Solomon Ovsiyovych Fayntukh (born October 16, 1899, Berdychiv - July 18, 1985, Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian Soviet composer and conductor; member of the Union of Composers of Ukraine.
Faintoch was born on October 4 [16], 1899 in the city of Berdychiv (now Zhytomyr region, Ukraine) into a large Jewish family. He received his primary education in Berdychiv at a small Jewish school. In the summer of 1918, during the Ukrainian Revolution, the Fayntukh family moved from Berdychiv to Kharkiv to escape the Jewish pogroms perpetrated by the Hetmanate troops[1].
In 1918-1921, he studied at the Kharkiv Conservatory, piano class, with A. M. Koreshchenko. From 1920 to 1923, he was the artistic director and conductor of the Chapel of the People's Commissariat of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1927, he graduated from the Kharkiv Music and Drama Institute, majoring in composition under S. S. Bohatyryov.
In 1932-1935, 1940-1941, 1946-1950 he was a teacher at the Kharkiv Conservatory. In 1934-1937, he was the musical director and conductor of the Experimental Opera Studio, in 1937-1940, he was the artistic director and conductor of the Symphony Ensemble in Kyiv. In 1941-1944, he was a conductor and composer of drama theaters in Tashkent. In 1944-1946, he was the artistic director and conductor of the Voroshylovhrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.
He died in Kharkiv on July 18, 1985. He was buried in Kharkiv[1].
Works
operettas - "Rain", "The Sorceress", "Village Wedding", "Blue Danube";
for soloists, choir and symphony orchestra - oratorio-ballad "The Word about the Struggle of the Ukrainian People in the Patriotic War" (words by P. Tychyna, V. Sosiura, M. Rylsky, 1947, 2nd ed. 1965);
for choir and symphony orchestra - the poem "Maurice Winchevsky" (1934);
for symphony orchestra - Poem (1934);
for an orchestra of Russian folk instruments - Suite on Hutsul Themes (1948);
bow quartets: I (1927), II (1968);
Suite for piano (1949);
for voice and piano - romances, songs based on lyrics by Lesya Ukrainka, R. Burns translated by S. Marshak, Y. Ivashkevych and others;
choirs;
music for dramatic performances;
arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs.
In 1947, he became one of the authors of the National Anthem of the Ukrainian SSR (the author's team led by composer A. Lebedynets, the anthem was approved in 1949).
