Creative Personality of Valerii Matiukhin: to 45-th Anniversary of «Kyiv Camerata» Creation

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to obtain information about the history of «Kyiv Camerata» and Valerii Matiukhin ‒an outstanding Ukrainian pianist, musical and public figure, as well as a conductor, artistic director and general director of this band. The research methodology is based on historical-biographical and historical-cultural methods. The scientific novelty of the proposed article lies in the fact that most of the given information is provided directly «from the first mouth» and for the first time. This mainly concerns to certain episodes of V. Matiukhin’s biography, related to his school and student years, teachers, views on the performance of modern music and the art of conducting. The article is written in a rather atypical format for a scientific presentation, which is based on the direct speech of the main character. His speech is prepared or supplemented by appropriate explanations of the author of the article, made post factum. This is explained by the fact that the author of the article has been working in this band for more than two decades (since April 2001) and knows it, as they say, «from the inside». But since music is, after all, a non-verbal art, that «speaks for itself», over the years quite a lot of questions have been accumulated regarding the history of the orchestra in general and the creative path of V. Matiukhin in particular ‒ questions that have not yet been clarified in musicology. Therefore, on the occasion of the specified anniversary date, we decided to talk with Valerii Oleksandrovych and bring this conversation to the general public Conclusions. The conducted research confirms that V. Matiukhin has a great deal of credit for the success of the «Kyiv Camerata». Most of the band’s prospects appeared due to the magnetism of his personality, based again on deep knowledge and understanding of the essence of his profession, high internal culture and great modesty. That is why, in the process of communication with the Maestro, we once again became convinced that the study of the activities of an outstanding band must begin with the study of the creative figure of V. Matiukhin.

Key words: Ukrainian instrumental music, V. Matiukhin-conductor, «Kyiv Camerata», creative works of Y. Stankovych, dodecaphony.