Volodymyr Yakovlevych Pidhornyi (b. October 4, 1928, Verkhnobohdanivka - d. May 31, 2010, Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian accordionist, composer and teacher; member of the Union of Composers of Ukraine since 1957. Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR since 1987.
Biography.
He was born on October 4, 1928, in the village of Velykobohdanivka (now Shchastia district, Luhansk region, Ukraine). In 1949, he graduated from the Kharkiv Music College (composition class of Oleksandr Zhuk and accordion class); in 1956, he graduated from the Kharkiv Conservatory (composition class of Valentyn Borysov, accordion class of Leonid Horenko).
Since 1949, he was a teacher at the Kharkiv Music School, since 1956 - a lecturer, since 1971 - associate professor, since 1989 - professor at the Kharkiv Institute of Arts.
He died in Kharkiv on May 31, 2010.
Works.
Author of an oratorio, a number of works for symphony orchestra, violin and piano, and many songs. Among his works:
vocal and symphonic suite "The Day Begins", words by Yurii Stadnychenko (1962);
poems:
"Mamai Kurgan", lyrics by Dmytro Lutsenko (1968);
"About Ukraine", lyrics by Volodymyr Zabashtansky (1993);
for symphony orchestra: Variations (1952), Symphony (1956), Ballad (1957), Russian Fantasy (1966), Concert Waltz (1968), Symphonic Picture Night (1984);
for string orchestra: Suite (1952);
for violin and orchestra: "Concert Fantasy (1958);
for domra and orchestra: Concerto (1967), Concertino (1974);
for ready-made accordion:
Concert Fantasies on themes of folk songs (1948-65):
Belarusian "Perepelochka"
Russian "Nochenka", "Ah you, my dear" (both from 1961);
Ukrainian "Poviy, vіtre, na vkrayinu" (1964);
on the theme of Boris Fomin's romance The Long Road;
Suite (1951);
variations on themes:
Ukrainian folk song "Oh, a girl walked along the shore";
Russian folk songs "Polosynka" and "The geese knocked at the gate";
"Gypsy Rhapsody" (for accordion duet, 1983);
"Retro Suite" (1990);
prelude "In Memory of the Departed";
"At the Walls of Jerusalem";
humorous story "The Naughty Chizhik";
transcriptions on topics:
Lucio Dalla's "Dedication to Caruso";
Mark Fradkin's "Accidental Waltz";
Jerzy Petersburgski's "The Blue Handkerchief";
Ernesto de Curtis's Return to Sorento;
Ukrainian folk song "Oh Whose Horse Is That", etc;
Author of publications:
"Album for Children and Youth" (1978, 25 pieces; educational repertoire for accordion);
"Pieces, transcriptions, arrangements [Notes]: For accordion" (2001, Moscow) (in Russian).
