STANKOVYCH, Yevhen Fedorovych

Born in Svaliava, Zakarpattya region, Ukraine, Sept 19, 1942

“Stankovych’s music, marked by a strikingly dramatic temperament and unfettered emotion, is supported by a full command of modernist techniques without allowing any one of these to predominate; and while the style is definably one of the late 20th century, folk themes of Ukraine’s various cultural groups have paramount importance in the substance of his language.”

Oxford Music Online¹

• Stankovych studied at the Kyiv Conservatory under Borys Lyatoshynsky and Myroslav Skoryk, graduating in 1970.
• His compositional output consists primarily of music for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble, and stage (ballet and opera).²
• The recipient of many awards and accolades, Stankovych was recognized by UNESCO’s World Tribune as one of 10 best works of 1985 for his Chamber Symphony No. 3, and he won the Taras Shevchenko State Award in 1986.³
• Many of the composer’s larger works were written in response to tragic events in Ukraine’s history. For example, Dictum (1987) is a massive symphony commemorating the Chernobyl disaster.⁴

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Composer’s website

1. Virko Baley, “Stankovych, Yevhen Fedorovych,” Grove Music Online (2001), 
   Accessed August 28, 2023, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000044858.
2. Ibid.
3. “Biography,” Yevhen Stankovych: Official site, accessed August 28, 2023, https://www.stankovych.org.ua/en/pers/bio.html.
4. Virko Baley, “Stankovych, Yevhen Fedorovych,” Grove Music Online.