Anatolii Hryhorovych Svechnikov (12 June 1908, Kyiv - 12 March 1962, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian Soviet composer. Laureate of the Stalin Prize (1950). Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1954),
He was born on 12 June 1908 in Kyiv.
In 1932, he graduated from the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Music and Drama Institute (class of V. Zolotaryov and L. Revutsky);
in 1938 he completed postgraduate studies at the Kyiv Conservatory;
in 1932-1933 - head of the musical department of the All-Donbas Drama Theatre; in 1933-1936 - of the drama theatres of Kyiv;
in 1936-1941 and 1944-1951 - musical director of dramatic broadcasts of the Ukrainian Radio;
in 1945-1956 - a lecturer at the Kyiv State Conservatory.
Anatolii Svechnikov's grave
Anatolii Svechnikov died on 12 March 1962. He was buried in Kyiv at the Baikove Cemetery.
Works
ballets: "Marusya Bohuslavka (Kyiv, 1951), The Night Before Christmas (Kyiv, 1959);
for symphony orchestra: Variations (1931), Scherzo (1934);
suites: On themes of the peoples of the East (1939), Kolhospna (on Ukrainian folk themes, 1949);
poems: "Karmeliuk (1945), Shchors (1949), Overture (1947);
for the bandura band: "Song about the Stormcatcher" (1960);
for flute and piano: Suite (1935);
for piano: Two Etudes and Prelude (1927), Two Etudes for Left Hand (1929), Variations on a Ukrainian Theme (1930);
for choir and piano: Cycle Nine Ukrainian Songs (folk lyrics, 1944);
for voice and piano: The cycle Hutsul Folk Songs (1945);
music for dramatic performances;
music for films[1], including Inseparable Friends (1953), Kalynovyi Hai (1953), Pedagogical Poem (1955), Partisan Spark (1957), Human Blood is Not Water (1960);
music for radio broadcasts;
arrangement of folk songs.
