Leonid Didkovskyi (b. 25 November 1927, Nedashky - d. 5 September 2004, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian military conductor and teacher. Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR since 1973.
He was born on 25 November 1927 in the village of Nedashky (now Korosten district, Zhytomyr region, Ukraine). In 1951, he graduated from the Institute of Military Conductors in Moscow (teachers: P. Volodsky, G. Stolyarov). He has been a member of the CPSU since 1951.
In 1951-1974, he worked as a conductor of orchestras of military educational institutions in Kirovohrad, Vasylkiv, and Kyiv; in 1975-1976, he headed the creative department and was a member of the board of the Music Society of the Ukrainian SSR. From 1976 to 1997, he taught at the Reinhold Glier Music School in Kyiv.
He died in Kyiv on 5 September 2004.
Works
Author of the following works:
for brass band - "Polka Marichka", march "Glory to the working hands";
for trumpet and orchestra - "Poem", "Play";
for French horn and orchestra - "Play".
He compiled a methodological manual "Methodological Advice to Conductors of Amateur Brass Bands" (1974, Kyiv). He arranged for brass band "Hutsul Rhapsody" by Heorhiy Maiboroda, "Concert Waltz" by Arkadiy Filipenko, works by Ihor Shamo, Lev Kolodub, Platon Maiboroda, Vsevolod Rybalchenko.
