His pieces were published not only in the Soviet Union, but also in Vienna, Leipzig, New York (Universal Edition), and Japan.

Vasyl's mother, singer and pianist, Yevheniya Barvinska, became his first music teacher.

[4] In 1939 he founded Lviv Secondary Specialized Music Boarding School named after Solomiya Krushelnytska.

[6][7][8] He was buried in Lviv in the family tomb in Lychakiv Cemetery, field number three.

His style, late romantic with impressionistic features, was also strongly influenced by Ukrainian folklore.

Although many of Barvinsky's works were lost, most of his creative inheritance remained and is performed worldwide.