Hryhoriy Veryovka

Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka (Ukrainian: Григорій Гурійович Верьовка, 25 December 1895 in Berezna, Chernigovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire 21 October 1964 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) was a Ukrainian composer, choir director, and teacher.[1]

Veryovka on a 2015 Ukrainian stamp

He is best known for founding the renowned Veryovka Choiruk in 1943, and leading it for many years, gaining international recognition and winning multiple awards.[2] Veryovka was also a professor of conducting at the Kyiv Conservatory, where he worked alongside faculty including Boleslav Yavorsky, Oleksandr Koshyts, Mykola Leontovych, and Mykhailo Verykivsky.[3]

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, a conducting by Aleksander Orlov. In 1933 he received an external degree from the institute.

Since 1923 Veryovka continued to work at the Lysenko institute and later (from 1934) Kiev Conservatory. During World War II in 1941-45 he was a scientist of the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology.

After the war 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 society of composers of Ukraine.

References

  1. Biography Archived 1 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
  2. Veryovka Choir The home page of the Veryovka Choir (in Ukrainian)
  3. Кафедра хорового диригування (Department of choral conducting) Official website of the Kyiv Conservatory (in Ukrainian)
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Levko Revutsky
Head of the National society of composers of Ukraine
19481952
Succeeded by
Pylyp Kozytskiy



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