Yevhen Fedorovych Stankovych (; born September 19, 1942) is a contemporary Ukrainian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and choral works.

Biography

Stankovych was born in Szolyva (today the Ukrainian city of

Svaliava Svaliava (, ) is a city located on the Latorytsia River in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It was the administrative center of the former Svaliava Raion (district) until its abolition in 2020, now it is located in Mukachevo Raion. Popul ...

), in Hungary. In 1962, Stankovych studied

composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography * Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include ...

with the Polish composer at the L'viv Mykola Lysenko Conservatoire. From 1965 to 1970, he studied composition with the Ukrainian composers

Borys Lyatoshynsky Borys Mykolaiovych Lyatoshynsky, also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky, (3 January 189515 April 1968) was a List of Ukrainian composers, Ukrainian composer, conductor, and teacher. A leading member of the new generation of 20th century ...

and

Myroslav Skoryk Myroslav Mykhailovych Skoryk (; 13 July 1938 – 1 June 2020) was a List of Ukrainian composers, Ukrainian composer and teacher. His music is contemporary in style and contains stylistic traits from Ukrainian folk music traditions. Skoryk wa ...

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 ...

. Since 1988 he has worked as a music editor, and has since 1998 been the professor of composition at the

, now the National Music Academy of Ukraine. From 20042010 he shared the chair of the

National Union of Composers of Ukraine The National Union of Composers of Ukraine (ukr: ''Національна спілка композиторів України'') is a public organization that unites Ukrainian composers and musicologists working in academic music. Potential membe ...

with Skoryk. In 2012 Stankovych became the patron of Stankovych Music Instrumental competition. In 2017, he chaired the organising committee of th
All-Ukrainian Open Music Olympiad "The Voice of The Country"

Works

Stankovych's works include 12

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, five

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

s, one

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

, instrumental

concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The ...

s, film scores, and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

. He composed a ballet based on the life of

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. His folk-opera "

When the Fern Blooms ''When the Fern Blooms'' () is a folk opera by Ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych. It has three acts and was written in the mid-1970s. It was first performed on stage in 2011. The opera was also performed on December 15, 2017, at the Lviv Theatre ...

" was the first modern work its type; it was written in 1970s but was forbidden to be performed by the

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authorities. The premiere took place in 2011.

Awards

Awards and honours received by Stankovych for his compositions include: *

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 ...

(2008) *

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 ...

(1977) *

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples () was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in s ...

(USSR) *

Medal "For Labour Valour" The Medal "For Labour Valour" () was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union bestowed to especially deserving workers to recognise and honour dedicated and valorous labour or significant contributions in the fields of science, culture or t ...

(USSR)

References

Sources

External links

*
Yevhen Stankovych
from the Living Composers Project

1942 births Living people People from Svaliava Ukrainian classical composers Soviet classical composers Eleventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Members of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 4th class Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Lviv Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Kyiv Conservatory {{Ukraine-bio-stub