Ukrainian musician (violinist), conductor, teacher, cultural and public figure. Honored Artist of Ukraine (1993). People's Artist of Ukraine (1999). Professor (2001). Doctor of Philosophy (2003). Active member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine — Academician (2017).
Biography
He was born in the family of an amateur musician Mykhailo Vasiliovych Pilatiuk and his wife Stefania Petrivna (from the house of Matsenko).
In 1961-1969, he studied at Buchach Secondary School (now Buchach Gymnasium named after V. M. Hnatyuk); also graduated from the Buchach Music School (violin class - Lyudmila Lysko). In 1969, he entered the Ternopil Music School, which he successfully graduated from in 1973 (violin class of Honored Artist of Ukraine O. Tataryntsev). In the same year, he became a student of the stationary department of the Lviv Conservatory named after Lysenko (violin class — Honored Artist of Ukraine, Professor Bohdan Kaskiv). After graduating from the conservatory in 1978, he worked as a teacher at the Ivano-Frankivsk Music School named after Denis Sichinsky.
He initiated the creation of the Ivano-Frankivsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (1982) and was its artistic director and chief conductor for more than 15 years. Under the direction of Ihor Pilatyuk, the Ivano-Frankivsk Chamber Orchestra won the 1st International Chamber Music Competition (1991, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine), toured Ukraine, the cities of the former USSR, and abroad. Well-known musicians took part in joint artistic projects with I. Pilatyuk: violinists: Oleksiy Gorokhov, Bogodar Kotorovich, Oleg Krysa, Serhiy Kravchenko, Kyrylo Stetsenko, Jr., Lydia Shutko, Oleksandr Brusilovskyi (France), Viktor Tretyakov (Germany), violist Yuriy Bashmet, cellist Nataliya Khoma, pianists — People's Artists of Ukraine Oleg Kryshtalskyi, Yozhef Ermin, Oksana Rapita, Etella Chupryk, as well as Volodymyr Vynnytskyi, Serhii Eidelman, Yaroslav Dzewiecki (Poland), Choir Chapel named after M. Hlinka (St. Petersburg) under led by V. Chernushenko. The orchestra under the direction of I. Pilatyuk recorded more than 50 works for the National Funds. radio company of Ukraine, and the project "Seven words of the Savior on the Cross" to the music of J. Haydn gained wide resonance (a stock recording was made on All-Ukrainian TV) and is still considered a hallmark of the Ivano-Frankivsk Chamber Orchestra. I. Pilatiuk participated in the Days of Ukrainian Culture in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Russia, where he popularized Ukrainian classical and modern music. For the first time in Ukraine, the Orchestra conducted by I. Pilatyuk performed chamber pieces by Vasyl Vytvytskyi, Myroslav Skoryk, Oleksandr Kozarenko, Iryna Kirilina, Yevhen Stankovych, Viktor Kaminskyi, Bohdana Frolyak, Yuriy Lanyuk, Igor Shcherbakov, etc., as well as translated for chamber orchestra beautiful compositions by Mykola Lysenko and Yakiv Stepovoy; concerts of Y. S. Bach were performed; Mykola Lysenko's cantata "Bityu Porogy" was performed by the choir and orchestra of the MV Lysenko LNMA Opera Studio.
Among the iconic performances/projects of I. Pilatyuk are concert programs dedicated to the 1st anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine at the National Palace of Arts "Ukraine" with the participation of the Ivano-Frankivsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (1991, Kyiv, Ukraine), and then updated concert programs for Days Independence of Ukraine (during 1991-2000); concerts at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, etc. Concert programs where cantatas by Ukrainian composers M. Lysenko, D. Sichynskyi, and M. Skoryk based on the poetry of T. Shevchenko were successful. During 1992-1997, violinist Ihor Pilatiuk together with his wife - pianist Olena Pilatiuk, daughter - Anastasia and son Nazariy - violinists (family quartet) toured and held master classes in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Poland: more than 140 concerts were held. On the day of the enthronement of the Head of the UGCC, Blessed Svyatoslav (Shevchuk), on the stage of the National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine (2011, Kyiv, Ukraine), the project "Seven Words of the Savior on the Cross" (Ivano-Frankivsk Chamber Orchestra) was performed under the baton of Ihor Pilatyuk. The team of the Ivano-Frankivsk Chamber Orchestra under the direction of I. Pilatyuk (soloist - violinist Nazarii Pilatyuk) held a series of concert performances in the cities of Ukraine, and the collection of funds from the implementation of the artistic project was donated to the construction of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ UGCC in Kyiv.
