Composer — arranger, sound engineer, bassoonist, teacher.
Biography
Roman Melnyk was born into a family of teachers. Mother, Oksana Yuriivna, came from a family of teachers. She received her education at Uzhgorod University (Faculty of Ukrainian Philology). She also received a professional musical education: as a student of the Uzhgorod School of Music, she graduated from two departments (conductor-choral and vocal), later she graduated from the Lviv Conservatory (as a choral conductor in Yu. Lutsiv's class). She researched the song folklore of Transcarpathia and defended her PhD thesis. Associate Professor of Art History.
Father, Vasyl Mykhailovych, came from a family of peasants, graduated from the Faculty of History of Uzhhorod University, doctor of historical sciences, professor, taught the history of Ukraine.
Along with general education, Roman received a musical education. First at the music school in Ivano-Frankivsk in the piano class (1967-1973), and later in the Kyiv secondary special music boarding school named after M. Lysenko (1973-1977) in the bassoon class.
From 1977 to 1986, he studied at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after M. Rimsky-Korsakov, majoring in "Orchestral instruments (bassoon)". His studies were interrupted by his service in the army: he served in Moscow, where he played in military bands.
After completing his education, he returns to Ukraine. He found a job as a bassoonist of the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater (1985-1990). He was an extremely talented bassoonist, all solo parts were entrusted to Roman Melnyk. Subsequently, he received an invitation to the orchestra of the Opera and Ballet Theater in Novi Sad (Serbia) as a bassoonist-soloist (1991-1993). As a performer, for some time he was an artist of the Lviv Regional Philharmonic - for 2 years (1992-1994). In the late period of his life, he was an artist of the orchestra of the Honored Academic Chapel "Trembita" (20.08.2012—22.04.2015).
He combined performing activities with the work of an arranger: since 1990, he cooperated with the Ukrainian-Canadian enterprise "Kobza", and was also a long-term composer and arranger of the "Chervona Ruta" festival (1991-2008). There were also other facets of cooperation with the Chervona Ruta festival: work in the Jury of the final competition of the 'Chervona Ruta 2009' competition (Chernivtsi, September), as well as in the Lviv regional selection contests of the 'Chervona Ruta' festival (2006, 2008, 2010, 2014).
He also worked for almost ten years (1995-2004) at the recording studio of the TVD construction company (the owners of the TVD company are musicians, so the company also had a recording studio, a music band "TVD-music" and a rehearsal hall). Famous musicians invited R. Melnyk to collaborate. For example, Oleg Kulchytsky (R. Melnyk from 2005 to 2007 was a composer, arranger and pianist of the art agency "Muse"). In 2005, he sets up a home recording studio, in which he works until the last days of his life as a composer, arranger and conducts private vocal and bassoon lessons.
He often initiated creative projects himself: the recording of UPA songs with the "Trembita" band, the recording of the album of the "Sokoly" band, the "Ukraine, know your heroes" and "With a song to the people" concert tours. As a teacher, he worked for two years at the Lviv Secondary Specialized Music Boarding School named after S. Krushelnytska (1997-1999) as a bassoon teacher (according to M. Sora, Roman worked part-time earlier in this school, possibly since 1993).
Roman Melnyk died on April 22, 2015 from a brain stroke in Lviv, buried in the village of Yasnyska, Yavoriv district, Lviv region.
On October 14 and 15, Kyiv Municipal Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet hosted two concerts by the winners of the All-Ukrainian Festival of Contemporary Song and Popular Music "Chervona Ruta" accompanied by the symphony orchestra and theater choir. The basis of the concert program was the works (in particular, songs by V. Ivasyuk and rebel songs) in a modern orchestral arrangement by Roman Melnyk.
Executive activity
1978-1981 — Tours of the symphony orchestra of the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy (Novosibirsk, Riga, Vilnius, Vladivostok, Moscow, Yerevan, Rostov-on-Don, Tbilisi, Tampere, Turka, Helsinki, Czechoslovakia, Poland, GDR).
