Ukrainian composer, student of Borys Liatoshynskyi, member of the USSR Composers' Union, winner of the All-Union Composers' Competition (1958).
Biography.
Father - Petro Mohyla, an artist of the State Ukrainian Folk Choir named after H. Veriovka (pseudonym "Petro Polevyi"). Mother - Maria Petrivna Mohyla (Fedorova, Kazakova), actress of the TRAM Theater (Petrograd), director.
Brother - Hennadii Polevyi (Mohyla), Ukrainian graphic artist. Daughter - Viktoriia Valeriivna Poleva, Ukrainian composer, winner of the Borys Liatoshynskyi Prize.
1950 - Graduated with honors from the Kyiv State Conservatory, composition class of B. M. Lyatoshynsky's class of composition.
1950 - Together with his brother, he was arrested on charges of creating a youth anti-Soviet organization, the so-called People's Liberation Party (PLP), "...which set itself the task of preparing an armed uprising to overthrow the political system in the Soviet Union."
1950-1954 - served a prison term at the copper mines of Dzhezkazgan (Karaganda oblast of the Kazakh SSR).
1954 - rehabilitated.
1955-1956 - taught at music schools in Kyiv.
1956-1961 - music editor of the Publishing House of Fine Arts and Music Literature.
1962-1963 - editor of the republican branch of the publishing house "Soviet Composer".
1963-1965 - music editor of the publishing house "Art".
1966 - senior methodologist at the Central House of Folk Art of the Ukrainian SSR.
1973-1976 - consultant of the Union of Composers of the Ukrainian SSR.
1976-1986 - consultant of the Kyiv organization of the Union of Composers of the Ukrainian SSR.
Works
For choir and orchestra
1975-1980 "Requiem" in memory of Ivan Khomenko for mixed choir, soloists and large symphony orchestra based on the poems by I. Drach, M. Korotych, M. Vingranovsky,
I. Khomenko (Ivan Yevtykhiyovych Khomenko, 1919-1968 - Ukrainian poet, dissident, prisoner of Dzhezkazgan).
For symphony orchestra
1986 Concerto for 2 violins and symphony orchestra
1976 Two plays: "Summer Tones" and "Mazurka"
1970 "Overture"
1970 Ukrainian Suite No. 1
1967 "October Greeting"
1962 "Satirical Scherzo"
1961 Two waltzes
1960 Symphonic poem "Song"
1952 "Ukrainian Dance"
1950 "Poem"
For orchestra of Ukrainian folk instruments
1972 Concerto for cymbals and orchestra of Ukrainian folk instruments
1972 "Hopak"
1970 Ukrainian Suite No. 2 ("Kolomyiky")
1969 Poem "Do you hear, my brother"
1968 "Songs"
1963 "The Cossack"
1963 Painting "Enchanted Further"
1962 Scherzo "Cosmonauts"
Chamber and instrumental works
1973 String Quartet No. 2
1966 "Poem" for piano and color organ
1949 String Quartet No. 1
For piano
1948 Sonata
1948 Two poems
Pieces for children
For voice and piano
1968 Vocal cycle "Letters to Janek" (lyrics by N. Sosnina)
Romances to poems by S. Yesenin, V. Vernadsky, L. Zabashta, T. Kolomiets, I. Nehoda, I. Khomenko, etc.
For folk instruments
1971 "Elegy" for six-string guitar
1971 Concert Fantasy for balalaika and piano
1967 Suite for balalaika and piano
1967 Four pieces for balalaika and piano
1966 Two concert pieces for domra and piano
1966 Suite for bandura duet
1965 "Merry Etudes" for bandura
1964 Sonata for domra and piano
1964 "Album of a bandura player"
1958 "Etude" for accordion
While working at music schools in Kyiv from 1955 to 1956, the composer became interested in pedagogical issues. At that time, the network of children's music schools was expanding, so there was a question of pedagogical repertoire, in particular, one that would include works by Soviet composers. This trend prompted the composer to write a cycle of ten small, children's pieces for cymbals: "Catch up! I'll catch up!", "News, Have you heard it?", "The Spring", "Not so!", "The Swan in the Diary", "Larks", "What is it?", "On a hang glider", "Victory: 2-0", "When Will the Rain Stop?" Most of these plays are included in Dmytro Popichuk's collections: "Cymbals. Grades 1-3", "Cymbals. Grades 4-5", "Cymbals. And Graduation" and successfully complement the pedagogical repertoire of cymbalists.
Arrangements
1968 Duma "The Lament of the Slaves"
choruses, songs, arrangements for bandura choir (Music Publishing House)
