18 Notable alumni of
Kharkiv National University of Arts
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The Kharkiv National University of Arts is 1535th in the world, 531st in Europe, and 23rd in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from the Kharkiv National University of Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Leonid Bykov
- Enrolled in the Kharkiv National University of Arts
- Studied in 1951
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directoractor
- Biography
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Leonid Fedorovich Bykov was a Soviet actor, film director, and script writer. He received the "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" title in 1965 and the "People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR" title in 1974.
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Aleksei Petrenko
- Enrolled in the Kharkiv National University of Arts
- Studied in 1961
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Aleksei Vasilyevich Petrenko was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. He played Grigori Rasputin in Elem Klimov's historical drama Agony and Joseph Stalin in the BBC Two documentary World War II: Behind Closed Doors.
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Serhii Babkin
- Occupations
- composeractorpoetsingermusician
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Serhii Mykolaiovych Babkin is a Ukrainian singer and actor who became the lead singer of the 5'nizza music band, the coach of the Holos Krainy (VII and VIII seasons), and the participant in the Tantsi z zirkamy (V season).
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Isaak Dunayevsky
- Occupations
- film score composercomposerconductormusic educator
- Biography
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Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigori Aleksandrov.
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Vadim Mulerman
- Occupations
- singeractor
- Biography
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Vadim Iosifovich Mulerman was a Soviet, Ukrainian and American singer (baritone).
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Andriy Tsaplienko
- Occupations
- screenwritertelevision journalistwritertelevision presenterdocumentary filmmaker
- Biography
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Andriy Yuriyovych Tsaplienko is a Ukrainian journalist, presenter, filmmaker and writer.
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Sergei Skripka
- Occupations
- music educatorconductor
- Biography
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Sergei Ivanovich Skripka is a Soviet and Ukrainian conductor, and a People's Artist of Russia, conductor of the State Symphony Cinema Orchestra.
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Olga Lezhneva
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Olga Mykolaivna Lezhneva is a film, and television actress.
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Marko Topchii
- Occupations
- guitaristclassical guitarist
- Biography
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Marko Topchii is a classical guitarist from Ukraine. Topchii has won more than 100 awards worldwide in the international classical guitar competitions in the professional category. Among them, 55 first places in the competitions in the United States, Mexico, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Ukraine.
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Dmytro Klebanov
- Occupations
- composermusic educatorconductor
- Biography
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Dmytro Lvovych Klebanov was a Soviet-era Ukrainian composer. He studied violin and composition at the Kharkiv Institute of Music and Drama. He was a professor at the Kharkiv Conservatory from 1960.
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Oleksandr Shchetynsky
- Occupations
- music educatorcomposer
- Biography
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Alexander Shchetynsky is a Ukrainian composer. Born on 22 June 1960 in Kharkiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. His work list includes compositions in various forms ranging from solo instrumental to orchestral, choral pieces and operas.
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Aleksandr Davidenko
- Enrolled in the Kharkiv National University of Arts
- Studied in 1921-1922
- Occupations
- composermusic publicistmusic educatorchoir director
- Biography
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Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko was a Soviet composer.
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Yuri Shcherbinin
- Occupations
- musicologistphoto artistpedagogue
- Biography
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Yuri Leonidovich Shcherbinin, also known as Yury Sctherbinin (May 30, 1941 – November 17, 2019), was a Soviet-born Ukrainian musicologist, curator, educator, and photographer. In 2014, he founded the Treasures of Musical Kharkiv Museum; it was renamed in Shcherbinin's honor in 2020. He was also an active Wikipedian and Wikimedian.
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Mykhailo Urytskyi
- Occupations
- theatrical director
- Biography
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Mykhailo Urytskyi is a Ukrainian puppet theater director, and a teacher at The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
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Valentyn Borysov
- Occupations
- composermusic educatormusic publicist
- Biography
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Valentyn Tykhonovych Borysov was a Ukrainian composer. Borysov was born in Bohodukhiv and, in 1927, graduated from the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts.
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Valentyna Arkanova
- Enrolled in the Kharkiv National University of Arts
- Studied in 1957
- Occupations
- university teachersingermusic educator
- Biography
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Valentyna Fyodorovna Arkanova was a Soviet and Ukrainian singer, coloratura soprano, and teacher. In 1968, she was awarded People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. She was awarded the Order of Princess Olga.
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Dmytro Ostapenko
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Dmytro Ivanovych Ostapenko is a Ukrainian conductor and politician who is currently director of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. He is also a former Minister of Culture of Ukraine, having served from 1995 to 1999.
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Bilotserkovskiy Valentyn Mykhailovych
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Valentyn Mykhailovych Bilotserkovskiy is a Ukrainian violinist.
