Yurii (Heorhii) Fedorovych Taranchenko (b. 21 January 1905, Vorozhba - d. 7 March 1978, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian Soviet conductor and teacher; Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR since 1946.
Biography.
He was born on 8 [21] January 1905 in the town of Vorozhba (now Sumy region, Ukraine). In 1931, he graduated from the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Music and Drama Institute, and in 1939 - from the Kyiv Conservatory. He has been a member of the CPSU since 1952. In 1945-1968, he was the chief conductor of the Ukrainian Radio Choir. In 1966-1972, he was a lecturer at the Kyiv Conservatory. He died in Kyiv on 7 March 1978.
