing, Faculty of Culture and Arts, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
Monographs
Demtsiukh Z. M. Song Horizons of Anthea: Memories and Reflections of the Conductor, 2010. 176 p. ISBN 978-966-547-326-8
Demtsiukh Z. M. Vespers on Good Friday. Arrangement and arrangement of the score for a homogeneous choir.
Lviv Soloists Sing. A collection of sacred works. Compiled by Z. Demtsiukh. - Lviv, 2007 - 204 p.
