Lesia Dychko
Lesia Vasylivna Dychko, originally Liudmyla Vasylivna Dychko 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 composition, studying with the composers Konstantyn Dankevych and Borys Lyatoshynsky. In 1971 she studied with the Soviet 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 professor there at in 2009. She has lectured as a visiting professor 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 in 1989. She became an in 1982, and a People's [Artist of Ukraine] in 1995.Works
Dychko has been associated with the. Dychko incorporates elements of Ukrainian folk music 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
- 5 fantaziy, chorus and orchestra, 1962
- Dosvitni vogni , 1966
- Natkhnennya , 1966, revised in 1983
- Zolotoslov , 1995
- Chervona kalina , for solo voices and chorus, 1969, revised 1971
- Privitannya zhittya , for male soloists and orchestra, 1972
- Karpatskaya for chorus, 1975
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