List by century of birth
15th century
| Composer | Date | City of birth | Notable works | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian z Felsztyna | 1480/1490?–after 1543 | Polish Felsztyn (now modern Skelivka in Ukraine) | three motets | |
16th century
| Composer | Date | City of birth | Notable works | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcin Leopolita |  | 1537–1584 | Lviv | Missa paschalis |
17th century
| Composer | Date | City of birth | Notable works | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolay Diletsky | c.1630 –after 1680 | Kyiv | Hramatyka muzykal’na (Musical Grammar), a textbook of polyphonic singing [1] | |
| Symeon Pekalytsky | c. 1630 | Liturgy in 8 voices | ||
| Ivan Kolenda | active in the 1650s–1660s | Sluzhba triumfalna (Triumphal Service) | ||
| Ivan Domaratsky | after 1650 – before 1750 | "Oh you, Father Roman" and No. 10 "Your Spirit is Good", "Concerto of the Apostle Timofey", "The Catcher is Wonderful with His Tongue", concerto "The Virgin Gives Birth to the Pre-existent", "The Deliverer Has Been Sent by the Lord", concerto in 8 voices "Blessed is the Man Who Fears the Lord", All-Night Virgil "Blessed is the Man". |
18th century
| Composer | Date | City of birth | Notable works | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tymofiy Bilohradsky | c. 1710 – c. 1782 | Cherkasy? | Lutenist who worked throughout Europe [2] | |
| Hryhorii Skovoroda |  | 1722–1794 | Chornukhy, Kiev Governorate, Cossack Hetmanate | Garden of Divine Songs, Liturgical music [3] |
| Andrii Rachinsky | 1724–1794 | Velyki Mosty | sacred concerti, introduced the Italian style of singing in the Razumovsky chapel, contributed to the famous Razumovsky sheet music library | |
| Maksym Prokhorovych Kontsevych | active 1773–1780s | romances, liturgical music, cantata "He took the thundering harp in his right hand" (1787) | ||
| Timofiy Bilohradsky | c. 1710 – c. 1782 | Minuet with variations for harpsichord | ||
| Yelizaveta Belogradskaya | 1739 – c. 1764 [?] | Imperial Court opera singer and composer for keyboard | ||
| Vasyl Fedorovych Trutovsky | c.1740 –c.1810 | Belgorod, Sloboda Ukraine | music-folklore of the collection "Collection of "simple russian" songs with notes" (parts 1–4, 1776–1795) including Ukrainian folk songs, and piano variations on the themes of folk songs | |
| Vasily Pashkevych | c. 1742–1797 | 9 operas, masses and other liturgical works. | ||
| Maksym Berezovsky |  | 1745–1777 | Hlukhiv?, Nizhyn regiment, Cossack Hetmanate | Sacred choral concertos; composed the earliest opera, symphony, and f violin sonata [4] |
| Ivan Khandoshkin | 1747–1804 | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | "Kozachok from the 21 variations for solo piano", "12 variations in D major solo for violin on the theme of the song "Mowers went out to the field" and "12 variations in F major for violin with bass accompaniment on the theme of the dance "Kozachok", other variations on the basis of the Ukrainian folk song "Oh grove, green grove" | |
| Dmytro Bortniansky |  | 1751–1825 | Hlukhiv, Nizhyn regiment, Cossack Hetmanate | Sacred choral concerti, operas, symphonie concertante, quintet, harpsichord sonata [5] |
| Artemy Vedel | 1767–1808 | Kiev governate | Sacred choral concerti; see List of compositions by Artemy Vedel [6] | |
| Illia Lyzohub |  | 1787–1867 | Kulykivka, Chernihiv governate | cello sonata in G minor [7] |
