Antin Rudnytsky (6 or 7 February 1902, Luka village, Sambir district, Lviv region - 30 February 1975, Toms River, New Jersey, USA[1]) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist and conductor. Brother of Volodymyr Rudnytskyi, husband of opera singer (soprano) Maria Sokil, father of pianist Roman Rudnytskyi and Dorian Rudnytskyi, composer and cellist. A full member of the National Academy of Sciences (since 1962). Chairman of the World Association of Ukrainian Professional Musicians.
He graduated from the Lviv Conservatory and the Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin (Germany). He studied musicology at the University of Berlin. He worked as a conductor of opera houses in Kharkiv (1927-30), Kyiv (1930-32), Lviv (1932-34), and orchestras in Lviv, Warsaw, and Kaunas (Lithuania). In 1939 he moved to the United States. He worked as a conductor of opera, symphony orchestras and choirs in New York, Philadelphia (USA) and Toronto (Canada).
Creative work
The musical language of Anton Rudnytsky's early works is radical, while in his later period it is romantic and modern. He pioneered the modern trend among Western Ukrainian musicians. He is the author of musicological works "Ukrainian Music, Historical and Critical Review" (1963), "About Music and Musicians" (1980).
Main works
Operas
"Dovbush" (1938),
"Anna Yaroslavna (1967)
"Princess Olga (1968);
Symphonic works (three symphonies, Ballet Suite, Lyrical Poem)
Ballet "Storms over the West" (1932),
Oratorio "The Haidamaks" (1974),
Cantatas for chorus and orchestra ("The Message" by Taras Shevchenko, "Moses" by Ivan Franko, "At Dawn", "January Cantata"),
Concerto for cello and orchestra;
Chamber works (two string quartets, sonata for cello and piano), intrada, piano works (Sonata, Suite, Variations, Fantasy, Divertimento, etc.), approx. 70 solo pieces.
