Nina Matviienko
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nina Mytrofanivna Matviienko Ukrainian: Матвієнко Ніна |
| Born | October 10, 1947 Nedilyshche, Yemilchyne Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, (now Ukraine) |
| Died | October 8, 2023 (aged 75) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Genres | Folk, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1968-2023 |
Nina Mytrofanivna Matviienko (Ukrainian: Ніна Митрофанівна Матвієнко; 10 October 1947 – 8 October 2023) was a Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine.
Life and career[edit]
Matviienko was born on 10 October 1947 in village of Nedilyshche, Yemilchyne Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast at the time in the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union (today Ukraine).[1] She was the fifth of eleven siblings, her mother was Antonina Ilkivna and father, Mytrofan Ustynovych. She began at a local residential school, then worked as a copyist and then a crane-operator's assistant.[2] She completed her studies in Ukrainian philology at the Kyiv University in 1975. She had previously entered the vocal studio of the Ukrainian State Folk Choir named after Hryhory Veriovka in 1968, before becoming a soloist.[3] She married Petro Honchar and had three children: Ivan, who later joined a monastery, Andriy and Antonina; she later divorced him.[citation needed]
In 1988 she received the Shevchenko National Prize, a Ukrainian State prize named after Taras Shevchenko,[2] and also acted in Yuri Ilyenko's Ukraine war drama film Solomennye Kolokola.[4]
Her repertoire includes numerous Ukrainian folk songs. Nina is the first performer of works by the composers Yevhen Stankovych, Myroslav Skoryk, Iryna Kyrylina, Hanna Havrylets and many others. She has performed on television in numerous films and on radio.[5]
From 1966 to 1991, Matviienko was a soloist of the Ukrainian State Folk Choir. From 1968 a member of the folk trio "Zoloti kliuchi". In recent times she has been performing with the Kyiv Camerata orchestra, and the Kostyantyn Chechenya Early Music Ensemble.[5]
Matviienko performed in Mexico, Canada, the United States, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Finland, Korea, France, Latin America. She has numerous recordings of Ukrainian folk songs.[6] Her life and philosophy of female equality was inspiration for singer, Yuliana Prado.[7] In 2009, she published a book (of about 250 folk songs), about her life and career, and her love of the 'soul music' of her native land. In reviewing her work, the academic Mykola Zhulynsky from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature described Matviienko as someone who 'lives by songs and relishes in the song-making process, in her affinity with the song, opening for it her own soul and for the soul of the Ukrainian people after the shadows of servitude.'[8]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, her performance of Yevhen Stankovych’s opera-ballet When the Fern Blooms, which had originally premiered in 2017 after a ban during the Soviet era, was live-streamed by the Lviv National Opera was re-released online.[9]
Nina Matviienko died on 8 October 2023, at the age of 75.[10]
Awards[edit]
- 1988 Taras Shevchenko Prize of Ukraine[2]
- 1996 International M. A. Kasyan Prize Fund – Order of Mykola Chudotvorets[5]
- 1997 Ukraine Order of Princess Olga, third class
- 2017 Person of the Year[11]
Discography[edit]
- Nina Matviienko: Kolyskova zori. (Lullaby to a evening-glow)
- Nina Matviienko: Molytva (Prayer)
- Nina Matviienko: Osin', tkak myla. Golden Collection. (Autumn, So Nice)[1]
- Ancient Music Ensemble of Kostjantin Chechenja, Nina Matviienko. Vsyakomu Horodu Nrav i Prava. (Every City to Have Its Habits and Laws)
and Nina Matviienko: recording for World Folk Vision 2020 [2]
and Nina Matviienko book 'Oi, vyoriu nyvku shyrokuiu (I’ll Plow a Broad Furrow)'[12][8]
References[edit]
- ^ Struk, Danylo Husar (15 December 1993). Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volume III: L-Pf. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-5125-8.
- ^ a b c "SINGER NINA MATVIENKO: BIOGRAPHY, CREATIVITY AND PERSONAL LIFE".
- ^ "Events and Anniversaries 2017". Halifax Ukrainians. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Nina Matvienko | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Nina Matvienko // www.UMKA.com.ua". UMKA. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ Evans, Andrew (2010). Ukraine, 3rd. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-84162-311-5.
- ^ "Nina Matvienko inspired Yuliana Prado for new achievements! - Yuliana Prado – oficial site". yulianaprado.com. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ a b Markiv, Mikhailo (15 September 2009). "Nina Matvienko's book Entitled Oi, vyoriu nyvku shyrokuiu (I'll Plow a Broad Furrow), it opens the treasure trove of Ukrainian culture".
- ^ "Our Opera of the Week is streamed from Lviv, Ukraine - available now". Slipped Disc. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Умерла Нина Матвиенко". Unian. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Nina MATVIENKO". Person of the Year. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Nina Matvienko's book". «Антидот» і «детокс» від «Дня». Retrieved 1 March 2022.
External links[edit]
- Nina Matviienko discography at Discogs
| International | |
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| National | |
| Other | |
- 1947 births
- 2023 deaths
- People from Zhytomyr Oblast
- 21st-century Ukrainian women singers
- Ukrainian folk singers
- Recipients of the title of Hero of Ukraine
- Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni
- 20th-century Ukrainian women singers
- Ukrainian women singers
- Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine