Anatoly Avdievsky

Anatoly Avdievsky was born in the village of Fedvar, Kirovohrad Oblast (now called Pidlisne).

From 1958 to 1963, he was the founder, artistic director and chief conductor of the Polissya Song and Dance Ensemble "Lyonok" (Zhytomyr).

From 1963 to 1966 he was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Cherkasy Ukrainian Folk Choir.

[1] Since 1995 - President of the National Music Committee of Ukraine of the International Council of UNESCO.

[2] Also Avdievsky was an author of original choral works ("Over the wide Dnieper", "Flowers, Ukraine", "Clear Moon" on the poems of V. Lagoda, O. Novitsky, Lesya Ukrainka), arrangements of Ukrainian songs and songs of the peoples of the world (Polish, Czech, Spanish, Brazilian, Korean, etc.