GENRE REORIENTATION OF UKRAINIAN COMPOSERS' CREATIVITY IN CONDITIONS OF FULL-SCALE WAR

Abstract

The article examines the process of genre reorientation in Ukrainian composers' creativity, which took place after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The purpose of the work is to identify and systematize genre shifts in academic composer practice of the war period, analyze new genre models and determine their functional characteristics based on the work of specific authors. The works of O. Bezborodko, V. Polyova, S. Lunyov, R. Hryhoriv, Z. Almasha, Vs. Sirenko, M. Kolomiets and other composers whose work testifies to the formation of new genre strategies in response to the existential challenge of war are considered. The research methodology combines genre-typological, functional and contextual methods of analyzing musical works, which allows us to consider genre dynamics in relation to socio-cultural conditions. It has been established that the full-scale war caused a significant restructuring of the genre hierarchy in Ukrainian academic music. Memorial, commemorative and documentary genres gained priority, replacing abstract instrumental forms. The four genre vectors identified (memorial-requiem, heroic-symphonic, electroacoustic-documentary and performativeritual) reflect different aspects of social need: from honoring the dead and ritualizing grief to heroic self-affirmation, documentary testimony and symbolic resistance. Each of these vectors demonstrates specific genre strategies that combine traditional academic forms with new means of expression caused by extreme conditions. Genre reorientation testifies to the transformation of the function of academic music from aesthetic autonomy to active participation in the processes of forming collective memory and cultural resistance