Volodymyr Kozhukhar

Volodymyr Kozhukhar
Володимир Кожухар
Born	Volodymyr Markovych Kozhukhar (1941-03-16)16 March 1941 Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	3 December 2022(2022-12-03) (aged 81)
Occupations	Conductor academic teacher
Organizations	Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre Gnesin Music and Pedagogy Institute National Opera of Ukraine Kyiv Conservatory
Awards	Medal "For Distinguished Labor" (1980) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985) People's Artist of Ukraine (1993) Order of Merit of Ukraine, 3rd class (2001) Order of Merit of Ukraine, 2nd class (2006) Order of Merit of Ukraine, 1st class (2016)

Volodymyr Markovych Kozhukhar (Ukrainian: Володимир Маркович Кожухар; 16 March 1941 – 3 December 2022) was a Soviet and Ukrainian conductor and academic teacher who focused on opera. Most notably, he conducted and taught in Kyiv and Moscow, among other places.

His first post was chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR, producing several recordings. In Moscow, he was chief conductor of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre from 1977 and professor of orchestral conducting at the Gnesin Music and Pedagogy Institute from 1978. In Kyiv, he directed the National Opera of Ukraine from 1989 to 2011, and taught at the Kyiv Conservatory from 1993. He conducted both internal operatic repertoire and stage works by Ukrainian composers, and took the opera company on tours throughout Europe, Canada, and Japan.

Kozhukhar received the Order of Merit of Ukraine, 1st class in 2016.