Ukrainian composer, teacher, conductor.
Biography.
In 1977 he graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky (studied in the composition class of D. L. Klebanov, after whose death he completed his studies in the class of V. M. Zolotukhin).
In 1977-2001 he was a teacher at the Donetsk Music College.
Since 1980 - a member of the Union of Composers of the USSR, now a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.
Since 1999 - member of the All-Ukrainian Guild of Film Directors "24/1".
In 2002-2007 - Director and Artistic Director of the All-Ukrainian Choral Festival "Singing Cathedral".
Since 2002 - Associate Professor of the Department of Music Theory and History at the Drahomanov National Pedagogical University.
Since 2003 - member of the International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM).
Awards and titles
S. Prokofiev Prize (1991).
Diploma for the best song of the Chervona Ruta Festival (1994).
Diploma winner of the IBLA Grand Prix (Italy, "Most distinguished and talented artist, composer") (2000).
Honored Artist of Ukraine (2001).
Honorary badge "Excellence in Education of Ukraine".
Mykola Lysenko State Prize of Ukraine (2003).
Family.
Brother: Anatolii Shukh - composer.
Wife: Natalia Chamorova - musicologist, teacher.
Daughter: Maryna Shukh - film distributor, together with her husband Dines Ivanov she was a co-founder of the Arthouse Traffic film company.
Compositions.
Symphony (1984).
Chamber Symphony (1986).
Requiem "Lux aeterna" on canonical Latin texts and poems by Russian symbolist poets N. Minsky, V. Solovyov and K. Balmont (1988).
Mass "In excelsis et in terra" (1992).
Mass "And I said in my heart" on canonical Latin texts (1995).
Liturgical hymns of John Chrysostom to canonical texts (2005).
Spiritual concert "Revive me, confirm me". Poems by M. Schnorrall (1993).
Spiritual concerto "Revelations of Blessed Jerome" for choir and solo piano (2008).
Spiritual concert "Temptation of the Bright Angel". Chants and prayers based on the poetry of Nerses Schnorrall for a cappella choir (2008).
Cantata "From a Story of Years Past" (1980).
Cantata "Christmas Solfege".
Organ Mass "Via dolorosa" (1989).
Meditative performance "Songs of Spring" based on poems by ancient Chinese poets (1986).
"Three Dedications" for string orchestra (2000-2004).
"In Memory of D. Shostakovich". Concerto for three violins (1975).
Two prayer-meditations for piano (1995).
"And there was night, and there was morning, and there were silent heavenly flutes": Meditation for Organ (1999).
Piano album "First Steps". Collection "Little Musician" (2001). ISBN 5-17-018316-X OOO "Vydavnytstvo AST"
Suite "Old Gallant Dances" (1981).
Three Prayers (2000)
"Diptych for women's choir (2003).
"The Copper Bell Rang": Five small pastorals on the texts of Bulgarian children's songs in the retelling of V. Viktorov (1980).
"Songs from the Outskirts" Poems by A. Prokofiev (1982).
"From the lyrics of A. Blok" (1983).
"Biryulki" based on poems by A. Bartó. For children's choir and piano (1988).
"Psalms of David" (2000).
Literature
Mikhail Shukh: Artist and Time: A collective monograph. Kyiv: Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, 2019.
