Zhanna Yukhymivna Kolodub (* January 1, 1930, Vinnytsia) is a Ukrainian composer and teacher. People's Artist of Ukraine (2009).
She graduated from the Kyiv Music College, violin and piano classes (1949), and the Kyiv Conservatory, piano class of Konstantin Mikhailov (1954). Since 1952 he has been its teacher, associate professor (1985), professor (1997).
Honored Artist of Ukraine (1996). Laureate of the Mykola Lysenko Prize (2002), the Viktor Kosenko Prize, the International Competition of Works for Wind Instruments (Rivne), and the International Academic Rating of Popularity and Quality "Golden Fortune" (2002). He is a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine and the National All-Ukrainian Music Union.
On March 5, 2009, he was awarded the title "People's Artist of Ukraine" for his significant personal contribution to the socio-economic and cultural development of Ukraine, active social activities, many years of conscientious work and on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8.
Creativity
children's ballets:
"The Adventures of Vesnianka" (libretto by L. Bondarenko, 1969),
"The Snow Queen (libretto by O. Stelmashchenko based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, 1982),
musical comedy "Funny Girls" (libretto by I. Barabash, 1963),
musical "Adventures on the Mississippi" (libretto by D. Kisin, co-author Levko Kolodub, 1971);
2 cantatas "Three Songs of the World" (1979);
for symphony orchestra:
2 dance suites (co-authored by L. Kolodub, 1962, 1965),
suites - "Kyiv Lyrical Pictures" (1976),
"The Snow Queen" (1982),
"Pictures of Nature" (1990), etc;
for string orchestra:
2 symphonies (1965, 1972 - "Youth"),
2 partitas (1986, 1987),
"Chimes" (1987);
for chamber orchestra: 6 miniatures (2001);
For instruments with orchestra:
for flute and chamber orchestra - Legend (1980), Brotherly Circle (1985), Poem (1986);
for piano and orchestra - Concerto (1971), Concertino "Vanishing Images" (1997);
for viola and orchestra - Concerto (1995, 2nd edition - 2000),
for violin and orchestra - Concerto (1998),
for trumpet and orchestra - "Dramatic Concerto" (1986),
for oboe and orchestra - Concertino (1988);
suites:
for wind quintet (1983),
for pop orchestra (1973, 1976),
for 2 pianos (two, 1992),
for an orchestra of folk instruments (1972),
for 4 saxophones (1995),
for 2 flutes (1996);
for organ - Poem (1995);
for piano - cycles of plays "Spring Impressions" (1967) and "Menagerie" (1967), an album based on the fairy tale "The Snow Queen" (1978), "Arrangements of Songs of the World's Peoples for Children" (2 notebooks, 1978, 1985), Five Polyphonic Pieces (1979), etc;
for 2 pianos - "Folklore Suite" (1992), "Retro Suite" (1992),
for piano for 4 hands - pieces;
for flute, oboe and bassoon - "Kaleidoscope" (1993);
pieces for guitar, accordion, synthesizer, bells, etc;
choirs,
romances, vocalizations;
songs for children - the collection "Musical Alphabet" (based on folk texts, 1991), etc;
arrangements of folk songs;
music for theatrical performances and cartoons ("Tim the Duckling" (1970), "The Famous Tim the Duckling" (1970), "The Merry Chicken" (1973).
