Oleh Tymoshenko’s Conducting and Choral School as a Phenomenon of Ukrainian Musical Culture of the Second Half of the 20th century

Abstract

The Conducting and Choir School of the outstanding choral conductor and pedagogue Oleg Tymoshenko is analyzed. It is outlined that at the present stage of development of music and pedagogical education it is Oleg Tymoshenko's conducting and choral art that contributes to the formation of a high level of professional skill in the future specialist, ensures the growth of his personality and spiritual culture, provides the involvement in the repertoire of the best highly artistic samples of choral art of different times and genres. It is determined that the outstanding teacherchoirmaster Oleg Tymoshenko in artistic and pedagogical activity required careful study of choral work and provided this approach in teaching, developed refined musical taste, interest in the studied, broadened horizons, and most importantly was able to cultivate a sense of beauty, educated future professionals of our society in the paradigm of comprehensive knowledge of art and spiritual understanding of creativity. It is revealed that the educational process of Oleg Tymoshenko’s Conducting and Choir School plays a major role to reform the art education of higher educational institutions in Ukraine. It was found that the artistic path of the outstanding choral conductor and pedagogue is an example of the universalism of the creative personality, individual originality and unique expressiveness of every true artist. A wide range of Oleg Tymoshenko’s artistic activity is substantiated in the aspect to reveal different vectors of the artist’s creativity: performing work, pedagogical and creative activity. It is emphasized that the prominent choral conductor and pedagogue, the representative of Kyiv Conducting and Choir School Oleg Tymoshenko is a direct active participant of the Ukrainian artistic life with high professional potential. His creative activity contributes to the development and formation of the modern context of Ukraine spiritual life. Summarizing the above mentioned the author of the study determined that the artistic and pedagogical activity of the outstanding choral conductor and teacher Oleg Tymoshenko is clearly characterized, firstly, by repertoire policy, which provided interpretation of the best highly artistic samples of choral art of different times and genres, secondly, by purposeful formation of high technical level in future specialist, and lastly, thirdly, the dynamic development of his natural inclinations. It is proved that the Сonducting and Сhoir School of Oleg Tymoshenko, outstanding choral artist, was based on national song traditions, which are rooted in the distant past, but at the same time are an integral part of the modern socio-cultural environment, forming an original cultural product of the highest quality.