| Oleksandr Lyzohub | 1790–1839 | Sedniv, Chernihiv governate | two nocturnes dated 1821, mazurkas, art songs ("Death in a Foreign Land"), sets of variations on Ukrainian folk songs ("Oh, There Is a Well in the Field,' "And I Had a Wife," and "Don't Go to the Party, Hryts" [8] |
19th century
| Composer | Date | City of birth | Notable works | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mykola Markevych |  | 1804–1860 | Dunaiets, Chernihiv gubernia | collection Ukrainian melodies published in 1831 [9] |
| Semen Hulak-Artemovsky |  | 1813–1873 | Horodyshche | The first Ukrainian-language opera "Zaporozhian Cossack beyond the Danube" [10] |
| Vasilii Sarenko | 1814–1881 | Voronezh, Russian Empire | Malorossiyska pliaska (Ukrainian dance) | |
| Mykhaylo Verbytsky |  | 1815–1870 | Lemko region, Austrian Empire | Ukraine national anthem [11] |
| Ivan A. Lavrivsky |  | 1823–1873 | Lopinka, Lemko region | religious and secular compositions such as "Autumn," "Zaspivai my, soloviiu" (Sing for Me, Nightingale), "Richen'ka" (The Streamlet), as well as the popular operettas Oman ochei (A Wile of the Eyes), Roksoliana, and Pan Dovhonos (Mister Long Nose) [12] |
| Volodymyr Stepanovych Alexandrov | 1825–1894 | Bugayivka, Izyum district, Kharkiv gubernia | ||
| Petro Nishchynsky |  | 1832–1896 | Nemenka, Vinnytska Oblast | chorus from "Vechornytsy": "song of the grey Cuckoo" [13] |
| Sydir Vorobkevych |  | 1836–1903 | Chernivtsi | Sacred music [14] |
| Anatol Vakhnianyn |  | 1841–1908 | Siniava, Peremyshl circle, Galicia | Kupalo, the first opera in western Ukraine (1870–92); music to plays by Taras Shevchenko, Fedir Zarevych, Omelian Ohonovsky, and Kornylo Ustyianovych; original choral scores to texts by Yurii Fedkovych, Ivan Hushalevych, E. Levytsky, and others; choral arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs [15] |
| Mykola Lysenko |  | 1842–1912 | Poltava oblast | overture from Taras Bulba, Prayer for Ukraine The "Father of Ukrainian music". Founder of Ukrainian nationalist school of music [16] |
| Arkady Abaza |  | 1843–1915 | Sudzhansky District, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire | Piano pieces and romances, including "Foggy Morning" to the words of Ivan Turgenev |
| Viktor Matiuk |  | 1852–1912 | Tudorkovychi, Zhovkva circle, Galicia | folk song arrangements, melodramas such as "Kapral Tymko" (Corporal Tymko), "Neshchasna liubov" (Unlucky Love), "Invalid" (The Invalid), and "Nashi poselentsi" (Our Settlers), anthology of the works of Ukrainian composers titled Boian (The Troubadour, 1884; 2nd edn 1886), school and church songbooks [17] |
| Mykola Arkas |  | 1853–1909 | Mykolaiv | the opera "Kateryna" (1890) [18] |
| Ostap Nyzhankivsky |  | 1862–1919 | Drohobych, Galicia | works for choir "Hulialy" (They Danced) and "Z Okrushkiv" (From Crumbs, text by Yurii Fedkovych), art songs for solo voice with piano accompaniment, including "Mynuly lita molodii" (The Years of Youth Have Passed By); arrangements of folk songs for solo voice or choir; and Vitrohony, a cycle of kolomyika melodies for piano [19] |
| Denys Sichynsky |  | 1865–1909 | Kliuvyntsi, Husiatyn county, Galicia | opera Roksoliana (libretto by V. Lutsyk and Stepan Charnetsky, 1908); works for symphony and chamber orchestras; piano solos; choral music, including the cantata Lichu v nevoli (I Count the Days and Nights in captivity; text by Taras Shevchenko); a score for a liturgy; approximately 20 art songs for solo voice to texts by T. Shevchenko, L. Ukrainka, I. Franko, B. Lepky, U. Kravchenko, and H. Heine; and arrangements of folk songs [20] |
| Filaret Kolessa |  | 1871–1947 | Lviv oblast | Ukrainian ethnographic musicology [21] |
| Mikhail Bukinik | 1872–1947 | Dubno | ||
| Liudmyla Volodymyrivna Aleksandrova | 19th century | Izium | music for the romances "I'm looking at the sky" (lyrics by Mykhailo Petrenko) and "Blow, wind, to Ukraine" (lyrics by Stepan Rudanskyi) | |
| Reinhold Glière |  | 1875–1956 | Kyiv | Numerous orchestral works, concertos, ballets, vocal works [22] |
| Oleksandr Koshyts |  | 1875–1944 | Romashky, near Kyiv | Sacred music (liturgies, songs), collecting and arrangements of folk songs [23] |
| Borys Yanovsky | 1875–1933 | Moscow | 10 operas, notably Sorochyntsi Fair (1899) and Black Sea Duma or Samiilo Kishka (1927); two ballets; orchestral pieces; chamber music works; violin and piano music; works for chorus; art songs; and arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs [24] | |
| Fedir Stepanovych Yakymenko | 1876–1945 | Pisky | two symphonies, symphonic poems, an orchestral suite, an overture, a trio for strings, a sonata for cello, sonatas for violin, and numerous works for piano | |
| Serhii Bortkevych |  | 1877–1952 | Kharkiv | Works by Bortkiewicz include two symphonies, three piano concertos, a violin concerto, and a cello concerto |
| Davyd Novakivsky | 1877–1921 | Malyn | Synagogue music, choral, organ, and orchestral works | |
| Mykola Leontovych |  | 1877–1921 | Selevyntsi (Podilia) | Shchedryk which eventually became the "Carol of the Bells" [25] |
| Stanyslav Lyudkevych |  | 1879–1979 | Yaroslav (present-day Poland) | cantata The Caucasus (1902–13), inspired by Taras Shevchenko's poem, The Eternal Revolutionary (1898), The Reaper (1901), Khor pidzemnykh kovaliv (The Chorus of Underground Blacksmiths, 1905), Oi, vyhostriu tovarysha (Oh, I'll Hone My Knife, 1917), and The Testament (1934) symphonic compositions The [Sich] Riflemen's Rhapsody, 1920), Kameniari (The Stonecutters, 1926, 1956), and Vesnianky (Spring Songs, 1935), Symfonietta (1943), Koliadnytsia (Christmas Caroller, 1944), Iunats’ke rondo (The Rondo of Youth, 1946), the symphonic poem The Dnieper (1948), Prykarpats’ka symfoniia (The Subcarpathian Symphony, 1952), and the opera Dovbush [26] |
| Pavlo Senytsia |  | 1879–1960 | Maksymivka, Pereiaslav county, Poltava gubernia | operas Life Is a Dream (based on Calderón) and The Servant Girl (based on Taras Shevchenko, 1913–16); two symphonies (1905, 1912); an overture (1908); seven string quartets; approximately 50 works of choral music to texts by Shevchenko, Mykola Bazhan, and others; and approximately 100 solo art songs to texts by Shevchenko, Pavlo Tychyna, Maksym Rylsky, and others [27] |
| Mykola Roslavets |  | 1881–1944 | Dushatyn, Chernihiv | Orchestral and chamber atonal works, Known as the Ukrainian Schoenberg |
| Kyrylo Stetsenko |  | 1882–1922 | Cherkashchyna | Requiem "Zhuravli" (the cranes) [28] |
| Yakiv Stepovy |  | 1883–1921 | Kharkiv | Art songs to the words of T. Shevchenko, I. Franko, Lesia Ukrainka, P. Tychyna, M. Rylskyi [29] |
| Vasyl Barvinsky |  | 1888–1963 | Ternopil | works for piano, orchestra, choir on ukrainian folk and literary themes [30] |
| Mykola Vilinsky |  | 1888–1956 | Holta, Ananiv povit | Symphonic suites, music for piano, and arrangements for choir and solo voices of Ukrainian, Russian, Moldavian folk songs [31] |
| Levko Revutsky |  | 1889–1977 | Irzhavets, Pryluky | Symphony 2 [32] |
| Sergei Prokofiev |  | 1891–1953 | Sontsivka, Donetsk | 5 piano concertos, 9 piano sonatas, 7 symphonies, Suite from Romeo and Juliet, Suite from Lieutenant Kijé [33] |
