Heorhiy Maiboroda
Teacher, Composer
1913 – 1992
Who was Heorhiy Maiboroda?
Heorhiy Ilarionovych Maiboroda, sometimes transcribed in English as Georgiy or Heorhy Maiboroda or Mayboroda, was a Ukrainian composer.
Maiboroda, whose brother Platon Maiboroda was also a composer, studied at the Glière College of Music in Kiev, where he studied under Levko Revutsky, graduating in 1941 and teaching there from 1952 to 1958. From 1967 to 1968 he was head of the Composers Union of Ukraine.
His musical career was based in Ukraine, and he set several operas to Ukrainian librettos, including Yaroslav the Wise, Arsenal, Mylana, and Taras Shevchenko, all of which were produced at the Kiev Opera House. He also prepared a performing edition of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky's opera, Zaporozhets za Dunayem.
Amongst other works, Maiboroda wrote a suite of incidental music to Shakespeare's King Lear, three symphonies, two piano concertos and a violin concerto, as well as numerous songs and romances.
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- Born
- Nov 18, 1913
Poltava Governorate - Also known as
- Heorhiy Ilarionovych Maiboroda
- Heorhy Maiboroda
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Ukraine
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 6, 1992
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on July 23, 2013
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