Early Life
Not much is known about Berezovsky’s biography. His life story was reconstructed in a short novel written in 1840 by Nestor Kukolnik and a play by Peter Smirnov staged at the Alexandrine Theatre in St. Petersburg. Many particulars from these works of fiction had been accepted as fact, but have since been proven inaccurate.
Some accounts speculate that Berezovsky was born on October 27, 1745 in Hlukhiv, and studied at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy. However, no hard evidence exists for this information, and his name is missing from the annals of the Academy. Since Hlukhiv was the only other music school training singers for the Imperial Court Choir, it is likely that he did spend at least some of his childhood there. Today there is a monument to Maksym Berezovsky in Hlukhiv, which is believed to be his birthplace.
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