Petro Maha is a Ukrainian-Rusyn
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Petro Maha: I came out onto a stage at age of five and to this time cannot leave it
'. "Prostir". 10 March 2009 actor, song and playwright, television host, and one of the presenters of the
Shuster LIVE political show. He is an author of lyrics for several Ukrainian singers including
Pavlo Zibrov. Maha is a
Merited Artist of Ukraine
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 o ...
.
Maha was born in village
Solomonovo
Solomonovo ( uk, Соломоново; hu, Tiszasalamon, Salamon) is a village in Uzhhorod Raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is located west of the Chop railway station. It had a population of 1,342, accor ...
[ (or Strazh), ]Uzhhorod Raion
Uzhhorod Raion ( uk, Ужгородський район, hu, Ungvári járás) is one of the raions (districts) of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Uzhhorod. Over 30% of population in the ...
in a family of railroad workers. In 1987 after graduating the Russophone high school N1 in Chop (at that time city of Uzhhorod Raion), he worked as a locomotive mechanic at the Chop rail depot (Lviv Railways
Lviv Railways (abbreviated as LR) ( uk, Львівська залізниця) is a territorial branch company of Ukrzaliznytsia headquartered in Lviv.
General description
Lviv Railways administers all railroads of Lviv Oblast, Zakarpattia Obl ...
). While a student in high school, Maha became a laureate of the All-Union theatric festival of propaganda (agitation) collectives. In 1989-1993 he was a student of the Faculty of performing art (Professor Zymna actor shop) at the Karpenko-Karyi State Institute of Theatric Arts.
After graduating, in 1993-1999 Maha was an actor of the Kobylianska Music and Drama Theater in Chernivtsi. Since 1999 he is a director of the Zibrov's Song Theater as well as an actor, playwright and director of several concerts in the Palace of Arts "Ukrayina". Maha wrote number of songs for several Russian and Ukrainian singers such as Iryna Bilyk
Iryna Mykolayivna Bilyk ( ua, Ірина Миколаївна Білик, born 1970 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and People's Artist of Ukraine.
She wrote her first song at the age of ten. In 1995, Bilyk performed for the United S ...
, Larisa Dolina
Larisa Aleksandrovna Dolina (russian: link=no, Лариса Александровна Долина, , née Kudelman, Кудельман, formerly Mionchinskaya, Миончинская; born 10 September 1955) is an Azerbaijani-born prominent Rus ...
, Iosif Kobzon, Taisia Povaliy
Taisia Mykolaivna Povaliy; russian: Таи́сия Никола́евна Повали́й, Taisiya Nikolaevna Povaliy; née Hiriavets ( uk, Гиряве́ць, russian: Гиряве́ц, Giryavets) (born 10 December 1964) is a Ukrainian singer ...
, and many others. He also wrote a drama play "Danube Cossack beyond the rapids" for the Beniuk-Khostikoyev Theatric Company.
In 1999-2007 Maha hosted a show "Telefortuna" at the Pershyi Natsionalnyi
Pershyi ( uk, Перший, ; meaning First) is the Ukrainian public television channel, operated by the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine.
It is the only Ukrainian TV channel covering over 97% of Ukraine's territory. Its programs are orien ...
(state central channel).
Since 2008 he is co-presenter of the Shuster LIVE show along with Savik Shuster.
References
External links
Profile
on the LIGA.net (9 September 2010)
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1971 births
Living people
Rusyn people
People from Zakarpattia Oblast
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University alumni
Ukrainian lyricists
Ukrainian dramatists and playwrights
Ukrainian male stage actors
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