Myroslav Skoryk
Myroslav Skoryk | |
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Мирослав Скорик | |
Born | Lwów, Second Polish Republic (now Lviv, Ukraine) | 13 July 1938
Died | 1 June 2020 | (aged 81)
Citizenship | Ukrainian, Australian |
Occupation | composer |
Myroslav Mykhailovych Skoryk (Ukrainian: Мирослав Михайлович Скорик; 13 July 1938 – 1 June 2020) was a Ukrainian composer and teacher. His music is contemporary in style and contains stylistic traits from Ukrainian folk music traditions.
Skoryk was awarded the titles People's Artist of Ukraine and Hero of Ukraine.
Early life
Myroslav Mykhailovych Skoryk was born in
Skoryk entered the Lviv Music School in 1945,[2] but two years later his family were deported to Siberia, where he grew up. The family did not return to Lviv until 1955.[1][2]
Student years
Between 1955 and 1960 Skoryk studied at the
In 1960, Skoryk enrolled in the
Teaching career
After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 1964, Skoryk, then 25, began his first teaching position, becoming Ukraine's youngest composition lecturer at the Lviv Conservatory,
In 1963, Skoryk became the youngest member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.[6] During his career, Skoryk was an active member of the union,[2] and was co-chair with Stankovych from 2004 to 2010.[5]
Later years
In 1996, Skoryk moved with his family to Australia, and obtained
Music
Skoryk was a composer, pianist and conductor. His works have been performed by ensembles and soloists that include the Leontovych Quartet,[9] Oleh Krysa, Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Oleg Chmyr, Mykola Suk, Victor Markiw, and Alexander Slobodyanik.[citation needed] He was one of the recipients of the Ukraine's Shevchenko National Prize in 1987 for his Cello Concerto.[10] In addition to the works listed below, he also wrote a number of smaller ensemble works, songs, and the score for more than 40 films, including Tini zabutykh predkiv (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors),[4] and Vysokyy pereval (High Mountain Pass), which included his Melody in A minor.[11]
Skoryk moved towards composing religious music at the end of the 20th century, these compositions include his spiritual concerto Requiem (1999); Psalms for various types of choirs (1999–2005); and the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2005). According to the Ukrainian
Skoryk's religious
Works
Data from Ukrainian Musicians[4] and the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine.[5]
The following is an incomplete list of works by Skoryk:
Vocal
- 1959 – Requiem
- 1962 – Four Romances on verses by Taras Shevchenko for voice and piano
- 1964 – Chelovek (The Person), cantata for soloists, chorus and symphony orchestra (in Russian)
- 1970 – 0:0 v nashu polzu (0:0 to Our Win), musical comedy
- 1974 – Try ukrajinski vesilni pisni (Three Ukrainian Wedding Songs) for voice and symphony orchestra
- 1977 – Na Rusalchyn Velykden (At the Rusalkas Easter), one-act opera
- 1978 – Pisni Arlekina (Harlequin's Songs), children's musical
- 1998 – Requiem , a spiritual work for unaccompanied choir[14]
- 2001 – Moses , opera after Ivan Franko (in Ukrainian)[13]
- 2003 – Hamaliia, a setting of a text by Taras Shevchenko
- 2015 – Penitential Psalm, commemorating the "Heavenly Hundred" protesters who were shot dead by snipers during the Euromaidanin February 2014
Instrumental
- 1959 – U Karpatakh (In the Carpathian Mountains) for piano
- 1959 – Album Leaf for solo piano; Carpathian Rhapsody for clarinet and piano
- 1959 – Melody for solo piano.
