Andriy Matviyevych Bobyr

Andriy Matviyevych Bobyr[a] (13 November 1915 – 18 May 1994) was a Ukrainian bandurist, teacher, conductor, and People's Artist of Ukraine (1986).

Andriy Bobyr was born in the village of Nychyporivka [uk], in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire.

In 1931 he completed his studies at the Kyiv Music Tekhnikum, and in 1947 the conservatory (class of Hryhory Veriovka).

In 1946 he returned to Kyiv to direct the Radio Bandurist Capella.

His repertoire included numerous dumy (sung epic poems): Mykola Hvozd', Serhiy Bashtan, Vasyl' Herasymenko, N. Moskvina, Andriy Omelchenko, Victor Kukhta, V. Lobko, Yuri Demchuk, Mykola Nechyporenko, Volodymyr Voyt