Ivan Patorzhynsky

Birthday:

03/03/1896

Place of birth:

Petro-Svistunovo, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine:

Biography:

Ivan Patorzhynsky was a Ukrainian opera singer (bass-profundo). After finishing his studies a the Katerynoslav Conservatory, he became soloist at the Ukrainian State Opera in Kharkiv (1925), and later, in 1935, he became a soloist at the Ukrainian Opera Theatre in Kyiv. Between 1944 and 1960 he was a professor at the Kyiv Conservatory.