| Vsevolod Zaderatsky | 1891–1953 | Rivne | two operas, several symphonic compositions (including Symphony No. 1, 1951), chamber music, choral works (eg, the Suite on Ukrainian Folk Texts [1950] and a choral poem dedicated to Viktor Kosenko [1948]), and art songs, five piano sonatas, a suite, a cycle of 24 preludes and fugues [34] | |
| Mykhailo Haivoronsky |  | 1892–1949 | Zalischyky | songs of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, choral works, church music, and instrumental music for violin, string orchestra, band, and symphony orchestra. He also arranged many folk songs and compiled a number of songbooks [35] |
| Pavlo Pecheniha-Uhlytsky | 1892–1948 | Pechenihy, Vovchansk county, Kharkiv gubernia | the opera The Witch (after Yevhen Hrebinka, libretto by Stepan Charnetsky, 1936–1940), the ballet Legin' (Young Lad; libretto by Dmytro Chutro, 1938), the tone poem Ukraïna (after Taras Shevchenko's Haidamaky ), three string quartets, and the cantata Biut' porohy (The Rapids Roar; text by Shevchenko) for mixed chorus and orchestra [36] | |
| Pylyp Kozytsky |  | 1893–1960 | Letychivka, Cherkasy Oblast | works based on elements of Ukrainian folk music with social and patriotic characteristics [37] |
| Valentyn Kostenko | 1895–1960 | Urazovo, Valuiki county, Voronezh gubernia | the operas Karmeliuk , Nazar Stodolia (based on the play by Taras Shevchenko), and The Carpathians; the ballet Reborn Steppe; the symphony The Year 1917; a suite for symphony orchestra; violin, piano, and choral pieces; and six string quartets. studies of Pavlo Senytsia (1922), the role of folk songs in Ukrainian music (1928), the influence of German expressionism on Ukrainian music (1929) [38] | |
| Borys Liatoshynskyi |  | 1895–1968 | Zhytomyr | Operas The Golden Ring (1929) and Shchors (1937), the five symphonies, the Overture on Four Ukrainian Folk Themes (1926), the suites Taras Shevchenko (1952) and Romeo and Juliet (1955), the symphonic poem Grazhyna (1955), his "Slavic" piano concerto (1953), and the completion and orchestration of Reinhold Glière's violin concerto (1956) |
| Roman Prydatkevych | 1895–1980 | Żywiec, near Cracow | four symphonies, the Ukrainian Suite for chamber orchestra, works for violin and piano such as the Hutsul Suite, two rhapsodies, and a sonata [39] | |
| Viktor Kosenko |  | 1896–1938 | St. Petersburg | sonata for cello and piano (1923), Classical Trio for piano, violin, and cello (1927), a sonata for violin and piano (1927), Heroic Overture (1932), Moldavian Poem (1937), a piano concerto, three piano sonatas, a trio, a violin concerto, about 100 piano pieces, including 24 pieces for children (1936) [40] |
| Stefania Turkewich |  | 1898–1977 | Lviv | Her opera "Mavka" is based on Lesia Ukrainka's Forest Song [41] |
20th century
| Composer | Date | City of birth | Notable works | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Simovych | 1901–1984 | Sniatyn, then in Austrian Galicia | Ballet, 7 symphonies, symphonic poems, symphonic overtures, suites, flute concerto, string quartet, two trios, works for violin, cello, piano, and mixed choir, piano concerto | |
| Andriy Shtoharenko | 1902–1992 | Novi Kaidaky (now part of Dnipro) | symphonic cantata Ukraïno moia (My Ukraine, 1943), the Kyiv Symphony (1972), symphonic suites, a violin concerto, chamber and choral pieces, art songs, incidental music, and film scores | |
