Andriy Matviyevych Bobyr (13/12/1915-18/5/1994), People's Artist of Ukraine (1986).

Andriy Bobyr was born in the village of Nychyporivka, in the Kiev Governorate

Kiev Governorate

Kiev Governorate , or Government of Kiev, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire.The governorate was established in 1708 along with seven other governorates and was transformed into a viceroyalty in 1781...

 of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

.

He was known as a bandurist

Bandurist

A bandurist is a person who plays the Ukrainian plucked string instrument known as the bandura.-Types of performers:There are a number of different types of bandurist who differ in their paricular choice of instrument, the specific repertoire they play and manner in which they approach their...

, teacher and conductor. In 1931 he completed his studies at the Kiev Music Tekhnikum, and in 1947 the conservatory (class of Hryhory Veriovka). In 1951 he completed post graduate studies.

In 1936 he became a member of the Radio Bandurist Capella and later its director.

During WWII he became a fighter pilot. In 1946 he returned to Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

 to direct the Radio Bandurist Capella. In 1965 the Capella was transformed into the Orchestra of Ukrainian Folk instruments of the Ukrainian Television and Radio.

Bobyr was teacher of bandura at the Kiev Conservatory

Kiev Conservatory

The Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music education. Its courses include postgraduate education.-History:...

 from 1938-41, and from 1949-79.

His repertoire included numerous dumy

Duma (epic)

A Duma is a sung epic poem which originated in Ukraine during the Hetmanate Era in the sixteenth century...

(sung epic poems):

• Marusia Bohuslavka
• The three brothers from Oziv
• About the widow and her three sons.

Students

Mykola Hvozd', Serhiy Bashtan

Serhiy Bashtan

Serhiy Vasylievych Bashtan is a professor of Bandura at the Kiev ConservatoryBashtan was born in the village of Novi Birochky, now Velykyj Khutir, Cherkasy Oblast....

, Vasyl' Herasymenko, N. Moskvina, Andriy Omelchenko

Andriy Omelchenko

Andriy Fedorovych Omelchenko-Biography:Omelchenko initially began to play bandura from Makar Osadchyj in Dniprodzherzhinsk and joined the bandura capella there...

, Victor Kukhta, V. Lobko, Yuri Demchuk, Mykola Nechyporenko, Volodymyr Voyt

Sources

• Kudrytsky, A. V. - Mystetsvo Ukrainy - Biohrafichnyj dovidnyk, K, 1997
• Hvozd', M - Banduryst Andriy Bobyr - NTE 1994 #5-6 p. 89-90
• Kyrdan, B - Omelchenko, A - Narodni spivtsi-muzykanty na Ukraini - Kiev, 1980
• Nemyrovych, Ivan - Vziav by ia banduru - Kiev, 1986
• Chonohuz, Yaroslav - Z Pal'tsiv ta strun ... - Ukrajins'ka Kul'tura #2. 1996
• Zheplynsky, B. - Korotka istoriya kobzarstva v Ukrayini - Lviv, 2000