Volodymyr Kabachok
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Volodymyr Andryievych Kabachok (July 15, 1892-June 15, 1957) was a bandura
player in the Ukraine
.
until 1907 when he entered the Poltava music college.
Kabachok continued his music education at the Moscow conservatory
(1913–17). He did not complete the last year of this studies because of the outbreak of WWI. After the war he returned to Poltava where he conducted numerous choirs.
In 1925 he was one of the main proponents in establishing the Poltava Bandurist Capella
, which he directed from its inception until January 1934. In January that year, he was arrested and incarcerated for three months. He did not return back to the Capella
On release he moved to Leningrad where he was able to establish himself at the Gorky Drama Theatre where he directed a Ukrainian ethnographic choir. This ethnographic choir later was transformed into a bandurist capella modelled on the Poltava Bandurist Capella and playing on Kharkiv-style banduras.
After a performance of the Kiev Bandurist Capella
in Leningrad
in 1937, he was arrested once again and this time was sentenced to 10 years' hard labour in the Kolyma
work camps in the Far East. It was incorrectly reported that he died in Kolyma.
In 1943-44 he was released, and worked for a short time as a soloist in the Tashkent Philharmonia. There he also became the leader of the orchestral group of the Veriovka Folk Choir.
He returned to Kiev
in 1945 where he began to teach bandura at the Kiev music college named after R. Gliere and later became professor of bandura at the Kiev Conservatory
. During his 12 years of teaching he training some 40 bandurists.
His most successful students and artistic accomplishment was the establishment of the female bandura trio ensemble.
Kabachok is also known for his handbook for the bandura published post-humorously in 1958 . This textbook was apparently co-authored with Yevhen Yutsevych because it would have been difficult for a convicted political prisoner to have such a publication.
E. Pylypenko-Mroniuk, V. Parkhomenko, Yu. Hamova
Viktor Kukhta,
Serhiy Bashtan
,
A. Hrytsaj,
V. Lapshyn,
Bokovyj, Yulij Ivanovych
Poklad, Maria Nykyforivna
Bandura
Bandura refers to a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument. It combines elements of a box zither and lute, as well as its lute-like predecessor, the kobza...
player in the Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.
Biography
Born in the village of Petrivka, in the Poltava region, Kabachok became a singer in the Archbishop's choir in PoltavaPoltava
Poltava is a city in located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast , as well as the surrounding Poltava Raion of the oblast. Poltava's estimated population is 298,652 ....
until 1907 when he entered the Poltava music college.
Kabachok continued his music education at the Moscow conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
(1913–17). He did not complete the last year of this studies because of the outbreak of WWI. After the war he returned to Poltava where he conducted numerous choirs.
In 1925 he was one of the main proponents in establishing the Poltava Bandurist Capella
Poltava Bandurist Capella
The Poltava Bandurist Capella was vocal-instrumental ensemble who accompanied themselves on the multi-stringed Ukrainian bandura. It was initially established in February 1925, based on a male church choir who sang in the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Cathedral in Poltava under the direction of...
, which he directed from its inception until January 1934. In January that year, he was arrested and incarcerated for three months. He did not return back to the Capella
On release he moved to Leningrad where he was able to establish himself at the Gorky Drama Theatre where he directed a Ukrainian ethnographic choir. This ethnographic choir later was transformed into a bandurist capella modelled on the Poltava Bandurist Capella and playing on Kharkiv-style banduras.
After a performance of the Kiev Bandurist Capella
Kiev Bandurist Capella
The Kiev Bandurist Capella is a male vocal-instrumental ensemble that accompanies its singing with the playing of the multi-stringed Ukrainian folk instrument known as the bandura....
in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
in 1937, he was arrested once again and this time was sentenced to 10 years' hard labour in the Kolyma
Kolyma
The Kolyma region is located in the far north-eastern area of Russia in what is commonly known as Siberia but is actually part of the Russian Far East. It is bounded by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean in the north and the Sea of Okhotsk to the south...
work camps in the Far East. It was incorrectly reported that he died in Kolyma.
In 1943-44 he was released, and worked for a short time as a soloist in the Tashkent Philharmonia. There he also became the leader of the orchestral group of the Veriovka Folk Choir.
He returned to Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
in 1945 where he began to teach bandura at the Kiev music college named after R. Gliere and later became professor of bandura at the Kiev Conservatory
Kiev Conservatory
The Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include postgraduate education.-History:...
. During his 12 years of teaching he training some 40 bandurists.
His most successful students and artistic accomplishment was the establishment of the female bandura trio ensemble.
Kabachok is also known for his handbook for the bandura published post-humorously in 1958 . This textbook was apparently co-authored with Yevhen Yutsevych because it would have been difficult for a convicted political prisoner to have such a publication.
Students
Tamara Polishchuk, Valentyna Tretiakova, Nina PavlenkoE. Pylypenko-Mroniuk, V. Parkhomenko, Yu. Hamova
Viktor Kukhta,
Serhiy Bashtan
Serhiy Bashtan
Serhiy Vasylievych Bashtan is a professor of Bandura at the Kiev ConservatoryBashtan was born in the village of Novi Birochky, now Velykyj Khutir, Cherkasy Oblast....
,
A. Hrytsaj,
V. Lapshyn,
Bokovyj, Yulij Ivanovych
Poklad, Maria Nykyforivna
Sources
- Bashtan, S. - Banduryste, orle syzyj ... - "Literaturna Ukraina" 1992, July 23 p 8
- Kabachok, Mykola - Spohady pro bat'ka - "Rodovid" #6, 1993
- Kudrytsky, A. V. - Mystetsvo Ukrainy - "Biohrafichnyj dovidnyk", Kiev, 1997
- Cheremsky, Kost' - Povernennia tradytsiyi - Kharkiv, 1999
- Kyrdan, B. - Omelchenko, A. - Narodni spivtsi-muzykanty na Ukraini - Kiev, 1980
- Zheplynsky, B. - Kobzari banduristy - Lviv 1999