| Antin Rudnytsky | 1902–1975 | Luka, Sambir county, Galicia | operas Dovbush (1938) and Anna Yaroslavna (1967), three symphonies, a ballet suite and the ballet Burï nad Zakhodom (Storms over the West, 1932), a lyric poem, an overture, a concerto for cello and orchestra, the oratorio Haidamaky (1974), the cantata Moses (to Ivan Franko's poem), Poslaniie (The Epistle, to Taras Shevchenko's poem) | |
| Yuliy Meitus |  | 1903–1997 | Elysavet, now modern Kropyvnytskyi | Considered the founder of the Ukrainian Soviet opera. Composed 18 operas, most notably Perekop (1939–40) and Haidamaky (1940–41) (both composed with Vsevolod Rybalchenko and Mykhailo Tits), Abadan (composed with A. Kuliev, 1942–43), Star over the Dvina (1951–1955), Stolen Happiness (1958–59), and Yaroslav the Wise (1973) and about 300 songs. |
| Kostiantyn Dankevych |  | 1905–1984 | Odesa | operas Trahediina nich (Tragic Night, 1935), Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1951; new version, 1953), and Nazar Stodolia (1960); the ballet Lileia (Lily, 1939); two symphonies (1937, 1945); the symphonic poems Otello (Othello, 1937) and Taras Shevchenko (1939); a string quartet; a trio; choral works; and film scores and art songs for solo voice |
| Dmytro Klebanov |  | 1907–1987 | Kharkiv | Symphony No.1 In Memoriam to the Martyrs of Babi Yar (1945) |
| Anatol Kos-Anatolsky | 1909–1983 | Kolomyia, Galicia | the opera To Meet the Sun (1957, revised as The Fiery Sky, 1959); the ballets Dovbush's Kerchief (1951), The Jay's Wing (1956), and Orysia (1964); the operetta Spring Storms (1960); the cantatas It Passed a Long Time Ago (1961) and The Immortal Testament (1963); the oratorio From the Niagara to the Dnieper (1969); two piano concertos and two violin concertos; chamber music; piano pieces; and choral works | |
| Arkady Filippenko | [ | 1912–1983 | Pushcha-Vodycia, Kyiv | more than 500 songs |
| Ihor Markevych |  | 1912–1983 | Kyiv | Rébus with Leonid Massine in 1931 and L'envol d'Icare in 1932, revised under the title Icare (1943) |
| Dezső Zádor | 1912–1985 | Uzhhorod | ||
| Heorhiy Maiboroda |  | 1913–1992 | Kremenchuk | operas Mylana (1957), Arsenal (1960), Taras Shevchenko (1964), and Yaroslav the Wise (1973); three symphonies (1940, 1952, 1976); a concerto for voice and orchestra (1969); the symphonic poems Lily, (text by Taras Shevchenko, 1939) and Kameniari (Stone-cutters, text by Ivan Franko, 1941); the vocal-symphonic poem Zaporozhians (text by Liubov Zabashta, 1954); and the orchestral Hutsul Rhapsody (1949) |
| Platon Maiboroda |  | 1918–1989 | Pelekhivshchyna (Poltava Governorate) | the symphonic overture Prometheus , choral works, and the vocal-symphonic poem Poplar, (text by Taras Shevchenko, 1966). He is best known for his popular songs, such as "The Kyiv Waltz", "White Chestnuts," "Song about the Dnieper," and the widely familiar "Rushnychok" (Embroidered Towel, text by Andrii Malyshko), which is commonly known as "Ridna maty moia" (Dear Mother Mine) |
| George Fiala | 1922–2017 | Kyiv | over 200 works including symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and educational pieces for children | |
| Ihor Shamo |  | 1925–1982 | Kyiv | Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii! |
| Ihor Sonevytsky | 1926–2006 | Hadynkivtsi, Kopychyntsi county, Galicia | opera Star, the ballet Cinderella, incidental music for numerous theater plays, a Piano Concerto in G Major, variations and miniatures for piano, approximately 60 art songs for voice and piano (including cycles to texts by Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, and Vasyl Symonenko), the cantata Love Ukraine, and church music | |
