Volodymyr Yurkevych

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Volodymyr Ivanovych Yurkevych (December 2, 1912 in Lviv – July 7, 1985) was a Soviet musician.

He met up with and began to take lessons from him. Together with Zinoviy Shtokalko they organized a bandura trio. Later they were joined by and . His original bandura was made for him by S. Lastovych based on an instrument made by .

During the war he enlisted into the and fought at Brody. Later he joined the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. In Germany he performed in a trio with Volodymyr Maliutsa and Zinoviy Shtokalko. Later he joined an ensemble with D. Kravchenko and Hryhory Bazhul.

In 1950 he emigrated the United States. He performed in an ensemble directed by S. Hanushevsky which recorded an album of UPA songs in 1952. In 1972 he organized a Bandurist Capella made up of members of the First Ukrainian Division who lived in NY. He also performed in a quartet with . He moved to New York City, where he became director of the . He played on a bandura made by from Gloucester.

He died July 7, 1985.

Students[]

Andrij Horniatkevych, A. Stusyk, V. Kovar, M. Stocko

Sources[]

• U pamiati bandurysta Volodymyra Yurkevycha - Bandura 53-54, 1995.