Ihor Shcherbakov (born 19 November 1955 in
Dnipropetrovs’k) is a Ukrainian composer. He won a 1999
Shevchenko National Prize
Shevchenko National Prize ( uk, Націона́льна пре́мія Украї́ни і́мені Тараса́ Шевче́нка; also ''Shevchenko Award'') is the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts awarded since ...
for "Trap for a witch". Since 2010, he is President of the
National Union of Composers of Ukraine
The National Union of Composers of Ukraine (ukr: ''Національна спілка композиторів України'') is a public organization that unites Ukrainian composers and musicologists working in academic music. Potential memb ...
.
He graduated from the
P. I. Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. He teaches at the
Ukrainian National Academy of Music.
His ''Canzone for Two Violins'' was performed at the 2020 Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival.
See also
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Premieres of the Season (Musical Festival) Premieres of the Season is an international music festival founded by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and the Kyiv Organization of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine on December 1, 1988. The initiator and music director of the festival is ...
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1955 births
Ukrainian composers
Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
Kyiv Conservatory alumni
Musicians from Dnipro
Living people
20th-century classical composers
21st-century classical composers
Ukrainian classical composers
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