Mykhailo Mykytovych Kravchenko (born 25 September 1923, Urazovo - died 14 August 2002, Lviv) was a Soviet military conductor (lieutenant colonel) and teacher. Brother of the conductor Pavlo Kravchenko.
He was born on 25 September 1923 in the village of Urazovo (now an urban-type settlement in the Valuisky district of the Belgorod region, Russia). In 1946, he graduated from the Moscow Higher School of Military Conductors, where he studied in the class of Mikhail Bagrinovsky.
After completing his professional education, he worked as a conductor of orchestras of military units and educational institutions of the Far Eastern Military District. From 1958, he served in Lviv: in 1958-1968, he was the chief conductor of the staff orchestra, in 1968-1974, he was the chief of the military orchestra service of the Carpathian Military District; at the same time, in 1961-1968, he taught at the Lviv Music School. In 1975-1987, he worked as a teacher at the Lviv Cultural and Educational School. He died in Lviv on 14 August 2002.
Creativity
He instrumentalised for brass band the overture to the opera "Voivode" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the piano concerto by Edward Grieg, "1917" by Kostiantyn Dankevych, and others.
He toured Ukraine, Poland, and Czechoslovakia with the orchestra of the headquarters of the Carpathian Military District.
He is the author of the Collection of Works for Brass Bands (Lviv, 1961).
Awards
He was awarded:
Order of the Red Star (30 December 1956);
Medals "For Victory over Germany" (9 May 1945), "For Military Merit" (15 November 1950);
Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR since 1969;
Diploma winner of the International Festival of Military Bands in Sarajevo (1973).
