People's Artist of Ukraine

People's Artist of Ukraine
Type	Order of merit - Honorific title
Established	1922[1]
Country	Ukrainian SSR / Ukraine

People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.).

Established in 1922 during Soviet times, it was technically called People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (Народний артист УРСР). With the establishment of independent Ukraine, this tradition was kept and the title was renamed as People's Artist of Ukraine (Народний артист України).

Its recipients include many of the most highly acclaimed composers, dancers, singers, musicians, film and theatre directors, actors, circus performers, etc.

During Soviet times, a person was usually named People's Artist only after reaching the age of 40. Exceptions were made for ballet artists.

In 2005 the vocalist of the Ukrainian band Vopli Vidplyasova Oleh Skrypka refused to accept the title.

There also is^{[original research?]} another honorary title, the Distinguished Artist of Ukraine («Заслужений артист України»), which is considered less important. Typically, the People's Artist award is given at least 10 years after one has earned the Distinguished Artist of Ukraine award.^[2]

List of selected recipients[]

People's Painter of Ukraine[]

• Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur
• Volodymyr Patyk

Theatre, cinema[]

Just some of those awarded the honorary title in the fields of cinema and theatre are:

• Volodymyr Bortko — film director, screenwriter, actor, producer
• Borislav Brondukov — actor
• Mykola Hrynko — actor
• Kirill Lavrov - actor
• Viktor Stepanov — Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian actor
• — Ukrainian film director and screenwriter
• Yuri Ilyenko — Soviet and Ukrainian film director and screenwriter^[3]

Dance[]

Some of those awarded the honorary title in the field of dance are:

• Tatiana Stepanova^[4] – Prima Ballerina
• – Choreographer and Ballet Master

Music[]

Some of those awarded the honorary title in the field of music are:

• Ani Lorak- pop singer
• - conductor
• Serhiy Bashtan (1995) - bandurist
• Oleksandr Bilash - composer
• Ihor Bilozir - compositor, pop singer
• Oksana Bilozir - pop singer
• Andriy Bobyr - bandurist
• - conductor
• Ivan Kuchuhura Kucherenko (1918) and (1925) - kobzar
• Nina Matviyenko - folk singer
• Romanna Vasylevych - banduristka
• Yuliy Meitus - composer
• Ruslana - pop singer, Eurovision Song Contest winner
• Sofia Rotaru - pop-singer, actress (alto)
• (2007) - bandurist
• Taras Petrynenko (1999)
• Jamala (2016) - singer, songwriter, the winner of Eurovision 2016^[5]
• Tina Karol (2017) - singer
• Verka Serduchka (2003) - singer, second place on Eurovision Song Contest
• Alla Kudlai - singer^[6]

Circus[]

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Foreigners[]

• Philipp Kirkorov - 2008 - singer
• Nikolay Baskov — opera and pop-singer (tenor)
• Sargis Paradzhanov — Soviet, Ukrainian, Armenian and Georgian film director and screenwriter.
• Mikhail Zhvanetsky — writer of comic sketches, among other things
• Hobart Earle - 2013 - American, long-time maestro of the Odessa Philharmonic

See also[]

• Honorary titles of Ukraine
• Merited Artist of Ukraine
• People's Artist of the USSR
• People's Artist
• List of European art awards

References[]