WORKS BY UKRAINIAN COMPOSERS IN THE CONCERT AND PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES OF DIASPORA PIANISTS IN THE UNITED STATES (SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY)

Abstract

The works of Ukrainian composers occupy a prominent place in the extensive palette of the concert repertoire of pianists of the North American diaspora of the second half of the twentieth century. This is evidenced by numerous concert programs with the participation of leading Ukrainian artists of the diaspora that have been preserved. Through their fruitful work, they joined the cohort of propagandists of Ukrainian Musical Art in the multicultural space. Striving to preserve and reproduce the national cultural heritage, Ukrainian pianists sought to acquaint the world with the musical traditions of their nation, by organizing various artistic events, which also contributed to the entry of Ukrainian culture into the world art space. It is worth mentioning that to present these works on the concert stage, Ukrainian pianists had to have the strongest technical commands, which they acquired through a thorough education and rich concert and performance practice. This knowledge and practice helped them to best convey the ideas of various composers. The most prominent interpreters and representatives of the diaspora were: Mykola Polevsky, Borys Maksymovych, Roman Savytsky, Daryia Gordynska-Karanovych, Vadym Kipa, Taisiya Bogdanska, Yevhen Maslyuk, Toma Hrynkiv, Roman Rudnytsky, Maria Tsisyk, Yuliana Osinchuk, Larysa Krupa, Iryna Pelekh-Zvarych, Iryna Kondra, Bohdan Perfetsky, Lubomyr Hornytsky, Khrystyna Chvartatska, Marta Tsybyk, Klavdiya Gotsa, Bohdan Sperkach, Oksana Lutsyshyn, and many other pianists-performers. Their works allow us to analyze the whole palette of creative life in the diaspora, especially concert performances and characteristic features of selected Ukrainian repertoire.