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Ukrainian composer

Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka
Veryovka on a 2015 Ukrainian stamp
Born25 December [O.S. 13 December] 1895
Berezna, Chernigovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedOctober 21, 1964(1964-10-21) (aged 68)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Resting placeBaikove Cemetery
Alma materLysenko Music and Drama School
Occupation(s)Composer, choir director
Known forVeryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir
SpouseEleonora Pavlivna Skrypchynska

Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka (Ukrainian: Григорій Гурійович Верьовка, 25 December [O.S. 13 December] 1895 – 21 October 1964) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer and choir director.

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. 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.

Career

Veryovka was born in an old Cossack town of Berezna (today urban-type settlement). In 1916 he graduated from the Chernihiv Theological Seminary. In 1918–21 Veryovka studied at the Lysenko music school (a predecessor of the Kyiv Conservatory) studying a musical composition by Boleslav Yavorsky, conducting by Aleksander Orlov. In 1933 he received an external degree from the institute.

From 1923 to 1927 Veryovka continued to work at the Lysenko Institute and later from 1931 to his death at the Kyiv Conservatory. 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. In 1948–52 he headed the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.

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.

Awards and honors

References

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  2. ^ Гамкало, І. Д. Верьовка Григорій Гурійович (in Ukrainian). Vol. 4. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. Biography Archived 1 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^ Veryovka Choir Archived 23 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine The home page of the Veryovka Choir (in Ukrainian)
  5. Кафедра хорового диригування (Department of choral conducting) Official website of the Kyiv Conservatory (in Ukrainian)
  6. Журавльова, Т. П. (2009). Чернігівці--лауреати державних премій (in Ukrainian). Вид-во Чернігівського ЦНТЕІ. p. 61. ISBN 978-966-1605-10-6. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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  15. "Перелік назв вулиць та провулків міста Буча (діючих, новостворенних, перейменованних) » Бучанський міський сайт". Бучанський міський сайт (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
Cultural offices
Preceded byLevko Revutsky Head of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine
1948–1952 		Succeeded byPylyp Kozytskiy
1968 Shevchenko National Prize winners


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