Ukrainian composer, ethno-organologist, conductor, lecturer-musicologist, music critic, producer, editor-in-chief of the "Collegium musicum" publishing house.
Origin
On his father's side, he was a Galician-Volyn landowner, a mechanized inventor. Great-grandfather Opanas Kot and grandfather Fedir Kotiuk and their families were repressed by the communist authorities. Mykola Kotyuk's father is an engineer-inventor.
On the mother's side, there are seven generations of the Lviv Ukrainian-Rusyn intelligentsia: Greek-Catholic priests, religious scholars, philosophers-scientists, public figures, musicians.
Great-great-grandfather Kyrylo Stefanovych - archbishop of the Armenian Diocese in Lviv. The great-grandfather of Father Yuliyan Tselevich is the founder of the Ukrainian Society "Prosvita". The great-grandfather of Fr. Grigorii Yarema is a professor, philosopher, religious scholar. Father Maryan Yarema's grandfather was a priest of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on Ruska Street in Lviv for three decades. Grandmother Olga Guglevychivna-Yarema is an opera singer who raised her grandson Bohdan in the love of God and music. Mother Sofia Yarema-Kotyuk is a pianist, choirmaster and concertmaster.
Education
1957 – Preparatory studio at the Lviv Conservatory.
1958-1969 – Lviv secondary special music boarding school named after Solomiya Krushelnytska. Specialization – piano and historical and theoretical disciplines.
1969-1974 – Lviv State Conservatory named after Mykola Lysenko, Faculty of Musicology. Specialization – history of music, scientific research, criticism, folkloristics.
1976-1983 – Lviv State Conservatory named after Mykola Lysenko, faculty of composition. Specialization – music theory, musical dramaturgy, polyphony, organology, editor.
1982-1983 – Kyiv Institute of Professional Development, conducting. Specialization – symphojazz orchestra (in parallel with the composer's studies at the faculty in Lviv).
Professional achievements
1968 – work as a composer, commentator, author of programs on radio, TV, and in the press.
1977 - Dissertation "Neo-folklorism and ways of embodying folklore in modern music".
1983 - Defense of the diploma composition work - Symphony for triple composition - 3 h.
1983 - Joined the youth section of the Union of Composers of the Ukrainian SSR - Lviv.
1985 - Joined the Union of Composers of the Union of the SSR and Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv. Now - the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.
1989 - Creation of the "Concept of musical education of school-aged children".
1991 - Publication: "School of playing the flute". – National-patriotic education at school through the study of musical instruments, folklore and the development of creative thinking. – Methodical textbook with own artistic exercises [developed together with the first professional piper Roman Dveriy].
1993 – Founding in Lviv of the first Richard Wagner Society in Ukraine - co-founder and director.
2001 - Founding of the publishing house "Collegium musicum" of the Lviv Society Richard Wagner - founder and chief editor.
Pedagogical activity
1971 – teacher in the cultural and educational and music schools of Lviv and Lutsk.
1976 – conductor of chamber and variety orchestras and ensembles in Lviv and the region.
1984 – teacher of music-theoretical disciplines at the Drohobych Pedagogical Institute.
1986 – teacher of secondary school No. 90 in Lviv. – Special course "Music". Aesthetic education of schoolchildren.
1989 – teacher of the Department of Folklore and Folk Art of the Lviv Conservatory.
Social and civic activism
1990-1996 – Plenipotentiary representative of German humanitarian organizations in Ukraine.
1997 – Organizer of the initiative group to create a new Rotary Club in Lviv.
1998 – Founding President of the Lviv-Leopolis Rotary Club.
2000-2005 – Officer of Rotary District 2230.
10/23/2013 - The highest award for community service, the "PAUL HARRIS FELLOW" by President Rotary International 2013-14 Ron Burton.
The work of Bohdan Kotyuk
Bohdan Kotyuk's work is a polystylistic phenomenon in modern Ukrainian music, which best fits the definition of fusion. His individual compositional method is characterized by a fusion of different times, different genres and a wide range of musical expressions: from deeply philosophical and sacred to full of energy and dynamism of the technical revolution, the search for new forms in musical dramaturgy and sonoristics.
Both vocal and (especially) instrumental music of B. Kotyuk is characterized by perfectionism in mastering the texture of the musical fabric, which grows out of the structure and technical features of the musical instrument. The composer professes close cooperation with the performer of his works. This happens already at the stage of formation of the musical concept and the formal embodiment of the idea in musical notation.
Especially important for Bohdan Kotyuk as a creator is the relevance of musical expression in close interaction with the innovations of life and an adequate artistic understanding of modernity through the application of innovative findings in the musical atmosphere of today.
Art
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Orphey band
Production-managerial, concert and lecturing-educational activities of the composer
1967-1970 - Original instrumental compositions and songs for the big-beat ensemble "Orpheus" - high schooldumbass on the stage of the Lviv Opera, broadcasts of programs about the collective and the composer's works on radio stations "Mayak" (Moscow), "Moloda Gvardiya" (Kyiv).
1977-1982 – Author's programs for the folk-fusion chamber-electronic ensemble "Three Musics" created by B. Kotyuk.
1978-1979 – Two victories of the "Three Musicians" at the All-Union Chamber Ensembles and Orchestras Competitions in Chisinau (Moldova).
1979-1981 – Performances with own compositions for soloists and big band "Symphojaz" (conductor B. Kotyuk).
1983-1985 – Creation of folklore and ethnographic ensemble "Drymba" by B. Kotyuk in the Lviv Philharmonic. Propaganda of the authentic instrumental-dance and singing-epic layer of the ancient Galician folk art.
1984-1985 – Recording for the Golden Fund of Hostel Radio in Moscow of epic compositions and songs by Bohdan Kotyuk performed by kobzar-bandurist Ostap Stakhiv.
1987-1989 – Creation of author's program for chamber ensemble "Renaissance" by B. Kotyuk at the Lviv Conservatory. The soloist is Oksana Krovytska.
1989-1999 – Formation of the composition and original stylistics of the interpretation of Ukrainian folklore, music of the early period and the Baroque era in combination with the active promotion of one's own compositional work in the chamber ensemble "Krynytsia". Tours in the cities of Poland, Austria, Germany, Canada.
2000-2005 - Creation of the repertoire and aesthetic platform "Leopolis-Duo" - a combination of authenticity, folk multi-instrumentation and electronic sounds.
2000-2011 – European concert tour of composer B. Kotyuk (cities of Western Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany)
• in duets with various famous instrumentalists:
cymbalist Taras Baran ("Leopolis-Duo"); guitarists - Anatoly Shevchenko (Odesa); Andreas Koch (Sauerland); Mario del Campo (Munich); pianist – Etella Chupryk (Lviv).
• with gifted young soloists-instrumentalists and children's folklore and choreographic groups of Galicia, Volhynia, Podillia, Polissia, Carpathians and Transcarpathia - participation in international festivals in Italy and Portugal.
2012 and continues until now: collaboration with organist Olena Matselyukh (Lviv): works for solo organ and in an ensemble with vocalists and instrumentalists; organ recitals throughout Ukraine.
Writings
Main works
Spiritual music
1. Holy Liturgy with traditional texts from the Holy Scriptures for soloists, choir and instrumental ensemble (1992)
2. "Cantata chiesa" - for soloists, mixed choir, string orchestra and organ (2005)
3. "Church year" - a cycle of solos, chorales and prayers (carols, Jordanian, penitential, passion and resurrection songs) for soloists, choir, wind and string instruments (1991 - 2018)
4. "Devotion" - the prayer "Stritsya z Toba" to his own text for soprano, baritone, two flutes, trumpet, violin, piano, organ, percussion and timpani (2019)
5. “Hallelujah” – prayer for soprano, baritone, trumpet, violin and organ (2018)
6. "Christ the Savior" - carol for vocal-instrumental ensemble on own text (1993)
7. Two canons for children's voices (2016)
"Hallelujah"
"Be the name of the Lord"
8. "Saint Nicholas" - a song-game for a children's choir (2016)
9. “The 150th Psalm of David” – Stochastic composition for baritone-narrator, 2 sopranos, ensemble of brass, percussion, cymbals, organ, piano and strings was eliminated (2019).
Symphonic music
1. "Symphony" for triple composition [1 ed. ] – (1983)
2. “Rhapsody” for two pianos, strings & French horn – (1985)
3. “CWA Anthem” [World Association of Cymbalists] – (2001)
4. "Symphony in 3 movements" [2 ed. premiere: Olsztyn Philharmonic, conductor - T. Baran] - (2004).
Music for chamber orchestra
1. "All you need is music" - Symphonic rhapsody-paraphrase on themes of the ensemble "The Beatles" for string orchestra (1996).
2. “Syrinx” – Symphonic poem for Pan flute and string orchestra – first edition, 2004 [premiere: Olsztyn Philharmonic – conductor. Author] 12'00"; second edition, 2020 – for Pan flute, organ and string orchestra [premiere: Lviv National Philharmonic].
3. “Come back to Lviv” – symphonic rondo for chamber orchestra on the theme of M. Zarichny's song “I'm coming back to Lviv” (2011) [premiere: Hnat Hotkevicha Palace 11/17/2011 – INSO-Lviv, conductor. Author] – 6’10”; second edition, 2019 – for strings and F-no [premiere: 18.04.2019, Ivano-Frankivsk Philharmonic – octet by A. Prykhodko “Quattro corde” and O. Matselukh – F-no].
Music for pop symphony orchestra
1. “Disco-Party” – Suite for pop symphony orchestra (1978-1979):
"Snow in the Carpathians" (1978) - for trumpet and orchestra
"The Taste of Salty Waves" to his own text - for two soloists and orchestra (1979)
"Marathon" for two pianos and orchestra (1979)
2. "Praise the land of youth" - Cantata based on a poem by V. Mayakovsky for soloists and orchestra (1979).
Music for combo jazz band
1. "Books" ballad to the words of H. Hesse for soloist and combo (1984)
2. "4 songs of pharmacists" for female voice and combo (2014):
"My Lviv" (words by Lesya Protsyk)
"I love" (words by Lesya Protsyk)
"Heavenly Wedding" (words by Ihor Novinsky)
"Yes hoit's warm" - (words by Les Osadtsiv)
3. "Rotary ballad" or Anthem of the RK "Lviv-Leopolis" to the text of B. Kotyuk for soloists, choir and combo jazz band (2012).
Music for an ensemble of string and wind instruments
1. "Triple Musics" - Suite for mixed ensemble: 3 pipes, clarinet, 2 violins, bandura, cymbals, tambourine, drum, bugai, bassolo, lyre and double bass (1976 - 1977)
2. "Trio-Sonata" for cymbals, viola and double bass in 2 parts (1980)
3. “Baroque Ruthenum” – Divertimento for strings and brass in seven parts:
1/. Krutyakh; 2/. Taystra; 3/. Chicken pox; 4/. Buckwheat; 5/. Hutsulka; 6/. Round; 7/. Kolomiyka – (2014).
Music for theater and cinema
1. "Forest Song" - Music for Lesya Ukrainka's extravaganza drama - (1985)
2. "Kotygoroshko" - Children's opera - (1986)
3. "Roksolana" - Music for the drama by Pavel Zagrebelny - (1987)
4. "Mina Mazaylo" - Music for the drama by Mykola Kulish - (1989)
5. "Carmen" - Rock opera by P. Merime for soloists, choir and rock band - (1991)
6. "Meisterspieler aus Hamburg" - a sketch show on themes from R. Wagner's opera "Singing Masters from Nuremberg" (1996) - premiered on the 50th anniversary of the Honorary Member of the LTRV of the German-Ukrainian violinist Mykhailo Striharzh.
7. "Nemelem - nemelem" - Rock set.
For soloists or vocal ensemble with orchestra, ensemble or piano or a capella
1. Three preludes for vocal quintet and percussion (1974)
2. "Extinguish my sight" - a romance for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra to the texts of R.-M. Rilke (1977)
3. "In this village" - a romance for mezzo-soprano and string orchestra to the texts of R.-M. Rilke (1977)
4. "About Dovbush" - Singer-chronicle for baritone, bandura, synthesizer and choir on a folk text (1979)
5. "News" (sl. - M. Ustyyanovych) - for a duet of female bandurists (1981)
6. "Kladochka" (sl. - B. Lepky) - for a duet of female bandurists (1981)
7. "Kobzar na vechornitsyakh" - a performance for a singer-bandurist on folk texts (1982):
"Ishov Gryts" (1982)
"Oh, under the grove" (1982)
"My Darling" (1982)
"The Man Plowed" (1982)
"Skull Cradle" (1982)
8. "From faraway war" - Elegy on a poem by Pavlo Tychyna
– first version 1989 – for vocal duet and two electric organs –
[premiere: First festival "Red Ruta", Chernivtsi - 1989];
– second version for mezzo, baritone, electric guitar, electric piano and synthesizer [premiere: Lviv Opera, 2008] (1982)
9. "Praise of Poetry" - Ode for 2 sopranos, strings and brass on the texts of a Ukrainian poet of the 15th century. Pavla Rusyn (1993)
10. "Song about a dwarf" - for soprano with piano by T. Kolomiets (1988)
11. "Magic embroidery" - a song on sl. V. Kordun (version for female quartet or a capella choir (2014).
