Musician (violinist), composer, teacher.
Biography.
Illya Miskyi was born on August 30, 1920 in the village of Shypyntsi in Bukovyna, Romania.
In 1953, he graduated from the Chernivtsi Music College with a degree in violin. He worked as a teacher there.
In 1954, the Bukovyna Song and Dance Ensemble of Ukraine created an orchestral group of local talented musicians, which was entrusted to the talented violinist and improviser Illya Miskyi.
Since 1983, Mr. Miskyi has been working at the Central Palace of Culture in Chernivtsi as the director of the symphony orchestra of the folk opera house. He has arranged such operas as S. Hulak-Artemovsky's "Cossack Beyond the Danube", M. Lysenko's "Natalka Poltavka", and M. Arkas's "Catherine".
The orchestra performed in Ukraine (Kyiv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk), Russia, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, and Austria.
At the same time, Miskyi directed the Bukovyna Folk Orchestra of the Central Palace of Culture in Chernivtsi.
As a composer, Miskyi is the author of a number of works: rhapsodies, fantasies, concert pieces, arrangements of folk melodies, which were included in the repertoire of professional and amateur groups in Bukovyna and Ukraine.
Ilya Miskyi was a member of the Board of the All-Ukrainian Music Union.
Ilya Miskyi died on November 26, 2005.
His works
Selected compositions
Rhapsody No. 1;
Rhapsody No. 5;
Concert Piece;
Fantasy on Ukrainian themes;
Song "Annichka" (to lyrics by M. Bakai).
Arrangements.
Operas:
"Cossack beyond the Danube" by S. Hulak-Artemovsky;
"Natalka Poltavka" by M. Lysenko;
"Catherine" by M. Arkas.
Author of concert pieces, arrangements of a large number of folk melodies.
Awards.
Order of the Badge of Honor;
Badge of Trade Unions "For Achievements in Amateur Art";
Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine (1976);
The Sidor Vorobkevych Literary and Art Prize for a number of concert programs and arrangements of folk melodies (1994);
Diploma of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.
