Platon Ilarionovych Maiboroda ( uk, Платон Іларіонович Майборода; 1 December 1918 – 8 July 1989) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer and educator. Maiboroda, whose brother

Heorhiy Maiboroda Heorhiy Ilarionovych Maiboroda, sometimes transcribed in English as Georgiy or Heorhy Maiboroda or Mayboroda (Ukrainian: Георгій Іларіонович Майборода; , in Pelekhivshchyna khutir, Kremenchuk County, Poltava Governorate, ...

was also a composer, studied at the Gliere Music College. In 1938 Maiboroda enrolled in the

Kyiv Conservatory Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine ( uk, Національна музична академія України імені Петра Чайковського) or Kyiv Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music e ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

where he studied under

Levko Revutsky Levko "Lev" Mykolajovych Revutskyi (, russian: Лев Николаевич Ревуцкий; – 30 March 1977) was a Ukrainian composer, teacher, and activist. Amongst his students at the Lysenko Music Institute were the composers Arkady Filip ...

, graduating in 1947. Maiboroda taught at the Gliere Music College from 1947 to 1950. He was buried at the

Baikove Cemetery Baikove Cemetery ( uk, Байкове кладовище) is a historic cemetery memorial in Holosiiv Raion of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a National Historic Landmark of Ukraine and is known as a necropolis of distinguished people. It was established in ...

Works

Films

* ''Valley of Blue Rocks'' (1956) * ''Far and Near'' (1957) * ''Thunder Over Fields'' (1958) * ''Shift Starts at Six'' (1958) * ''Ages of Youth'' (1958) * ''Blood of Man - Not a Water'' (1960) * ''Dmytro Horytsvit'' (1961) * ''

Ukrainian Rhapsody ''Ukrainian Rhapsody'' (russian: Украинская рапсодия) is a 1961 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Parajanov. Plot The film takes place during the war. In the center of the plot is a guy named Anton, who is captured. He manag ...

'' (1961) * ''People Don't Know Everything'' (1964) * ''Ballad of British'' (1969) * ''Abiturient'' (1973) * ''Adieu, Pharaohs!'' (1975) * ''Ordinary Concerns'' (1975) * ''Involuntary Diplomats'' (1978) * ''Revision'' (1979) * ''Visit to Kovalivka'' (1980)

Selected songs

* Dearest mother of mine (words of Andriy Malyshko), soundtrack to the film ''Ages of Youth'' (1958) * Kyiv Waltz (words of Andriy Malyshko)

Awards

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize * The Stalin Peace Prize, awarded 1949 to 1955, later known as the Lenin Peace Prize The Int ...

, 3rd class (1950) - for songs "About Olena Khobta", "About Mark Ozerny", "About Maria Lysenko" *

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 ...

(1962) * Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR (1958) *

People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). Estab ...

(1968) *

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 ...

(1979) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

(1960) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

(1982) *

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (russian: link=no, Юбилейная медаль В ознаменование 100-летия со дня рождения Владимира И ...

* Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"

Notes

1918 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Ukrainian musicians People from Kremenchugsky Uyezd People from Poltava Oblast Kyiv Conservatory alumni R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music alumni Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize Recipients of the Stalin Prize Soviet film score composers Soviet folklorists Soviet male classical composers Soviet music educators Soviet opera composers {{Soviet-bio-stub Ukrainian classical composers Ukrainian film score composers Ukrainian folklorists Ukrainian music educators Ukrainian opera composers Burials at Baikove Cemetery