Oleh Pylypovych Kiva (January 5, 1947, Lviv - December 26, 2007) was a Ukrainian composer. Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1986). Laureate of the Republican Komsomol Prize named after M. Ostrovsky (1979). People's Artist of Ukraine (2001). Member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine and its Board. Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Kyiv City Organization of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine.
He was born on January 5, 1947 in Lviv. He studied piano at a music school. He graduated from Poltava School No. 10. At the Poltava Music College, he studied at the Theory Department. In his second year of study (at the age of sixteen), he began writing small piano pieces and romances. His first opuses have not survived. At the Tchaikovsky Kyiv State Conservatory, he studied composition under Professor Myroslav Skoryk. "Oleh Kiva was my first student. As a very talented person, he showed his individuality from the very beginning of his career. It is the lyrical note that has always been inherent in his music. And this lyricism penetrates deep into the soul of people, touches their emotional strings and does not leave them indifferent." (Myroslav Skoryk). After graduating from the Conservatory (1971), he was assigned to the Uman Music College, where he taught theoretical disciplines (1971-1972) and conducted the local symphony orchestra. Then he returned to Kyiv, joined the Union of Composers of Ukraine, where he was the editor of the propaganda department (1972-1974). He served in the army. After his demobilization, he taught at the Kyiv Children's Music School (1974-1976), worked as a reviewer for the Union of Composers of Ukraine, as well as at the Music and Choral Society, and was a music editor at the Music Ukraine publishing house (1977-1980). Since 1980, he has been working as a composer. He wrote music for films.
Oleh Kiva's grave
Oleh Kiva died on December 26, 2007. He was buried in Kyiv at the Baikove Cemetery (plot No. 33).
Creative work
Kiva's work is particularly characterized by lyrical imagery. It can be characterized as an organic fusion of objective, emotionally open, and subjective, psychologically deep lyrics.
Oleh Kiva's creative formation dates back to the late 60s and early 70s of the last century, when a whole constellation of original and distinctive young composers burst into the Ukrainian musical world: Ivan Karabyts, Yaroslav Vereshchagin, Volodymyr Zubytskyi, and Iryna Kyrylina. And among them was Oleh Kiva. In his first piano and chamber-instrumental works, one could already feel his individual handwriting. His Piano Sonata No. 2, written in 1977 and known as "Romantic Music," immediately became the young composer's calling card. The appearance in the same year of the First Chamber Cantata based on the poems of Anna Novochadivska marked a certain creative milestone. Having tried himself in different genres, including musical and theatrical (ballet "Olesya" based on the story by A. Kuprin), Oleh Kiva focused on working in the chamber vocal genre. His film scores are widely known.
His works include.
Three preludes for piano (1966)
Suite for 2 flutes and bassoon (1967)
Suite for orchestra (1967)
Cantata in memory of the victims of Auschwitz for soloists, choir and orchestra (1967)
Variations for piano (1968)
Rondo for viola and piano (1968)
Sonata No. 1 for piano (1969)
Octet for woodwinds (1970)
Cantata in memory of Lenin (1970)
Symphony for orchestra (1971)
"Folk Melody" for orchestra (1971)
Two romances based on poems by Federico Garcia Lorca for voice and piano (1972)
Fantasy for piano (1972)
Two intermezzos for violin and piano (1975)
String Quartet in memory of D. Shostakovich (1975)
"Ukrainian Triptych" for piano (1975)
Sonata for cello and piano (1975)
"Music for Children based on poems by A. Novochadovska for voice and piano (1975-1976)
Chamber Cantata No. 1 based on poems by A. Novochadovska for voice and chamber orchestra (1977)
Three Ballads to Poems by A. Kanakis for voice and piano (1977)
Sonata No. 2 for piano (1977)
"Lyrical Poem" for symphony orchestra (1977)
Two concert fugues for piano (1979)
"Oktyabr" ("October") based on the poetry of Alexander Pushkin (in Russian) for voice and piano (1979)
"Olesya" ballet based on the story of the same name by A. Kuprin (1981)
Chamber Cantata No. 2 based on poems by Federico Garcia Lorca for voice and chamber orchestra (1981)
"Three Poems" based on poems by P. Tychyna (in Ukrainian) for baritone and chamber orchestra (1982)
Chamber Cantata No. 3 based on poems by P. Tychyna (in Ukrainian) for soprano (folk voice) and chamber orchestra (1982)
"Elegy" for piano (1979-1982)
"Thought of Poltava" for voice and orchestra (1982)
Overture for symphony orchestra (1982)
"Ode to the Earth" based on a poem by M. Rylsky (in Ukrainian) for voice and orchestra (1976-1983)
Three choruses to poems by Alexander Pushkin (in Russian) (1983)
Two romances to poems by O. Mandelstam and M. Zabolotsky (in Russian) for voice and piano (1983)
Concerto for piano and orchestra (1983)
Chamber Cantata No. 4 to poems by O. Mandelstam and M. Zabolotsky (in Russian) for voice and chamber orchestra (1983)
Four choruses to poems by M. Rylsky (in Ukrainian) (1984)
Concerto on Taras Shevchenko's poems (in Ukrainian) (1985)
Five choirs to poems by B. Oliynyk (in Ukrainian) (1985)
Chamber Symphony on Taras Shevchenko's poems (in Ukrainian) for voice and chamber orchestra (1990)
Chamber Cantata No. 5 (1993)
Chamber Cantata No. 6 (1997)
Music for films
"Unmarked Cargo (1984)
"Three" (1985)
"The Year of the Calf"
"It's the twentieth century" (1986)
"The Sinner (1988)
"Doping for Angels (1990)
"The Afghan (1991)
"Hearts of Three (1992)
"The Cossacks are coming!" (1992)
"Hearts of Three - 2" (1993)
"The Afghan - 2"
"The Road to the Sich (1994)
"Executed Dawns (1995)
TV films:
"Bridges of Friendship" (1979)
"Long Days, Short Weeks"
"Autumn Road to Mom (1981)
"Clarinets of Tenderness"
"Tenderness to the Roaring Beast (1982)
"Carousel (1983)
"I don't need protection" (1985, 2 p.)
"The Mountains Are Smoking" (1989)
"Beyond the Flight of the Arrow"
"Storm Warning (1990)
"Dead End" (1998)
film series:
"The Countess de Monsoreau" (1997)
"The Doll (2002)
"Ashes of the Phoenix (2004)
"My Personal Enemy (2005)
"Vices and Their Admirers (2006)
animated films:
"From the Life of Pencils"
"Ancient Ballad"
"Poplar" (1996)
"The Goat and the Ram"
"A pumpkin walks in the garden"
"The Rope (1990)
"The Most Real Adventure (1990) and others.
