Ukrainian composer, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1979), awarded with medals.
Biography.
From 1925 to 1927, he studied at the Kyiv Music Professional School, violin class, with Y. Shmaginer.
In 1932 he graduated from the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Music and Drama Institute. He was a student of L. Revutsky.
In 1931-1941, he worked as a consultant at the Kyiv Feature Film Studio, and since 1941 in Ashgabat.
In 1942-1945, he served in the Soviet army.
In 1945-1963, he was the head of the music department of the publishing house "Mystetstvo" (Kyiv).
Since 1963, he has been working as an artist.
In 1946-1968, he was a member of the board of the Union of Composers of Ukraine, a member of the audit commission, and later the chairman of the board of the Ukrainian department of the USSR Music Fund in 1958-1968.
He is the author of the ballet Akpamyk (in collaboration with Veli Mukhatov), a number of symphonic works, including 3 symphonies, a large number of chamber instrumental, chamber vocal and choral works. He used elements of Ukrainian and Turkmen musical folklore. He is the author of musicological works.
His daughter is a well-known Ukrainian musicologist and teacher Lidia Kukhtina.
Works.
Ballet "Akpamyk" (in collaboration with Turkmen composer Veli Mukhatov, 1945)
Symphonic works:
Symphony No. 1 (1958)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 (1960) - "Jan-Turkmenistan",
Symphony No. 3, Op. 39 (1967)
Violin Concerto, Op. 26 (1951-1955)
Cello Concerto, Op. 43 (1968-69)
French Horn Concerto, Op. 54 (1975)
Symphonic poem "Kos-Aral", op. 33 (1963)
Symphonic painting "At the Mausoleum", op. 45 (1969)
Overtures:
"Russian", op. 10 (1931-1933)
"Welcome", op. 24 (1949)
"Friendship Holiday" (1964)
"Youth" (1970)
"Pioneer" (1970)
Among the chamber and instrumental works:
compositions for string quartet
three sonatas for solo violin
two sonatas for violin and cello
suites for violin and piano
works for chamber orchestra
Among the chamber vocal and choral works:
Vocal cycle "Loyalty" to words by V. Sosiura, op. 16 (1939-1962)
Solemn cantata "Our Victory" to lyrics by O. Surkov and A. Sofronov, op. 21 (1946-1947),
music for radio programs and animated films.
