PERSONS
Alexander Krukovsky
Kapela's Principal Conductor.
General Director, Merited Artist of Ukraine.
Date of birth: July 1, 1957 in Kyiv.
Education: The Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music.
In 2016, after winning the competition, Alexander Krukovsky became CEO of the Revutsky Male Choir Kapela. Since then, a new powerful period of artistic rise of the team began.
Thanks to his creative approach, as a manager, on the one hand, and a talented musician with rich experience, on the other hand, original musical ideas are realized, for new projects and programs, interesting musical material is selected, where different genres of musical art are skillfully combined. modern executive means are used.
Then for today the performances of the Revutsky Male Choir Kapela - not just wonderful concerts, but real musical and theatrical productions.
Volodymyr Kurach
Kapela's Principal Conductor.
National Artist of Ukraine
Date of birth: September 6, 1958 in Zolochiv (Lviv region).
Education: The Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music.
Since 1985 works as a conductor of The National Academic Choral Capella “Dumka”.
Since 1990 works as a conductor of Revutsky Academic Male Capella.
Professor of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
Under the direction of Volodymyr, a huge ammount of choral pieces and concert programs
were prepared to perform (of such composers as Hendel, Motzart, Stravinsky, Bortniansky,
Berezovsky, Vedel, Shostakovich, Cherubini, Beethoven, Leontovich, Lysenko, Stetsenko,
Kozak, Dychko, Stankovich etc.)
Kapela has released 18 CDs and had concert tours all over Europe.
Volodymyr takes active part in annual New Year and Christmas concerts of the Kapela
in National Philharmonic of Ukraine.
Arthur Smirnov
Kapela's Conductor.
Date of birth: April 3, 1995 in Volyn.
Education: The Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music.
From September 2018 to the present day he works as a conductor of the Revutsky Male Choir Kapela.
Artur Smirnov is the winner of the All-Ukrainian competition of choral conductors named after D. Bortnyansky in the nomination "for prayerful performance".
Laureate of the 1st prize of the competition of conductors of the XIV All-Ukrainian Music Olympiad "Voice of the Country" named after E. Stankovich.
In 2019 he won first place in the All-Ukrainian competition of young conductors M. Kolessa.
Valentyna Ivanenko
Kapela's Soprano-Soloist.
Merited Artist of Ukraine.
Date of birth: 1962 March 7 in Shevchenkove, Cherkasy region.
Education: The Art Institute of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University.
Started the artistic way from The National Academic Choral Capella “Dumka”. In 1993 was awarded 1st grant of International festival "Golden Autumn".
Victor Hrytsyshyn
Music director, arranger (from 1997).
Date of birth: 1955 January 11 in Kryvyi Rih.
Education: 1977 Kryvyi Rih National University.
Amoung creative achievements of Victor - many striking musical pieces
for male choir and canonical poetic texts, arrangements for chants of the church
and ukrainian folk songs.
