Shevchenko, Anatoly Antonovich

Anatoly Antonovich Shevchenko was born on September 29, 1938 in a village. Sentyanovka Slavyanoserbsk district Voroshilovgrad region, Ukrainian SSR .

Art and music education received in the Rostov Art School. Grekova and Simferopol College of Music. Tchaikovsky .

The first public performances took place in 1961, at the same time he wrote the first compositions for the guitar (“Mirage”, “Sad Ballad”, “Twilight Dance”, “Toccata”, etc.).

From 1963 to 1982, in Simferopol , in addition to teaching, he was engaged in composing and performing activities (concerts in Moscow, Leningrad, Tbilisi, Vladivostok, Kiev, Kazan and other cities of the former Soviet Union, as well as in Poland). and other countries). A. Shevchenko worked intensively in the field of theory and practice of flamenco .

A. Shevchenko carried out many monographic and authorial concert programs of various styles, epochs and musical traditions - ancient Greek kifaristics , music of Spanish guitarists, lute music of England, France, Italy, Poland, baroque, classicism, modern avant-garde, flamenco music. As a performer, composer and musicologist worked a lot in the field of flamenco. The author of books on the history of flamenco art (in particular, the book “Flamenco Guitar: Melodies and Rhythms”, publishing house Muzichna Ukraina, 1988). The musician devoted many years of his life to Spanish culture: the author's program “Lorkada” was prepared for the 100th anniversary of the great Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca - as a result of getting used to the flamenco culture, to the world of the surrealistic reality Garcia Lorca.

A. Shevchenko owns an article about flamenco in the Polish Encyclopedia of Guitar. He published books, many scientific articles in different countries, and not only musicological (including the latest monograph “Music of Hellas”), but also cultural studies. The music of A. Shevchenko is included in the repertoire of many famous performers and is included in the programs of musical educational institutions. His works were published not only in Ukraine and Russia, but also in Poland, Germany, and the USA. His ballads were part of the repertoire of the national artist of Russia Elena Kamburova .

Since 1982, he has been an instrumental soloist of the Odessa Regional Philharmonic Society .

Already after the Maestro left his life in Odessa, exhibitions of his paintings were held. ^[1]

1961

• The first public performances and first compositions for guitar ("Mirage", "Sad Ballad", "Twilight Dance", "Toccata", etc.).

1963 - 1974

• “Dawn of F. G. Lorca” - cantata for soloists of the choir, guitar and orchestra.
• “Defeat at Sea” - a symphonic poem (dedicated to E. Hemingway).
• "A handful of sand" - vocal cycle to poems by I. Takuboku.
• “Polyphonic Notebook” - foreplay and fugues for guitar.
• Three poetic legends for the guitar: “Narrated by the wind”, “Stored by the sands”, “Remembering the sea”.

1975

• The first publications in domestic and foreign music publishers (Sonatina, Sad Ballad, Prelude and Fugue, etc.).
• Three Sonatas for Guitar: "Clasica", "Aleatoria", "Flamenca".

1977

• The first foreign tour (Poland - Poznan, Lodz, Katowice).
• The work on the manuscript "The Unrestrained Flamenco Games" (published in the journal "Guitarist" number 1-4, 1993-1999).
• Two sonatina for guitar: "Giokosa", "Elegiaca".
• Cycle for the guitar "Fountains of the Palace of Bakhchisarai".

1978 - 1981

• The first guitar festivals in Crimea "Fiesta Flamenco" (organizer and artistic director A. Shevchenko).
• Lorcade is a suite for guitar.
• "My thoughts" - suite for guitar.
• “Transformations” is experimental music for the guitar.
• “Cimmerian Suite” (dedicated to M. A. Voloshin).
• The first concert in Odessa ( October 19, 1981)

1982

• Starting work in the Odessa Philharmonic.
• Creation of conceptual programs and program cycles: “Anthology of Guitar” (“Antiquity and the Middle Ages”, “Revival”, “Baroque”, “Classicism”, “Romanticism”, “Avant-garde in Guitar”), “Geography of Guitar” (“Spain”, “Italy”, “France”, “England”, “Germany”, “Slavic Kant of Guitar”), “Ethnography of the Guitar”, “Echoes of Hellas”, “Anthology of Flamenco”, etc.

1987

• Second prize at the international competition "Guitarra Microcosmos", Esztergom.
• "De natura solaris" - an astronomical suite.
• Publication of the flamenco school "Flamenco Guitar" (Kiev).
• Diploma of the festival in Katowice.

1989 - 1992

• Participation in festivals and tours in Spain (Cordoba, Astorga, Ponferrada, Jerez de la Frontera, Linares).
• The program "Guitar Villa Lobos."

1992

• The Golden Fee is from the city of Linares, the birthplace of Andres Segovia.
• "Three Prints" - for guitar and chamber orchestra.

1991 - 1996

• Creation of copyright programs: "Contra viento", "Touch", "Dumi Moi ...", "Guitar Odesika".
• Essay "The testament of Orpheus."
• Publication in the US author's collection of "Touch" - "Touchings" (ed. M. Offee).
• Publication of the author's collection "Selected Works for Guitar" (Odessa, Astroprint).
• "Odessa" - suite for guitar.