6 canzones for soprano or mezzo and baritone with piano and organ
1. Canzone lirica "Ardent kisses" - ("Baiser ardent") - du verse Antoine de Bertin for mezzo-soprano and piano [Antoine de Bertin"] (2010)
2. Canzone dramatica "From a distant campaign" on sl. P. Tychyny – version for baritone and piano [3 editions] (2015)
3. Canzone mystica "In this village" on sl. R. M. Rilke – for mezzo-soprano and organ (2019)
4. Canzone tragica "Look at the heart" on sl. at. M. L. – for strings, percussion, vibraphone and organ version [1 ed.] for baritone and organ [2 ed.] (2019)
5. Canzone all'icona "Angeliv Tsaritsa" - ("Queen of Angels") - [1 ed. for soprano, Pan flute, bells, harp and organ] (2012), [2 ed.] – for soprano, Pan flute, flute, f-no and organ] (2016) – for mezzo-soprano and organ (2019)
6. Canzone nervosa "Extinguish my sight" on sl. R. M. Rilke – for mezzo-soprano and organ (2019)
Songs for voice accompanied by piano or ensemble
1. "Big beat" - songs with own texts and compositions for VIA (1965 - 1969)
2. "School" - a cycle of songs for children and youth based on own texts and Ukrainian poets (1987 - 1989)
"Notny stan" by B. Kotyuk (1987)
"So what happened" by A. Smaga (1987)
"Flying Bagel" by O. Senatovych (1988)
"Our Taras Shevchenko" by O. Senatovych (1988)
"School of the Nineties" sl. B. Kotyuk (1988)
"Nikolai" by B. Kotyuk (2016)
"About the Baker Cat" sl. narodni (2016)
3. "Dyvina" - children's cantata for soloists or vocal ensemble and piano based on poems by O. Paliychuk and V. Kordun (1988)
"Jump and Jump"
"Forest"
"Moon and Spring"
"Bumblebee"
"Rug"
"Magic embroidery"
Works for piano
1. "Sounds" - a cycle of preludes for piano ("Bells", "Partesni choirs", "Skryabin", "Chopin", "Debussy" (1970-1972)
2. “Domenico-sonate” in D for F-no or harpsichord (1975, 2nd ed. 2002)
3. “Domenico-sonate” in C for F-no or harpsichord (1975, 2nd ed. 2002)
3. "DJ" - concert piece No. 1 (2003)
4. “Drive” – concert piece No. 2 (2007)
5. “Monaco” – concert piece No. 3 (2010) premiere: Bayreuth [published by “Afisha” in Lviv,]
6. "Pit-Stop" - concert piece No. 4 (2018).
Works for solo organ
1. "Sanctus" - symphonic poem (2012)
2. "Jericho. Shofar" - researcher (2012)
3. "Benedictus" - detective (2012)
4. "Laudatis" - explorer (2013)
5. "Lauda nostra" - symphonic poem (2013)
6. “Bethlehem” – symphonic poem [own text of a carol for narrator or boys’ choir] – (2014)
7. "Dona nobispacem” – concert in 3 parts (2014) 20:30
8. “Tête-á-tête” – Adagietto (2017)
9. "Pharaoh's step" from the cycle "Step by step" - a piece for organ pedals (2017)
10. “Canzone di Venezia” from the cycle “Step by step” – piece for organ pedals (2017)
11. "Dance of the Sufi" from the cycle "Step by step" - a piece for organ pedals (2017)
12. "Slalom" from the cycle "Step by step" - a piece for organ pedals (2017)
13. "Heaven and Earth" from the cycle "Christmas" - chorale (2018)
14. "There is a star in the sky" from the cycle "Christmas" - chorale (2018)
15. "The Eternal God" from the cycle "Christmas" - chorale (2018)
16. "Alleluia" - choral improvisation (2018)
17. “Way to Heaven” – verse for solo organ.
