Kostyantyn Starovytskyy
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Kostyantyn Starovytskyy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 October 1982 Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 4 April 2023 (aged 40) Donetsk region, Ukraine |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, musician |
| Instruments | Bassoon |
Kostyantyn Starovytskyy (call sign 'Maestro', 30 October 1982 – 4 April 2023) was a Ukrainian conductor and musician. He served in the Ukrainian military during Russo-Ukrainian War.
Education and career[edit]
Born in Kherson on 30 October 1982, Starovytskyi graduated from the National Academy of Music of Ukraine as a bassoonist and later pursued studies in conducting under the tutelage of Volodymyr Kozhuhar.
Kostyantyn Starovytskyy conducted a number of operas on Kyiv stages, such as Gaetano Donizetti's 'Rita' in 2016 in Kyiv Opera Theatre, which received four nominations for the 'Kyiv Pectoral' theatre award.[1]
Along with the young directors, he staged 'Don Pasquale' in 2019, Gian Carlo Menotti's 'Medium' in 2018, and Giacomo Puccini's 'Gianni Scicchi' in 2019, all on the stage of National Musical Academy's Opera Studio.
Starovytskyy also conducted lots of operas on the stage of National Musical Academy's Opera Studio, such as by G. Verdi ('La Traviata'), S. Rachmaninov's ('Aleko'), S. Gulak-Artemovskyi's ('Zaporozhets za Dunayem'); 'On Sunday morning...' by V. Kyreyko.
From 2013, he served as a guest conductor of the Kyiv Opera and the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra. Starovytskyy took part in musical festivals and competitions. In 2011 he won the 1st place at the IIIrd Ukrainian Conductor's Festival 'Musical Tavria' in Kherson. He also participated in such festivals as theatre festival 'Joyfest' (Kyiv, 2016), Ukrainian musical festival 'Smalta' (2018), Music Art Project (Kyiv National Operetta Theatre, 2020).
In 2018, he was appointed the chief conductor of the chamber opera festival 'Opera Weekend' in Kyiv (Mala Opera stage).
Military service[edit]
Despite his successful music career, Starovytskyi felt compelled to serve his country in the face of Russian aggression.[2] He served as a senior rifleman of the guard company branch of the Brovary district territorial centre and continued to serve in the ranks of the Armed Forces until his death.
At the time of his death, he held the position of senior driver of the engineering company of the 58th Konotop Brigade.
Death[edit]
In an official statement, Ukraine's National Academic Brass Orchestra, where Starovytskyy worked as a musician, said,
'Today the orchestra suffered an irreparable loss. Our colleague Kostyantyn Starovytskyy was killed while defending us, defending the entire Ukraine, on the Kramatorsk front.”[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "A Ukrainian bassoonist and opera conductor is killed on the front lines". www.nytimes.com/.
- ↑ Nevmerzhytskyi, Stas (7 April 2023). "Russians killed the talented Ukrainian conductor Kostiantyn Starovytskyi". The Claquers. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ↑ Salazar, Francisco (2023-04-06). "Obituary: Ukrainian Conductor Kostiantyn Starovytskyi Killed in War". OperaWire. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
Sources[edit]
- Kostiantyn Starovytskyi, chef d'orchestre ukrainien, a été tué sur le front Radio France
- Kyiv Opera’s conductor laid to rest after being killed in action TVP World
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