Pavlo Ananiyovych Dvorsky ( is a Ukrainian singer and composer. He was named

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 ...

in 1994. Born in the

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region, Dvorsky rose to notability after he started singing in the popular Ukrainian ensemble '' Smerichka'' in 1976. Initially working as a backing vocalist to

Nazariy Yaremchuk Nazariy Nazarovych Yaremchuk () was a Hutsuls, Hutsul Ukrainians, Ukrainian singer, born in the village of Vyzhnytsia Raion, Rivnya, Chernivtsi Oblast. He was posthumously named Hero of Ukraine in August 2021. Until his death in 1995, Yaremchuk ...

, Dvorsky developed himself as a solo performer and a songwriter within the ensemble. He wrote several songs for Yaremchuk and other singers, most notably with the Ukrainian poet Mykola Bakay.

Biography

Dvorsky graduated from the Chernivtsi music school. In 1976 he was invited to the vocal-instrumental ensemble Smerichka replacing

Vasyl Zinkevych Vasyl Ivanovych Zinkevych (; born 1 May 1945) is a Ukrainian singer, actor, dancer and costume designer. Alongside Nazariy Yaremchuk, Sofia Rotaru and Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Zinkevych was one of the faces of the Ukrainian roots revival music of the ...

and becoming supporting vocal for

, while staying in his shadow for sometime. In 1979 there appeared the first songs of Pavlo Dvorsky - ' Volodymyr Kudryavtsev and ''Poppy flowers for the son'' which was commemorated to

Volodymyr Ivasyuk Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasiuk (, 4 March 1949 – 24–27 April 1979) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet. He is the author and composer of the widely popular song "Chervona Ruta (song), Chervona Ruta" popularized by Sofia ...

. ' became his visit card. The melody Dvorsky wrote on the Black Sea coast in

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while being homesick. After arriving back home he called Mykola Bakay and told him that he has a melody and the first words ' (A pine-tree house, the father's doorstep...). He knew that Bakay was the right person who would be able to find the needed words. The words were found in the matter of several days. That song brought him the glory in 1985 after Yaremchuk performed it together with ''Pysanka''. After that Dvorsky was recognized as equal in rights singer and started to sing his own songs. For his songs Dvorsky was awarded with the Oblast

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prize. In 1989 at the first bi-annual national festival the

Chervona Ruta Chervona ruta (''Monarda'') () may refer to a mythological or actual species of flowering plants in the rue genus of the citrus family, Rutaceae, or the rhododendron genus of the heath family, Ericaceae. Biology * Rue () is a name for the plant ...

Dvorsky placed third in the pop-music genre that was taking place in

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , see also #Names, other names) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivt ...

. In 1993 Dvorsky finished the

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and next year started his own solo career. In 1994 he was honored as the People's Artist of Ukraine. After that Dvorsky went touring the ''New World'' giving concerts together with Volodymyr Prokopyk in the United States and Canada. In 1995 he returned to Chernivtsi witnessing

to pass away. In 1997 he was awarded by the national movement of diaspora with ''Knight's Cross of Glory'' and next year received the knight's title from the ''Archistratieg Mykhailo'' knightly order. Beside music Pavlo Dvorsky has a title of the master of sport in tennis.

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Who is who in Ukraine

Pavlo Dvorsky «Золотий Фонд української естради»
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dvorsky, Pavlo 1953 births Living people Entertainers from Chernivtsi Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian male singers Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine Lviv Conservatory alumni