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Ihor Shamo: Pno Music

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Music that sounds as if Mussorgsky and Bach had been Ukrainized A Patriotic ComposerBorn in Kyiv in 1925, Shamo was a Ukrainian composer active during the Soviet era who was deeply inspired by Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Bach, and Schumann. He is also a well-known patriot, best known as the composer of My Kyiv, which became the citys official anthem. At the age of 17, he enlisted as a volunteer in the Red Army and served on the front lines from Stalingrad to Berlin as a medical orderly. Emphasis on Folk Material and Traditional TechniquesAlthough he sustained a leg injury during combat, upon his return he enrolled in the Kyiv State Conservatory, where he garnered attention by winning the schools composition competition nearly every year; he also joined the Union of Ukrainian Composers while still a student. His talent attracted attention, and he was approached with an offer to move to Mo