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The Ukrainian musicologist and conductor, candidate of Art, Volodymyr Stepanovych Syvokhip, was born in Drohobych Lviv region. After historical and theoretical faculty of the Lviv Conservatory named after M. Lysenko and post-graduate at Institute of Art, Folklore and Ethnology named after M. Rylsky National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, he took an active and effective position in the artistic life of the city. Since 1990 over 16 years served as executive secretary of the National Union of Composers LU Ukraine, since 2005 - became a member of the Board of this organization, and from 2006 - General Director of Lviv Philharmonic Society. He Also teaches at the LvivNationalMusicAcademy named after M. Lysenko.
As the organizer of the grand and meaningful musical events like the Festival “Music of Ukrainian foreign”, “Composers of Ukraine - memory of the victims of famine”, “Display of Borys Lyatoshynsky”, “Lysenko’s Festival in Lviv” and many other significant events, was quite naturally establishing his sole in Ukraine in scale of the International contemporary Music Festival “Contrasts”, which is occurs with the same success in Ukraine since 1995. For 16 years, the Festival “Contrasts” under constant guidance of Volodymyr Syvokhip became an important international center of highly contemporary art and true artistic calling card of Lviv. With the same success is in the walls of Philharmonic under his direction more exclusive Lviv Festival - International Musical Festival “Virtuosi”, which this year celebrated its 30th anniversary. Volodymyr Syvokhip with his systematic, professional and tireless activity is always looking for effective measures to radical changes in modern professional musical and artistic life.
With the same artistic success Volodymyr Syvokhip leads also active as a conductor led to him by the late 1990's reputation well as in Ukraine and abroad, Lviv Gloria Chamber Choir. With the Gloria Chamber Choir he prepared authors programs of contemporary composers M. Skoryk, Yu. Lanyuk, A. Nikodemovych, P. Vasks, Arvo Pärt, M. Pepa, performed numerous premieres of works by contemporary composers, including - Z. Bujarski, I. Shcherbakov, H. Havrylets, V. Runchak, V. Polova, A. Shchetynsky, B. Frolyak, B. Sehin. Successfully performed at many festivals, “Virtuosi”, “Contrasts”, “Europe Days in Lviv”, “Golden-dome Kyiv”, “Kyiv Music Fest”, “Musical Premieres of the Season” in Kiev, Bach-fest Ukraine in Sumy “Clavier of the Sea” (Lithuania), “Confiteor” in Krakow, “Days of Ukrainian music” in Warsaw, “Days of Oratorio-Cantata Music” in Przemysl, “Festival of Ancient Music” in the Old Sacz, “Festival of international music Meeting”, “East-West” in Zielona Gòra (Poland), “Freiburg Music Festival” (Germany), “Lohtai festivaali Sacred Music” (Finland), “Falera Music Festival” (Switzerland) and others. He played, in particular with the Hilliard Ensemble of works by Arvo Pärt. Made a number of large-scale performances of works of world classics such as John Passion (BWV 245), Magnificat (BWV 243), Hohe Messe h moll (BWV 232) by J.S. Bach; Introducione e Gloria, Magnificat by Antonio Vivaldi; Berlin Messe, Credo, Adam’s Lament by Arvo Pärt; Messe by Igor Stravinsky; Harmonie Messe, Seven Last Words and The Creation by J. Haydn; Ein Deutches Requiem by Johannes Brahms; Requiem by W.A. Mozart and A. Schnittke; Carmina Burana by C. Orff.
Vlolodymyr Syvokhip - musicologist, conductor, musical and social activist and organizer of the artistic life of the city - over the past 20 years reveals itself as an active and influential figure in various fields of musical reality today. For considerable personal artistic achievement and significant contribution to professional development and comprehensive promotion of Ukrainian musical culture, for actively performing and musical and social activities V. Syvokhip awarded Regional Prize named after S. Lyudkevych, the State Prize named after M. Lysenko, awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of Ukraine, and he also received numerous civic awards, including the title of “Galician Knight” in the nomination “artist of culture.” |
