Yaroslav Hryhorovych Vyshyvanyi (born August 1, 1935 - died August 11, 2008) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher, PhD in Philology, and writer.
He was born on August 1, 1935, in the village of Yustynivka, Pidhaitsi district (now Ternopil district, Ternopil region). In 1940, together with his parents, he was deported to Siberia, to the Yenisei River. In 1944, the family moved to Donbas, not far from Sorokyne. Only after the war did he return to his native land.
He graduated from the conducting and choral department of the Terebovlia Cultural and Educational School (1958) and the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology at Chernivtsi University (1966). After graduation and until his retirement (from 1966 to 1994), he taught at the Department of Ukrainian Language and Literature and directed student choirs. For some time he lived in Vinnytsia. He died on August 11, 2008. He was buried in his homeland in a small village in the Ternopil region in Yustynivka.
Creative activity
He began writing poems and short stories at school. His works of various genres were published in newspapers and magazines "Vitchyzna", "Zmina", "Ternopil", in the collections "From the Dniester to the Cheremosh", "Sun Clock", "Novolithia", "Vocal Ensembles".
He is the author of melodies to the words of M. Tkach, S. Budnyi, A. Dobrianskyi, B. Hura, and Y. Khrapko.
In the fall of 1962, in collaboration with Oleksandr Demydenko, the song "The Cloudy Sky Cries" became a folk song.
