Ukrainian-Canadian opera singer (baritone), music teacher.
Creative path
In 1920, he graduated from the Teacher's Seminary, and in 1931 from the Music and Drama Institute in Kyiv (class of M. Chystiakov), began his artistic career as a singer and choirmaster in Chernihiv, and later sang in the Dumka Chapel in Kyiv.
1933-1939 - soloist of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theater, made numerous tours throughout Ukraine. From 1940 to 1944, he was a soloist at the Lviv Philharmonic. His wife Olena Lozytska (soprano) also took part in his concerts.
Since 1944 he lived in exile. He gave his own concerts in Berlin, Prague, and Bratislava. In 1948, he moved to Canada, where he continued his creative and pedagogical activities.
His repertoire included numerous Ukrainian folk songs, as well as romances by M. Lysenko, Y. Stepovyi, M. Stetsenko, Y. Lopatinsky, V. Barvinsky, Y. Yaroslavenko, and others. In 1963, he recorded a record of folk songs and romances by Ukrainian composers.
Pedagogical activity
He began his teaching career at the Chernihiv Music School (1920-1926). In 1940-1941 he was an associate professor at the Lviv Conservatory. From 1945 he taught at the Orthodox Theological Academy in Munich. In Canada, he taught at the conservatory at the Alberta College in Edmonton, and also had his own vocal studio. Among his students were Ivan Rudavsky, Ostap Ropianyk, and Yosyp Hoshulyak.
