People's Artist of Ukraine

People's Artist of Ukraine

Award of Ukrainian SSR / Ukraine
Type	Order of merit - Honorific title
Established	1922^[1]

Soviet medal

People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.).

Established in 1922 during Soviet times, it was technically called People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (Народний артист УРСР). With the establishment of independent Ukraine, this tradition was kept and the title was renamed as People's Artist of Ukraine (Народний артист України).

Its recipients include many of the most highly acclaimed composers, dancers, singers, musicians, film and theatre directors, actors, circus performers, etc.

During Soviet times, a person was usually named People's Artist only after reaching the age of 40. Exceptions were made for ballet artists.

In 2005 the vocalist of the Ukrainian band Vopli Vidplyasova Oleh Skrypka refused to accept the title.

There also is another honorary title, the Distinguished Artist of Ukraine («Заслужений артист України»), which is considered less important. Typically, the People's Artist award is given at least 10 years after one has earned the Distinguished Artist of Ukraine award.^[2]

List of selected recipients

People's Painter of Ukraine

Theatre, cinema

Just some of those awarded the honorary title in the fields of cinema and theatre are:

Volodymyr Bortko — film director, screenwriter, actor, producer
Borislav Brondukov — actor
Mykola Hrynko — actor
Kirill Lavrov - actor
Viktor Stepanov — Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian actor
Oleh Fialko — Ukrainian film director and screenwriter
Yuri Ilyenko — Soviet and Ukrainian film director and screenwriter^[3]

Dance

Some of those awarded the honorary title in the field of dance are:

Tatiana Stepanova^[4] – Prima Ballerina
German Isupov – Choreographer and Ballet Master

Music

Some of those awarded the honorary title in the field of music are:

Ani Lorak- pop singer
Anatoliy Avdiyevsky - conductor
Serhiy Bashtan - (1995) bandurist
Oleksandr Bilash - composer
Ihor Bilozir - compositor, pop singer
Oksana Bilozir - pop singer
Andriy Bobyr - bandurist
Viktor Hutsal - conductor
Ivan Kuchuhura Kucherenko - (1918) and (1925) kobzar
Nina Matviyenko - folk singer
Yuliy Meitus — composer
Ruslana - pop singer, Eurovision Song Contest winner
Sofia Rotaru — pop-singer, actress (alto)
Volodymyr Yesypok - 2007 - bandurist
Taras Petrynenko (1999)
Jamala (2016) - singer, song writer, the winner of Eurovision 2016 ^[5]

Foreigners

Philipp Kirkorov - 2008 - singer
Nikolay Baskov — opera and pop-singer (tenor)
Sargis Paradzhanov — Soviet, Ukrainian, Armenian and Georgian film director and screenwriter.
Mikhail Zhvanetsky — writer of comic sketches, among other things
Hobart Earle - 2013 - American, long-time maestro of the Odessa Philharmonic

References

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