Lev Kolodub

Taras Yachshenko is recorded as having studied under Lev Kolodub. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony and opera. Distinctions recorded are Merited Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of Ukraine, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class and Honored Art Worker of Ukraine.

• Name — Lev Kolodub • Born — 1 May 1930 • Birthplace — Kyiv • Died — 23 February 2019 • Place of death — Kyiv • Education — Kharkiv Conservatory • Occupation — * Composer • Academic teacher • Organizations — * Kyiv Conservatory • National Union of Composers of Ukraine • Awards — * People's Artist of the USSR • Shevchenko National Prize • Order of Lenin

Lev Kolodub was born on 1 May 1930 in Kyiv. His mother was an opera singer, and her grandmother was a music teacher. He studied at the Kharkiv Secondary Specialized Music Boarding School as a clarinetist and later at the Kharkiv Conservatory as a composer. After graduating from the conservatory in 1954 he worked in Kyiv. From 1958 to 1960 he taught music theory at the Kyiv Theater Institute, and from 1966 he taught at the Kyiv Conservatory, from 1985 as professor. In 1997 he headed a recently established Music Information Technology Department of the Kyiv Conservatory. From 1994 to 1997 he was the chairman of the Kyiv branch of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. He was from 1997 a corresponding member and from 2005 an academic of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine. Lev Kolodub was married to Zhanna Kolodub, a Ukrainian composer and pianist. He died on 23 February 2019 in Kyiv at the age of 88.

• Operas: • A Duma about Turbay (Дума про Турбаї, 1951) • Awakening (Пробудження, 1976) • Unrequited Love (Незраджена любов, 1985) • Poet (Поет, 1988) • Operettas: • Merry Girls (Веселі дівчата, co-authored with Zhanna Kolodub, 1968) • Adventures in Mississippi (Пригоди на Міссісіпі co-authored with Zhanna Kolodub, 1971) • City of Lovers (Місто закоханих, 1969) • I love you (Люблю тебе, 1975) • Symphonies: • Symphony № 1, 1958. • Symphony-Duma № 2, "Shevchenko's images", 1964. • Symphony № 3, "Symphony in the style of the Ukrainian Baroque", 1980. • Symphony № 4, "Symphony '86", 1986. • Symphony № 5, "Pro memoria" (Memory of the victims of terrible disasters in Ukraine), 1990. • Symphony № 6, "C major and A. Schoenberg", 1999. • Symphony № 7, "Metamorphoses", 2000 (2nd edition - 2003) • Symphony № 8, Pryluky (for young performers), 2003. • Symphony № 9, "New Feelings", 2004. • Symphony № 10, "According to the sketches of young years", 2005. • Symphony № 11, New Shores, 2007. • Symphony № 12, "Zeitheist" ("Spirit of Time"). • Concertos for solo instruments and orchestra: • 2 concertos for horn and orchestra (1972, 1980), • 2 concertos for trumpet and orchestra (1982, 1996), • 2 concertos for trombone and orchestra (1986, 1997), • Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra (1988), • 2 concertos for violin and orchestra (1992, 2000), • 2 concertos for clarinet and orchestra (1995, 2004), • Concerto for bassoon and orchestra (1997), • Concerto for oboe and orchestra (1997), • Concertino for 2 French horns (Ukrainian, 1982), • Concertino for the tube (Epic, 1986), • Concertino for 4 saxophones (1985), • Concertino for oboe (2001)