Dmytro Hnatyuk
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| Born | Дмитро́ Миха́йлович Гнатю́к 28 March 1925 |
| Died | 29 April 2016(aged 91) Kyiv,Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Kyiv Conservatory |
| Occupation | Opera singer |
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Dmytro Hnatyuk(Ukrainian:Дмитро́ Миха́йлович Гнатю́к;28 March 1925 – 29 April 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainianbaritoneopera singer and a former member of theUkrainian Parliament.
Biography
[edit]Dmytro Hnatyuk was born on 28 March 1925 in the village of Mămăești, Sipeniț district,Cernăuți County,Romania.He graduated from theKyiv Conservatoryin 1951 as an opera andchambersinger.
He was a singer at theKiev Opera and Ballet Theatreappearing as asoloistin many songs. In 1979, Hnatyuk graduated from the State Institute and of Theatrical Arts as a Director (rezhyser). From 1951 to 1988, he worked as an opera singer and from 1975 also as a director of the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, as well working as a trainer of the National Academic Theatre. In 1988, he became the director of the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Hnatyuk sang in many operas by Ukrainian and worldwide composers.
Hnatyuk was a member of theSupreme Soviet of the Soviet Union(8th–10th sessions) from 1972 to 1984. He also was a member of theUkrainian Parliamentfrom 1998 to 2002. He had beenelectedinto parliament as member ofHromada.[1]Early 1999 he switched to the Hromada breakaway faction "Fatherland".[2][3]Early 2001 he again moved to another faction in parliament, this time toLabour Ukraine.[3]
Hnatyuk was elected the head of the Musical Society of Ukraine, as the head of the Kiyvan Theatrical Society, as a member of the Committee of State Shevchenko Prizes, the Committee of Defense and Peace and others. Member of the Board of the All Ukrainian Fund of Recreating Memorials of the Historical-Architectural Heritage in the name of O. Honchar, a member of the Board of the Fund of Influence of Development of Arts; the Committee "Ukraine-Europe".
Hnatyuk died on 29 April 2016.[4]He was buried atKyiv'sBaikove Cemetery.[4]
Family
[edit]Dmytro Hnatyuk was married to Doctor of Philological Sciences and historian of Ukrainian languageHalyna Hnatyuk.
Awards
[edit]Hnatyuk was aPeople's Artist of Ukraine,was aPeople's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR,an "Academic" of theAcademy of Arts of Ukraine,and a professor of the Tchaikovsky Music Academy. In 2005 he was awarded with theHero of Ukraine,the highest decoration of Ukraine.[4]
In 1960 he had also been granted the title of thePeople's Artist of the USSR.[4]
- Hero of Ukraine(March 28, 2005).[5]
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 3rd class(March 27, 2015).[6]
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 4th class(January 16, 2009).[7]
- Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 5th class(March 28, 2000).[8]
References
[edit]- ^(in Ukrainian)Yulia Tymoshenko and her supporters have suspended his membership in the party "Hromada",Ukrinform(01.06.1999)
- ^Whitmore, S. (2004).State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian parliament, 1990–2003.Taylor & Francis. p. 106.ISBN9780203398128.Retrieved28 May2023.
- ^ab(in Russian)People's deputy Dmytro Hnatyuk came out of the "Fatherland" faction, and joined the "Labor Ukraine" group,Fakty i Kommentarii(22 February 2001)
- ^abcdNewspaper: Ukrainian opera singer Dmytro Hnatyuk passes away,Interfax-Ukraine(29 April 2016)
- ^Decree of the President of Ukraine from 28 березня 2005 year № 537/2005«Про присвоєння Д. Гнатюку звання Герой України»(in Ukrainian)
- ^Decree of the President of Ukraine from 27 березня 2015 year № 180/2015«Про відзначення державними нагородами України діячів театрального мистецтва»(in Ukrainian)
- ^Decree of the President of Ukraine from 16 січня 2009 year № 26/2009«Про відзначення державними нагородами України»(in Ukrainian)
- ^Decree of the President of Ukraine from 28 березня 2000 year № 541/2000«Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України "Орден князя Ярослава Мудрого" »(in Ukrainian)
External links
[edit]- Dmytro Hnatyuk «Золотий Фонд української естради»(in Ukrainian)
- Biography of Hnatyuk(in Ukrainian)
- Info from Pisni.org(in Ukrainian)
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- People from Chernivtsi Oblast
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- Eighth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Ninth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
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- Soviet male singers
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- Burials at Baikove Cemetery