The Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk was born in 1938 in Lviv. In 1947, he and his parents were deported to Siberia, and not permitted to return until 1955. He then studied composition at the Lviv conservatory with S. Liudkevych, P. Simovych and A. Soltys. Between 1960 and 1964, he studied for his master's degree at the Moscow Conservatory with the celebrated D. Kabalevsky. Upon graduation in 1964, he joined the faculty of the Lviv Conservatory and later, also the Kiev Conservatory (1967). Despite his young age, Skoryk became one of the most significant professors of composition. His students include such prominent composers as: Stankovych, Karabytz, Kyva, llyin, Shumeiko, Vereshchahin, Zubytsky, Stepurko, Havrylets, and Lithuanian Balakauskas. Also noted as a musicologist specializing in contemporary music, Skoryk has written two books: The Modal System of Prokofoff and The Structural Aspects of Chords in 20th-century Music, as well as numerous articles.

Besides teaching and composition, Skoryk devotes time to the preservation and revival of the Ukrainian musical heritage from the 16th through 20th centuries, and holds amusic festival in Lviv every spring to promote Ukrainian music. Active in the Ukrainian composer's Union since 1968, he is currently the head of the Lviv branch. Skoryk is a laureate of Ukraine's Shevchenko Prize and holds the titie "People's Artist of Ukraine."

Myroslav Skoryk's music is unique, innovative, and contemporary in spirit, yet in harmony with traditional Ukrainian folk elements. His work is tightly knit with folklore, yet he seldom quotes folk themes; He strives towards an organic, natural synthesis of fblkloric intonations through modern means of expression. Skoryk's works fail into the mainstream of contemporary music. He is the author of a large body of stage, vocal-symphonic, symphonic, chamber and solo works. His Carpathian Concerto won first prize at the 1991 Kiev Composition Competition and Festival. Among his most popular compositions are the Hutsul Triptych, based on well-known film score Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, CeBo Concerto, Sonatas for Violin and piano Nos. 1 and 2, Partita No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra, Partita No. 3 for String Quartet, Partita No. 5 for Piano, and the lyrical Melodia for String Quartet: His works are performed regularly throughout Ukraine, in Europe and North America. In addition, he wrote the scores for 40 films, (in-ciudingS/»4ows of Forgotten Ancestors,) and for 30 stage productions. Musically multi-faceted, he Besides teaching and cpmppsition.enjoys jazz and popular music, and wrote such songs as "NamaJiuj meni nitch" and "Ne topchif konvalij".

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