Anatoly Avdievsky (; 16 August 1933 – 14 March 2016) was a Ukrainian choir conductor mostly known as the long-term manager of The Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir.

Biography

Anatoly Avdievsky was born in the village of Fedvar,

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(now called Pidlisne). In 1940-1948 he studied at a secondary school in Tsebrykovo. From 1948 to 1953, he was a student at the Odesa State Music School, and from 1953 to 1958 he studied at the

Odesa Conservatory The Odesa National Academy of Music (also known as the Odesa Conservatory or formally the A.V. Nezhdanova Odesa National Academy of Music) is a national higher education music academy in Odesa, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. History The Odesa Conservator ...

. From 1958 to 1963, he was the founder, artistic director and chief conductor of the Polissya Song and Dance Ensemble "Lyonok" (Zhytomyr). From 1963 to 1966 he was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Cherkasy Ukrainian Folk Choir. Since 1966 until his death he was the director, artistic director and chief conductor of The Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir. At the same time he was a lecturer at the

Kyiv Conservatory The Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music (), formerly Kyiv Conservatory, is a national music tertiary academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Its courses include postgraduate education. History The Kyiv Conservatory was founded on 3 November 1913 at ...

(1971-1976), at the Kyiv Institute of Culture (1977-1980), and at the Kyiv Pedagogical Institute (since 1980, since 1986 - professor). Since 1991 Avdievsky was a Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Music Union. Since 1995 - President of the National Music Committee of Ukraine of the International Council of UNESCO. Since 2000 - Vice-Rector - Director of the Institute of Arts of the National Pedagogical University. He died on March 24, 2016, and is buried in Kyiv at

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. Also Avdievsky was an author of original choral works ("Over the wide Dnieper", "Flowers, Ukraine", "Clear Moon" on the poems of V. Lagoda, O. Novitsky, Lesya Ukrainka), arrangements of Ukrainian songs and songs of the peoples of the world (Polish, Czech, Spanish, Brazilian, Korean, etc.), songs to the words of T. Shevchenko, canonical works.

Awards

Hero of Ukraine A Hero of Ukraine (HOU; ) is the highest national decoration that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the president of Ukraine. The decoration was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma. As of 6 June 2025, the total number of re ...

(2003) *

Shevchenko National Prize Shevchenko National Prize (; also ''Shevchenko Award'') is the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts awarded since 1961. It is named after the inspirer of Ukrainian national revival Taras Shevchenko. It is one of the five ...

(1968) *

People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine () is an honorary title awarded by the government of Ukraine. It is the highest title awarded to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts, inc ...

(1975)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Avdievsky, Anatoly 1933 births 2016 deaths People from Kirovohrad Oblast Ukrainian choral conductors Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Burials at Baikove Cemetery Academic staff of Kyiv Conservatory