Ihor Poklad

Ihor Dmytrovych Poklad (Ігор Дмитрович Поклад; born December 10, 1941) is a Ukrainian composer, People's Artist of Ukraine (1997), Merited Worker of Arts (1989).

Born in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR (Now Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) after the World War II, Poklad with his family moved to Ternopil (Tarnopol) where he finished high school and music school in 1957. Later continued his music studies in Kiev in the Glier Institute and the Kiev Conservatory. Poklad started off his career in the Academical Ensemble of the Internal Troops of Ukraine of Songs and Dances. He later graduated from the Kiev Conservatory in 1967. He is also a recipient of the National Artist of Ukraine Award, and a laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize (1986).