Ukrainian actor and choirmaster, singing teacher, member of the Russian Theater Society.
Brief biography
In 1886, he began his concert career.
He was a collegiate assessor, worked as a teacher of music at the Nizhyn Institute of History and Philology. He was actively involved in public life, organized amateur performances; he founded a vocal studio, string and vocal quartets at the Nizhyn People's House. At this time, he had friendly relations and worked with M. Zankovetska, M. Sadovskyi, and M. Kropyvnytskyi.
In 1893 he founded the Nizhyn Mixed Choir.
He invited the kobzar Teryentiy Parkhomenko to perform.
In 1913, he graduated from the Regency Teacher's Courses in St. Petersburg.
In 1934, the choir he had raised is taken away from him, he is engaged in teaching, conducting the choir in the Pioneer Club.
Family.
His son, Andrii Protsenko, is a flutist; he created the Ukrainian flute school and was a teacher. In 1937, two other sons, Volodymyr and Serhii, were shot dead. Later, the first wife of his son Mykola was arrested and shot, and the husband of his niece was arrested.
The grandfather did everything he could to save his grandchildren - he immediately adopted the children of his executed son Volodymyr: Mykola and Liusia.
During the Second World War, he performed with a choir in forest glades in front of soldiers on the front line.
Until his last days, he was engaged in public work. He died in evacuation.
His works
He wrote "Artistic Memories".
Among the roles he played:
Karas in Gulak-Artemovsky's "Cossack Beyond the Danube",
Elected - "Natalka Poltavka" by Kotliarevsky.
Commemorative events
In January 2014, the city of Nizhyn decided to rename Shkilnyi Lane to Fedir Protsenko Lane.
In 2015, a plaque was installed on the house where he lived.
