Serhiy Vladyslavovych Proskurnia ( uk, Сергій Владиславович Проскурня; 28 November 1957 – 1 February 2021) was a Ukrainian stage director.

Biography

Proskurnia's parents were Vladyslav Andriyovych Proskurnia and Emilia Oleksandrivna Proskurnia, both engineers. He attended Lviv Children's Music School before his family moved to Cherkasy, where he continued his studies at the . He also wrote music for the , although the artistic council did not accept his music. He then created a radio studio for his school and would regularly visit

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and

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to observe theatrical and musical life. In 1979, Proskurnia met

Elena Kamburova Elena Antonovna Kamburova (russian: Елена Антоновна Камбурова; born July 11, 1940) is a Russian singer and actress. In addition to numerous solo albums, her voice is recorded in more than a hundred film soundtracks. She is a ...

, and began organizing her

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concerts two years later. He entered the

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and joined the in 1980. From 1985 to 1987, he was an intern at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater, sponsored by the

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. In 1990, he participated in the

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from communism. In 1993, he co-founded the

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. Throughout the 1990s, he collaborated with the International Renaissance Foundation and repeatedly met with its founder, George Soros. He served on the board of the at the

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ( NaUKMA) ( uk, Національний університет «Києво-Могилянська академія» (НаУКМА)) is a national, research university located in Kyiv, Ukraine. The ...

. In the 2000s, he participated in a number of international conferences, such as the International Association of Theatre Critics and Congresses of the

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and

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. In 2009, he served as General Director of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. In 2013 and 2014, he led a film project titled "", much of which was shot during

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. On 9 March 2014, the , his film ' was released. He directed an oratorio titled "God is with us". It was dedicated to those who died during Euromaidan and during the

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. It was displayed in on the 23rd anniversary of Ukrainian independence. In 2015, Proskurnia began directing holiday concerts on

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. For these events, he invited conductor

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, but some of his directorial decisions were heavily criticized. In 2016, his concert was dominated by Russian composers, which caused criticism of the . His decisions to play

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

and

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

were denounced. In 2017, he invited Russian opera singer

Maria Maksakova Jr. Maria Petrovna Maksakova Jr. (russian: link=no, Мария Петровна Максакова-младшая; born 24 July 1977) is a German-born Russian opera singer, a guest soloist with Bolshoi Theater (since 2003), soloist with Moscow's H ...

, which was criticized by critic . Serhiy Proskurnia died on 1 February 2021, at the age of 63.

References

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