Ihor Petrovych Yakubovsky is a Ukrainian composer, musician and performer.
Ihor Petrovych Yakubovsky is a Ukrainian composer, musician and performer who works in the genre of original song and sung poetry.
He was born on 15 April 1962 in the family of Ukrainian exiles in Kopeysk-Chelyabinsk region (Ural, Russia).
A year later, the family returned to their native place - the village of Soroky, Buchach district, Ternopil region. He graduated from the Terebovlia Higher School of Culture (1981) and the Kyiv State Institute of Culture (1985).
He worked and still works in cultural and educational institutions of Kyiv.
Creativity.
He wrote a number of songs based on the poetry of Taras Shevchenko, Bohdan Lepkyi, Oleksandr Oles, Mykola Lukash, Volodymyr Sosiura, Vasyl Symonenko, Mykola Rudakov, Anatolii Taran, Mykola Udovychenko, Ivan Hnatiuk, Leonid Fedoruk, Iryna Zhylenko, Mariia Vlad, Lina Kostenko.
In his work, the artist talentedly combines folklore traditions with modernity. He performs as a vocal and instrumental duo "Space of Music" with composer and performer Serhiy Moroz.
Iakubovskyi's songs are performed by: Dmytro Hnatiuk, Alla Kudlay, Femiy Mustafayev, ensembles - "Kobza", "Darnychanka", "Hetman" and others.
Permanent member of the jury of the All-Ukrainian Festival of Arts "The Future of Ukraine is in Children!", International Festival of Culture "Grebinchyni Vechornytsi".
Winner of national and international competitions and festivals
Awards and honours
2003 - Diploma of the Ministry of Culture and Arts
2012 - Laureate of the International Prize for Charity of the International Charitable Foundation "Ukrainian House".
2019 - Laureate of the H. Skovoroda International Literary and Art Prize
Discography
Golden Autumn Nectar. Rostock Records.1998
I believe in you, my Ukraine! 2005
August Rhapsody. MA "Exactly!". 2006
Cossack wedding. Audio Ukraine. 2007
Autumn sketch. The space of music. 2008
The Temple of Love. R. Radyshevsky, I. Yakubovsky. 2013
