Heorhii Oleksiiovych Kozachenko (Kazachenko) (April 21 (May 3), 1858, Poltava - May 18, 1938 (in other sources - 1939), Leningrad) was a Ukrainian and Russian conductor, composer and teacher, professor (1926). Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
In 1868-1872, he studied music at the Court Singing Chapel with Gunke and Rybasov; in 1886-1883, he studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied composition with Rimsky-Korsakov and Julius Johansen, piano with R. F. Amend and R. R. Stein.
From 1883 to 1924 he worked as a choirmaster at the Mariinsky Theater, and later as a conductor of choral societies.
In 1898, he performed in Paris, conducting concerts of Russian symphony orchestras.
During 1898-1908, he taught a choral class at the theater, teaching opera choir singers music theory, sight-reading, and tact. He also taught choral singing at a number of institutes in St. Petersburg.
From 1924 until his death, he taught as a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory and directed the opera studio choir.
His works:
1892 - opera Prince Serebryanyi, based on A.K. Tolstoy, libretto by him, performed at the Mariinsky Theater under his own direction,
1902 - "Pan Sotnyk" - based on Shevchenko's poem "Sotnyk"[1], libretto by him, performed at the People's House in St. Petersburg,
"Marfinka" - based on the comedy by V. Krylov "Maiden's Tumult",
The Mermaid cantata, romances, a symphony, symphonic suites, an overture, and choruses.
His stage works are characterized by numerous choirs and mass scenes, using melodies of Ukrainian and Russian folk songs.
He has arranged for piano the operas The Snow Maiden by Rimsky-Korsakov and Cordelia by Solovyov.
