Ihor Poklad

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmytrovych and the family name is Poklad.
Ihor Poklad
HOU OS
Ігор Поклад
Born(1941-12-10)10 December 1941
Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, USSR (present-day Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
Died9 July 2025(2025-07-09) (aged 83)
Vorzel, Ukraine
OccupationComposer
Known for
SpouseSvitlana Poklad
Awards

Ihor Dmytrovych Poklad[a] (10 December 1941 – 9 July 2025)[3] was a Ukrainian composer, People's Artist of Ukraine (1997), and Merited Worker of Arts (1989).

Biography

Born in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR (present-day Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) in the family of a military serviceman,[4] after the World War II, Poklad with his family moved to Ternopil where he finished high school and a music school. After 1957[4] he continued his music studies in Kyiv, at the Glière Institute and Kyiv Conservatory. Poklad started off his career in the Academical Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Internal Troops of Ukraine.[5] In 1967 he graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory.[6]

Between 1965 and 1968 Poklad worked as art director of the all-female Mriya vocal-instrumental ensemble. During the 1960s and 1970s he created over 150 popular songs in co-operation with authors including Borys Oliynyk and Yuriy Rybchynskyi, several of which became great hits around the USSR. Poklad's songs were performed by numerous prominent singers such as Nina Matviyenko, Sofia Rotaru, Vasyl Zinkevych, Nazariy Yaremchuk, Ruslana, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Muslim Magomayev, Yuri Gulyayev, Iosif Kobzon, Rashid Behbudov, Tamara Miansarova and others.[4]

Starting from the 1970s, Poklad mostly created music for television and cinema films. During that time he wrote scores for 27 movies and several theatre plays, as well as a number of documentaries and cartoons. The composer was an active participant of many cultural projects.[4] He died on 9 July 2025, aged 83.[7]

Musical style

Poklad's most prominent compositions combined Ukrainian folk aesthetics with rhythms and instruments of contemporary popular music, in particular big-beat, rock and disco.[4]

Awards and honours

He was also honored as the People's Artist of Ukraine,[8] and a laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize (1986).[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Ukrainian: Ігор Дмитрович Поклад

References

  1. ^ "Edict". zakon.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  2. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №509/2024: Про нагородження відзнакою Президента України "Національна легенда України"". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України. 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2024-08-23. Archived 2024-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Помер відомий український композитор Ігор Поклад". Зеркало недели | Дзеркало тижня | Mirror Weekly (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  4. ^ a b c d e Українська музична енциклопедія. Vol. 5. 2018. p. 293.
  5. ^ "Government Academical Ensemble of Songs and Dances from the Internal Troops of Ukraine". Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  6. ^ "Poklad Igor". National Movieportal KINO-KOLO (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  7. ^ Роман Мельник (2025-07-09). "Помер український композитор Ігор Поклад" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  8. ^ "Леонід Кучма вручив нагороди з нагоди Дня Києва". ICTV (in Ukrainian). 24 May 2003. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  9. ^ "International festival of student works "Barvy oseni - 2005"". Hromadskyi Prostir (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
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