Ukrainian conductor, Honored Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, corresponding member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, knight of the Order of Merit III degree, artistic director and chief conductor of the Honored Academic Symphony Orchestra of Ukrainian Radio, director Ob the union of artistic collectives "Muzyka".
Biography
He was born in Kharkiv.
Education
In 1981, he graduated from the Poltava State Music School named after MV Lysenko as a choir master and music theorist.
In 1988, he graduated from the Kyiv State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, majoring in "opera-symphonic conducting" (prof. Stefan Turchak) and "choral conducting" (prof. Lev Venediktov).
In 1989-1991, he interned at the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater (Moscow), director Fuat Mansurov.
Creative activity
Since 1988, he has been the conductor-producer of the Kyiv Academic Operetta Theater.
In October 1990, he created the country's first non-state symphony orchestra "Ukraine", with which from 1991 to 2002 he conducted extensive concert and touring activities (Ukraine, Russia, Italy, France, Portugal, Poland, Croatia, Switzerland), made numerous recordings on Ukrainian radio and television, released a number of CDs (Russia, Italy, Great Britain, Switzerland), organized the international art festivals "Meetings on Easter" (Kyiv, Ukraine - 2000, 2001, 2002) and "Tenoratorio" (Zolothurn, Switzerland — 1999, 2000, 2001), was one of the organizers and director of the opening of VERDIANO-2001 (Busseto, Italy — 2001).
1995-2005 chief conductor of the Kyiv Academic Operetta Theater, where he staged 15 plays, including: "Porgy and Bess" by J. Gershwin, "The Gypsy Baron" and "Night in Venice" by J. Strauss, "Maritza" by I. Kalman, " Count of Luxemburg" by F. Legar and many others.
Since 1996, he has been teaching at the Department of Opera Training and Music Direction and the Department of Opera and Symphonic Conducting of the National Music Academy of Ukraine named after P.I. Tchaikovsky.
In August 2005, he led the Honored Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian Radio. He carried out a number of large-scale creative projects, including "David's Repentance" by V. A. Mozart, "Symphonic Gospel" by A. Karamanov, "The Execution of Stepan Razin" by D. Shostakovich, "Requiem" by J. Verdi, "Stabat Mater" by J. Rossini, "Carmina Burana" by K. Orff (own stage version), "Fantasies in Jazz Tones" by O. Saratskyi, created a series of original cyclical TV-radio projects "Art Stories", "I-VIRTUOS!", "Symphonic Mainstream", "RadioSymphony_UA , "Concerts without an audience", "Masterpieces", "Benefit".
Participates in the annual international festivals "Kyiv-Music-Fest" and "Music premieres of the season" (Kyiv, Ukraine).
Under the direction of Volodymyr Sheik, the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra recorded more than 400 masterpieces of world and Ukrainian music for the National Radio Fund. The main recordings are made at the Ukrainian Radio Recording House. The works of the luminaries of the national musical art and the young generation of composers, recorded by the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Volodymyr Sheik, are regularly broadcast on national channels and on the European Broadcasting Union channels in 56 countries.
Over the past six years, he has toured with the orchestra in 17 countries around the world, in particular, in the People's Republic of China, South Korea, Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Holland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Belarus. Conducted on such world-famous stages as: Chapel Hall named after M. Glinky (St. Petersburg, Russia); Konzerthaus (Vienna, Austria); Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Holland); Queen Elizabeth Hall (Antwerp, Belgium); Arena Sferisterio (Macerata, Italy), Teatro Carlo Felice (Genoa), Teatro Petrucelli (Bari), Teatro Ponchielli (Cremona), Teatro Luciano Pavarotti (Modena), Teatro Romano (Ascoli Piceno, Italy), Teatro Politeama Garibaldi (Palermo, Italy ); Auditorio Nacional de Musica and Teatro Monumental (Madrid, Spain); Gran Teatre del Liceu and Palau de la Musica (Barcelona, Spain); Coliseo, Casa da Musica (Porto, Portugal), Coliseo dos Recreios (Lisbon, Portugal); Colosseum (Nimes, France), Teatro Romano (Vienne, France); Opera and Ballet Theater (Bucharest, Romania), Opera and Ballet Theater (Timişoara, Romania); State Opera (Ruse, Bulgaria); National Opera of Algeria, National Theater of Algeria, Moufdi Zakaria Palace (Algeria), City Hall (Seoul, South Korea), Colosseum (El Jem, Tunisia), Amphitheater (Carthage, Tunisia), National Opera (Tunisia), City Hall (Hong Kong , China), National Philharmonic (Beijing, China), National Opera (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
honors
In 2003, he was awarded the honorary title "Honored Artist of Ukraine" for his significant personal contribution to the socio-economic and cultural development of the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv
In 2005, he was awarded the Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostle Prince Volodymyr III degree
In 2005, he was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
In 2012, he was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the CabinetMinisters of Ukraine
Honorary award of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
"Badge of Honor" badge of the Kyiv City Council
In 2015, he was awarded the honorary title "People's Artist of Ukraine"
In 2019, he became a laureate of the Shevchenko Prize in the category "Musical Art" - for audio recordings of works by Ukrainian composers for the Ukrainian Radio Fund, concert programs of 2013-2018
In 2020, he was awarded the Order of Merit, III degree.
In 2021, he became a corresponding member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
Nominations
Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in 2015. Concert programs from 2009 to 2014 were nominated for the "Concert and Performing Arts" nomination: 160 concerts, each of which became a notable spiritual and educational event, highlighted the active artistic and social position of the artist, and received a wide positive public response. In particular, one of the artist's largest concert cycles was the music media projects "Art History" and "RadioSymphony_UA", where Volodymyr Sheyko participated as an artistic director, project conductor, project developer and director.
