Heorhiy Gina

Gina began his career in 1947 as a violinist and accordionist at the Chernivchanka restaurant in Chernivtsi.^[1]

He graduated from the Chernivtsi Music College and the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in 1956. He then became a music teacher, and director of Chernivtsi Children's Music School No. 1. In 1975, he became artistic director and conductor of the chamber orchestra of the Chernivtsi Regional Philharmonic.^[2]

Gina died on 19 May 2025, at the age of 93.^[3]

• Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1980)^[4]
• Laureate of the Regional Literary and Artistic Prize. S.V. Orobkevych (2000)
• Alley of Stars in Chernivtsi (2000)^[5]
• People's Artist of Ukraine (2002)