- 1959 – Three Jazz Pieces for 4-hands piano
- 1960 – Vesna' (Spring), cantata on verses by Ivan Franko for soloists, chorus and symphony orchestra
- 1960 – Waltz for symphony orchestra
- 1961 – Suite for string orchestra
- 1961 – Variations for piano
- 1963 – Violin Sonata No. 1
- 1963 – Silnee smerti (Stronger than Death), symphonic poem
- 1964 – Burlesque for piano
- 1964 – Blues for piano
- 1965 – Hutsul Triptych (from the film score to Tini zabutykh predkiv (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors))
- 1966 – Partita No. 1 for string orchestra
- 1966 – Iz Dytjachoho albomu (From the Children's Album) for piano
- 1967 – Kamenjari (Stonecutters), ballet
- 1969 – Violin Concerto; Skoryk has composed 9 violin concertos in total.[5]
- 1969 – Recitatives and Rondeau, piano trio
- 1970 – Partita No. 2 for chamber orchestra
- 1972 – Carpathian Concerto for symphony orchestra
- 1973 – Orchestral suite from Kaminnyj hospodar (Stone Host) by Lesya Ukrainka
- 1973 – Three Fantasies from the Lviv Lute 16th-Century Tablature – arrangement for chamber orchestra
- 1974 – Partita No. 3 for string orchestra
- 1974 – Partita No. 4 for symphony orchestra
- 1975 – Partita No. 5, for piano
- 1977 – Piano Concerto No. 1
- 1979 – Toccata for piano
- 1982 – Piano Concerto No. 2
- 1984 – Cello Concerto
- 1991 – Violin Sonata No. 2
- 1993 – Symphonic poem 1933, commemorating the Holodomor of 1932 – 1933[15]
- 1994 – "ARIA" for cello (or violin) and piano
- 1996 – Partita No. 6 for string quartet
- 1998 – Partita no. 7 for wind quintet
- 2006 – The Return of the Butterfly , ballet[16]
Awards
- People's Artist of Ukraine[17]
- Hero of Ukraine (Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the State (2008));[18]
References
- ^ a b c "Помер відомий композитор Мирослав Скорик" [The famous composer Myroslav Skoryk has died]. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). 1 June 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Baley 2001
- ^ Markiw 2010, p. 5.
- ^ a b c "Famous Ukrainian Musicians". ukrainianmusicians.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Stech, Marko Robert (2020). "Skoryk, Myroslav". Internet Encyclopaedia of Ukraine. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ a b Oliynyk, Lesya (12 July 2013). "Мирослав Скорик: "Моя професія – створювати мелодії"" [Myroslav Skoryk: 'My profession is to create melodies']. The Day (Kyiv) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(in Ukrainian). 1 June 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "У Львові поховали композитора Мирослава Скорика" [Composer Myroslav Skoryk is buried in Lviv]. Ukrinform. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. 1993. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Лауреати Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка 1962–2013" [Winners of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine 1962–2013] (in Ukrainian). Taras Shevchenko National Prize Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Courtney, Laryssa Lapychak (10 July 2020). "Myroslav Skoryk, Ukraine's cultural icon, 81". The Ukrainian Weekly. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ Oleksiuk 2019, pp. 70–71.
- ^ a b Helbig 2009, p. 155.
- ^ Pankevich, Halyna (2016). "Духовні композиції Мирослава Скорика" [Spiritual compositions of Myroslav Skoryk] (in Ukrainian). Drohobytskyi Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Borysenko 2010, p. 85.
- ^ "Ballet "The Return of the Butterfly"" (in Ukrainian). Music-review Ukraine. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Skoryk Myroslav". Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Про присвоєння М. Скорику звання Герой України" [On awarding M. Skoryk the title of Hero of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian, English, and Russian). Verkhovna Rada. 2008. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
- Borysenko, V. K (2010). A Candle in Remembrance: an Oral History of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932–1933. New York: Ukrainian National Women's League of America. ISBN 978-06153-6-708-8.
- Helbig, Adriana (2009). Culture and Customs of Ukraine. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-03133-4-363-6.
- Markiw, Victor Radoslav (2010). The Life and Solo Piano Works of the Ukrainian Composer Myroslav Skoryk. Lewiston, New York: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 978-07734-3-002-0.
- Oleksiuk, Olga, ed. (2019). Individual Spirituality in Post-nonclassical Arts Education. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-15275-4-381-2.
Further reading
- Kostyuk, Natalia (2015). "Скорик, Мирослав Михайлович" [Skoryk, Myroslav Mikhailovich]. In Zhulinsky, M.G. (ed.). Shevchenko's Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). Vol. 5. Kyiv: Institute of Literature. T.G. Shevchenko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. pp. 797–798. ISBN 978-966-02-6420-5.
- Kyyanovsʹka, Lyubov (23 September 2013). "Мирослав Скорик: людина і митець" [Myroslav Skoryk: man and artist]. Music-Review Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- Voloh, Oksana (2011). "М. Скорик – Мойсей Української Музики" [M. Skoryk: Moses of Ukrainian Music] (PDF). Molodʹ I Rynok (Youth and the Market) (in Ukrainian). 79 (8). Drohobych, Ukraine: Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University of Drohobytsk: 133–136. ISSN 2617-0825. (cached version)
External links
- "Myroslav Skoryk (1938–2020)". Classical Music Archive. (a list of works by Skoryk, with audio files)
- Myroslav Skoryk at IMDb(film scores by Skoryk)
- Myroslav Skoryk discography at Discogs
- Skoryk interviewed by Dmitry Gordon in 2013 on the Ukrainian TV programme Visiting Dmitry Gordon (part 1; part 2 on Gordon's YouTube channel, in Ukrainian)