Rostyslav Shtyn
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| Born |
September 19, 1957 Khodoriv, Ukraine |
| Residence | Fulda, Germany |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Other names | German [Ross Shtyn] Ukrainian [Ростислав Штинь] |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | Ivano-Frankivsk Pedagogical Institute, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Setting up the first professional music agency in Ukraine |
| Home town | Khodoriv, Ukraine |
| Board member of | PEPA Beteiligungs GmbH |
| Spouse(s) | Lida (Popadyuk) Shtyn (1982– ) |
Rostyslav Shtyn, Ukrainian: Ростислав Романович Штинь, (born September 19, 1957) in the town of Khodoriv located in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine is a Ukrainian-Canadian musician, producer of music, film and television projects, a businessman and entrepreneur.
He played a figurative role in the development of Ukrainian music during the period of perebudova, also known as Perestroika in the Russian language, and during the formative years of an independent Ukraine. As Ukrainian music specialist and critic, Oleskandr Yevtushenko writes: "The first swallow of Ukrainian show-business was Rostyslav Shtyn, what a "new Ukrainian" he was back then, when such a label didn't even exist. It was 1992."
Born on September 19, 1957 as the first of two sons born to ethnically Ukrainian parents Roman Shtyn who hailed from Ustrzyki Dolne and Stefaniya Shtyn (née Tsybran) who was from Demydiv just about six kilometres SW of Khodoriv. In 1974 he completed his studies at Khodoriv Secondary School № 2 and that same year he completed seven years of musical studies at the local musical school. In 1979 he completed his studies at the Vasyl Stefanyk Pedagogical Institute in Ivano-Frankivsk, graduating from the faculty of music.
In 1996 Shtyn received a diploma in Directing Pop and Massive Celebrations from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
Shtyn's musical activity started as a musician being involved with VIA music, or Vocal Instrumental Ensembles, which at the time seemed to be all the rage as a counter to the influence of western Rock and roll and a way to allow domestic contemporary music to develop. His first participation was with VIA Opryshky where he played both violin and guitar in 1975. Some time after 1981 when Vatra was under the leadership of Ihor Bilozir. Shtyn joined the group playing violin and guitar. Over time differences of opinion developed between Shtyn and Bilozir. Shtyn tried to convince Bilozir that he should abandon the completely folkloric style of Vatra and take a new approach. When this failed Shtyn left Vatra and formed Zhayvir as an alternative playing guitar and violin.
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