Bilash, Alexander Ivanovich

Born on March 6, 1931 in Gradizhsk (now the Globin district of the Poltava region of Ukraine) in a musical family: mother - Evdokia Andreevna - was considered the first singer in rural gatherings, father - Ivan Afanasevich - played the balalaika and guitar ^[1] .

In 1946 he entered the Poltava College of Music, but was not accepted "due to lack of hearing." He studied at the Kiev Music Evening School for a year, where the brothers George and Plato Mayborody taught music. Unloaded cars at the station, earned money at schools, played in restaurants.

In 1948-1952 he studied at the Zhytomyr College of Music named after V.S. Kosenko . In 1957 he graduated from the Kiev Conservatory (now the P.I. Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine ) with a composition class from N. N. Vilinsky .

In 1956-1961 - teacher of music theory at the Kiev Pedagogical Institute. M. Gorky (now the National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov ).

Best known as songwriter (about 500). The author of romances, ballads, operas, operettas, an oratorio and film music.

The author of 9 poetry collections, including “Melody” (1977), “Mom’s krill” (1999), “Shuras” (2001) ^[2] .

In 1976-1994 - Chairman of the Kiev organization of the Union of Composers of Ukraine . Since 1968 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Union of Composers of the Ukrainian SSR. Member of the Union of Writers of Ukraine (2000) ^[2] . Since 1992 - Member of the Committee on State Prizes of Ukraine named after T. Shevchenko at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine . One of the founders of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

He died on May 6, 2003 in Kiev after a stroke ^[3] . He was buried at the Bike cemetery .

Family

• Wife - Larisa Ivanovna Ostapenko (1935-2010), opera singer, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1982)
• Children - daughters Oksana (born 1956), a music teacher at the conservatory, and Olesya (born 1965), works in the publishing field ^[4]

• Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1969)
• People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1977)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1990)
• Hero of Ukraine (with the presentation of the Order of the State , 2001 - for outstanding personal contribution to the enrichment of the spiritual treasury of the Ukrainian people, many years of fruitful creative activity)
• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1968) - for a cycle of popular songs and active propaganda of Soviet music among young people
• State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR named after T. G. Shevchenko (1975) - for the song (1971-1974)
• Prize of the Lenin Komsomol of the Ukrainian SSR named after N.A. Ostrovsky (1966)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1971)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (03.16.1981)
• Medal “In memory of the 1500th anniversary of Kiev”
• Honorary Citizen of Kiev .

Operas

• "Gaydamaki" (based on the poem of the same name by T. Shevchenko , 1965)
• The Ballad of War (monoopera) (1971)
• The Bearers (1985)
• “Confession of a white tulip” (monoopera)

Operettas

• "City of lovers" (1967)
• The Legend of Kiev (1982)
• The Bells of Russia (1982)
• "Pure Krinitsa"
• "The Adventures of Pinocchio" ( musical )

Oratorio

• Cherry Wind (1989)

For symphony orchestra

• “Scherzo”, “Spring Suite” (1959), ballet suite “Pinocchio” (1961), poem “Pavel Korchagin” (1957)

For voice accompanied by a symphony orchestra

• "Vocalization" for mezzo-soprano in 5 parts (1965)

For voice

• for 3 voices - “Three friends of the blue-eyed” (words by V. Shevchuk )
• for 2 votes - “How the Cold Winds blew” (lyrics by V. Shevchuk)

For piano and orchestra

• 2 concerts (1982-1983)

Romances

• “Maple Alley” (words by S. Shchipachev )
• “You know how the linden rustles” (words by P. Tychina )

Most Popular Songs

• “Oh, that mountain”, “Arrived lastivka”, “Snow on the green leaf”, “Ash” (all on the words of M. Tkach ), “Two colors”, “Lelechenki” (both on the words of D. Pavlichko ), “Treba to go before the fall” (in the words of S. Pusik) “Pivni”, “Zhuravlini klyuchi”, “Do not shout at the Kohanni’s joy”, “Vulitsa” (all on their own verses), “Blossom the basis of quiet heaven” (in the words of A. Malyshko , “Crane” (in the words of V. Yukhimovich), “Grew up on the mow”, “Sinai, fly the pitching”, “Oh don’t cut the braid”, “Kalina u zhitі”, “Gutsul pysanka” " and etc.

Other

• instrumental choral works, including the words of M. Tkach, Yu. Rybchinsky
• two cycle songs for children

Movie Music

• 1959 - Katya-Katyusha
• 1960 - Roman and Francesca
• 1962 - The Seimas overflows
• 1964 - Bag full of hearts
• 1964 - The Dream
• 1966 - Weeds
• 1966 - Now judge ...
• 1967 - In the Kiev direction
• 1967 - Kiev melodies (short musical film)
• 1969 - Heavy Spike
• 1969 - Dangerous Tours
• 1970 - Damn Dozen
• 1970 - Between the Tall Loaves
• 1971 - Tronka
• 1971 - Lada from the country of Berendey
• 1972 - Here we live
• 1973 - A Tale of a Woman
• 1973 - Housewarming
• 1973 - Until the last minute (with V. Kladnitsky)
• 1975 - In the middle of summer
• 1976 - Enchanting reeds (in the Dnieper Wind movie almanac)
• 1976 - On the spit (in the film almanac "Dnieper Wind")
• 1976 - Time - Moscow
• 1983 - Whirlpool
• 1985 - Grooms ( Ukrainian Grooms )

• Alexander Bilash, Today No. 104 (1449), 05/14/2003
• Musical work of A. Bilash
• Biography
• Bilash Oleksandr Ivanovich (Ukrainian)
• Bilash Oleksandr Ivanovich - composer (Ukrainian)
• During the Chernobyl disaster, the popular melody of Bilash’s song “Two Colors” sounded like a revelation ...
• Oleksandr Bilash on kinokolo.ua website (in Ukrainian)