Background
KUCHUGURA-KUCHERENKO, Ivan was born in 1878 in village Murafi, now Khar’kov Oblast.
KUCHUGURA-KUCHERENKO, Ivan was born in 1878 in village Murafi, now Khar’kov Oblast.
1908-1910 taught kobza-playing at M. Lysenko’s Music School, Kiev. His repertoire included such kobza ballads as “Aleksey Popovich,” “The Slaves’ Lament,” “Khmel’nitskiy and Barabash" and "Khmel’nitskiy’s Death”. Wrote several songs, including ’’Upon a Precipice So High”.