Stephen Vasilevich Turchak ( ukr. Stepan (Stefan) Vasilovich Turchak ; 1938 - 1988 ) - Soviet Ukrainian conductor , teacher . Chief conductor of the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theater named after T. Shevchenko ( 1967-1973 , 1977-1988 ) and the State Symphonic Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR ( 1963-1967 , 1973-1977 ).
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Hero of Socialist Labor ( 1988 ). People's Artist of the USSR ( 1977 ). Laureate of the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR named after Shevchenko ( 1980 ) and the State Prize of the Georgian SSR named after Paliashvili ( 1973 ).
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Biography
Born on February 28, 1938, in the village of Matskovichi, near Przemysl (now in the commune of Zhurawica , Przemysl County , Subcarpathian Voivodeship , Poland ).
Childhood and youth were spent in Dubliany . In 1955 he graduated from the Lvov Music and Pedagogical College named. F.M. Colessa .
After graduating from college, he worked as a music and singing teacher at the Sokalsky Pedagogical School.
In 1957 he entered the Lviv Conservatory named after N.V. Lysenko (now Lviv National Music Academy named after Nikolai Lysenko ) in the class of conducting N.F. Kolessa , from which he graduated in 1962 .
During his studies, in 1960-1962 , he was the conductor of the Lvov Opera Theater. I. Franko .
In 1962 he moved to Kiev .
In 1963-1967 and 1973-1977 he was the chief conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR . An important place in the repertoire of the orchestra was given to Ukrainian music - N. V. Lysenko , B. N. Lyatoshynsky , S. F. Lyudkevich , L. N. Revutsky , and also Soviet composers - D. D. Shostakovich ( 7th , 8th I , 15th Symphony), S.S. Prokofiev ( 5th Symphony ), T.N. Khrennikova , A.I. Khachaturian , A.Ya. Shtogarenko , etc.
In 1967 - 1973 and since 1977 - the chief conductor of the TUG Shevchenko KUGATOB . Over the years of work in the theater, about two dozen new opera and ballet performances have been staged from its presentation.
Since 1966 - the head of the symphony orchestra and the head of the department of opera and symphonic conducting of the Tchaikovsky State Conservancy Committee (since 1973 - associate professor , since 1986 - professor ).
Toured abroad ( Great Britain , Japan , Italy , Bulgaria , Poland , Hungary , Spain ) [1]
He died on October 23, 1988 (according to other sources - November 23 [2] ) in Kiev . He was buried in Kiev at the Baikov Cemetery .
Family
- wife - Gizella Albertovna Tsipola (born 1944), Ukrainian Soviet opera singer (lyric-dramatic soprano), teacher, People’s Artist of the USSR (1988).
Awards and titles
- Hero of Socialist Labor ( 1988 )
- Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR ( 1964 )
- People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR
- People's Artist of the USSR ( 1977 )
- USSR State Prize named after T. G. Shevchenko (1980) - for conducting the operas “Ivan Susanin” by M. I. Glinka, “The Queen of Spades” by P. I. Tchaikovsky, “Milan” by G. I. Mayboroda
- State Prize of the Georgian SSR named after Z. P. Paliashvili (1973) (for the production of Z. Paliashvili’s opera “Abessalom and Eteri” in Kiev)
- Lenin Komsomol Prize of the USSR named after N. A. Ostrovsky (1968)
- Order of Lenin (1988)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- Order of the October Revolution
- medals
Creativity
Opera productions
- 1967 - Othello by G. Verdi
- 1967 - "The death of the squadron" V. S. Gubarenko
- 1970 - “Mamai” V. S. Gubarenko
- 1974 - “ Katerina Izmailova ” by D. D. Shostakovich
- 1975 - "Yaroslav the Wise" G. I. Mayboroda
- 1985 - “Praporonites” by A.I. Bilash
- " Boris Godunov " M. P. Mussorgsky
- " Khovanshchina " M. P. Mussorgsky
- “ Taras Bulba ” by N.V. Lysenko
- “Abessalom and Eteri” by Z. P. Paliashvili
- " Aida " by G. Verdi
- The Golden Cockerel by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov
- " Ivan Susanin " M. I. Glinka
- " The Queen of Spades " by P. I. Tchaikovsky
- "Milan" G. I. Mayboroda
Ballet performances
- 1969 - “The Stone Lord” by V. S. Gubarenko
- 1982 - “Olga” by E. F. Stankovich
- 1986 - “Prometheus” by E. F. Stankovic
- Swan Lake by P. I. Tchaikovsky
- " Forest Song " M. A. Skorulsky .
Memory
- In Kiev, a memorial plaque was installed on the house in which S. V. Turchak lived.
- Since 1994, in Kiev every 4 years held a national competition of conductors to them. Stefan Turchak. Since 2006, the competition is held as an international.
- In Kiev, there is a children's art school, which is named after the conductor.