List of Ukrainian composers

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This is a list of Ukrainian composers of classical music who were either born on the territory of modern-day Ukraine or were ethnically Ukrainian.

List by historic periods[]

Early period (to the end of the 18th century)[]

Dmytro Bortnyansky

The composers in this period correspond roughly to the time period of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Ukrainian Cossack self-governance, such as the Zaporizhian Sich (late 15th century–1775) and the Cossack Hetmanate (1649–1764). This period includes western-educated composers whose music is similar in style to that of their Western European contemporaries.

Composer Date City of birth Notable works
Sebastian z Felsztyna 1480/1490?–after 1543 Felsztyn (modern Skelivka, then part of Poland, now in Ukraine) three motets
Marcin Leopolita 1537–1584 Lviv Missa paschalis
Mykola Dyletsky 1630–1690 Kyiv Sacred choral concerti
Tymofiy Bilohradsky c. 1710–c.1782 Cherkasy? Lutenist who worked throughout Europe
Hryhoriy Skovoroda 1722–1794 Chornukhy, Kyiv Governorate Liturgical music
Maksym Berezovsky 1745–1777 Hlukhiv? Sacred choral concerti; composed the earliest opera, symphony, and violin sonata by a Ukrainian composer
Dmytro Bortnyansky 1751–1825 Hlukhiv Sacred choral concerti, operas, symphonie concertante, quintet, harpsichord sonata
Artem Vedel 1767–1808 Kyiv Sacred choral concerti

Pre-revolutionary period (19th century–1910s)[]

Semen Hulak-Artemovsky

During this period of Ukrainian history, much of the current territory of the country was controlled by the Russian Empire, or under Austro-Hungarian rule. The period was marked a Ukrainian cultural revival when, for example, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky produced the first opera written in Ukrainian, and Mykola Lysenko began the Ukrainian nationalist school of music.

Composer Date City of birth Notable works
Mykola Markevych 1804–1860 Dunaiets
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky 1813–1873 Horodyshche The first Ukrainian-language opera
Mykhaylo Verbytsky 1815–1870 Lemkivshchyna Ukraine national anthem
Petro Nishchynsky 1832–1896 Nemenka, Vinnytska Oblast
Sydir Vorobkevych 1836–1903 Chernivtsi Sacred music
Mykola Lysenko 1842–1912 Poltava oblast The "Father of Ukrainian music". Founder of Ukrainian nationalist school of music
Mykola Arkas 1853–1909 Mykolaiv

Trans-Revolutionary Period (late 19th century – 1939)[]

Mykola Leontovych

Composers in this period lived during a transitional time corresponding to the 1905 Revolution, World War I, the 1917 Revolution, and the establishment of the Ukrainian People's Republic, followed by the establishment of Soviet Ukraine. Many composers during this period were the successors of Mykola Lysenko and the Ukrainian school of music. For example, Mykola Leontovych's music is highly based on the incorporation of Ukrainian folk themes.

Composer Date City of birth Notable works
Serhiy Bortkevych 1877–1952 Kharkiv Works by Bortkiewicz include two symphonies, three piano concertos, a violin concerto, and a cello concerto
Filaret Kolessa 1871–1947 Lviv oblast Ukrainian ethnographic musicology
Reinhold Glière 1875–1956 Kyiv Numerous orchestral works, concertos, ballets, vocal works
Davyd Novakivsky 1877–1921 Malyn Synagogue music, choral, organ, and orchestral works
Kyrylo Stetsenko 1882–1922 Cherkashchyna
Mykola Leontovych 1877–1921 Selevyntsi (Podilia) Shchedryk which eventually became the "Carol of the Bells"
Yakiv Stepovy 1883–1921 Kharkiv
Mykola Roslavets 1881–1944 Dushatyn, Chernihiv Orchestral and chamber atonal works, Known as the Ukrainian Schoenberg
Viktor Kosenko 1896–1938 St. Petersburg Piano concertos, symphonies, solo piano music
Oleksandr Koshyts 1875–1944 Romashky, near Kyiv Sacred music (liturgies, songs), collecting and arrangements of folk songs

Soviet period (1922–1990)[]

Stanyslav Lyudkevych

Although not all of the following composers during this period were born in Ukrainian SSR.