Chamber ensembles with organ
1. "Dionysii" or "Dionysian Mysteries" - duet for Pan flute and organ (2012)
2. “Ave Maria” – duet for Pan flute and organ (2015)
3. "Aeolian Harp" - trio for Pan flute, harp and organ (2012)
4. "Carol for Joseph" - chorale [1 ed. for soprano, violin, bells and guitar] on the theme of the Salzburg children's lullaby with German text by G. Götsch (1992); [2 ed. – for soprano, pan flute, bells, harp and organ] (2012)
5. "Play, Jordan" - chorale [1 ed. for soprano, children's choir, Pan flute, flute, f-no and organ] (2015), 2 ed. – for soprano, baritone, Pan flute, flute, f-no and organ] (2016)
6. "Alleluia" ("Praise the Lord") - quintet for soprano, baritone, violin, trumpet and organ (2017)
7. "Syrinx" - a symphonic poem [ed. for Pan flute and organ] (2018)
8. “Devotion” – prayer for soprano, Pan flute and organ (2018)
Chamber ensembles for various instruments
1. "Dialogue" - duet for flute and guitar (1998)
2. "Rozmaria" - duet for flute and guitar (1979)
3. "Nastroi" or "Mood & Spirits" - duet for flute and cymbals (1979)
4. "Hajduk" - Ritual dance for 4 pipes and percussion (1980)
5. "Echo" - 6 variations on own theme for solo flute (1982)
6. "Rhapsody No. 1" - for solo cymbals (2000)
7. "Rhapsody No. 2" - for solo cymbals (2000)
8. "Nocturne" - for solo guitar (2001)
9. “Reflexion” – a piece for two or one pipe and flute by Pan (2013).
Transcriptions
1. Transcription for two cymbals “Domenico-sonate” in D & in C (2007). [printed: Afisha, Lviv, 2007]
2. "From the People's Well" - A cycle of dances from Galicia, Volhynia and Hutsul region for an ensemble of wind and string instruments (1990 - 1992)
3. Six transcriptions of fragments from various operas by Richard Wagner for solo organ (2012 – 2013) [published by Afisha publishing house, Lviv, 2013]:
Sternovo's song from "The Flying Dutchman" (2013)
Introduction to the opera "Tristan and Isolde" (2013)
Solemn Procession of the Grail Knights from the opera "Pasifal" (2013)
Hymn to Venus from the opera "Thangoiser" (2013)
Death of Siegfried from the opera "Death of the Gods" (2019)
Introduction to the opera "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" (2019)
4. Two transcriptions of fragments from operas by Richard Wagner and V. A. Mozart for soprano with organ:
Elizaveta's exit from the opera "Tangouser" (2013)
Concert aria "Ah se ciel, benigne stelle" (2014)
5. Epitaph to John Lennon on the subject of Mykhailo Zarichny's ballad for Pan flute and organ (2016)
6. Epitaph to Ivan Franko on the theme of Mykhailo Zarichny's ballad for baritone and organ (2016)
Scientific and methodological works
Kotyuk B. Ways of embodying folklore in the work of composers of the 20th century. - Archive of the Lviv State Academy of Music named after M.V. Lysenko. - 1974. - 92 p. (storage unit 1597).
Kotyuk B. M. Education of national consciousness in students on the basis of a folk song / B. M. Kotyuk // Materials of regional science and practice. conf. "Folk song in musical education of schoolchildren". Ukraine cultural fund. - L., 1990. - P. 23–28.
Kotyuk B. M. Do you love Wagner? / B.M. Kotyuk // Ukrainian music. – Scientific journal, 2 (8). – Lviv, 2013. – P. 74 – 78,
Kotyuk B. M. Sila "Ring", or the king and Society. / B.M. Kotyuk // Ukrainian music. – Scientific journal, 4 (10). – Lviv, 2013. – P. 56 – 66,
Kotyuk B. M. State anthem and other symbols. / B.M. Kotyuk // Ukrainian music. – Scientific journal, 2 (12). – Lviv, 2014. – P. 80 – 96,
