Oleksandr Petrovych Zhuravchak (born 8 February 1979, Stebnyk, Lviv oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Ukrainian virtuoso musician (flute and folk wind instruments), winner of the First International Competition of Folk Instrument Performers (Khmelnytskyi, 1995, III prize), the International Competition of Folk Instrument Performers named after G. Shenderov (Vladivostok, Russia, 1997, I prize), the Second International Competition of Folk Instrument Performers named after G. Hotkevich (Kharkiv, 2001, III prize), the First All-Ukrainian Competition of Folk Instrument Performers named after G. Shenderov (Vladivostok, Russia, 1997). Shenderev (Vladivostok, Russia, 1997, I prize), II International Competition of Performers on Folk Instruments named after G. Hotkevych (Kharkiv, 2001, III prize), I All-Ukrainian Competition of Variety Artists (Kyiv, 2002, II prize), International Competition "Music World" (Fivizzano, Italy, 2003, Grand Prix), International Festival-Competition "April Spring" (Pyongyang, North Korea, 2005, I prize, golden cup).
Education.
Graduated from the Drohobych Barvinsky Music College (1996), Ivan Franko Drohobych Pedagogical University, Faculty of Music and Pedagogy (1998), Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (2001, class of Prof. V. Turbovsky), postgraduate studies at KNUKiM (2004). He has trained 9 laureates and diploma winners of International and All-Ukrainian pipers' competitions.
Administrative activity
1996-1998 - head of the art club "MIF" at the public organisation "SIMYS" in Kyiv. Stebnyk.
2002 - PR-manager of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Creative Youth
Since 2002 - Senior Lecturer at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
2003-2004 - First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the All-Ukrainian Creative Union "Forum of Creative Youth of Ukraine"
Since 2006 - Director of the public organisation Centre for the Development of Creativity "Lileia"
Since 2007 - member of the organising committee of the World Caravan "Interculture" in Ukraine
Since 2007 - producer of the art festival "Feel the taste of your native language"
Since 2007 Director of the production company "Etno Sound", since 2011 - "World Sound"
Since 2008 - Director - General Producer of the International Eco-Cultural Festival "TRIPOLSKE KOLO"
2008-2010 - Head of the Department of Arts and Education of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine
2011 - co-organiser of the 67th World Congress of Young Esperantists in Kyiv
2011 - co-producer of the Eco-Culture World Caravan and General Producer of the Ecology of Communication International Concert Tour
2012 - Cultural Advisor to the President of the World Congress of Ukrainian Youth Organisations in the Diaspora
Since 2013 - Representative of the World Congress of Ukrainian Youth Organisations in the Diaspora in Ukraine
From 19.03 to 12.12. 2014 - Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine.
2017 - artistic director of the Kyiv Ethno Music Festival "Virtuosos of Folk"
2018 - author and director of the first instrumental musical of the musical fantasy show "Lords of the Elements"
2020 - producer and director of the NAONI Project "Guts and Roll"
Since 2022 - Managing Director of the National Orchestra of Folk Instruments of Ukraine
Civic position
Unlike Yevhen Nyshchuk and the majority of his team at the Ministry of Culture in 2014-2019, Oles Zhuravchak was critical of the reform of art education initiated by the Ministry, considering its innovations to be "significantly lowering and levelling the state standards of primary art education".
Pedagogical activity
1999-2000 - a teacher of the flute class at the Strytiv Higher Kobzar School.
Since 2001 - a teacher of ethno-brass instruments at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
Professional creative activity
Since the age of 14 on the professional stage
1993-1998 - soloist of the folklore and ethnographic ensemble "Dzherela Karpat" in Truskavets. Truskavets.
Since 1996, he has been working with the Orchestra of Folk Instruments of the National Radio Company of Ukraine.
1998-2001 - soloist of the folk music ensemble "Budmo!"
1998-2001 - soloist of the folk music ensemble "Dnipro", Pechersk District Administration of Kyiv
Since 2000 - the beginning of cooperation as an artist of the percussion ensemble "ARS NOVA".
2003-2008 - soloist of the song and dance ensemble of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
2004-2008 - artistic director of the folk music ensemble "YaroSvit" at the song and dance ensemble of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
2005-2007 - musical director of the ethno-rock band "Vognesmih"
2011 - creative director of the band "FolkTon"
Concert activity
In addition to concerts in Ukraine, he has toured in 30 countries around the world - Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Estonia, Uzbekistan, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Cyprus, the USA, Norway, North Korea, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Sweden, Ireland, China, Japan, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Serbia and others.
Creative achievements
Discography
CD album by the folk music ensemble "Budmo" 2001
CD album by the folk music ensemble "Dnipro", mono-opera "Those who come from the Sun", music by V. Pavlikovsky, 2005
CD album of the group "Vognesmih" called "Country U"
Solo CD albums
"Singing flute I" 2002
"Singing flute II" 2005
"Singing flute III. Dreams of the Carpathians"
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Videography
Video film by the folk music ensemble "Budmo" 2000
Video film by the folk music ensemble "Dnipro", mono-opera "Those who come from the Sun", music by V. Pavlikovsky 2007.
Awards and honours
Scholarship holder of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation's programme "New Names of Ukraine" in 1994-1996,
Laureate of international competitions of performers on folk instruments (Khmelnytsky '95, Vladivostok '97, Kharkiv 2001).
Laureate of the first all-Ukrainian competition of pop artists (Kyiv 2002).
Winner of the Grand Prix of the international competition "Music World" (Italy 2003).
First prize and golden cup of the international festival-competition "April Spring" (Pyongyang, North Korea).
Recipient of a grant from the President of Ukraine for young figures in the field of musical art in 2006
2011, the author of music for the children's play "About Chicken Ryaba", State Academic Puppet Theatre, which received the Kyiv Pectoral Theatre Award in the nomination "For the best children's play"
In 2011, he was awarded a special industry award "National Olympus of Ukraine" in the nomination Cultural Event of 2010, as the head of the International Eco-Cultural Festival "Trypillian Circle"
Award of the President of Ukraine "Golden Heart" (9 December 2022) - for a significant personal contribution to the provision of volunteer assistance and the development of the volunteer movement, in particular during the implementation of measures to ensure the defence of Ukraine, protect the security of the population and the interests of the state in connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and overcoming its consequences
