18 Notable alumni of Kharkiv National University of Arts
Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees
Kharkiv National University of Arts is ranked #9,498 in the world and #137 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 18 notable alumni from Kharkiv National University of Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Kharkiv National University of Arts won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Valentyn Borysov
1901-1988 (aged 87)
music educator
music publicist
composer
Valentyn Tykhonovych Borysov was a Ukrainian composer. Borysov was born in Bohodukhiv and, in 1927, graduated from the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts.
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2. Valentyna Arkanova
1934-2013 (aged 79)
university teacher
music educator
opera singer
Valentyna Fyodorovna Arkanova was a Soviet and Ukrainian singer, coloratura soprano, and teacher. In 1968, she was awarded People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. She was awarded the Order of Princess Olga.
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3. Dmytro Ostapenko
1946-. (aged 80)
civil servant
Dmytro Ivanovych Ostapenko is a Ukrainian conductor and politician who is currently director of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. He is also a former Minister of Culture of Ukraine, having served from 1995 to 1999.
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4. Bilotserkovskiy Valentyn Mykhailovych
1948-2021 (aged 73)
musician
Valentyn Mykhailovych Bilotserkovskiy is a Ukrainian violinist.
5. Aleksandr Davidenko
1899-1934 (aged 35)
composer
music publicist
music educator
choir director
Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko was a Soviet composer.
6. Yuri Shcherbinin
1941-2019 (aged 78)
musicologist
photo artist
pedagogue
Yuri Leonidovich Shcherbinin, also known as Yury Sctherbinin (May 30, 1941 – November 17, 2019), was a Soviet-born Ukrainian musicologist, curator, educator, and photographer. In 2014, he founded the Treasures of Musical Kharkiv Museum; it was renamed in Shcherbinin's honor in 2020. He was also an active Wikipedian and Wikimedian.
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7. Mykhailo Urytskyi
1965-. (aged 61)
theatrical director
Mykhailo Urytskyi is a Ukrainian puppet theater director, and a teacher at The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
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8. Aleksei Petrenko
1938-2017 (aged 79)
film actor
actor
television actor
Aleksei Vasilyevich Petrenko was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. He played Grigori Rasputin in Elem Klimov's historical drama Agony and Joseph Stalin in the BBC Two documentary World War II: Behind Closed Doors.
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9. Serhii Babkin
1978-. (aged 48)
singer
musician
composer
actor
poet
Serhii Mykolaiovych Babkin is a Ukrainian singer and actor who became the lead singer of the 5'nizza music band, the coach of the Holos Krainy (VII and VIII seasons), and the participant in the Tantsi z zirkamy (V season).
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10. Isaak Dunayevsky
1900-1955 (aged 55)
composer
conductor
music educator
film score composer
Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film director Grigori Aleksandrov.
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11. Vadim Mulerman
1938-2018 (aged 80)
singer
actor
Vadim Iosifovich Mulerman was a Soviet, Ukrainian and American singer (baritone).
12. Andriy Tsaplienko
1968-. (aged 58)
television presenter
documentary filmmaker
journalist
war correspondent
screenwriter
Andriy Yuriyovych Tsaplienko is a Ukrainian journalist, presenter, filmmaker and writer.
13. Sergei Skripka
1949-. (aged 77)
music educator
conductor
Sergei Ivanovich Skripka is a Soviet and Ukrainian conductor, and a People's Artist of Russia, conductor of the State Symphony Cinema Orchestra.
14. Olga Lezhneva
1983-. (aged 43)
actor
Olga Mykolaivna Lezhneva is a film, and television actress.
15. Marko Topchii
1991-. (aged 35)
guitarist
classical guitarist
Marko Topchii is a classical guitarist from Ukraine. Topchii has won more than 100 awards worldwide in the international classical guitar competitions in the professional category. Among them, 57 first places in the competitions in the United States, Mexico, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Serbia,...
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16. Dmytro Klebanov
1907-1987 (aged 80)
music educator
conductor
composer
Dmytry Lvovych Klebanov was a Soviet-era Ukrainian composer. He studied violin and composition at the Kharkiv Institute of Music and Drama. He was a professor at the Kharkiv Conservatory from 1960.
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17. Leonid Bykov
1928-1979 (aged 51)
actor
screenwriter
film director
Leonid Fedorovych Bykov was a Soviet actor, film director, and script writer. He received the "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" title in 1965 and the "People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR" title in 1974.
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18. Oleksandr Shchetynsky
1960-. (aged 66)
music educator
composer
Alexander Shchetynsky is a Ukrainian composer. Born on 22 June 1960 in Kharkiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. His work list includes compositions in various forms ranging from solo instrumental to orchestral, choral pieces and operas.
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