Ukrainian Soviet composer, choral conductor and teacher; member of the Union of Composers of Ukraine and the board of its Kharkiv branch since 1948.
Biography.
He was born on December 26, 1984 [January 7, 1895] in the village of Skybyntsi (now Bila Tserkva district, Kyiv region, Ukraine). In 1921, he graduated from the Kyiv Music and Drama Institute, and in 1924, he completed the Higher Three-Year Pedagogical Courses in Rzhyshchev.
From 1924 to 1932 he worked as a teacher at the Cherkasy Pedagogical Institute. In 1932, he graduated from the Kharkiv Music and Drama Institute with a degree in choral conducting. Under the guidance of Serhiy Bohatyryov, he studied at the postgraduate program.
In 1933, he headed the Red Army Ensemble of the Kharkiv Military District in Kharkiv, taught at an evening music school and technical school, and conducted amateur choirs. During the German-Soviet war, he was evacuated to the Uzbek SSR.
Since 1944 he has been working at the Kharkiv Conservatory: in 1946-1947 he was the Dean of the Choral Conducting Department, in 1950 he was the Head of the Department of Music Theory and Composition, in 1951-1962 he was the Rector; since 1965 he has been the Acting Professor of the Choral Conducting Department. He was a member of the CPSU since 1952.
He died in Kharkiv on March 17, 1979. He was buried in Kharkiv at the City Cemetery #2.
Works.
Author of songs and choruses based on the words of Ukrainian poets Volodymyr Sosiura, Pavlo Tychyna, Ivan Nehoda: "Tractor Driver", "Chervonarmy", "Dniprelstan", "O Native Party!", "The Party Leads", "Glory to Our Great Lenin", "Our Glory".
In 1949, he headed a group of composers who created music for the National Anthem of the Ukrainian SSR.
Awards.
Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR since 1943;
Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR since 1949;
Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor.
