Ukrainian Soviet composer, conductor and teacher.
Biography.
He was born on June 13, 1910, in the town of Vetzi (now Gomel Oblast, Belarus) to a family of school teachers. He lost his parents early and was raised in an orphanage from 1919 to 1925. In 1932, he graduated from the Leningrad Music College, composition class of P. Ryazanov and G. Popov. In 1937, he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory with a degree in conducting. In 1937-1941 he was a conductor of the Opera and Ballet Theater in Minsk.
In 1941-1944, he was the conductor of the Uyghur National Theater in Alma-Ata. In 1944-1947 he was conductor and artistic director of the Voroshylovhrad Philharmonic. From 1948 he was a teacher at the Donetsk Music School (now the Prokofiev Academy), worked at the Philharmonic, and was a concertmaster at the Opera and Ballet Theater.
He died in 1992.
His works
Works
opera "Sly Nasa" (comic, 1944);
ballets - "Maya" (1961), "The Red Handkerchief" (one-act, Donetsk, 1966), "The Fire" (one-act, Donetsk, 1966), "The Sun from the East" (1969);
choreographic paintings - "Poem about Immortality" (Molodohvardiysk, Donetsk, 1968), "Podolyanka" (Donetsk, 1968), "In a Single Family" (Donetsk, 1969), "Ukrainian Suite" (Donetsk, 1969), "Poem about Spring" (one-act, Donetsk, 1975), "Labor Symphony of Donbas" (one-act, Donetsk, 1975), "On the Way of Parents" (one-act, Donetsk, 1976), "Hungarian Rhapsody" (one-act, Donetsk, 1976);
for chorus and symphony orchestra - dramatic oratorio "Taras Shevchenko" (lyrics by G. Kryvda, 1964), oratorio "Lenin is always alive" (lyrics by A. Smyrnov, 1967), "From Darkness to Light" (lyrics by B. Shutov, 1969);
cantatas: "Labor Donbass" (lyrics by V. Kulemov, 1959), "Miners' Greetings to the Capital" (lyrics by V. Shutov, 1960), "Glory to the Miners of Donbass" (lyrics by P. Bezpochadny, 1961), "Miners' Bow to Moscow" (words by V. Shutov, 1965);
for symphony orchestra - poem "Liberated Donbas" (1950), overture "Miners' Holiday" (1951), "Symphony to the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia" (1954), Dance Suite (1954), "Poem about the Heroes of Donbas" (1973);
for piano and symphony orchestra - Concerto (1970);
for violin and symphony orchestra - Concerto (1966);
for trumpet and symphony orchestra - Concerto (1969);
for bassoon and symphony orchestra - Rhapsody (1969);
for xylophone and symphony orchestra - Ukrainian Suite (1972);
for voice and symphony orchestra - the cycle "Siberia, the Mighty Land" (words by O. Prokofiev, 1974);
for string quartet - Dance Suite (1970);
for xylophone and piano - Fantasies (1972), Fantasy Rhapsody on Belarusian Themes (1972);
for piano - Polish Suite (1970), Suite on Themes of the Peoples of the USSR (1971);
for voice and piano - romances based on the words of Soviet poets, including Ballad about 26 Baku Commissars (words by L. Russov, 1969), Space Farther (words by V. Shutov, 1971), About Lenin's Mother (words by S. Smirnov, 1971), Soldier's Letters (words by V. Yurechko, 1973), Donbass-Kuzbass (words by V. Yurechko, 1975);
music for dramatic performances;
arrangement of folk songs.
Awards.
He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and the Medal for Labor Valor.
