Yuri Kravets
Juri Kravets (born December 15, 1957 in Mlinow , Ukrainian SSR , † December 25, 2012 in Nuremberg ) was a Ukrainian accordionist .
Kravets learned to play the piano and accordion from the age of five and studied at the Lviv Conservatory from 1973 . From 1978 to 1982 he was music director of the military music ensemble in Lviv, from 1982 to 1988 director of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Lutsk and Chernigov and from 1991 to 1993 director of the Moscow Radio Orchestra . He had to give up this position after Ukraine became an independent state. But since he could no longer find any professional prospects in the Ukraine, he went to Germany and was initially a street musician.
On his instrument, the Bayan dominated Kravets a broad repertoire of classical and modern popular music (Tango, song ), Russian folklore, Hop and jazz.
Kravets also worked as a composer and arranger , among other things with commissioned work for Bayerischer Rundfunk .
Juri Kravets was married to Hildegund Sünderhauf-Kravets , professor of family law at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg.
Web links
- Juri Kravets at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kravets, Juri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian accordionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mlinow , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 2012 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |