Oleksandr Bilash
Oleksandr Ivanovych Bilash was a Ukrainian composer and the author of popular lyric songs, ballads, operas, operettas, oratorios and music for films. Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko State Award , Peoples Artist of Ukraine , Peoples Artist of the Soviet Union . Hero of Ukraine .
Bilash was born on March 6, 1931 in the town of Hradyzk, Ukraine to a family of skilled amateur musicians. His father, Ivan Panasovych Bilash, played balalaika and guitar his mother, Yevdokiya Andriyivna, was a solo singer at rural gatherings.
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