Background
Maiboroda, Platon was born on December 1, 1918 in Poltava Gouvernement.
Maiboroda, Platon was born on December 1, 1918 in Poltava Gouvernement.
Maiboroda, whose brother Heorhiy Maiboroda was also a composer, studied at the Gliere Music College. In 1938 Maiboroda enrolled in the Kiev Conservatory in Kiev where he studied under Levko Revutsky, graduating in 1947.
Maiboroda taught at the Gliere Music College from 1947 to 1950. He was buried at the Baikove Cemetery, Kiev.
Stalin Prize (III degree, 1950) - for songs "About Olena Khobta", "About Mark Ozerny", "About Maria Lysenko" Shevchenko National Prize (1962) Distinguished Artist of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1958) National Artist of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1968) National Artist of Soviet Union (1979) Order of Lenin.
Union of Soviet Composers.
