Myroslav Skoryk's music is the genetic code of Ukrainians. What astonishing prophecy did he make in his opera Moses? Part II
Life | | 358 | Author: Natalia Merkulova

Collage by Olena Zelenina.
July 13 is Myroslav Skoryk's birthday. He would have turned 87 years old.
Hero of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, professor, academician of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine.
However, he considered himself primarily a composer.
His creative heritage includes more than 300 works. The unique thing is that he worked in almost all musical genres that exist: opera, ballet, concert, chamber, song and choral, in the spiritual and pop-jazz realms, in the plane of music for theater and film music, transcriptions of world classics.
His music is the genetic code of Ukrainians.
He was inspired to create world-class music with a unique Ukrainian flavor, the spirit of freedom and the desire for liberty.
Myroslav Skoryk is called a genius of our time. What was he like among his friends and colleagues, as a person and an artist?
This is the subject of an interview with Liubov Kyianovska, a Ukrainian musicologist, Doctor of Arts, professor, author of three books about Myroslav Skoryk, with whom she had a long-standing friendship for many years.
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