Meeting with composer Konstantin Myaskov

This is an audio recording from 1991. It shows a meeting with the composer Kostiantyn Myaskov. They discuss the first songs, the war, his fascination with folk instruments, and his creative inspiration.

The author and host is Oksana Prylypko.

Reference: Kostyantyn Myaskov is a People's Artist of Ukraine, composer, and accordionist who performed on the fronts of World War II. He studied at the Kyiv Conservatory in the class of Kostyantyn Dankevych. He is the author of romances based on the words of Lesya Ukrainka, Maksym Rylsky, and Taras Shevchenko. He composed music using the words of Dmytro Lutsenko and Yuriy Rybchynskyi.