Ukrainian conductor, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1985), People's Artist of Ukraine (1998).
Biography.
Yarema Skybynskyi was born on August 25, 1949 in the city of Stryi, Lviv region.
In 1974, he graduated from the Lviv Conservatory (under M. Kolessa). In 1976-78 he trained with Yuri Simonov at the Bolshoi Theater (Moscow).
In 1978-79 he was the chief conductor, since 1989 - conductor of the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater, from 1991 to 2009 - Odesa National Opera and Ballet Theater.
In 1984, with the Symphony Orchestra of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Ukrainian SSR, Y. Skybyinsky made a stock recording of the opera Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube by S. Hulak-Artemovsky.
Performances
"The Queen of Spades" by P. Tchaikovsky (1979);
"Mayivka by D. Klebanov (1981, 1st performance);
"Natalka Poltavka by Mykola Lysenko (1983);
"Don Carlos (1985) by G. Verdi;
"Aida" (1987) by G. Verdi;