1985-1990 — performances at performances of the Lviv State Theater of Opera and Ballet as a bassoonist.
November 1989 - April 1990 — concert tours in Ukraine by the winners of the CR-89 as part of the Mlyn band.
1990 — tour of the band "Mlyn" in Canada (12 concerts).
1991-2014 — concerts and playing music at anniversaries, corporate events, weddings, etc. in a duet with Stefko (S. Orobets, singer and humorist), after 2007 the intensity of performances decreased.
1991-1992 — performances by the symphony orchestra of the Opera and Ballet Theater in Novi Sad.
1992 — performances at concerts of the Lviv Symphony Orchestra (conductor B. Dashak).
1995-2004 — playing music at anniversaries, corporate parties, weddings as part of the TVD-music group), about 10 performances a year.
1996 — concert at the "Contrasts" festival (R. Melnyk and B. Dashak).
2000 — Festival of humorists "Slovoblud" in a number with S. Orobets ("Children at the Notary") and a concert in Uzhhorod with the musicianand "Tender Blues", the Moskal sisters.
2001 — performance at the VI International Festival of J. Massenet — bassoonist in the "Leopolis" orchestra; Saint Etienne, France.
2002, 2003 — performance as part of an orchestra, Paris.
2005-2009; 2011-2012 — participation in the concerts of O. Kulchytskyi’s band on a permanent basis as a keyboardist (M. Kaniv, festival "Kobzar Forever"; concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of "Kyivstar"; about 50 performances at corporate events, anniversaries, etc.; performance together with singer Zhmaher in Zolochiv; performance at the "Easter Pysanka" concert; performance at the All-Polish Congress of Judges and Lawyers in Rzeszów; performance at the "Easter Hayivka" concert in Lviv; performance at the Ukrainian ball Jordan apple tree", Christmas concert of 2007 and others).
2005-2007 — performances at the festival of contemporary sacred music in Uzhhorod (bassoonist) and at the "Colors of Music of the 20th Century" festivals. in Vinnytsia.
2005 — performances at "Warsaw Music Meetings" (bassoonist) in Warsaw at the "Laboratory of Contemporary Music" event.
2006 — performance at the festival of Ukrainian song in Sopot in a duet with S. Orobets;
2008 — performance as part of the "Leopolis" orchestra in the opera "The Marriage of Figaro" (dir. Peter Marks, Germany) in Lviv and Vinnytsia.
2009 — a concert in Poland with the "Leopolis" orchestra (pianist and bassoonist), a concert at the "Virtuosos of Lviv" festival.
2010-2011 — participation in concerts of the "Early Music Festival".
2011 — a concert in memory of Nazariy Yaremchuk, Maria Shalaykevich "Songs of my Life", the "Trembit" chapel called "Happy Christmas".
2012 — concerts in Horokhov and Rozhyshchi (before the elections) with the participation of Nina Matvienko, Ruslana Shevelyova (Kuryliv), as well as concerts in Dolyna, concert programs "We are moving forward" for the 70th anniversary of the UPA (other participants: the Trembita chapel . , O. Mul, V. Kobylchak, B. Stasyshyn, A. Bondar, M. Lomaga).
2012 — performances in Switzerland and Austria (as part of the Leopolis orchestra)
2012 — Concert tour "Ukraine - Georgia in the rhythm of two hearts" Lviv, Rivne, Lutsk, Ivano - Frankivsk, Chernivtsi (other participants: V. Kikabidze, Kulchytsky Band, R. Shevelyova).
2013 — concert "Christmas extravaganza" (project of M. Orach and R. Melnyk)
2013 — concert of the "Trembita" chapel (other participants: P. Tabakov, N. Karpa, O. Mukha, S. Fedina, Piccardian Tertsia).
2013-2014 — S. Orobets series of TV shows "Pr. Stefka's Drawers" on Lviv TV (pianist, 2nd host).
2013 — concert program of the Trembita chapel "Songs without borders" in Lutsk (other participants: T. Tsihotska, Hr. Solovii, O. Mukha, "Kraynya Huta").
