Mother Nadiya Vasylivna worked in a design office, father Yaroslav Volodymyrovych[6] was a specialist in the production unit, and older brother Orest Yaroslavovych, a doctor by education.
[9] The worldview and taste of the future opera singer was shaped by the repertoire works of Ukrainian composers, which represent the "golden age" of the development of the a capella choral concert genre of the second half of the seventeenth - the first half of the eighteenth century, namely: concerts by Dmytro Bortnyansky, Artem Vedel, Maksym Berezovsky; Christmas carols and Christmas carols arranged by Ukrainian composers — Mykola Lysenko, Mykola Leontovych, Kyril Stetsenko, Oleksandr Koshyts.
[10] On February 1 and 2, 1986 joint concerts of "Dudaryk" with Nina Matvienko, People's Artist of Ukraine, V. Kovalska, and V. Pivnov, laureates of republican competitions.
[10] December 30, 1988, January 5, 1989, at the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater named after I. Franko (now the Lviv National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Solomiya Krushelnytska) and on January 14, 1989, in the Column Hall of the Kyiv State Philharmonic, choir chapel concerts were held together with Nina Matvienko and the trio "Golden Keys".
[10] In June–July 1990, the band with soloist V.Slipak went on a tour of the cities of the USA — Detroit, Rochester (New York), Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Kergonkson (performance in the center of Soyuzivka), Chicago, Minneapolis, and also Canada.
[12] On June 18, 1990,[10] in Carnegie Hall (New York, USA) together with the famous soloist of the Metropolitan Opera bass Pavel Plishka, they performed "The Boundless Field" based on a poem by Ivan Franko, music by Mykola Lysenko, the prayer "Lord of Heaven and land" from Semen Hulak-Artemovsky's opera "Zaporozhets za Danube", a cantata about the Pochaiv Mother of God, "You hear, my brother" based on a poem by Bohdan Lepky, music by Levko Lepky, arrangement by Kyryll Stetsenko, "For you, Ukraine" by Stanislav Ludkevich.
As part of the VI World Youth Day on August 15, 1991, in Częstochowa (Poland), a concert of the "Dudaryk" chapel took place, attended by Pope John Paul II.
[10] In 1992, "Dudaryk" took part in the 2nd International Sacred Music Festival "Gaude Mater", which took place from May 1 to 6 in Częstochowa (Poland), performed "Canto about the Pochaiv Mother of God" by Mykola Leontovych, carol "Oh there on the river, there on the Jordan", arranged by Kyril Stetsenko, Cherub Song, A minor, by Artem Vedel, "Hallelujah" by Mykhailo Verbytskyi.
He performed the works of G. Caccini, A. Falconieri, A. Scarlatti, A. Stefani, A. Vivaldi, A. Tenaglia, L. Vinci, A. Stradella, A. Lotti, V. A. Mozart, M. Berezovsky, and other composers.
Pavel Kogut, who directed him to the editorial office of "Ukrainian Word" in Paris, where he met the director of the weekly Yaroslav Musyanovych, doctor of medicine.
A successful performance at the competition and auditions with famous specialists of the Paris Academy turned out to be decisive in the creative destiny of the young singer, because this confirmed the originality of his voice.
He performed Cherubino's arioso from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" accompanied by the honored academic symphony orchestra of the National Radio Company of Ukraine, conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko.
On May 19, 1995, listeners had the opportunity to appreciate the giftedness and weight of assessments of the unique voice of Vasyl Slipak at the grand opening of the International Festival of Musical Art "Virtuosos", which took place in the Lviv Regional Philharmonic.
By design, this single vocal phrase for the entire orchestral work was to be sung at the climax by the soprano, who had to sit somewhere in the back of the orchestra, not far from the grand piano.
Vasyl Slipak played the main male role of the young treasurer Durante, performing alongside famous French singers Catherine Ashner, Robert Courtacillo, and Pierre Thoma.
Lopatynskyi, M. Lysenko, S. Lyudkevich, M. Wheels As an encore, he performed Eric Satie's original composition "Dafeneillo", which combines the sounds of baritone and countertenor.
[22] He performed V. A. Mozart's Requiem at the Clermont-Ferrand Opera, Paris and Saint-Louis (France) accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Jean-Pierre Lo Ri.
[26] In October 1997, at the 1st Festival "Golden Roofed Kyiv" in the hall of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine the choir of the Institute of Arts of the National Pedagogical Institute named after M. P. Drahomanov (director — Lyudmila Bayda) performed Viktor Stepurk's composition — a theatrical mystery-diptych " Supramental dream", consisting of 2 parts: "Pavana (In moon tones)" and "Pavana (In snowy fields)" for countertenor, baritone, and women.
[30] In the summer of 1993 and 1994, together with a team from the International Federation of Larch[31] from Canada (led by the famous theologian and preacher Henry Nouen), the brothers helped organize spiritual retreats for young people.
At the call of the Representative Committee of the Ukrainian Community of France from Paris and other French cities, about 300 people came to the rally under the flags of Ukraine and the EU.
[38] Vasyl Slipak organized regular public lectures for representatives of mass media, education, and politics, which helped to truthfully cover events in Ukraine.
[44] On June 5, 2014, near the building of the National Assembly of France, Ukrainian, Syrian, and Russian activists held a protest against Putin's visit to Paris.
In October 2015, the International Initiative Group of the Ukrainian Diaspora, which included Vasyl Slipak, Iryna von Burg, and Volodymyr Kogutyak, organized and held the anti-war campaign Stop Putin's War In Ukraine.
To explain to the French audience in the language of art the situation in Ukraine and to raise enough money to help the children of war victims to shelter, feed, and offer them as much support as possible on July 12, 2014, Vasyl Slipak together with colleagues, famous European opera singers, and namely: Gosha Kovalinska (mezzo-soprano), Guillaume Dussault (bass), Thierry de Marsley (tenor) created the Foundation "Opera Performers for Children", a humanitarian non-profit organization.
The association "Crossing Europe" (in French - "A travers l'Europe"), as a connection between Ukrainian and European journalists, scientists, sociologists, public activists, was created in 1999.
A week before the trip to the front, in June 2016, Vasyl spent several days in Rose (France): together with other activists of the Ukrainian community, he prepared the territory for the recreation of children who died in the Heroes' War in the East of Ukraine.
Blue and yellow ribbons with the names of the fallen heroes were attached to a Christmas tree donated by Moscow and installed opposite the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
But on June 29, 2016,[61] while performing a combat mission as a machine gunner in the 1st Assault Company of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps "Right Sector" (DUK PS), he died in battle around 6:00 a.m. from an enemy bullet of 12.7 mm caliber fired by a sniper from a large-caliber rifle.
Bohdan Prakh, rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, military chaplains and clerics of the UGCC, clergy of the RCC and UOC KP.
[70] Artistic decoration — Mr. Andriy, processing the granite surface with a sandblasting mixture with air under pressure, making an inscription under gilding, and Volodymyr Stepanik, working with gold leaf.