Ihor Pilatiuk - author of projects: "Unite Millions" (M.V. Lysenko Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Lysenko National Academy of Music, Halytskyi Municipal Chamber Choir (artistic director and chief conductor, People's Artist of Ukraine Vasyl Yatsynyak), soloist - Honored Artist of Ukraine, soloist of the National Organ House and Chamber Music of Ukraine — Nazariy Pilatiuk. Conductors: Honored Artist of Ukraine Yurii Bervetskyi, People's Artist of Ukraine Ihor Pilatiuk. The artistic event took place on March 16, 2022 in Lviv at Rynok Square near the City Hall (2022, Lviv, Ukraine); creative project — Solemn concert "We-Ukraine!" on the occasion of the 180th anniversary of the birth of Mykola Lysenko, which became the culminating moment of the ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of the LNMA of Namesand M. V. Lysenko "LYSENKO 180". The grandiose artistic project was jointly initiated and carried out by the Lviv National Academy of Music named after M.V. Lysenko and the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Solomiya Krushelnytska on the Square in front of the Lviv National Opera. The National Anthem of Ukraine was performed with the participation of the musicians of the symphony orchestra and the choir of the opera studio of the Lviv National Academy of Music named after M.V. Lysenko, who were joined by choristers - artists of the Lviv Opera Theater named after Solomiya Krushelnytska under the direction of the People's Artist of Ukraine Ihor Pilatyuk. The overture to the opera "Taras Bulba" by M. Lysenko and the cantata "The Thresholds Beat" by M. Lysenko as a symbol of the idea of freedom and independence of the Ukrainian people were performed with the participation of soloists - graduates of the M. V. Lysenko LNM: M. Malafia, S. Vinnyk , O. Zhukov, Galician Academic Chamber Choir (artistic director — People's Artist of Ukraine Vasyl Yatsynyak) and choir and symphony orchestra of the opera studio of the M. Lysenko Lviv National Academy of Music (conductor — rector of the M.V. Lysenko National Academy of Music, People's Artist of Ukraine Ihor Pilatiuk); works performed by soloists and the symphony orchestra of the Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv Opera Theater (conductor - Honored Artist of Ukraine Yuriy Bervetsky). Raising the spirit of the Ukrainian people - soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, territorial defense forces of Ukraine, volunteers and volunteers, residents of Lviv and guests of the city, the music of the genius of Ukraine M. Lysenko sounded at full voice - through the sounds of sirens that pierced the space, through the strong wind, — at the time when enemy missiles flew at Lviv... (March 26, 2022, Lviv, Ukraine).
Milestones in the life of Ihor Pilatyuk were meetings with extraordinary personalities of our time - People's Artist of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine, violinist Bohodar Kotorovych, Honored Artist of Ukraine, Head of the Special Department. the piano of the M. V. Lysenko Lviv National Academy of Music by Maria Krykh-Uglyar, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, rector of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, academician Andrii Chebykin.
1991-1992, as well as 1994-1999 Ihor Pilatiuk — art. lecturer, associate professor of the violin department of the National Academy of Music named after P. I. Tchaikovsky. In 1993-1995 — Art. off Higher Institute of Music named after M. V. Lysenko; I. Pilatiuk also worked as the head of the violin department of a secondary specialized music boarding school.
From December 1999, I. Pilatiuk began his activities as the rector of the M. Lysenko Higher Music Institute. On the initiative of the rector I. Pilatiuk, the VMI was reformed into the Lviv Music Academy named after M. V. Lysenko (2002), and from 2007 — to the Lviv National Academy of Music named after M.V. Lysenko, where the Specialized Academic Council for the Defense of Candidate's Dissertations was opened; the scientific qualifications of the teaching staff increased; a number of textbooks, scientific and pedagogical manuals, monographs and collections of scientific articles have been published; the training of regents began, for the first time in Ukraine.
I. Pilatiuk — Honored Artist of Ukraine (1993). People's Artist of Ukraine (1999). Professor (2001). Doctor of Philosophy [cand. dissertation: "Violin works of Myroslav Skoryk in the socio-cultural context of the second half of the 20th century." (L., 2003). Member — correspondent of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2009). Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2017).
Since 1999, I. Pylatyuk has been the chief conductor of the Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Akademiya", which has toured in Ukraine, Germany, Sweden, and since 2008, he annually participates in the International Festival "Beskydy without Borders" (Poland).
