Volodymyr Kozhukhar is a Ukrainian

Ukrainians

Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

 conductor, born in Vinnytsia

Vinnytsia

Vinnytsia is a city located on the banks of the Southern Bug, in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast.-Names:...

. A graduate of the Lysenko music school

Lysenko music school

Lysenko music school is a private music school organized by Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko.-Bandura classes at Lysenko's Music School:In the Fall of 1908 the first bandura classes were organized at Mykola Lysenko's Music School....

, he began conducting the State Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in 1964. and became its Chief Conductor in 1967. He conducted the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theatre from 1973 to 1977, then became Chief Conductor of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre. In 1989, he became Chief Conductor of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kiev

Kiev

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. He taught at the Gnesin Music and Pedagogy Institute in Moscow

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 from 1978 to 1988, and has taught at the National Music Academy of Ukraine since 1993.