Harri Logvyn

Harri Borysovych Lohvin , known professionally as Harri Logvyn (14 May 1946 – 1 July 2001), was a Soviet and Ukrainian violinist and teacher.

Born in Kharkiv, he trained at the Kharkiv Music College and the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts, before beginning his career by working at the Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mykola Lysenko from 1964 to 1974. At the theatre, he served as the concertmaster of the opera studio orchestra. In 1974, he moved to Dnipropetrovsk to become the concertmaster of the Dnipro Opera and Ballet Theatre, which he served as until 1999. In addition, he taught at the Dnipro Academy of Music and Children's Musical School No. 3. He also performed with the ensemble Kozatski Shliakhy and co-founded and directed the chamber orchestra Pory Roku.

Biography Logvyn was born on 14 May 1946 in the city of Kharkiv, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). His mother was a ballerina who graduated from the Kyiv State Choreographic College before moving to Kharkiv. In 1964 he graduated from the Music College in Kharkiv, where he was part of the violin class of S. Farberov. In addition, starting in 1969, he was the concertmaster of the opera studio orchestra simultaneously with his studies. In 1974, he moved to Dnipropetrovsk after receiving an invitation to work as a concertmaster of the orchestra for the Dnipro Opera and Ballet Theatre. In addition, upon his move, he began working as a teacher for the violin classes at the Dnipro Academy of Music and at the Children's Music School No. 3. Harri had one son, Dmytro, who later followed in his father's footsteps and became a musician, heading The Seasons. Awardees were paid in the amount of 500 hryvnias per month, until this amount was tripled starting in 2025 to 1,500 hryvnias. In 2022, there was a total of 5 recipients for the year.