Ukrainian composer, member of the Union of Composers of Ukraine. Husband of Maryna Cherkashina-Gubarenko, father of poetess and composer Iryna Gubarenko.
Biography
He was born on June 13, 1934 in Kharkiv. In 1960, he graduated from the Kharkiv Conservatory in the composition class of D. Klebanov. In 1958–1960, he was a teacher of theoretical subjects and musical literature in a children's music school. Since 1960, the music editor of the regional radio. In 1961–1972, he was a teacher of music theory and composition at the Kharkiv Institute of Arts, and from 1962 simultaneously at the Kharkiv Music School. Since 1972 in creative work. Until 1985, he lived in Kharkiv, since 1985 - in Kyiv.
Vitaliy Gubarenko's grave
He died on May 5, 2000 in Kyiv. Buried in Kyiv at Baikovo cemetery (plot No. 49a).
Art
Vitaly Gubarenkov has a prominent place among Ukrainian opera composers of the 20th century. According to L. Kiyanovska, each of his 13 operas "attracts with a non-banal, original solution in the combination of music and stage action, corresponding to the individual idea and choice of plot." The librettos for most of the operas were written by his wife, Maryna Cherkashina-Gubarenko. In them, the composer reveals "the ability to convey by musical means the aroma and color of a distant era, the anxious pulse of the present, a subtle sense of the emotional expression of the heroes, the dynamics of the unfolding of their feelings, the brightness and plasticity of musical pictures, the dramatic saturation of large canvases." In addition to the opera genre, the composer also turned to instrumental and chamber-vocal genres. L. Kiyanovska notes that in them the composer particularly showed interest in Ukrainian folklore rites (symphonic poem "Kupalo"), intimate lyrics of Ukrainian poets (vocal cycles "Colors and Moods" to the words of I. Drach, "Autumn Sonnets" to the words of D. Pavlychka, "Stretch out your palms" to the words of V. Sausyura).
List of works
Operas:
"The Death of the Squadron" (based on the play of the same name by O. Korniychuk, 1965-66, ex. post. 1967);
"Mamai" (based on the play by Y. Yanovsky "Thoughts about Britannia", 1969, ex. post. 1970);
"Love Letters" (mono-opera for soprano with orchestra based on the novella "Tenderness" by A. Barbus, 1971, ex. post. 1972);
"Revived May" (based on V. Yezhov's play "Nightingale Night", 1973, ex. post. 1974);
"Through the Flame" (1975, ex. post. 1976);
"Remember me" (based on V. Yezhov's play "Nightingale Night", 1977, published in 1980 under the title "Unforgettable");
The opera-ballet "Vii" (based on the novel by M. Gogol, 1980, published in 1984).
"Matchmaker involuntarily" (based on the play by H. Kvitka-Osnovyanenko "Shelmenko-denshchik", 1982, ex. post. 1985);
"Alpine Ballad" (based on the novel of the same name by V. Bykov, 1984, published in 1985);
"To whom the stars smiled" (based on the works of O. Korniychuk, 1987);
"Remember, my brothers!..." (based on the works of T. Shevchenko, 1991, vp. 1992);
"Loneliness" (monoopera for tenor with orchestra based on P. Merime's novella "Letters to a Stranger", 1993, 1994);
"Juliet's Monologues" (lyrical scenes based on V. Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet", v. 1998).
Ballets:
"The owner of the fireplace" (based on the drama of the same name by Lesya Ukrainka, 1968, ex. post. 1969);
"Assol" (symphony-ballet for orchestra, soprano and tenor based on O. Green's extravaganza "Red Sails", op. 1977);
"Zaporozhians" (choreographic scenes, 1980);
"Duty and faith and love" (based on the screenplay of Ye. Gabrilovich "Communist", published in 1985 under the title "Communist");
"May Night" (symphony-ballet based on the novel by M. Gogol, 1988);
"Green Holidays" (symphony-ballet, 1992);
"Liebestod" (symphony-ballet, 1997);
"Eyelash" (choreographic scenes based on the novel of the same name by M. Gogol, 2000).
Vocal and symphonic works:
Cantata "Sense of a united family" (sl. P. Tychyny, 1977);
"De profundis" (symphony for orchestra, soprano and tenor, composed by T. Shevchenko, 1996);
Symphony No. 3 (for orchestra and male choir, sl. R. Levin, 1975).
For the orchestra:
Symphony No. 1 (1962);
Poem "In Memory of Taras Shevchenko" (1963);
Concertino (1964);
Symphony No. 2 (1965);
Suite from the opera "Death of the Squadron" (1967);
Two suites from the ballet "The Master of the Stove" (1970, 1974);
The symphonic picture "Kupalo" (1971);
Lyrical poem "In modo romantico" (1989).
For instruments with an orchestra:
Chamber symphonies No. 1 and No. 2 for violin and orchestra (1967, 1978);
Concerto-poem for cello and orchestra (1963);
Flute Concerto with Chamber Orchestra (1965);
Ukrainian capriccio for violin, with chamber orchestra (1973);
Chamber Symphony No. 3 for two violins and orchestra (1983);
"Lyric Poem" for bassoon and string orchestra (1992);
Chamber Symphony No. 4 for cello and string orchestra (1996);
"Aria" for clarinet and string orchestra (1996);
"Adagio" for oboe and string orchestra (1999).
For string orchestra:
Symphony (1960);
Concerto Grosso (1982).
Chamber music:
String Quartet (1965);
Triptych for wind quintet (1978);
"Spanish Suite" for cello and piano ensemble.
For violin and chamber choir: "Canto ricordo" — chamber symphony No. 5 (1983/1999).
Cycles for voice from piano:
"From the poems of Yosyp Utkin" (1962);
"Colors and Moods" (published by I. Drach, 1965);
Two romances in sl. F. Krivina (1966);
"Stretch out your palms" (published by V. Sosyury, 1977);
"Autumn Sonnets" (published by D. Pavlychka, 1983).
For the choirin:
"Russian Sketches" (published by S. Yesenin, 1978);
The poem "Love Ukraine" (written by V. Sausyury).
Music for the movie "Thought about Kovpak".
Titles, prizes, awards
laureate of the Republican Komsomol Prize named after M. Ostrovsky (1967);
Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1969);
awarded the medal named after O. Oleksandrov (1975),
laureate of the State Prize named after T. G. Shevchenko (1984);
People's Artist of Ukraine (1993).
