Ukrainian composer. Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Honored Pop Art Artist of Ukraine, soloist and orchestra leader of the Ukrainian song and dance ensemble "Kolos", member of the National League of Composers of Ukraine.
Biography
He was born on January 2, 1945 in the village of Verba, Volodymyr-Volyn district, Volyn region. In 1962, he graduated from the Ovadniv Secondary School, and in 1969 from the Lutsk State Music School, specializing in academic choir conductor, choir artist and music teacher. In parallel, he studied by correspondence at the Moscow University of Arts at the Faculty of Drawing and Painting, which he graduated in 1973.
In 1969, he was appointed to the position of artistic director and soloist-vocalist in the honored song and dance ensemble of Ukraine "Kolos". While working in the ensemble, he also worked as a teacher at a local music school. In 1978, he continued his studies at the Kyiv Institute of Culture, and in 1983 he completed a full course at the Rivne Institute of Culture. In 1981, he was appointed the leader of the orchestra of folk instruments of the aforementioned ensemble, and the director of the Torchyn Children's Music School, where he still works.
Yaroslav Naida is a soloist-vocalist who performs in pop music, and also has works of a folk and classical nature in his repertoire. Recently, he has been performing as a soloist-vocalist with the symphonic and wind orchestras of the Volyn School of Culture and Arts named after I. Stravinsky, and in separate concerts as part of the concert group of the Volyn Philharmonic. He is a multiple laureate of international and all-Ukrainian competitions and festivals. In 1996, at the 1st congress of the National League of Ukrainian Composers, the honored cultural worker Yaroslav Naida was accepted as a member of the League, and also became a member of its Board by the decision of the congress held in Ternopil. Since 2014, he has been a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. In 2018, he received the honorary title of Honored Pop Art Artist of Ukraine,
Musical works
Yaroslav Naida, as a composer, created more than two hundred modern songs on various topics. His famous songs to the words of Mykola Hnatyuk "On Volyn", "Childhood Cradle", "Mother's Dawn", "Volynyanochka", "Eternal Dream", to the words of Yosyp Strutsyuk "Kossack Departure", "To the Son", "After so many years" , "We are little Ukrainians", to the words of Ivan Chernetsky "Hurry to do good", "Lord, have mercy on us", to the words of Nadiya Humenyuk "Ukrainonko", to the words of Dmytro Pavlychk "Sonechko", to the words of Vasyl Gay "Father's yard" , "Starry Waltz", Yevgenia Nazaruk's "Starry Veil", "The Witch", "Nefertiti", "And I Was Waiting", Oleksandr Bogachuk's "Forgets", "How to Forget You", Mykola Lukiv's "Ancient Waltz", "The Swan's Hut sela", Oleksandra Gandzyuk "Beloved", "On Ivan on Kupala", Vasyl Prostopchuk "Queens are hard to love", "White brooms", Hanna Antosh "I kiss the touch of a dream", Anatoliy Semenyuk "The fog floats", "Melody of love", Volodymyr Kalytenka "Maples are sleeping over the water", "Autumn" by Mykola Onufriychuk, "Hurry up to your mother" by Lubomir Horbachuk, "Glorious Cossacks" by Kyryll Ivanushchyk, "My Village", "Tep" by Mykola Havrylyuk my summer", "Love spell", Stepan Druzhynovych's "Love-doesn't love", "My path" and others. Yaroslav Naida is the author of many instrumental works and song collections "Mother's Dawn /2000/", "Song World of Childhood" /2007/, "Love Melodies" /2012/, as well as the study guide "Etudes for the Accordion" from methodical recommendations /2011/ which was recognized as the best book in the category of children's literature at the "World of Volyn Book 2011" contest. In 2014, a new collection of songs "Winds of Love" was published.
Arrangement, orchestration
Vocal and choreographic compositions of the Honored Song and Dance Ensemble of Ukraine "Colossus": "Red Viburnum", "Cossacks", "Oh Spring Spring", "Kupala", "Volyn Wedding", "Three Krynichenka", "Fun 1", "Fun 2", "Welcome 1", "Welcome 2", "Final 1", "Final 2", "Korovay", "Volyn evenings", "Vesnyanki", "Golden dew", and others. Songs for the choral group of the ensemble: "Colossus of our destiny", "Black Crow", "Shooters went to battle", In my garden", "Geese flew from the whirlwind", "Mother's song", "Our sweet earth", "Untie the boys horses", "The mountain stands tall", "Oh beautiful, I am beautiful", "Molodichka", "Oh necklace", "Glory and sorrow of Ukraine", "Pillow", "The Dnieper roars and moans wide", "Lipa age-old", " Oh, I'll go to the mill", "Hanging apple", "My Torchyn, my Motherland", "Virgin Mary", "When I return home from afar", "Native Polish village", "Hold me to fate", "Comrades at the front", " To the Creators of Victory", "The Dawn Has Risen", "Glory and Sorrow of Ukraine", "Carols", "Testament", "Black Glasses", "Our Song". "Fire of Tarasov's Word" and others.
Dances: "Dushka", "Tropotyanka", "Grayka", "Girl's Dance", "Crawler", "Volyn Polka", "Kremenets Polka", "Shurukha", "Pumpkin Polka", "Korytnen Polka", "Lyubeshivska polka, "Marusina", "Pochoda", "Wedding dance with cones", etc.
Works for an orchestral group: "Pokut Polka", "Three Musics", "Fantasy on Ukrainian Themes", and others.
Geography of concert tours
His performance skillspolished in numerous foreign creative trips, in particular in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Finland, Germany, England, Scotland, France, Spain, Egypt, Puerto Rico, USA, Congo, Cuba, Vietnam, as well as in Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan , Russia, Lithuania, Moldova.
Public work
Today, Yaroslav Naida is doing a lot of public work. He is the deputy head of the NLUK in the Volyn region, manages the branch of "Prosvita" in Torchyna, is a member of the Council of the regional society "Prosvita", this allows him to hold creative meetings, concerts and other events designed to further promote the development of national musical culture.
