Ukrainian singer (baritone); Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (since 1986); People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (since 1990).
Biography.
He was born on July 20, 1955 in Lviv, the son of singer Vladyslav Hrytsiuk. As a child, he spent a lot of time in the theater. Then he entered a ten-year music school for especially gifted children, where he studied piano. As a boy, he took part in government concerts, often performing with opera soloists.
In 1979 he graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory (class of T. N. Mykhailova). In 1979-1988, he was a soloist at the Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theater, and since 1988 - at the House of Organ and Chamber Music of the Ukrainian SSR. He has been a member of the CPSU since 1985.
Hrytsiuk's grave
Hrytsiuk lived in Kyiv. He died on January 22, 2000. Buried in Kyiv at the Baikove cemetery.
Parties
Mykola ("Natalka Poltavka" by Lysenko);
Prince Ihor ("Prince Ihor" by Borodin);
Shaklovyty (Khovanshchyna by Mussorgsky);
Valentin (Faust by Gounod);
Albert (Werther by Massenet).
Awards.
First prize at the All-Union Glinka Vocal Competition (1984);
Second prize at the Vil Lobos International Singing Competition (Rio de Janeiro, 1985);
First prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition (Moscow, 1986).
