Petro Danylovych Haydamaka (*12 July 1907, Ivanivka village, Izium district, Kharkiv province (now a district of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region) - †7 September 1981, Kharkiv) was a composer, conductor, and public figure. He graduated from the Kharkiv Conservatory, composition class of S. Bohatyryov and M. Tits, and graduated from the Kharkiv Conservatory with a degree in conducting from V. Tolba (1938).
Conductor of the Kharkiv Regional Radio (1938-1941), director of the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater (1941-1946), artistic director of the Kharkiv Philharmonic (1951-1967). He was the head of the Kharkiv branch of the UWC (1949-1981). 3Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1967), People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1977).
Works
vocal symphonies - cantata-symphony "Songs of the Heart" (composed by V. Sosiura, 1965), "My Land (composed by M. Rylsky, V. Bychko, I. Muratov, 1967), etc;
for symphony orchestra - suite "Young Years" (1935), "Partisan Symphony" (1946), Partita (1972), Rhapsody (1972), etc.
concertos - for oboe (1975), for balalaika (1966);
pieces for piano;
choirs - "Thought about Bohdan Khmel" (lyrics by I. Tsiupa), "Kalynonka" (lyrics by A. Myastkivsky), etc;
vocal cycles - "Dnipro Sonnets" (lyrics by D. Lutsenko, 1964), "Melodies" (lyrics by Lesya Ukrainka, 1948), "Maiden Letters" (lyrics by V. Tkachenko and I. Muratov), etc;
romances, songs, arrangements of folk songs; music for radio plays.
Ukrainian folk songs (sheet music) [Archived April 30, 2021, at the Wayback Machine]. Arranged for voice and piano by Musical Ukraine, Kyiv - 1978
