Performance ensembles of the Zaporizhzhia regional philharmonic society in the context of professional music art of the region (second half of the 20th — the early 21st century)

Abstract

Relevance of the research. The music art of Zaporizhzhia region of the period is an interesting, diversified and complex phenomenon of the contemporary Ukrainian culture with its regional specific character. Despite the significant increase in the research interest in music regionalism of Ukrainian musicology the study of music art in Zaporizhzhia region has many unexplored issues.The aim of the studyis to represent the main performance ensembles of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Philharmonic Society, which have been functioning in this institution for many years. The paper intends to describe the genesis and development of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Philharmonic Society as a regional art centre, to display the formation process of the main performance ensembles of the Philharmonic Society and to demonstrate their significance in the light of the professional academic music development in Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine.Research methodology. The author applies the principles of historicism, source studies, and archival documentary to study the music culture in connection with historical, socio-political and cultural phenomena in their cause-effect interaction. In addition, the methods of retrospect, structural and system analysis, interpretation of factual material, and generalization are involved.Results. The author defines the mainstreams and achievements of the performance ensembles of the Zaporizhzhia Philharmonic Society in the development of professional music art of the region. The study demonstrates that professional academic music art in Zaporizhzhia has been formed at the turn of the 1930s-40s with the opening of a regional Philharmonic Society in the city. As the main centre of academic music art in the region, the Zaporizhzhia Philharmonic Society organized a number of large performance ensembles in its structure representing the main genres of professional music activities, in particular: vocal and choral, orchestra and symphonic, folk ensembles, variety and jazz and others. The author concludes thatthe musicians of the Zaporizhzhia Philharmonic Society have achieved significant results and wide audience recognition. This is confirmed by the number of concerts, foreign tours and performances at the well-known festivals; close collaboration with many world leading musicians; the recognition of the musicians of the Philharmonic Society by the national and international music critics and the press.Novelty.The paper presents an attempt to systematize factual material in the making of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Philharmonic Society as an important art centre of the south of Ukraine.The practical significance. The material of the article can be used for teaching the courses “Music Local History”, “History of National Performing Arts”, etc., as well as for further studying of music regionalism, in particular, the music art of the Zaporizhzhia region.