Yevheniia Maksymivna Barvinska or Yevheniya Barvinsʼka (nee Liubovych, 1854–1913), was a Ukrainian pianist, choral conductor and singer (soprano), who promoted the music of Ukrainian composers.

Biography

Yevheniia Liubovych was born on 20 December 1854 in Lemburg,

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(today

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

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) to Maksymiliian Liubovych and Olena Studynska. She graduated from the Teachers' Institute, Lemburg, in 1874, and studied piano privately with

Karol Mikuli Karol Mikuli, often seen as Charles Mikuli ( hy, Կարոլ Միկուլի or Կարոլ Պստիկյան; 22 October 1821 – 21 May 1897) was a Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. His students included Moriz Rosenthal, Raoul Kocza ...

, the director of the Lemberg Conservatory. Her next music teacher, Fr. Amvrosii, was the

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priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

Amvrosii Krushelnytskyi, whose daughter, Solomiya Krushelnytska, was a friend and who gained international fame as a soprano. With Fr. Amvrosii, Yevheniia organized and conducted the men's and women's choirs in

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

(1882–1886). Yevheniia married the educator and politician

Oleksander Barvinsky Oleksander Barvinsky ( uk, Олександр Барвiнський ) (June 8, 1847 – December 25, 1926) was an important western Ukrainian cultural figure and politician, a founder of the Christian Social Movement in Ukraine, Christian Socia ...

(1847–1926) and they raised six children, Olha Bachynska (1874–1955), Bohdan Barvinskyi (1880–1958), Roman (1881–1947), Olena Savchuk (1883–1962),

Vasyl Barvinsky Vasyl Oleksandrovych Barvinsky ( uk, Василь Олександрович Барвінський) (20 February 1888 – 9 June 1963) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, musicologist, and music related social figure. Barvinsk ...

(1888–1963) and Oleksander Barvinskyi (1889–1957). Vasyl, whose first music teacher was Yevheniia, went on to become an accomplished composer later in life. In 1891, Yevheniia Barvinska became the conductor of the Lemburg choir of the Boyan Society through which she continued to promote the work of Ukrainian composers. Barvinska died on 20 December 1913 in Lemburg and was buried there in the family tomb in

Lychakiv Cemetery Lychakiv Cemetery ( uk, Личаківський цвинтар, translit=Lychakivs’kyi tsvyntar; pl, Cmentarz Łyczakowski we Lwowie), officially State History and Culture Museum-Preserve "Lychakiv Cemetery" ( uk, Державний істор ...

, field number three.

References

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