Lesia Vasylivna Dychko ( uk, Леся Василівна Дичко), originally Liudmyla Vasylivna Dychko (born 24 October 1939) is a Ukrainian composer and music educator.

Life

Early years and education

Lesia Vasylivna Dychko was born Liudmyla Vasylivna Dychko in Kyiv on 24 October 1939. She graduated from the Kyiv Lysenko State Music Lyceum in 1959 with a degree in music theory. In 1964 she graduated from the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in

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, studying with the composers Konstantyn Dankevych and

Borys Lyatoshynsky Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky ( uk, Бори́с Миколáйович Лятоши́нський ()), also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky (russian: Бори́с Николаевич Лятоши́нский), (3 January 189515 Apr ...

. In 1971 she studied with the

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composer Nikolai Peiko.

Career

After completing her studies, Dychko worked as a music teacher. She lectured at the Kyiv Pedagogical Institute from 1965 to 1966, at the from 1972 to 1994, at the Studio of the beginning in 1965. In 1993, Dychko took a position at the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, She became a

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there at in 2009. She has lectured as a

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at other universities.

Prizes and awards

In 1969, Dychko won first prize at a Moscow young composers’ competition. She received the in 1970, and the

Shevchenko National Prize Shevchenko National Prize ( uk, Націона́льна пре́мія Украї́ни і́мені Тараса́ Шевче́нка; also ''Shevchenko Award'') is the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts awarded since ...

in 1989. She became an in 1982, and a

People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). Establ ...

in 1995.

Works

Dychko has been associated with the . Dychko incorporates elements of

Ukrainian folk music Ukrainian folk music includes a number of varieties of traditional, folkloric, folk-inspired popular music, and folk-inspired European classical music traditions. In the 20th century numerous ethnographic and folkloric musical ensembles were e ...

in to her works, incorporating neo-folklorist music. Most of her compositions are choral works in which she reinterprets paintings and old folklore texts. Dychko composes sacred music.She was one of the first Soviet composers to compose church music. Her output includes film soundtracks. She composes for orchestral, choral and instrumental performance including flute, violin, organ and piano.

Incomplete list of compositions

(''Information from the ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'')'' * (after paintings by

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, and

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), chorus and orchestra, 1962 * ires Before Dawn(

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), 1966 * nspiration(ballet, after paintings by

Kateryna Bilokur Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur ( uk, Катерина Василівна Білокур; – 9 June 1961) was a Ukrainian folk artist born in the Poltava Governorate. Her birth date is unknown but 7 December is used as her official birthday. After a ...

), 1966, revised in 1983 * he Mellifluous Talker(

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), 1995 * he Red Guelder Rose Tree(Ukrainian folk songs from 1400-1600), for solo voices and chorus, 1969, revised 1971 * reeting to Life(

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, texts after

Bohdan Ihor Antonych Bohdan Ihor Antonych ( uk, Богдан-Ігор Антонич; 5 October 1909, in Nowica, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowica – 6 July 1937, in Lviv) was a 20th-century Ukrainian poet. In 1934 Antonych received third prize honours from the Ivan ...

), for male soloists and orchestra, 1972 * he Carpathian Canticlesfor chorus, 1975 * ' he Four Seasonsfor chorus, 1975 * he Circle of the Sunfor children's chorus and orchestra 1975 * pring children's chorus and orchestra 1976 * reetings, New, Fine Day! children's chorus, 1976 * he Wind of Revolution(symphony,

Maksym Rylsky Maksym Tadeyovych Rylsky ( uk, Максим Тадейович Рильський; russian: Максим Фадеевич Рыльский; in Kyiv – 24 July 1964 ''id.'') was a Ukrainian poet, translator, academician, Doctor of Philologi ...

and

Pavlo Tychyna Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna ( uk, Павло Григорович Тичина; – September 16, 1967) was a major Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman. He composed the lyrics to the Anthem of the Ukra ...

), chorus, 1976 * lory to the Working Professions! for children's chorus, 1980 * he Stars in Kiev(traditional), 1982 * nd They Gave it the Name Kiev(

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, taken from Russian

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s), 1982 * (oratorio, Indian poets), 1986 * (choral concerto), 1989 * (choral concerto), 1994 * (choral concerto), 1995 * rench Frescoes(choral concerto), 1996 * panish Frescoes(choral concerto), 1996 * Romances (after Ukraïnka,

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, Rylsky and Tychyna) * amine 1933 choir poem, based on the words of S. Kolomiiets * he Swans of Motherhood choir poem, based on the poems of Vasyl Symonenko) * Orchestral suites, string quartet, solo instrumental works, film scores music for piano.