Yurii Shevchenko (1 September 1953 - 23 March 2022, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian composer, author of symphonic and chamber works, music for radio plays, films and cartoons, ballets, and operas. Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, National Union of Composers of Ukraine, nine-time winner of the Kyiv Pectoral Theatre Award, winner of the Mykhailo Verikivskyi (2007), Mykola Lysenko (2012), Artem Vedel Kyiv Prize (2018), and Viktor Kosenko Prize for works for children and youth (2019). Honoured Artist of Ukraine (1997).
He was born on 1 September 1953 in Kyiv.
In 1977, he graduated from the Faculty of Composition of the Kyiv Conservatory.
Since 1977, he has been an editor of music for the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Ukraine.
He died on 23 March 2022 at the Oleksandrivska Hospital in Kyiv from coronavirus disease.
His works
Music for cinema
1992 - "Dandelion Blossom" (Kyiv Dovzhenko Film Studio)
2005 - "The Last Autumn Leaf" (cinema)
2008 - "Weekend Romance"
Music for cartoons
1987 - "Ice-cream ice-cream"
1988 - "The Hedgehog and the Girl"
1988 - "The story of the girl who stepped on the bread"
1988 - "Jump to the cloud"
1989 - "Ivasyk-Telesyk"
1990 - "The Laughing Pot"
1991 - "The Cat and the Cockerel"
1992 - "The Lame Duck"
1992 - "The Hunt"
Music for theatre
2007 - Pinocchio and the Magic Violin (Taras Shevchenko National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine)
2017, 29 June - "Chasing Two Hares" - ballet in 2 acts, idea and libretto by Tetyana Andreeva based on the play of the same name by Mykhailo Staritsky; choreographer - Viktor Lytvynov, conductor - Volodymyr Kozhukhar (National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko)
2009 - "The Jabberwocky and Aibolyt", ballet (Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth)
2018, 26 October - "King Drozdoborod" - opera based on the play by Bohdan Stelmakh, based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm; directed by Serhiy Holubnychyi (Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth)
2019 - "Puss in Boots" opera (commissioned by the National Opera of Ukraine - in the process of production)
Awards
1997 - Honoured Artist of Ukraine
2018 - Art Prize "Kyiv" named after Artem Vedel - winner of the prize for the ballet "Kobzar" (for symphony orchestra and choir, 2015), suite for solo violin and string orchestra "Batyarski pisni" (2015), music for the performance based on the story by Ivan Franko "Cross paths" (2016)
2019 - X International Festival of Puppet Theatres "Podilska Lyalka" (Vinnytsia) - winner in the nomination "Best Music" (performance "Snail and Her Hut", directed by Yuriy Titarov, Kyiv Private Puppet Theatre "Ravlyk")
