Taras Filenko was born on 1 October 1958 and is an ethnomusicologist, lecturer, and concert pianist most renowned for his research and proliferation of Ukrainian music history of 19th and early 20th centuries.
15 Facts About Taras Filenko
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Taras Filenko earned a second doctorate in ethnomusicology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998.
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Taras Filenko was born to Dr Tamara Bulat, a world-renowned author, and Yuri Filenko, space scientist.
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Dr Taras Filenko is the recipient of both Fulbright and Petesh Scholarships.
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Taras Filenko has participated in numerous musicological conferences and in international symposia in Belgium, France, Canada, the United States, England, Poland, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Russia.
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In 1990, Dr Taras Filenko was invited to Edmonton, Alberta, to conduct research at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.
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Since 1998, Dr Taras Filenko is on the faculty of the City Music Center, at Duquesne University.
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Taras Filenko participated in the Program for Executives at Carnegie Mellon University and the American-European Seminar in Salzburg, Austria.
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Taras Filenko earned a diploma in public administration from the Management Academy in Ukraine.
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Dr Taras Filenko has worked in the fields of history of music, ethnomusicology, and music performance for over twenty-five years.
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In 1986, Taras Filenko was appointed to teach Ukrainian music, piano, and piano literature courses at the National Academy of Music in Ukraine.
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Taras Filenko worked as a researcher at the Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the National University of Kiev.
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Dr Taras Filenko studied piano and musicology at the National Academy of Music in Ukraine.
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Taras Filenko later achieved his PhD in ethnomusicology from the University of Pittsburgh.
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In 1989, Taras Filenko joined his mother in the publication and research of this book.