1997

• First Prize at the International Competition of Composers (Moscow; compositions “Moscow Chimes”, “Memoirs”).
• "Russian Suite" for guitar.
• “CRAOnera” is a piece for guitar.
• "ABC Taurus" - a dictionary of bullfighting.

1999

• Successful performance at the X International Guitar Festival in Cordoba (Spain).
• The program "Nights in the Gardens of the Alcazar."
• “Prelude, Fugue and Allegro on BACH”.
• Breeze (Serenade Burlesque for flute and guitar).
• “Nights in Alcazar Gardens” is a piece for guitar.

1998 - 2000

• Creation and presentation of new programs: “Spiritual Kant of the Guitar”, “Bach and Modernity”, “Music by Candle”, “Flamenco-2000”, “Lorkada” - an author program dedicated to F. G. Lorca.
• “Kant, dedicated to the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ” on the topic of Khabuva’s fits from the chanting of the Znamenny musical-theoretical manual of Tikhon Makarievsky (XVII century).
• "The key to understanding" dedicated to the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ.
• "Bessarabian fantasy" - a piece for guitar.
• Articles "On the harmony of the spheres", "The cyclical development of the music system", "Harmonia mundi".

2001

• The presentation of the program “The Riddle of the Guitar”, “Again - Moscow-Odessa”, “The Fiesta of Flamenco”, “Guitar Fantasy” - the evolution of the genre.
• The work "Music of Hellas" was published. In it, A. Shevchenko presented two excerpts of ancient music deciphered by him: IV and V centuries. BC e., presented the most comprehensive anthology of ancient music, systematized by him, presented the theory of the cyclic development of the sound music system - TSRHMS.

2002

• 1st festival “Odessa Guitar Autumn” (art director A. Shevchenko).
• The program "On the deep roads of the guitar."
• "Odessa Mosaic" - for guitar and ensemble.

2003

• Programs "On the strings of life", "Echoes of Langeron."
• The article "Ecology of sound."
• "Children's Album" - "Music of Nikitik" (for guitar) was written.

2004

• 2nd International Festival "Odessa Guitar Autumn".
• The 1st concert for guitar and orchestra is over.
• The article "Ethnography of the guitar."

2005

• Programs "East - West", "Genealogical Guitar".
• "Passion for Sebastian" - a piece for guitar.
• Premiere of the 1st concert for guitar and orchestra (Concerto Grosso).
• The article “In the beginning was the future” (space-time transformations in some musical structures).
• The 2nd concert for guitar and orchestra (flamenco concert) is completed, premiere - May 2006.
• The article "Genealogical Guitar" - "The place and role of guitar art in the development of European music."

2006

• Flamenco concert premiere for guitar, oboe castanets and strings (Alegrias, Granadina, Verdiales)
• Article "At the crossroads of musical traditions"
• Concerts in New York and San Francisco.
• Premiere of the plays “Niagara Falls”, “Jewish Rhapsody”.
• Written "Sail Odyssey", "Fountains of Rome", Tibetan bells ".

2007

• Written "Remembering Scarlatti", "Along the Volga"
• Premiere of the author's program "Sail Odyssey"
• The program for the first time uses the sounds of nature: the sound of the sea, the singing of birds, etc.
• Completed "Odessa Promenade - Concert for Guitar, and Chamber Orchestra

2008

• Premiere of "Odessa Promenade Concert" for guitar and chamber orchestra
• Article "The formation of the guitar in the context of the overall process of the development of musical culture"
• The thread of Ariadne is written. Labyrinth
• Richercar for violin and cello is finished
• Work on the second flamenco concert for guitar and orchestra.
• Work on the monograph "Music of ancient Spain"

2009

• The article "The sound concept in cosmology from" Harmony of the Spheres "to" String Theory "is completed.
• “The 2nd Flamenco Concert for Guitar and Orchestra” is over
• Participation in international conferences- "Gamovskaya" in Odessa and the Crimea-"Cosmos and Biosphere".
• The program "Harmony of the Spheres"

2010

• Completed article "The Department of Guitar: the inevitable necessity"
• Written "Ukrainian Tango" for violin, guitar and castanets (premiere 03/27/2010)
• The work on the instrumental play "Tangopak" is finished
• Work on the article "Duma mode of Ukraine"
• Written "Fantasy on the theme of" Melodies of Love "Leah"
• Work on the program "Shlyager for All Times" (Premiere 11/25/2010)

2012

• “Ukrainian Suite” (premiere on the evening of memory of A. Shevchenko on June 4, 2012)
• “Ukrainian suite of Bakh-Shevchenko” (premiere at the A. Shevchenko memorial evening on June 4, 2012)

• Anatoly Shevchenko official website
• Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedic Dictionary
• Unofficial site of A. Shevchenko

• Famous Odessa guitarist Anatoly Shevchenko died on Novaya Odessa TV channel (inaccessible link)
• Anatoly Shevchenko official website
• Shevchenko with the soul of flamenco, Vinnitsa News
• Video channel of A. Shevchenko on Youtube.com