| Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka | |
| Birth Place: | Berezna, Chernigovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR |
| Resting Place: | Baikove Cemetery |
| Occupation: | Composer, choir director |
| Known For: | Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir |
| Alma Mater: | Lysenko Music and Drama School |
| Spouse: | Eleonora Pavlivna Skrypchynska[1] |
Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka (uk|Григорій Гурійович Верьовка, [2] - 21 October 1964) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer and choir director.[3]
He is best known for founding the renowned Veryovka Choir in 1943, and leading it for many years, gaining international recognition and winning multiple awards.[4] Veryovka was also a professor of conducting at the Kyiv Conservatory, where he worked alongside faculty including Boleslav Yavorsky, Alexander Koshetz, Mykola Leontovych, and Mykhailo Verykivsky.[5]
Veryovka was born in an old Cossack town of Berezna (today urban-type settlement). In 1916 he graduated from the Chernihiv Theological Seminary.[6] In 1918–21 Veryovka studied at the Lysenko music school (a predecessor of the Kyiv Conservatory) studying a musical composition by Boleslav Yavorsky,[7] conducting by Aleksander Orlov. In 1933 he received an external degree from the institute.[8]
From 1923 to 1927 Veryovka continued to work at the Lysenko Institute and later from 1931 to his death at the Kyiv Conservatory.[9] During World War II in 1941–45 he was a scientist of the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology.
In 1943 in Kharkiv, Veryovka organized his well known choir and until his death was its art director and a main conductor. In 1948–52 he headed the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.[10] [11]
Upon his death in 1964 he was buried in Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv, and in 1967 a monument was erected at the site of his burial in his honor.[12]