Oleksandr Shchetynsky

Virko Baley is an American composer, conductor, and pianist of Ukrainian origin, whose creative work is closely connected with the Ukrainian culture and history. Red Earth. Hunger was performed by the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine (conductor: Vitalii Protasov...

The time, when the Soviet official establishment refused to acknowledge his achievements, is now history. Today, the composer is often labeled a “living classic,” although such a pompous definition does not very well become this communicative and sympathetic man, full of new ideas and...