| Oleksandr Bilash | 1931–2003 | Hradizhsk, Poltava Oblast | Composer of popular songs, operas, ballads, oratorios, and film music | |
| Yuriy Oliynyk | 1931–2021 | Ternopil | Concertos for bandura and orchestra, music for solo bandura, piano, voice | |
| Vitaliy Serhiyovich Hubarenko | 1934–2000 | Kharkiv | Zahybel’ eskadry ‘The Destruction of the Squadron’ (1966) | |
| Boris Mykolayovych Buyevsky | 1935– | Kryvyi Rih | ||
| Vitaliy Hodziatsky | 1936– | Kyiv | avant gardist works | |
| Oleksandr Krasotov | 1936–2007 | Odesa | Symphony, chamber, vocal music | |
| Valentyn Sylvestrov |  | 1937– | Kyiv | Seven symphonies, three piano sonatas, piano pieces, chamber music, vocal works |
| Mykola Hirshevych Kapustin | 1937–2020 | Horlivka | Jazz | |
| Myroslav Skoryk |  | 1938–2020 | Lviv | Operas, symphony, string quartets, music solo instruments such as piano |
| Virko Baley |  | 1938– | Radekhiv | Symphony No. 1: Sacred Monuments, Dreamtime for chamber ensemble, Emily Dickinson Songbooks |
| Lesia Dychko | 1939–1964 | Kyiv | the symphony Pryvitannia zhyttia (Welcoming Life) for soprano, bass, and chamber orchestra, based on the words of the imagist poet Bohdan Ihor Antonych, and Viter revoliutsii (Wind of the Revolution) based on the poems of Maksym Rylsky and Pavlo Tychyna; numerous cantatas to the words of Taras Shevchenko, Mykola Vinhranovsky, and other poets; choir concertos and two choir poems: Holod – 33 (Famine 1933; based on the words of S. Kolomiiets) and Lebedi materynstva (The Swans of Motherhood; based on the poems by Vasyl Symonenko) | |
| Valentin Bibik | 1940–2003 | Kharkiv | ||
| Yevhen Stankovych | 1942– | Svaliava | Orchestral, chamber, film music | |
| Viktor O. Hutsal | 1944– | Trebuchivtsi, Khmelnytskyi oblast' | orchestration of the Zaporozhian march | |
| Ivan Karabyts |  | 1945–2002 | Yalta (Donetsk oblast') | Concerto for choir and orchestra “Garden of Divine Songs”; Symphony "5 songs about Ukraine", 2nd concert for orchestra, 3rd concert for orchestra; Symphony for strings |
| Mykola Suk |  | 1945– | Kyiv | |
| Volodymyr Ivasyuk | 1949–1979 | Kitsman | Songs: Chervona Ruta, Vodohrai | |
| Hanna Havrylets | 1958–2022 | Ternopil | See: Works | |
| Roman Yakub | 1958– | Vinnytsia | Phonopolis for String Orchestra, Castalian Dances for chamber ensemble | |
| Oleksandr Shchetynsky |  | 1960– | Kharkiv | Annunciation, chamber opera (1998) |
| Roman Hurko | 1962– | Toronto | Three Liturgies, Requiem for Victims of Chernobyl, Vespers | |
| Yulia Homelska |  | 1964–2016 | Odesa | "The Riot" for wind symphony orchestra, "Ukraine Forever" symphony, "Winter pastoral" for choir |
| Bohdana Frolyak |  | 1968– | Vydyniv | See: Works |
| Vlad DeBriansky |  | 1972– | Kalush | Jazz, blues |
| Svitlana Azarova |  | 1976– | Izmail, Odesa Oblast | Chronometer for Piano, Asiope for chamber ensemble |
| Oleksandr Shymko | 1977– | Borshchiv | Orchestral, chamber, electronic, theater music | |
| Valeriy Antonyuk |  | 1979– | Derencovets, Korsun-Shevchenkovskii District, Cherkassy Region | Cantata in five parts on the lyrics by Federico Garsia Lorca for soprano and symphony orchestra (recorded in 2005), piano Concert (rec. in 2007), four songs on the lyrics by Vasyl Stus for soprano and symphony orchestra (rec. in 2008) [42] |
| Dmitri Tchesnokov | 1982– | Vokhma, Russia | sacred music, works for piano, flute [43] | |
| Evgeny Khmara |  | 1988– | Kyiv | Piano, orchestral |
| Bohdan Syroyid |  | 1995– | Lviv | Piano, chamber music [44] |
