ARTISTIC AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITY OF BOHDAN DEREVIANKO: FROM THE HISTORY OF HUTSUL FOLK SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE CREATION AND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article considers the figure of the professor of the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy, a Honored Artist of Ukraine, a choral conductor, a composer Bohdan Derevianko (1942). It covers his artistic and artistic activities as a highly professional choral artist, who played an important role in the creative development of Hutsul Folk Song and Dance Ensemble. Sociopolitical, public, cultural and art environment, largely,influences on forming of personality, in particular artist. The qualities of an erudite musician, talented conductor and composer in the form of Bohdan Derevianko are closely intertwined. Over the years, the artist has developed his own unique performing style. Which contributed to the achievement of a high level of performance of those teams in which he worked tirelessly. Bohdan Derevianko (1942) is one of the XX-XXI centuries musicians in Western Ukraine. The personality of this artist is universal, who has achieved significant creative results through the assimilation of cultures and the diversity of vital functions. His fruitful work in the field of choral art is this evidence. Leading Hutsul Folk Song and Dance Ensemble for ten years (1970-1980), he established himself as a maestro and this it the period of his creative establishment and growth. And for this team it was a new level of performance reaching. The purpose of the article is to comprehend the creative activity and argue the practical achievements of Bohdan Derevianko in the context of an integrative approach. The research methodology consists in the application of historical and cultural, source and system method to highlight the creative activity of the artist in the choral genre, which revealed the stages of development and creative growth of Hutsul Folk Song and Dance Ensemble under the direction of Bohdan Derevianko.