Merited (Performing) Artist of Ukraine (also translated as Honored (Performing) Artist of Ukraine, uk, Заслужений артист України) is a state honorary title of decoration awarded by the
Ukrainian SSR and later
Ukraine for outstanding achievement in the
performing arts
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...
. It is regulated by the ''Law of Ukraine Regarding the State Awards of Ukraine'' (#1549-14).
Definition
The title is the state award of Ukraine that is given for the personal merit by the State of Ukraine to citizens who have worked in their respective economic or socio-cultural fields as a rule for no less than ten (10) years, obtaining high on-the-job achievements and professional mastery.
Conditions
The title is awarded by the
President of Ukraine. It is given to citizens of Ukraine, foreigners, and persons with no citizenship.
[Law of Ukraine Regarding the State Awards of Ukraine, No.1549-14, 01.01.2011](_blank)
This title is lower than the
People's Artist of Ukraine which can only be awarded ten (10) years after obtaining the Merited Artist of Ukraine. This title is not awarded posthumously. All recipients must have completed Tertiary studies.
The Merited Artist of Ukraine can be awarded to motion picture directors; actors of theatres, films, and circus; singers; members of professional ensembles and chorus'; orchestral conductors; composers; musicians; TV and Radio network broadcasters for their highly executed mastery, creating a highly artistic images, performances, motion movies that became a property of the native culturally artistic heritage.
The recipients are awarded a badge (40 mm high x 30 mm wide, made of silver) and a certificate. The presentation must be conducted publicly.
Recipients
Past recipients include:
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Lidiya Belozyorova
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Rostyslav Derzhypilsky
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Tina Karol
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Alla Kudlai
Alla Petrivna Kudlai (born 23 July 1954) is a Ukrainian singer. In 1987 she was awarded Merited Artist of Ukraine (''Заслужений артист України''), and in 1997, People's Artist of Ukraine (''Народний артист У ...
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Ani Lorak
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Sergei Polusmiak
Sergei Polusmiak (russian: Сергей Полусмяк uk, Сергій Полусм'як) born in 1951 in Kharkiv, Ukraine is a Ukrainian Pianist "Merited Artist of Ukraine". He graduated from Kharkiv Music College in 1969 and from Kharkiv Co ...
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Oleksandr Ponomaryov
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Oleksandr Semchuk
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
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* Oksana Shvets (1996)Alexandr Stoyanov
Alexander Afanasevich Stoyanov, (born 10 June 1987) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer. He is principal dancer at the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine. He was made a People's Artist of Ukraine in 2019, and Honore ...
* Evgeniy Svetlitsa
Evgeniy Svetlitsa ( uk, Євгеній Свєтліца, russian: Евгений Светлица; born 24 February 1983) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, and former soloist at Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet from 2000 until 2022. Merited Artist of ...
See also
* People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union.
Nomenclature and significan ...
* People's Artist of Ukraine
* Merited Artist (disambiguation) Merited Artist or Honored Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union Republics, and autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern Bloc states, as well as in a number of post-Soviet states. Specifically, the term ma ...
* List of European art awards
References
External links
The document About the State Awards of Ukraine
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Ukrainian art awards
Honorary titles of Ukraine