His musical career started in 1969 after his performance on the dance floor with the group
Eney, which consisted of students from the music school named after
Mykola Lysenko. In 1970 the band debuted on television and almost two years was the undisputed leader of the
Ukrainian rock music. In 1971, Taras created the new group
Dzvony, which in 1974 merged with the publicly banned
Eney. After serving in the army Petrynenko was the leader of famous group
Mriya, but after they were banned to perform their own songs (particularly «a song about the song»), he with the group
Magic Guitars emigrated to Russia. Since 1982 year Petrynenko with the ensemble
Red Poppy-Flowers from
Tula that at that time consisted exclusively out of the Ukrainian musicians. Here he recorded his first
Russian language hits:
Dimmed away stars,
Pereletnaya ptitsa,
I soon come back, but after a short time returned to Ukraine. In 1991, Petrynenko began to record for the
Audio Ukraine album
Lord, have mercy on us, which was completed only two years later. The reason for that was the breakup of the band
Hrono as the accompanying musicians simply did not return from the foreign tour. But this did not reflect on the quality of the album and by the results of 1993 it was the best in Ukraine. In 1995, Taras for some time anchored the central television program
Kolyskova dlia doroslykh. In the summer of 1997 on «Tavria games - VI» Petrynenko received the All-Ukrainian Prize in music and mass shows, the
Golden Firebird, in the nomination the Living Legend. At the year-end the company
Nova Records released the third solo album of Petrynenko
Liubov moya, in planning finally to publish the previous one as well. In 1999 for the personal contribution in the development of the national culture and art and the significant artistic achievements, the solo-vocalist of the concert-creative organizations
Kyivschyna, Taras Petrynenko was awarded the title of the
People's Artist of Ukraine. In 2003, the brand Atlantic classified Tarasa Petrynenko to group of rock musicians and issued a collection of his songs as the series
Rock Legends of Ukraine. In the autumn 2004 Taras actively participated in the
Orange Revolution, where on the Independence Square in
Kyiv he has performed his songs. In 2013-2014, Taras Petrinenko actively participated in the Revolution of Dignity, where he performed his songs many times. ==Most famous works==