Background
Victor Voitik was born on September 3, 1947 in Grodno, Belarus.
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Victor Voitik was born on September 3, 1947 in Grodno, Belarus.
In 1972, Victor Antonovich Voitik graduated from the Belarusian State Conservatory (today’s Belarusian State Academy of Music), Professor A. Bogatyrev’s composition class. In 1975, he underwent an assistant internship at the Moscow State Conservatory, Professor A.S. Leman’s composition class.
Voitik became known composer as a student of the Belarusian State Conservatory. The inquisitive spirit of search distinguishes his suite "Golden Key", "Suites in the old style", which combines the original Belarusian instrumental charm with the elegant refinement of classical dance and sonata of the XIX century. He ended his conservative period of creativity with the cantata "As mosquito became a matchmaker" (M. Bogdanovich’s poetry) and the First Symphony, the program name of which was "Kalozha." His music of that period combined such stylistic features as folkloric intonation, expressive harmony and theatrical brightness of its all elements.
In the mid-70s, during the assistant internship at the Moscow Conservatory, Voitik wrote a number of his new major works, in which there is an increased interest in orchestral color and a vivid folk word. These are the suite "Fun", "Paraphrasing", Second Symphony, Concerto for chamber orchestra, cantata "The Cossack’s songs". The cantata "The Cossack’s songs" is dedicated to the well-known Belarusian musician G. Shirme and is based on a free interpretation of the original songs of the Cossack’s folklore, and the suite "Fun" is written in the style of a "new folklore wave". The orchestral piece "Silent cloud" includes instruments of the national orchestra.
In 1975-1976, Victor Voitik worked as a lecturer of the Minsk musical school. In 1976, he was awarded the first prize and the title of the laureate of the All-Union Contest of Students-Composers held in Moscow for the oratorio "Khatyn's Memory". This oratorio is a story told by the dead: old people, women, children. Later he became executive secretary, and afterwards in 1978, Deputy chairman of the Belarusian Composers Union.
In 1981-1988, he was the Head of the Musical Department of the Belarusian State Russian Drama Theater. Since 1980, he is the lecturer of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. He was awarded the title of the Honored Artist of Belarus in 1995. Currently, he is a member of the Union of Composers of Belarus.
His most significant works of the 80s include: Concert for clarinet and chamber orchestra, Concert for cymbals and symphonic orchestra, Symphonic poem "Ivan – peasant’s son". All these works testify Votik’s knowledge of various style techniques: dodecaphony, timbre sound, folklore intonation. Voitik also writes songs, romances, testifying his careful attitude to the Belarusian word and speech intonation. Significant place in the composer's work takes music for cymbals.
One of his most significant later works is opera for children "Spring Song", which describes the eternal problems of friendship and loyalty, sincerity of human relations. The most important aspects of the composer's creative manner are being concentrated in the opera, as well as in the symphony "The Last Autumn of the Poet", Concerto for the clarinet. Victor Voitik’s music attracts with its bright emotionality, beauty, sincerity of musical expression.
He is a member of the Union of Composers of Belarus.