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Valentin Bibik

Valentin Bibik was a Ukrainian-born Israeli composer and music teacher who taught composition in Kharkiv, Saint Petersburg and Tel Aviv.

1940 to 2003Musical compositionTeaching composition in KharkivProfessorship at the Rubin Academy

Born: 19 July 1940, Kharkiv
Died: 7 July 2003, Tel Aviv
Occupation: composer
Education: Kharkiv National University of Arts

Valentin Bibik was born in 1940 in Kharkiv

Valentin Bibik was born on July 19, 1940, in Kharkiv. He completed his studies at the Kharkiv National University of Arts in 1966.

From 1966 to 1994 he taught at the same university. He became a senior lecturer in 1971, and from 1990 to 1994 he was a professor and head of the department of composition and performance. He joined the Union of Soviet Composers in 1968 and chaired the Kharkiv branch of the Composers Union of Ukraine from 1989 to 1994.

From 1994 to 1998 he headed the music department at the Saint Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences. He was also a professor at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts.

In 1998 he immigrated to Israel from Russia and became a professor of composition at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music's predecessor, the Samuel Rubin Israel Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He died of a brain tumor in Tel Aviv in 2003 and was buried at Kibbutz Revadim.

Valentin Bibik's life in 8 milestones

1940
Born in Kharkiv.
1966
Graduated from the Kharkiv National University of Arts and began teaching there.
1968
Joined the Union of Soviet Composers.
1971
Became a senior lecturer in Kharkiv.
1990
Became professor and department head in Kharkiv.
1994
Moved to teach in Saint Petersburg.
1998
Immigrated to Israel and joined the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv.
2003
Died in Tel Aviv.