As a conductor, Ihor Pilatiuk collaborates/performs in Ukraine and abroad with various creative collectives, in particular the Honored Chapel of Ukraine "Trembita", the Lviv Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Opera Studio of the M. V. Lysenko Lviv National Academy of Music, the Lviv Chamber Orchestras Academy", "Harmonia Nobile", Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Perpetuum Mobile" and others.
In his position as the rector of the M. V. Lysenko National Academy of Sciences, I. Pilatiuk started several competitions: vocal competitions named after T. Teren-Yuskiva, fp. named after F. Chopin; All-Ukrainian competitions of violinists, pianists, woodwind players, and was also the organizer and participant of numerous international and all-Ukrainian scientific conferences, round tables, seminars, forums.
For more than 15 years, I. Pilatiuk was a member of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Culture Fund and the Board of Trustees of the "New Names of Ukraine" program.
I. Pilatiuk is a member of the jury of many prestigious national and international competitions (Ukraine, Italy, Hungary, Poland). With his support and direct participation, international competitions and festivals are held: named after M. Lysenko (Kyiv), named after D. Bida (Lviv), named after Bogodar Kotorovich (Kyiv), etc.
I. Pylatyuk is the moderator and performer (as a conductor) of many art projects, among them the most unique ones are "Ihor Pylatyuk and his students" (author and conductor - I. Pylatyuk, soloists - St.students of the class of I. Pilatyuk), where 5 violin concertos by Myroslav Skoryk were performed, the concert premieres of which took place on the stages of Kyiv, Odessa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil. Initiated by Professor I. Pilatyuk, the First Myroslav Skoryk International Violin Competition took place during the Maestro's lifetime and with his direct participation. Under the baton of conductor I. Pilatyuk for 20 consecutive years on the stage of the S. Lyudkevich Concert Hall of the Lviv National Philharmonic, "Christmas Musical Gift" (Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Academy") shines as a particularly bright star. The originality of the projects impresses: "5 choir. cantata to the words of Taras Shevchenko"; stage-theatrical action to the music of J. Haydn "Seven Words of the Savior on the Cross" (2007, Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, Sophia of Kyiv, National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine, Dominican Cathedral in Lviv, etc.); retrospective concerts dedicated to the anniversaries of Frederik Chopin, Ferenc Liszt, with the participation of Ukrainian and Polish performers (Ukraine-Poland); Organ concerts: Francis Pulienka (Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Academy", soloist-organist Nadiya Velychko), G. F. Handel and J. Haydn performed by the Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Academy", soloist - V. Liyak (2019, Poland-Ukraine) ; "Five concerts of L. Beethoven" (2011, Lviv, soloist - Serhii Eidelman (piano), Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Academy") and others.
Professor Ihor Pilatiuk is the chief conductor of the Beskydy Without Borders International Festival (Poland, Sanok, since 2008 - annually).
Ihor Pilatyuk's scientific interests are related to his teaching work at the violin department of the MV Lysenko Lviv National Academy of Music and current problems of the history and theory of musical performance and pedagogy. More than 30 laureates of International and All-Ukrainian competitions studied in the class of Professor Ihor Pilatyuk, among them — Honored Artist of Ukraine, Doctor of Philosophy, concertmaster of the Valencia Opera Theater "Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofia" Anastasia Pilatyuk, concertmaster of "Staatskapelle Dresden" Federico Kasik, Honored Artist of Ukraine , Doctor of Philosophy, soloist of the National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine, associate professor of the violin department of the MV Lysenko National Academy of Music Nazarii Pilatiuk, People's Artist of Ukraine, soloist of the National Ensemble of Soloists "Kyivska Camerata", head of the violin department of Bohdan P. I. Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music Pivnenko, assistant concertmaster of the orchestra of the Vienna Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Maksym Brylynskyi, concertmasters of symphony orchestras in Switzerland — Vasyl Zatsikha and Maria Strelbytska, well-known concert violinists Oleksandra Semchuk and Svyatoslav Semchuk, etc.
I. M. Pilatiuk is the author of manuals, methodological developments, publications in scientific publications and periodicals, a frequent guest on radio and TV, as well as the editor-in-chief of many scientific publications. Under the scientific guidance of Professor I. Pilatyuk, the PhD theses of 5 successful Ukrainian scientists were defended.
Scientific work
Repertoire for student chamber orchestras
Cand. dissertation: "Violin works of Myroslav Skoryk in the socio-cultural context of the second half of the 20th century." (L., 2003).
