Kondratenko I. The creative activity of Mikhailо Semenovich Litvinenko in the context of the Ukrainian Orthodox choral culture of the second half of the 20th - the beginning of the 21st centuries

The dissertation is devoted to the study of creativity of the head of the Kyiv Metropolitan Choir of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church M. S. Litvinenko. The purpose of the work is to carry out the chronology of his biography, the justification of the personal picture of the world, the culturological assessment of the conductor - performing activity and the composer's style. The Orthodox choral culture of Ukraine of the Soviet period, on the background of which the formation of the personality of the person involved in the study was characterized, is characterized as a holistic and simultaneous multidimensional phenomenon. On the one hand, the official ideology imposed significant restrictions on the functioning of religious institutions. On the other hand - with the background of the marginalization of the Orthodox subculture distinguished figures and observed the development of singing art - in fact, both in the field of liturgical practice, and in more distant spheres - professional vocal education, concert performances. It is noted that in the late 80's the release of musical notes of spiritual music, studio recordings and films with the participation of leading church choirs became more active, and relevant issues appeared in the art studies and in the media. Through analysis of archival documents and materials of personal interviews with Mikhailo Litvinenko, his contemporaries - famous choirmasters, regents and church figures and defined their place in the culture-process. As a result, it has been proved that the unique experience of the wizard appears to be the fundamental basis of contemporary choral culture, and conducting biographical researches inevitably entails multidisciplinary discovery and interdisciplinary integration.