Composer Date City of birth Notable works
Vasyl Barvinsky 1888–1963 Ternopil
Mykola Vilinsky 1888–1956 Holta, Ananiv povit
Levko Revutsky 1889–1977 Irzhavets, Pryluky
Mykhailo Haivoronsky 1892–1949 Zalischyky
Pylyp Kozytsky 1893–1960 Letychivka, Cherkasy Oblast
Mikhail Isaakovich Levin 1894–1995 Kyiv
Borys Lyatoshynsky 1895–1968 Zhytomyr
Stanyslav Lyudkevych 1879–1979 Yaroslav (present-day Poland)
Stefania Turkewich 1898–1977 Lviv Her opera "Mavka" is based on Lesia Ukrainka’s Forest Song
Roman Simovych 1901–1984 Sniatyn[note 1] 7 symphonies
Kostyantyn Dankevych 1905–1984 Odesa
Vitaliy Serhiyovich Hubarenko 1934–2000 Kharkiv
Yuly Meytus 1903–1997 Yelisavetgrad
Heorhiy Maiboroda 1913–1992 Kremenchuk
Ihor Markevych 1912–1983 Kyiv
Dmytro Klebanov 1907–1987 Kharkiv
Platon Maiboroda 1918–1989 Pelekhivshchyna (Poltava Governorate)
Ihor Shamo 1925–1982 Kyiv

Modern period (1990–present)[]

Bohdana Frolyak

Works from composers date from after after the independence of Ukraine was achieved in 1991.

Composer Life Span City of Birth Significant Works
Myroslav Skoryk 1938–2020 Lviv Operas, symphony, string quartets, music solo instruments such as piano
Oleksandr Bilash 1931–2003 Hradizhsk, Poltava Oblast Composer of popular songs, operas, ballads, oratorios, and film music
Volodymyr Ivasyuk 1949–1979 Kitsman Songs: Chervona Ruta, Vodohrai
Valentyn Sylvestrov 1937– Kyiv Seven symphonies, three piano sonatas, piano pieces, chamber music, vocal works
Bohdana Frolyak 1968– Vydyniv See: Works
Hanna Havrylets 1958–2022 Ternopil See: Works
Virko Baley 1938– Radekhiv Symphony No. 1: Sacred Monuments, Dreamtime for chamber ensemble, Emily Dickinson Songbooks
Roman Yakub 1958– Vinnytsia Phonopolis for String Orchestra, Castalian Dances for chamber ensemble
Oleksandr Shchetynsky 1960– Kharkiv Annunciation, chamber opera (1998)
Yulia Homelska 1964–2016 Odesa "The Riot" for wind symphony orchestra, "Ukraine Forever" symphony, "Winter pastoral" for choir
Roman Hurko 1962– Toronto Three Liturgies, Requiem for Victims of Chernobyl, Vespers
Svitlana Azarova 1976– Izmail, Odessa Chronometer for Piano, Asiope for chamber ensemble
Mykola Suk 1945– Kyiv
Oleksandr Krasotov 1936–2007 Odesa Symphony, chamber, vocal music
Yuriy Oliynyk 1931– Ternopil Concertos for bandura and orchestra, music for solo bandura, piano, voice
Yevhen Stankovych 1942– Svaliava Orchestral, chamber, film music
Vlad DeBriansky 1972– Kalush Jazz
Mykola Hirshevych Kapustin 1937–2020 Horlivka Jazz
Oleksandr Shymko 1977– Borshchiv Orchestral, chamber, electronic, theater music

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Notes[]

  1. ^ At the time of the composer's birth, Sniatyn was part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
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