Hryhoriy Veryovka
Ukrainian composer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ukrainian composer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka (Ukrainian: Григорій Гурійович Верьовка, 25 December [O.S. 13 December] 1895[2] – 21 October 1964) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer and choir director.[3]
Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka | |
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Veryovka on a 2015 Ukrainian stamp | |
| Born | 25 December [O.S. 13 December] 1895 |
| Died | October 21, 1964 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Baikove Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Lysenko Music and Drama School |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, choir director |
| Known for | Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir |
| Spouse | Eleonora Pavlivna Skrypchynska[1] |
He is best known for founding the renowned Veryovka Choir in 1943, and leading it for many years, gaining international recognition and winning multiple awards.[4] Veryovka was also a professor of conducting at the Kyiv Conservatory, where he worked alongside faculty including Boleslav Yavorsky, Alexander Koshetz, Mykola Leontovych, and Mykhailo Verykivsky.[5]
Veryovka was born in an old Cossack town of Berezna (today urban-type settlement).[2] In 1916 he graduated from the Chernihiv Theological Seminary.[6] In 1918–21 Veryovka studied at the Lysenko music school (a predecessor of the Kyiv Conservatory) studying a musical composition by Boleslav Yavorsky,[7] conducting by Aleksander Orlov. In 1933 he received an external degree from the institute.[8]
From 1923 to 1927 Veryovka continued to work at the Lysenko Institute and later from 1931 to his death at the Kyiv Conservatory.[9] During World War II in 1941–45 he was a scientist of the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology.
In 1943 in Kharkiv, Veryovka organized his well known choir and until his death was its art director and a main conductor.[4] In 1948–52 he headed the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.[10][11]
Upon his death in 1964 he was buried in Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv, and in 1967 a monument was erected at the site of his burial in his honor.[12]
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