Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych (Ukrainian: Євге́н Фе́дорович Станко́вич; born September 19, 1942) is a contemporary Ukrainian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works.
Yevhen Stankovych | |
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| Ukrainian: Євге́н Фе́дорович Станко́вич | |
| Born | 19 September 1942 Szolyva, Hungary |
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| Awards | Shevchenko National Prize |
| Website | stankovych |
Biography
editStankovych was born in Szolyva (today the Ukrainian city of Svaliava), in Hungary.[1]
In 1962, Stankovych studied composition with the Polish composer Adam Soltys at the L'viv Mykola Lysenko Conservatoire. From 1965 to 1970, he studied composition with the Ukrainian composers Borys Lyatoshynsky and Myroslav Skoryk at the Kyiv Conservatory. Since 1988 he has worked as a music editor, and has since 1998 been the professor of composition at the Kyiv Conservatory, now the National Music Academy of Ukraine. From 2004–2010 he shared the chair of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine with Skoryk.[2]
In 2012 Stankovych became the patron of Stankovych Music Instrumental competition.[3] In 2017, he chaired the organising committee of the All-Ukrainian Open Music Olympiad "The Voice of The Country".
Works
editStankovych's works include 12 symphonies, five ballets, one opera, instrumental concertos, film scores, and chamber music. He composed a ballet based on the life of Princess Olga.[4] His folk-opera "When the Fern Blooms" was the first modern work its type; it was written in 1970s but was forbidden to be performed by the Soviet authorities.[5][6] The premiere took place in 2011.
Awards
editAwards and honours received by Stankovych for his compositions include:
- Hero of Ukraine (2008)
- Shevchenko National Prize (1977)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR)
- Medal "For Labour Valour" (USSR)
References
edit- ^ Stech, Marko Robert. "Stankovych, Yevhen". Internet Encyclopaedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Станкович Євген Федорович" [Yevhen Fedorovich Stankovych] (in Ukrainian). National Union of Composers of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Lunina, Anna. "Станкович, Євген Федорович" [Stankovych, Yevhen Fedorovych]. Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). State Scientific Institution "Encyclopedic Publishing House". Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Cherkashina-Gubarenko 2016, p. 52.
- ^ Lunina, Anna (8 April 2011). "Коли цвіте папороть: розвінчана міфологема…" [When the fern blooms: a mythologime debunked...]. Music-review Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ ""Країна Інкогніта": Фольк-опера "Цвіт папороті"" ["Country of Incognito": Folk opera "Fern Flower"]. Radio Svoboda. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
Sources
edit- Cherkashina-Gubarenko, M. R. (2016). "Театральні університети Володимира Рожка" [The creative achievements of Volodymyr Rozhko] (PDF). Journal of the National Music Academy of Ukraine Named After P. I. Tchaikovsky. 32 (3): 47–57. ISSN 2414-052X. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- Yevhen Stankovych from the Living Composers Project
- Ukrainian Musicians Directory
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