Ukrainian composer. Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1958). People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1973).
Biography.
Graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory: In 1937 - piano class (under Kostiantyn Mykhailov), in 1941 - composition class (under Lev Revutskyi).
In September 1941, he was taken prisoner, but later escaped.
In 1942-1943 he worked as a pianist and conductor of the Poltava Music and Drama Theater.
In 1943-1944 he worked at the Kamianets-Podilskyi Music and Drama Theater.
At the same time, he was a liaison officer of the Bozhenko partisan detachment.
From March 1944, he continued his service in the Red Army, where he was the artistic director of the song and dance ensemble.
In 1951-1958, he taught at the Kyiv Conservatory.
Family.
His wife Violetta Bagmet is a singer (soprano). In 1942-1943, she was a soloist at the Poltava, and in 1943-1944, the Kamianets-Podilskyi Music and Drama Theaters. After the war, she was a librettist for her husband's operas.
His memory
The Radyvyliv Children's Art School in Rivne region was named after Herman Zhukovskyi. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, and the Institute of Education Problems of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine regularly hold All-Ukrainian competitions for young performers named after Herman Zhukovskyi.
Works.
Author of nine operas, including:
"Marina" (1939),
"Honor (1947),
"From the bottom of my heart (1951),
"The First Spring (1960).
Other works:
mono-opera The Soldier's Wife (1967),
ballets:
"Rostyslava" (1956),
"Forest Song (1961),
"The Girl and Death (1971);
10 cantatas,
choral symphony "Live and Remember" (1976),
works for symphony orchestra, for instruments and orchestra,
chamber instrumental, choral, and vocal works,
music for films, among others:
"Generous Summer" (1950),
"The Fate of Maryna (1953),
"Singing Ukraine" (1954),
"Stars on the Wings (1955),
"Missing (1956),
"The Swallow (1957),
"The Sailor Went ashore (1958),
"The Milky Way (1959),
"Kyivan (2 episodes, 1958-1959),
"The Heirs (1960),
"People of My Valley (1960),
"Between Good People (1962),
"The Law of Antarctica (1962),
"Space Alloy (1964),
"The Viper (1965),
"Igor Savchenko (1965),
"Peace to the Houses, War to the Palaces,
"Two Years Over the Abyss (1969), etc.
Awards and prizes
1950 - Stalin Prize.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Red Star and medals.
