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Taras Filenko

Dr. Taras Filenko, pianist, organist, and musicologist, studied music in Donetsk, Kyiv, and Moscow. He was awarded a degree for piano performance in 1982, followed in 1989 by an advanced degree (Kand. Nauk), in the history of music from the National Academy of Music of Ukraine (Kyiv Conservatory of Music). Filenko earned a second doctorate in ethnomusicology from the University of Pittsburgh in1998.

Dr. Filenko’s extensive education is not limited to musical topics. He has participated in the Program for Executives at Carnegie-Mellon University and the American-European Seminar in Salzburg, Austria. He also earned a diploma in public administration from the Management Academy in Ukraine.

Dr. Filenko has worked in the fields of history of music, ethnomusicology, and music performance (piano and organ) for over twenty-five years. In 1986, Filenko was appointed to teach Ukrainian music, piano, and piano literature courses at the National Academy of Music in Ukraine. For five years, he also served as a lecturer in the History of Ukrainian Music Department, and, subsequently, for five years as Assistant Dean of the Conducting and Voice Departments. He also worked as a researcher at the Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the National University of Kyiv.

Successfully combining his work as a scholar, teacher, and performer, Filenko has lectured, taught and performed throughout the world. His concert appearances have taken him to Russia, Ukraine, England, France, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Russia, the Baltic States, Serbia, Canada, Costa Rica, and the United States. His recordings include classical music and jazz arrangements. Frequently, his concerts and media appearances promote the works of contemporary Ukrainian composers.

Dr. Filenko is the recipient of both Fulbright and Petesh Scholarships. He has participated in numerous musicological conferences and in international symposia in Belgium, France, Canada, the United States, England, Poland, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Russia. In 1990, Dr. Filenko was invited to Edmonton, Alberta, to conduct research at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.

The themes of his publications (more than 100) embrace ethnic studies, musical culture and politics, ethnomusicology, and music and poetry. His most recent book, the Ukrainian edition of The World of Mykola Lysenko: Ethnic Identity, Music Culture and Politics, was published in Kyiv in 2010. This book is the culmination of decades of scholarship by Filenko and his mother, Tamara Bulat.

Since 1998, Dr. Filenko is on the faculty of the City Music Center, at Duquesne University. He currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA, where he maintains a highly regarded private piano studio.

AWARDS

2010		President’s Award from the Forum of Publishers, Lviv

1998		Shevchenko Scientific Society Scholarship

1996		Julia Petesh Scholarship in Historical Musicology

1994		Fulbright Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship

1986		Diploma of the First Degree for Scholarly Papers, International Music Conference, Baku, Azerbaidjan

1985		Award for Promotion of Contemporary Music, The Union of Ukrainian Composers

1983		First Degree Baltic State Award for Contemporary Musicians

1982		First Prize, Ukrainian National Concerto Competition