Vasyl Moisiiuk (born 16 June 1960) is a Ukrainian choral conductor, director of the Oranta Chamber Choir (Lutsk), Honoured Artist of Ukraine.
He was born in 1960 in the village of Pianne (Rivne region). He graduated from the Lutsk Music College and the Tchaikovsky Kyiv State Conservatory (class of Professor M. Berdennikov, choral class of People's Artist of Ukraine Professor P. Muravsky). His first practice was in the folk choir of the Kyiv Trolleybus Administration, where he worked as a choirmaster together with Mykola Lysenko's grandson Vitaliy Romanovych. Later, he had an interesting and informative work as a choirmaster in the famous boys' choir "Dzvinochok", directed by E. P. Vinogradova. Since 1984, he has been working as a teacher at the Lutsk Music College. Currently, he is the head of the Department of Choral Disciplines at the Stravinsky Lutsk School of Culture and Arts.
Since 2001, V. Moisiyuk has also been a lecturer at the Institute of Arts of the Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, and in 2007 he became the director of the Institute's academic choir.
In 1999, in the nomination "Artist of the Year" Vasyl Vasylovych was named the Man of the Year of the Volyn Region.
In 2006, V. Moisiyuk was awarded the Igor Stravinsky Prize for his significant achievements in creative activity, contribution to the development of choral art, high performance skills, and the contribution he made to the spiritual revival of Ukrainians, and a few months later he received the honorary title of Honoured Artist of Ukraine.
Since 1990, he has been the musical director and conductor of the Oranta Chamber Choir.
Awards of the choir
Grand Prix at the competition of choirs of the Autocephalous Church (Lviv, 1991)
First prize at the Second International Lesya Ukrainka Choir Competition in 1994 in Lutsk, as well as Grand Prix III and IV in 1996 and 2006 respectively.
Laureate at the International Festival of Choral Music "Caja Salamanca y Soria" (Spain, 1997).
First prize at the XVII International Church Music Competition (Hajnówka, Poland, 1998)
I place at the International Competition "Music of the World" (Fivisano, Italy, 1999)
Laureate at the V Choral Festival "Golden-Domed Kyiv" (Kyiv, 2001)
II place at the IV Mykola Leontovych Choral Music Competition (Kyiv, 2002)
Laureate of the Regional Literary and Art Prize named after Agatangel Krymsky (1994)
A significant event for the choir was its participation in the 1993 enthronement of Patriarch Volodymyr (Romanyuk), Oranta sang Vespers at St Volodymyr's Cathedral and the liturgy at St Sophia Cathedral.
Family.
Married. His wife is Oksana Moisiyuk, a pianist. He has a son and a daughter.
