Yevhen Stankovych

Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych (Ukrainian: Євге́н Фе́дорович Станко́вич; born September 19, 1942) is a contemporary Ukrainian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works. His works have been performed around the globe.

Biography

Stankovych was born in Szolyva (today Svaliava), Karpatalja, Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1962-63, he studied composition with Adam Soltys at the L'viv Mykola Lysenko Conservatoire. From 1965 to 1970 Yevhen studied composition with Boris Lyatoshynsky and Myroslav Skoryk at the Kyiv Conservatory. He has worked as a music editor, since 1988 - as a professor of composition in the Kyiv Conservatory, now the National Music Academy of Ukraine, since 1998. In 2004-2010 - he was the chairman of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.[1]

In 2017, he headed the Organizing Committee of the All-Ukrainian Open Music Olympiad "The Voice of The Country".

Works

Stankovych's works include twelve symphonies, five ballets, one opera, instrumental concertos, chamber and film music. One of the ballets composed by him was based on the life of Princess Olga.[2] The folk-opera "When the Fern Blooms" was the first modern work of this genre, it was written in 1970s but was forbidden for performance[3][4] by Soviet authorities until its premiere in 2011.

Awards

Stankovych has also received many awards and honours for his compositions:

See also

References
  1. "СТАНКОВИЧ Євген Федорович". Національна спілка композиторів України.
  2. Черкашина-Губаренко М. Р. Театральні університети Володимира Рожка. Часопис Національної музичної академії України імені П. І. Чайковського. 2016. № 3 (32). с. 52.
  3. Music Review: Коли цвіте папороть: розвінчана міфологема
  4. Країна Інкогніта
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