Background
Matsiyevsky was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
anthropologist composer musicologist
Matsiyevsky was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
He completed studies at the Lviv Conservatory, post graduate studies in composition at the Leningrad Conservatory, and doctorate at the Russian Institute of Culture.
He has prepared 5 doctor habitalis and 22 doctorates with graduates specializing in Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgiz, Tatar, Azerbaijani and other cultures. He has authored 4 books and 10 collections of his musical compositions. His compositions include symphonic works and the music to 12 films.
He has over 150 publications.
He is head of the Eurasian school of contemporary musicology and head of instrumental studies of the Russian Institute for Art History (РИИИ РАН) in Saint St. Petersburg. Doctor of Art Criticism, academic of the Russian Academy of Sciences, officer of the non-governmental organization, International Informatization Academy in Moscow.
Merited worker of culture of Ukraine and Poland.