1. Myroslav Mykhailovych Skoryk was a Ukrainian composer and teacher.
16 Facts About Myroslav Skoryk
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Myroslav Skoryk's music is contemporary in style and contains stylistic traits from Ukrainian folk music traditions.
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Myroslav Mykhailovych Skoryk was born in Lviv, on 13 July 1938.
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Myroslav Skoryk's parents were both educated in Austria at the University of Vienna, and subsequently became teachers.
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Myroslav Skoryk's father was a historian and an ethnographer, while his mother was a chemist.
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Myroslav Skoryk was exposed to music in the household from an early age, and his great aunt was the Ukrainian soprano Solomiya Krushelnytska.
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Between 1955 and 1960 Myroslav Skoryk studied at the Lviv Conservatory, There he received training in musical composition and music theory; his teachers included Stanyslav Lyudkevych and Roman Simovych.
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Myroslav Skoryk's final exam piece was, a cantata for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra that was based on verses by the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko.
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In 1960, Myroslav Skoryk enrolled in the postgraduate research program at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with the composer Dmitry Kabalevsky.
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Myroslav Skoryk then accepted a position at the Kyiv Conservatory where he focused on teaching contemporary harmony techniques.
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Myroslav Skoryk's dissertation, completed in 1964, concentrated on the music of the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev.
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Myroslav Skoryk's students included the composers Osvaldas Balakauskas, Ivan Karabyts and Yevhen Stankovych.
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In 1963, Myroslav Skoryk became the youngest member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.
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In 1996, Myroslav Skoryk moved with his family to Australia, and obtained Australian citizenship, but in 1999 returned to live in Ukraine.
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Myroslav Skoryk's works have been performed by ensembles and soloists that include the Leontovych Quartet, Oleh Krysa, Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Oleg Chmyr, Mykola Suk, Victor Markiw, and Alexander Slobodyanik.
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Myroslav Skoryk moved towards composing religious music at the end of the 20th century, these compositions include his spiritual concerto Requiem ; Psalms for various types of choirs ; and the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.