2013 — concert at the exhibition of paintings in the Italian courtyard" (other participants: Ya. Myhal, A. Otchych, D. Pipash).
2013 — concert at the opening of the "Royal Brewery" (other participants: Ya. Myhal, D. Pipash, R. Kokhan's rock group; V. Kozlovskyi).
2014 — Trembita concert at the Ivasyuk Project.
2014 — performance of "Trembita" at the requiem concert "In memory of the heroes of the "Heavenly Hundred".
2014, August — concert tours "Ukraine, know your heroes" and "With a song to the people" according to the program of the Lviv region. advice (other participants: M. Sora, Ya. Myhal and soloists R. Kovalchuk, S. Stepan, G. Chepelyuk, I. Pazyn (poet), O. Nagai, Tarasovych, D. Pipash, T. Paschak.
2014 — concert "Ukrainian solo singers" (other participants: Roman Kovalchuk, Maryan Shunevych, Oksana Mukha, Iryna Dolya, Tetyana Tsihotska, Marko Komonko, Ihor Katsaba).
2014 — Trembita chapel concert "Songs without borders" (other participants: O. Mukha, P. Tabakov), "Easter in the grove", "Project Ivasyuk: Concert for their own" (other participants: T. Chubai, " Lament of Jeremiah", P. Tabakov, Piccardian third, O. Mukha).
2014 — a charity concert: a commemorative evening dedicated to the anniversary of the Celestial Hundred and all the heroes of the Maidan and ATO in Brody.
Charitable activity
For many years, Roman Melnyk took care of the boarding school of the educational and rehabilitation center "Mriya" (Lviv), where together with the actor Serhii Kustov, he held regular holidays for children, in particular on St. Nicholas. They found funds and sponsors who helped financially, invited singers and musicians. Roman and Serhii even planned to stage the play "The Little Prince" by Saint-Exupéry, in which certain roles were to be played by the children of the boarding school.
2000-2015 — guardianship (repertoire preparation, song recording, organization of participants' concerts) of children participating in the "Dzhereltse" festival with the participation of orphans and disabled children.
2009 — thanks to the initiative of R. Melnyk, an orchestra recording took place in the premises of the boarding school of the NRC "Mriya" (commissioned by the "Bregenz Festival", Switzerland), which made it possible to transfer part of the money for the recording to the benefit of this school.
2010 — performance as part of O. Kulchytsky's band at the "Mriya" NRC.
2015 — a charity concert — an evening of commemoration of the Heavenly Hundred, Heroes of the Maidan and Ato; fundraising for the wounded pilot Tytarenko in Brody.
2015 — a charity concert to raise funds for the ATO in Zhydachiv.
Honors, achievements, awards
1989 — laureate in the genre of popular music as part of the band "Mlyn" (Lvivc) at the festival of Ukrainian modern and popular music "Chervona Ruta"
1995 — the title of the best composer for the song "Inn" (pronounced by B. Dashak) at the festival of Ukrainian modern and popular music "Chervona Ruta"
2004-05 — the song "I'm Going for the Danube" arranged by R. Melnyk became the winner of the "Lviv Wave" hit parade
2008 — the first prize "Songs of the Year" of the First Channel of Ukrainian Radio for covering the songs "Oi v lisku-lisku", "Oi siv gospodar"
2012 — R. Melnyk was recognized with the Appreciation as the best composer, arranger "For invaluable contribution to the development and popularization of Ukrainian song, and for processing the songs of Volodymyr Ivasyuk and UPA" (signed by the deputy of the Lviv City Council R. E. Hrycevych)
2013 — the songs arranged by R. Melnyk, "I would fly to the edge of the world" and "Ederlezi" were performed by H. Solova at the semi-final of the "Voice of the Country" show
r. — R. Melnyk was awarded with the Appreciation as the best composer, arranger "For a significant personal contribution to the development and popularization of Ukrainian song, and for processing Ukrainian carols" (signed by the secretary of the Lviv City Council Pavlyuk V.)
