Vsevolod Zaderatsky
Vsevolod Petrovich Zaderatsky (Ukrainian: Всеволод Петрович Задерацький; 21 December 1891, Rivne, Ukraine – 1 February 1953, Lviv, USSR) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist and teacher. His life was marked by continuous conflict with the Soviet regime. Despite his talents as a composer and pianist, his early service as a piano teacher to the tsar's heir and his enlistment in the White Army made him a target. Arrested multiple times, he faced execution, imprisonment, and exile, with his compositions repeatedly destroyed. Even as he attempted to integrate into Soviet musical institutions, he was denounced and sent to a labor camp in 1937. Though later released, he remained under state suspicion, spending his final years away from major cultural centers.
Despite repeated persecution by Soviet authorities, Vsevolod Zaderatsky created a diverse body of work, with his most significant contributions in piano music. Today, he is recognized as a pioneering figure in the Russian and Ukrainian musical avant-garde.
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