Borys Levytskyi (6 October 1893, Vilno - 1 January 1965, Prague) was a Ukrainian composer, singer (tenor), and pianist.
General information
He studied at the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute. He completed his technical education in Prague.
He also had a musical education, which he received at the Ukrainian Higher Pedagogical Institute (Prague) in 1928 (composition class of F. Yakymenko and O. Shin).
He also studied with composer Nestor Nyzhankivskyi and conductor Platonida Shchurovska-Rosinevych.
He worked as an engineer in Prague. He performed in Ukrainian concerts as a solo singer and pianist-concertmaster, and sang in a choir. He was friends with the poet Oleksandr Oles.
He died on 1 January 1965 in Prague. His grave, like the grave of his wife Nina, remains unattended at the Olshany cemetery.
His works include
opera "Straw Bull" based on O. Oles (1943)
opera Ivasyk-Telesyk after O. Oles (unfinished)
ballet "Bundles of Ukrainian Songs"
for choir - "Roaring and Groaning", "Learn, My Brothers", "Testament" after Taras Shevchenko
church compositions, carols
solos to the words of Taras Shevchenko, L. Ukrainka, O. Oles, P. Tychyna
arrangements of folk songs
music for the drama Marusya Bohuslavka by M. Starytskyi (in co-authorship)
