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Heorhiy Ilarionovych Maiboroda, sometimes transliterated as Georgiy or Heorhy Maiboroda or Mayboroda (Ukrainian: Георгій Іларіонович Майборода; 1 December [O.S. 18 November] 1913 – 6 December 1992), was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1960).
Maiboroda, whose brother Platon Maiboroda was also a composer (mainly of songs), studied at the Glière College of Music in Kyiv, where he studied under Levko Revutsky, graduating in 1941 and teaching there from 1952 to 1958. From 1967 to 1968 he was head of the Composers Union of Ukraine.His musical career was based in Ukraine, and he set several operas to Ukrainian librettos, including Yaroslav the Wise (1973, published 1975), Arsenal (published 1961), Mylana (published 1960), and Taras Shevchenko (1964, published 1968; based on the life of the Ukrainian artist and poet of that name), all of which were produced at the Kyiv Opera House. He also prepared a performing edition of Semen Hulak-Artemovsky's opera, Zaporozhets za Dunayem.
Amongst other works, Maiboroda wrote a suite of incidental music to Shakespeare's King Lear, three symphonies, two piano concertos and a violin concerto, as well as numerous songs and romances.In 1963 he was awarded a Shevchenko National Prize for his work by the Ukrainian SSR.
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GenderMale
Birthday1913-12-01
Deathday1992-12-06 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceKremenchuk, Ukraine
ChildrenRoman Maiboroda
SiblingsPlaton Maiboroda
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Ukraine, Russian Empire
Also Known AsГеоргій Майборода, Georgiy Mayboroda
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Liberation of Prague", Order of Lenin, Shevchenko National Prize, Medal for Battle Merit, Medal "For Battle Merit", Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev", Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv", Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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