Her Facebook profile is still active. However, there have been no new posts for almost a year, but the feed is replenished with numerous mentions from relatives, friends, acquaintances, students and all those who remember her as always open and sincere, emotional and in her own way "cosmic", composer and teacher, Hanna Havrylets. Her world is closely connected with Ukraine. She was born in Ivano-F...  Read More

When you hear the sounds of a pipe, who do you imagine? A man or a woman in ethnic folk costume on the slopes of the Carpathians? And if it's not a pipe, but a Ukrainian chromatic longitudinal recorder, does your association change to something more academic?Incredibly, but in fact it is the more or less same musical instrument. And now, students from music schools to conservatories study in the c...  Read More

The Godfather of Christmas or How the melody of the Ukrainian composer became a symbol of the holiday all over the world For the first time I heard of Mykola Leontovych as a child, when I went on a school trip to his museum in Tulchyn, Vinnytsia region. Then I learned that I share a common small homeland with the composer (we both come from the same area), as well as about his difficult and tragic...  Read More

In 1934, he was one of the first in the territory of the "union" to create the children's ballet "Little Stork". In addition, Symphony 1, written in 1945, became the first memorial in the history of music dedicated to the tragedy of Babyn Yar. A victim of cultural oppression and anti-Semitism during the Soviet era, Ukrainian composer of Jewish origin, Kharkiv resident Dmytro Klebanov joined the li...  Read More

30 years ago, on November 15, 1992, the life of Andriy Shtoharenko ended. And exactly 120 years and 1 month ago, on October 15, 1902, he was born. The period of the composer's life, which lasted 90 long years, was filled with art and music, teaching, and true recognition."Writing music should become an organic need of an artist, a composer must always be in a creative state..." Andriy Shtoharenko ...  Read More

On May 29, Kyiv celebrated City Day. Even under martial law, Kyivans crowded the streets of the capital to celebrate this holiday. Traditionally, the festivities began with the official anthem of Kyiv, which was heard by almost every Ukrainian. This is a song, the music for which was written by Ukrainian composer Ihor Shamo, it is called "My Kyiv" (Kyeve miy)Who was Ihor Shamo? How did you live an...  Read More

His father's name was Apolon, which derives from Apolo! But this did not prophesy the fate of the god from ancient Greek myths to his son. Because the family of Apolon Simovych did not live on Mount Olympus, but in the Chernivtsi region, Ukraine; the type of activity was somewhat different from what the gods did in Greece. So: "Music is, of course, good, but you won't earn a living with it," Roman...  Read More

There are such words on his tomb, just below the date of birth and death: "He loved the people, and the people loved him". But is it true that they loved him so much? Why did they forget him then? This is the story of Porphyriy Bazhanskyi, a Ukrainian composer, writer, priest and outstanding beekeeper.He is one of the Ukrainian composers who, by all means, were looking for an opportunity to create...  Read More

Valentyn Bibik is the foundation, and so to speak, the base of the Ukrainian avant-garde. Bibik is a world-class composer. He was born and studied in Kharkiv, where he celebrated the premieres of his works and worked as a professor at the Art Institute.Like all composers of the avant-garde generation of the sixties, Valentyn Bibik was often "whipped" by the authorities of the time - his music was ...  Read More

Oleksiy Voytenko is one of those Ukrainian composers whose life and work can beobserved live, as he is our contemporary. Moreover, you can follow him on Facebook oreven become virtual friends. Ah, technologies of the 21st century!By the way, about technology - Oleksiy Voytenko received his first diploma at the KyivPolytechnic Institute, which, according to him, possesses its place in his business ...  Read More

The Cossack race has no translation! (Lame google translation of a famous Ukrainian saying)))The Ukrainian composer of the 20th century Vitaliy Kyreiko was proud of his ancient, glorious Cossack origin. Of course, in his time he no longer wore a sword and oseledets or chub (traditional Ukrainian haircut) on his head, but he fought just as faithfully for the national idea, thanks to his musical tal...  Read More

His name could appear in medical textbooks as a famous pediatrician or surgeon; we could visit the exhibition of his drawings and portraits. But we know him as a world-class composer, conductor, teacher, and musician. We talk of Mykola Kolessa. And it is all about this latter, musical side of his personality.   Read More