"Military concert" by K. Lipinsky: figurative and semantic problems of interpretation and didactic tasks // Music of Galicia — Musica Humana. — L., 2001. — Volume VI;
Peculiarities of the form and genre of M. Skoryk's Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano as a performance problem // Issues of style and form in music. — Sciences. collections of LDMA named after M. Lysenko. — L., 2001. — Vol. 4;
The author's intention and its influence on the violin work of Myroslav Skoryk // Music Studies. Coll. Art. — Lviv, 2004. — Vol. 9;
Problems of interpreting the third violin concerto of Myroslav Skoryk // Musical art. — Donetsk, 2004. — Vol. 4;
Objective and subjective parameters of the author's intention in the work of the composer // Music Studies. — L., 2008;
A word about the orchestra // Mykytka A. Lviv Chamber Orchestra. 1959—2010. — L., 2010, etc.;
The era of Oleksandra Pylypivna Derkach // Lesya Derkach - violinist, chamber musician, teacher in scientific research and memoirs / Popular science edition [ed.: Artur Mykytka, Nina Dyka]. — Lviv, 2014. ISBN 978-966-97368-4-0
Discography
Mykola Kolessa. Suite "In the mountains". Lviv Chamber Orchestra. Conductor I. Pylatyuk. Mykola Kolessa (dedicated to the 100th anniversary) — Gal. Records, 2003.;
Lviv impressions. Works of Lviv composers. Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Academy" (Conductor - Ihor Pilatiuk). — Lviv, Lev studio, 2005.;
Vasyl Vytvytskyi. Chamber and instrumental music. Diptych for strings. Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Academy". Conductor I. Pilatiuk — Vol. 9, Galrecords.; Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Academy". The album "Retrospectives" was published for the 50th anniversary of the Orchestra. — Lviv, Lev Studio, 2009.;
Mykola Kolessa. Suite "In the mountains" in 3 hrs. Conductor Ihor Pilatiuk. Recorded in 2003;
Victor Kaminsky. Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2 "Christmas". Conductor Ihor Pilatiuk. LIVE recording "Christmas Musical Gift", 2006;
Myroslav Skoryk. Album "Foreverdi". Lviv Chamber Orchestra "AKADEMIYA". Artistic director and conductor M. Skoryk; Conductor I. Pilatiuk; Leader and accompanist A. Mykytka. Soloists: N. Pilatiuk (violin), O. Rapita (piano), M. Skoryk (piano). Recorded from a concert. Conc. hall named after S. Ludkevich., Studio "Live Sound Records", Studio "Dudaryk", Studio of the Higher School of Music in Dusseldorf (Germany). Record of 2010;
Ernest Chausson. Concert. Concert pour violon, piano et quatuor a cordes opus en d majeur \\ Alexandre Brussilovsky (violin), Volodymyr Vynnytsky (piano), Orchester de chambre "Academia", Igor Pylatuk (conduct); Couverture; Chateau de Cremault., Enregistre a Lviv 2013., SUONIECOLORI, compact disc, SC 253622. \\ Ernest Chausson. Concert. Concerto for violin, piano and chamber orchestra in D major, Op. 21., soloists: Oleksandr Brusilovsky (violin), Volodymyr Vynnytskyi (piano), Lviv Chamber Orchestra "Academy". Conductor Ihor Pilatiuk. Record of 2014
Honors, awards
Order of Merit III degree (2004),
Stanislav Lyudkevich Award (2008),
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise (2009).
Letter of Pope Benedict XVI (2007)
Honorable Mention "Zasłużony dla Kultury Polskiej" (2015)
Silver Medal "Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis" (2019)
Gold Medal of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2019)
Family
The wife is a professor, doctor of philosophy, professor of the special department. piano and department of the chamber ensemble and quartet of the Lviv National Academy of Music named after M. V. Lysenko, pianist Olena Pilatiuk. Children:
Anastasia (born June 25, 1983, Ivano-Frankivsk) — laureate of international competitions, Honored Artist of Ukraine, doctor of philosophy, concertmaster of the Valencia Opera Theater "Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofia"
Nazarii (born January 17, 1987, Ivano-Frankivsk) — violinist, teacher, Honored Artist of Ukraine, doctor of philosophy, soloist of the National House of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine, associate professor of the violin department of the M.V. Lysenko National Academy of Music
Anna (born January 27, 2000, Lviv) is a pianist, laureate of the 2nd All-Ukrainian Competition of Chamber Ensembles and Quartets (2013, Lviv), pianists named after O. Kryshtalskyi (2017, Lviv).
