Vovk, Ivan [Вовк, Іван; professional name: S. Jascove], b 25 September 1921 in Kryvchunka, Tarashcha county, Kyiv gubernia. Composer and pianist. He studied at the Odesa Conservatory (1935–9). Having emigrated in 1945, he graduated (1954) from the César Franck music school in Paris and then worked as a piano teacher in San Francisco (1955–77) and Curitiba, Brazil. His works include the opera Zakhar Berkut, a concerto for violin and orchestra, and a score of a divine liturgy for mixed choir, as well as music to Volodymyr Sosiura’s poem ‘Liubit' Ukraïnu’ (Love Ukraine).

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).]