Viktor Stepurko (born December 22, 1951) is a Ukrainian composer.
In 1975–1981 Stepurko studied in Kyiv Conservatory. Since 1983 he lives in Makariv, where he teaches in musical school and leads ensemble. Since 2004 he teaches in National Academy of Government Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts.
Selected works Music Symphonic poem "Islands of Childhood"; Opera "The Music store"; Three choirs on a lyrics by I. Drach Choirs on lyrics by Taras Shevchenko: "Flowing Water" (1984), "Over the Dnieper Saga" (1986), Cycle "My Dawn", "Dawn, the edge of the sky burns", "False fear is bad", "Oh oak, dark grove";Viktor Stepurko in Shevchenko encyclopedia, vol.5, p.948. Spiritual choirs "Prayer litany", "I believe", "Hear me, Lord", "Psalms of David" (2010), Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2011), "Kyiv frescoes" (2016), Confessional liturgy;Solovyova T. Genre Of Liturgy in Victor Stepurko's works "Confessional Liturgy" of the bright memory of Hetman Ivan Mazepa. For reader, symphony orchestra and organ (2004).
Scientific The manifestations of artistic introversion in the works of composers of Ukraine in the second half of the XX – beginning of the XXI century (2017), dissertation of the candidate of art history.
Honors Levko Revutsky award, 1989Viktor Stepurko on Ukrainian national composer's union page] Ivan Ogienko award, 1998 Boris Lyatoshinsky award, 2002 Mykola Lysenko award, 2005 Shevchenko National Prize, 2012Document 186/2012 References
External links Music-review page Viktor Stepurko on Ukrainian national composer's union page
Further reading Famous Makariv residents. Victor Stepurko Vasylenko O. (2018) Victor Stepurkо’s choral heritage and its functioning in the contemporary performing space in Chasopys. No. 2(39), pp. 30-40 Ashchenko N., Buket Ye., Netreba D. (2006). Essays on the history of Makariv district: To the 15th anniversary of Independence of Ukraine [Нариси з історії Макарівського району: До 15-ї річниці Незалежності України]. Kyiv. Pp.128–129.