Nestor Nyzhankivsky (''Nestor Ostapovych Nyzhankivsky'') ( uk, Не́стор Оста́пович Нижанкі́вський); August 31, 1893 – April 10, 1940) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist and music critic. Received his doctoral degree in history from the

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and graduated from the Prague State Conservatory.

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Nestor Nyzhankivsky was born August 31, 1893, in

Berezhany Berezhany ( uk, Бережани, ; pl, Brzeżany; yi, ברעזשאַן, Brezhan; he, בּז'יז'אני/בּז'ז'ני ''Bzhezhani''/''Bzhizhani'') is a city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It lies about fr ...

Life and creative path
(Життєвий і творчий), from Yuriy Bulka, ''Nestor Nyzhankivsky, Life and Art'' (''Нестор Нижанківський. Життя і творчість''), 1997 in the family of the composer, conductor, a Greek Catholic priest

Ostap Nyzhankivsky Ostap Yosypovych Nyzhankivsky ( uk, Остап Йосипович Нижанківський and ); January 24, 1863 – May 22, 1919) – Ukrainian writer and cleric, a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, composer, conductor, ...

. Nyzhankivsky family moved to Stryi in 1900, where Nestor finished school and gymnasium. Then he studied at the Higher Music Institute Mykola Lysenko Lviv. During the First World of War Nyzhankivsky was drafted into the army, then taken prisoner, where he returned in 1918. He received a PhD in history from

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(1923) and graduated from the Prague State Conservatory (1927) in the master class of

Vítězslav Novák Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák (5 December 1870 – 18 July 1949) was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is considered an important e ...

. He returned to Galicia to teach piano and theory at the Lysenko Higher Institute of Music in Lviv (1931–39) and became one of the founders (and first chairman) of the Union of Ukrainian Professional Musicians (SUPROM). He died in exile April 10, 1940, in

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. The remains of Nestor Nyzhankivsky were reburied in cemetery of the city Stryi November 1993, near the tomb of his parents.

Composer and musical activities

Nestor Nyzhankivsky composer left a great artistic heritage. His compositions for fortepiano include: "Prelude and Fugue on a Ukrainian Theme in C Minor",Нижанківський Прелюдія і фуга Marta Kuziy
"Piano Trio in E Minor", "Little Suite", "Intermezzo in D Minor", and the "Great Variations" (also known as "Variations on a Ukrainian Theme in F Sharp Minor".) Art songs for voice and piano: "Ty liubchyku za horoliu" (My Beloved beyond the Mountain, text by U. Kravchenko), "Zasumui trembito" (Trembita's Dirge, text by R. Kupchynsky), "Naimyt" (The Hireling, text by I. Franko) and so on.

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Nestor Nyzhankivsky

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