Ukrainian composer, 1996 - Honored Artist of Ukraine.
From his biography
During the Second World War, he led army ensembles.
In 1961, he graduated from the Theoretical and Composition Faculty of the Kyiv Conservatory.
From 1961 to 1967, he worked as an artistic director of musical ensembles of the Ukrainian Television and Radio.
Creative works
He is the author of operas:
"The Song of Wrath, 1964
"Little Red Riding Hood, based on the play by Yevhen Schwartz, 1974,
"The Memory of the Heart, based on the play by Oleksandr Korniychuk, 1975,
musical comedy "A Christmas Tale", 1969,
"Dog in the Hay, based on the play by Lope de Vega, 1971,
for chorus and symphony orchestra - "Congratulatory Ode", 1966, lyrics by O. Novytskyi,
"Lenin was born on my land" - 1971, words by I. Veligzhanin,
for symphony orchestra - "In the Zoo", children's suite, 1966,
"Youth Festive Overture", 1966,
"Thinking about the Dnipro", epic overture, 1967,
"Concert March" - 1971,
"Concert Poem" - 1976,
for string orchestra: "Suite" - 1968,
for brass band: "March of the Soviet Youth" - 1967,
for an orchestra of folk instruments: "Poem about Ukraine" - 1969,
also "Fantasy on the themes of songs by K. Bohuslavsky" - 1970,
"Dance Suite" - 1971,
"Thoughts on a Collective Farm Field" - 1972, a poem,
for violin and piano: "Three Concert Pieces" - 1969,
for piano - "Three Preludes" - 1964,
cycle "Children's Drawings" - 1972,
for voice and piano: cycles on the words of Taras Shevchenko and Lesya Ukrainka,
romances on the words of V. Sosiura, M. Nahnybida, L. Reva, M. Bakhtinsky, M. Sirenko,
choruses and songs - more than 150, including "Ukrainian Barcarole" - words by O. Novytskyi, "Dnipro Cliffs" - words by D. Lutsenko, "My Faithful Wife" - words by M. Som, "Sunny Song" - words by V. Bezkorovainyi, "We Are Girls from Kyiv" - words by Atena Pashko,
for pop orchestras - musical sketches "Merry Walk" - 1968, "On the Football Field" - 1969, "Waltz" - 1970, "Merry Overture" - 1973,
music for dramatic performances, radio plays and films.
Together with the poet Volodymyr Mordan, he wrote the songs "Oh Field, Field" and "Song of Thought about Kyiv".
