Ukrainian composer. Member of the NSCU (1968).
Biography.
Borys Alekseenko was born on August 19, 1929 in Krasnodar.
He received his musical education in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) at the Conservatory Music School (composition class of V. Salmanov, 1953) and the Kyiv Conservatory (composition class of Konstantin Dankevich, 1958). He also studied at the class of symphony conducting of Mykhailo Kanerstein.
In 1958-1962, he worked as a teacher of music theory at the Ternopil Music School. Later, he was a lecturer at the Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts (1963-1966), music editor of the Ukrainian Studio of Chronicle and Documentary Films (1962-1967), head of the music and pedagogical literature department of the Music Ukraine Publishing House (1967-1973), and chief music editor of the Dovzhenko Film Studio (1973-1989).
Since 1989, he has been the Chairman of the Board of the Music Fund of the NSCU.
Laureate of the A. Aleksandrov Medal (1980).
Works by him
"Danko". Poem for symphony orchestra (1958)
Sonata-poem. For piano (1957, published by K. 1965)
"Nightingales Sing in the Spring. Musical comedy (1966)
"Man". Six short stories based on poems by E. Mezelaitis for reader and symphony orchestra (1966, 2nd ed. 1980),
"Youth. Overture for symphony orchestra (1967, second edition 1968)
"Cippolino. Musical comedy based on the story by Gianni Rodari (1969)
"The Old Men" ("The First Furrow"). Music for the drama by I. Kavaleridze (1970)
"Gods, Devils, People". Musical comedy (1970)
"Maria the Confused" ("Masha the Confused"). An opera for children based on the fairy tale by L. Voronkova (published in 1971, first edition in 1974)
"Whose Wedding Is It?" Music for vaudeville (1972)
"Ukrainian Bucolic". For orchestra of folk instruments (1977)
"Ode to Kyiv". Vocal and Symphonic Poem (1982)
Symphony "Pioneer" (1961, published by K. 1983)
"Eltigen 1943". Symphonic chronicle (1985)
a cappella choirs, romances, songs, music for dramatic productions, films
