Yevhen Stankovych
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Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych (Ukrainian: Євген Федорович Станкович, born September 19, 1942) is a contemporary Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

 composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works. His works have been performed around the globe.

Biography

Stankovych was born in Svaliava
Svaliava
Svaliava is a city located on the Latorytsia River in the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Svaliava Raion .-Demographics:In 2001, the population included: *Ukrainians...

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 (in the Transcarpathians). In 1962-63, he studied composition with Adam Soltys at the L'viv Mykola Lysenko Conservatoire. From 1965 to 1970 Yehven studied composition with Boris Lyatoshynsky
Boris Lyatoshynsky
Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky or Lyatoshynsky was a Soviet Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher. A leading member of the new generation of twentieth-century Ukrainian composers, he was awarded a number of accolades, including the honorary title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR and two...

 and Myroslav Skoryk
Myroslav Skoryk
Myroslav Skoryk is a famous Ukrainian composer of diverse and impressive compositions. His music is contemporary in style and contains stylistic traits from two disparate folk traditions: Ukrainian and American.- Early life :...

 at the Kiev Conservatory
Kiev Conservatory
The Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include postgraduate education.-History:...

. He has worked as a music editor, a chairman of the Ukrainian Composers' Union, and has been working as a professor of composition in the Kiev Conservatory
Kiev Conservatory
The Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include postgraduate education.-History:...

, now the National Music Academy of Ukraine, since 1998.

Works

Dr. Stankovych has also received many awards and honours for his compositions. His works include 12 symphonies, 5 ballets, 1 opera, instrumental concertos, chamber and film music.

See also

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