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Shtokalko, Zinovii
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Bandura virtuoso, composer, and writer, 1920-1968. Zinovii Shtokalko was born May 25, 1920 in Berezhany, Germany. A medical doctor by profession, Shtokalko studied music with several prominent bandurysts. He improved bandura-playing techniques and developed his own distinct style of interpretation. Mr. Shtokalko legacy includes important works for bandura such as Atonal Etude, a large methodological study of the instrument entitled <i>A Kobzar Handbook</i> (published posthumously in 1989) and a definitive recording of dumas and other Ukrainian songs (recorded for M. Surmach in New York, 1952). His literary works were published posthumously in the collection <i>Na okrainakh nochi</i> (On the Edges of Night) and appear under the pen name Zinovii Berezhan in 1977. Mr. Shtokalko died in New York on June 28, 1968.