Volodymyr Dashkovsky

Colonel Volodymyr Anatolievich Dashkovsky (Ukrainian: Володимир Анатолійович Дашковський) also known as Vladimir Dashkovsky is a Ukrainian military conductor and composer who serves as the Senior Military Director of the Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (MMD-GSAFU) based in Kyiv.[1][2][3]

Colonel Volodymyr Dashkovsky People's Artist of Ukraine
Dashkovsky in 2016
Native name	(Ukrainian): Володимир Анатолійович Дашковський
Birth name	Volodymyr Anatolievich Dashkovsky
Born	March 9, 1965 Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Ukraine
Service/branch	Ukrainian Armed Forces
Years of service	1987-Present
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	Senior Military Director of the Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Awards	Honored Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine

Biography

Dashkovsky was born in the city of Cherkasy, in the central part of the Ukrainian SSR in early 1965. In 1987, he graduated with honors from the Moscow Conservatory in the RSFSR and afterwards, returned to Ukraine to conduct in the military bands Kyiv Military District until 1993. Once the KVO was disbanded, he conducted military bands in the Odessa Military District for 5 years until 1998. Upon his removal from the OVO, he formed the 7th Military Headquarters Band of the Northern Operational Command in Chernihiv, which would later become the Military Music Center of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in 2003. He quickly rose through the ranks of the department in the years after, before being appointed the Director of Music of the Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a position he has served in since 2014. Since then, he has conducted the massed bands of the MMD-GSAFU during the Kyiv Independence Day Parades on Maidan Nezalezhnosti that followed.[4][5]

Titles

• Honored Artist of Ukraine (1999)
• People's Artist of Ukraine (January 12, 2009)[6]

See also

• Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
• Moscow Conservatory
• Ukrainian Armed Forces

References

1. "Декларації: Дашковський Володимир Анатолійович". declarations.com.ua. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
2. Publications, U.S.A.I.B.; Ibp, U. (2006). Ukraine Intelligence & Security Activities and Operations Handbook. International Business Publications, USA. p. 232. ISBN 9780739716618. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
3. "Військово-музичне управління Збройних сил України | Міністерство оборони України". mil.gov.ua. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
4. "Дашковський Володимир Анатолійович - Енциклопедія Сучасної України". esu.com.ua. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
5. "Чернігівський митець Володимир Дашковський очолив військових музик - Департамент культури і туризму, національностей та релігій Чернігівської обласної державної адміністрації - Чернігівщина мистецька - Чернігівщина туристична". cult.gov.ua. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
6. "Про відзначення державними ... | від 01.12.2009 № 996/2009". zakon3.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2018-09-20.