Ukrainian composer, musicologist, journalist, editor, radio commentator, musician and public figure. Honored Journalist of the Ukrainian SSR (1983). Honored Artist of Ukraine (1998).
Biography.
In 1950, she graduated with honors from the R.M. Gliere Kyiv Music College.
In 1952, she graduated from the Kyiv Pedagogical Institute named after M. Gorky, in 1954 - from the Tchaikovsky Kyiv Conservatory, in 1970 - from the postgraduate course at the Conservatory. Since 1953, she has worked at Ukrainian Radio as an editor-in-chief, senior editor, head of the department, editor-in-chief, and radio commentator for music programs.
She has been a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine since 1957 and a member of the National Union of Composers since 1968.
State awards
Diploma of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (1969)
Medal "For Valiant Labor" (1971)
Medal "In memory of the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv" (1983)
Medal "Veteran of Labor" (1985), etc., as well as a number of awards, diplomas, certificates of honor, letters of thanks, etc. (about 35).
Laureate of the International Composers' Competition (Moscow, 1972), Laureate of the Ukrainian Creative Competition for the best work of the year (Kyiv, 1973), Honorable Mention for Cultural Patronage of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (1976).
Works
Choirs (accompanied by a symphony orchestra and piano): "Feat of the Fathers", "Remember Always", "Three Ways", "Fly, Spring Wind", "Motherland", "Let's Keep the Peace" and others, vocal and instrumental ensembles, romances, solos, songs, arrangements of folk songs; works for pop orchestra, bandura, accordion, piano; music for children, etc. She is the author of the popular song with lyrics by poetess Lada Reva "If I could embroider", which has been included in the repertoire of about 50 folk and honored artists.
Her works have been performed by Kostiantyn Ognevyi, Dmytro Hnatiuk, Bella Rudenko, Yurii Huliayev, Lev Leshchenko, Raisa Kyrychenko, Diana Petrynenko, Anatolii Mokrenko, and others.
Her works have been published in the publishing houses Musical Ukraine, Art, and Soviet Composer (Moscow), as well as in magazines and newspapers. She has an author's gramophone album of songs published by the Melodiya record company (Moscow)[2], as well as an author's audio cassette "If I Could Embroider" published in the United States.
She is the author of the book "Mykola Lysenko's Children's Operas" and articles, reviews in magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, collections, and radio talks (over 500).
