Combined Bandurist Capella
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The Combined Kyiv Bandurist Capella
"The Ukrainian State Exemplary Bandurist Capella" 1935-1941
After the liquidation of all the major bandurist Capellas in October 1934, a reversal of policy took place.
In February, 1935 a new group was established combining the musicians of the Kyiv Bandurist Capella, the Poltava Bandurist Capella and the Bandurist Capella of the Kyiv Philharmonia. The artistic director for this new larger Bandurist Capella became Mykola Mykhailov. His assistant became the former director of the Poltava Bandurist Capella - Danylo Pika. In March, the Capella received a new title = "The Ukrainian State Exemplary Bandura Capella"
Members included:
From the Poltava Capella: 12 bandurists
Buldovsky, O. Kladovyj, Yakiv Kolesnykiv, Yu Kononenko, A. - later joined the Post-war Kyiv Capella Medvediv, T. Miniajlo, S. - later joined the Post-war Kyiv Capella Miniajlo, P.- later joined the Shevchenko Capella Nazarenko, H.- later joined the Shevchenko Capella Panasenko, Yosyp- later joined the Shevchenko Capella Pika, Danylo - assistant - Died during WWII Protopopov, Yakiv- later joined the Shevchenko Capella, died in Germany. Rybalka, O.
From the Kyiv Philharmonia Bandurist Capella
Dziubenko, Olesiy - later joined the Shevchenko Chorus - Later returned to Ukraine.
Fed'ko, A.- Arrested
Kostetsky, O.
Mykhailiv, M. - became director of the group.
Pivko, T.- later joined the Shevchenko chorus
Pokhyl, V.
Shleyuk, O.
Tsybuliv, I. - Arrested
From other bandura groups they were joined by
Bazylevsky, E.
Balatsky, D. - Arrested
Charivnyj, V. - Postwar Kyiv Capella
Hnylokvas, S.- Postwar Kyiv Capella, from the radio chorus.
Kytastyj, Hr. - Shevchenko Capella (1937)
Ponomarenko, O.
Savchenko, Ya. (V)
Joined in 1936 by
Yarovyj M.
Director: Zakhariy Aronsky, Administrator: I Nedolia
In 1936 the Combined Capella performed in Moscow at the Decade of Ukrainian culture in Moscow.
Mykhailov died tragically in 1937 during a tour of the Caucasus, in Tashkent.
In 1937 the group was made up of 24 members.
Photo: The combined Kyiv Bandurist Capella in 1937 - directed by Balatsky
By 1938 - the group had grown to 44 artists.
1939 - Tour of Western Ukraine
1941 - The Nazi attack on Soviet Union came when the Kyiv Bandurist Capella was performing in Kryviy Rih for the miners. They returned through the chaos to Kyiv where July 8, 1941, the Chorus was disbanned and most of its members were mobilized. Within days some of the members: such as Danylo Pika and Mykola Opryshko were killed on the front. It is interesting to note that Russian Ensembles did not suffer the same fate. They remained intact to perform in front of the Soviet troupes.
[edit] THE COMBINED KYIV BANDURA CAPELLA (1935-1941)
Mykhajlov, Mykola Mykolayovych
(1935-36) (b. -d.1936) - previously a member of the Kyiv Capella from 1932 and director in 1934. He was a graduate of the Lysenko Music Institute. Became the conductor/director of the combined group from February 1935 - till his death 16 July 1936 in Tashkent during the tour of the Caucuses from Angina. His assistant was Danylo Pika.
Balatskyj, Dmytro Yevhenovych- (1937-38) (b.1902-d.1981)
Completed his studies at the Kyiv Muz-dram institute in 1929. Director of the Kyiv Bandurist Capella 1937-38. Arrested in 1938. Returned to Ukraine from Siberian Exile in 1947 moving to Odessa where he worked as a choral conductor. Author of the song "Rozpriahajte khloptsi koni"
Pika, Danylo (1938-)
With the removal (arrest) of Balatsky, Pika again had a chance to become the artistic director of the chorus. He however did not have a formal music education but had for many years been the concertmaster of the Capella. Pika prepared the first "Slovo Tarasa" in 1939 to coincide with the Shevchenko Jubilee and the tour of the recently acquired Western Ukrainian lands.
In 1939 they toured Western Ukraine which had recently been into the Soviet Union. With the outbreak of WW2 the chorus was disbanned and mobilized.
