Vitaliy Hubarenko

Vitaliy Hubarenko studied at Kharkov Musical School. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. The field of work recorded is music, opera and ballet. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Kharkiv National University of Arts. Distinctions recorded are People's Artist of Ukraine, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine and Shevchenko National Prize.

• Name — Vitaliy Serhiyovych Hubarenko • Born — 13 June 1934 • Birthplace — Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union • Died — 5 April 2000 • Place of death — Kyiv, Ukraine • Occupation — Composer • Genre — Classical • Instrument — Singing

Born in Kharkiv, he graduated from the Kharkiv Conservatory in 1960, where he had studied under Dmitri Klebanov. He was awarded the Ostrovsky Prize in 1967, and the Taras Shevchenko Prize in 1984. His first opera, Zahybel’ eskadry (‘The Destruction of the Squadron’) (1966) brought him to public attention. His compositions include operas (of which he wrote many including in 1980 the opera-ballet Viy, Reborn May (1974), The Reluctant Matchmaker (1985), and Remember, My Brotherhood, described as an opera-oratorio (1990–91)), film music, and Pys’ma lyubvi (Letters to love) (1972), a cycle of four monologues for soprano and chamber ensemble. Hubarenko died in Kyiv at age 65.