Hryhoriy Verovka
Hryhorij Hurijowytsch Werowka ( Ukrainian Григорій Гурійович Верьовка * December 13 jul. / 25. December 1895 greg. In Beresna , Chernigov Governorate , Russian Empire ; † 21st October 1964 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Ukrainian choir director, composer and music professor .
Life
Hryhorij Werowka was born as the son of a farmer / craftsman in Berezna in what is now the Ukrainian Oblast of Chernihiv , where he was taught folk songs from childhood. At the age of 10 he was admitted as a choir singer in the episcopal choir in Chernigov . From 1918 to 1922 he studied at the Kiev Institute for Music and Theater Mykola Lysenko in the composition class with Boleslaw Jaworskyj , where he also taught from 1923 to 1929 after his studies.
From 1919 he became the choirmaster of an amateur workers' choir and was already teaching at Kiev schools. From 1939 to 1941 and from 1943 to 1964, from 1947 as a professor, he taught at the Kiev Conservatory . In 1943, on the initiative of the top party leadership of the state, he became the founder, artistic director and until 1964 chief conductor of the Ukrainian People's Choir, which bears his name from 1965 on. Between 1948 and 1952 he was the chairman of the Union of Composers of Ukraine . Werowka wrote numerous cantatas, sonatas and songs, and became famous in the Ukraine and the Soviet Union for his choral arrangements and songs. He died in Kiev in 1964 and was buried in the Baikowe Cemetery .
Honors
Hryhorij Werowka received a large number of honors and awards. Including:
- 1948 Stalin Prize
- 1960 People's Artist of the USSR
- 1968 Taras Shevchenko Prize
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- Badge of Honor of the Soviet Union
- In 2015, the Ukrainian Post issued a stamp on his 120th birthday
Web links
- Entry on Hryhorij Werowka in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Ukrainian)
- History of the Verovka National Choir on the Ukrainian National Academic Folk Choir website named after Hryhoriy Verovka (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c biography Hryhorij Werowka on ukrainians-world ; accessed on June 13, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b c d Short biography of Hryhorij Werowka on the website of the Taras Shevchenko Prize Committee; accessed on June 13, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b c Entry on Hryhorij Werowka in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia on leksika.com.ua ; accessed on June 13, 2017 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Universal Postal Union ; accessed on June 13, 2017
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| SURNAME | Werowka, Hryhorij |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Werowka, Hryhorij Hurijowytsch (full name); Верьовка, Григорій Гурійович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian choir director, composer and music professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beresna , Chernigov Governorate , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1964 |
| Place of death | Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |