This is a list of Ukrainian composers of classical music who were either born on the territory of modern-day Ukraine or were ethnically Ukrainian.

List by century of birth

15th century

16th century

Composer		Date	City of birth	Notable works
Marcin Leopolita		1537–1584	Lviv	Missa paschalis

17th century

18th century

Composer		Date	City of birth	Notable works
Tymofiy Bilohradsky		c. 1710 – c. 1782	Cherkasy?	Lutenist who worked throughout Europe [2]
Hryhorii Skovoroda		1722–1794	Chornukhy, Kiev Governorate, Cossack Hetmanate	Garden of Divine Songs, Liturgical music [3]
Andrii Rachinsky [ uk]		1724–1794	Velyki Mosty	sacred concerti, introduced the Italian style of singing in the Razumovsky chapel, contributed to the famous Razumovsky sheet music library
Maksym Prokhorovych Kontsevych [ uk]		active 1773–1780s		romances, liturgical music, cantata "He took the thundering harp in his right hand" (1787)
Timofiy Bilohradsky		c. 1710 – c. 1782		Minuet with variations for harpsichord
Yelizaveta Belogradskaya		1739 – c. 1764 [?]		Imperial Court opera singer and composer for keyboard
Vasyl Fedorovych Trutovsky [ uk]		c.1740 – c.1810	Belgorod, Sloboda Ukraine	music-folklore of the collection "Collection of "simple russian" songs with notes" (parts 1–4, 1776–1795) including Ukrainian folk songs, and piano variations on the themes of folk songs
Vasily Pashkevych		c. 1742–1797		9 operas, masses and other liturgical works.
Maksym Berezovsky		1745–1777	Hlukhiv?, Nizhyn regiment, Cossack Hetmanate	Sacred choral concertos; composed the earliest opera, symphony, and f violin sonata [4]
Ivan Khandoshkin		1747–1804	Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire	" Kozachok from the 21 variations for solo piano", "12 variations in D major solo for violin on the theme of the song "Mowers went out to the field" and "12 variations in F major for violin with bass accompaniment on the theme of the dance "Kozachok", other variations on the basis of the Ukrainian folk song "Oh grove, green grove"
Dmytro Bortniansky		1751–1825	Hlukhiv, Nizhyn regiment, Cossack Hetmanate	Sacred choral concerti, operas, symphonie concertante, quintet, harpsichord sonata [5]
Artemy Vedel		1767–1808	Kiev governate	Sacred choral concerti; see List of compositions by Artemy Vedel [6]
Illia Lyzohub		1787–1867	Kulykivka, Chernihiv governate	cello sonata in G minor [7]
Oleksandr Lyzohub		1790–1839	Sedniv, Chernihiv governate	two nocturnes dated 1821, mazurkas, art songs ("Death in a Foreign Land"), sets of variations on Ukrainian folk songs ("Oh, There Is a Well in the Field,' "And I Had a Wife," and "Don't Go to the Party, Hryts" [8]

19th century

Composer		Date	City of birth	Notable works
Mykola Markevych		1804–1860	Dunaiets, Chernihiv gubernia	[9]
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky		1813–1873	Horodyshche	The first Ukrainian-language opera "Zaporozhian Cossack beyond the Danube" [10]
Vasilii Sarenko		1814–1881	Voronezh, Russian Empire	Malorossiyska pliaska (Ukrainian dance)
Mykhaylo Verbytsky		1815–1870	Lemko region, Austrian Empire	Ukraine national anthem [11]
Ivan A. Lavrivsky		1823–1873	Lopinka, Lemko region	religious and secular compositions such as "Autumn," "Zaspivai my, soloviiu" (Sing for Me, Nightingale), "Richen'ka" (The Streamlet), as well as the popular operettas Oman ochei (A Wile of the Eyes), Roksoliana, and Pan Dovhonos (Mister Long Nose) [12]
Volodymyr Stepanovych Alexandrov		1825–1894	Bugayivka, Izyum district, Kharkiv gubernia
Petro Nishchynsky		1832–1896	Nemenka, Vinnytska Oblast	[13]
Sydir Vorobkevych		1836–1903	Chernivtsi	Sacred music [14]
Anatol Vakhnianyn		1841–1908	Siniava, Peremyshl circle, Galicia	Kupalo, the first opera in western Ukraine (1870–92); music to plays by Taras Shevchenko, Fedir Zarevych, Omelian Ohonovsky, and Kornylo Ustyianovych; original choral scores to texts by Yurii Fedkovych, Ivan Hushalevych, E. Levytsky, and others; choral arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs [15]
Mykola Lysenko		1842–1912	Poltava oblast	overture from Taras Bulba, Prayer for Ukraine The "Father of Ukrainian music". Founder of Ukrainian nationalist school of music [16]
Arkady Abaza		1843–1915	Sudzhansky District, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire	Piano pieces and romances, including "Foggy Morning" to the words of Ivan Turgenev
Viktor Matiuk		1852–1912	Tudorkovychi, Zhovkva circle, Galicia	folk song arrangements, melodramas such as "Kapral Tymko" (Corporal Tymko), "Neshchasna liubov" (Unlucky Love), "Invalid" (The Invalid), and "Nashi poselentsi" (Our Settlers), anthology of the works of Ukrainian composers titled Boian (The Troubadour, 1884; 2nd edn 1886), school and church songbooks [17]
Mykola Arkas		1853–1909	Mykolaiv	[18]
Ostap Nyzhankivsky		1862–1919	Drohobych, Galicia	works for choir "Hulialy" (They Danced) and "Z Okrushkiv" (From Crumbs, text by Yurii Fedkovych), art songs for solo voice with piano accompaniment, including "Mynuly lita molodii" (The Years of Youth Have Passed By); arrangements of folk songs for solo voice or choir; and Vitrohony, a cycle of kolomyika melodies for piano [19]
Denys Sichynsky		1865–1909	Kliuvyntsi, Husiatyn county, Galicia	opera Roksoliana (libretto by V. Lutsyk and Stepan Charnetsky, 1908); works for symphony and chamber orchestras; piano solos; choral music, including the cantata Lichu v nevoli (I Count the Days and Nights in captivity; text by Taras Shevchenko); a score for a liturgy; approximately 20 art songs for solo voice to texts by T. Shevchenko, L. Ukrainka, I. Franko, B. Lepky, U. Kravchenko, and H. Heine; and arrangements of folk songs [20]
Filaret Kolessa		1871–1947	Lviv oblast	Ukrainian ethnographic musicology [21]
Mikhail Bukinik		1872–1947	Dubno
Liudmyla Volodymyrivna Aleksandrova		19th century	Izium	music for the romances "I'm looking at the sky" (lyrics by Mykhailo Petrenko) and "Blow, wind, to Ukraine" (lyrics by Stepan Rudanskyi)
Reinhold Glière		1875–1956	Kyiv	Numerous orchestral works, concertos, ballets, vocal works [22]
Oleksandr Koshyts		1875–1944	Romashky, near Kyiv	Sacred music (liturgies, songs), collecting and arrangements of folk songs [23]
Borys Yanovsky		1875–1933	Moscow	10 operas, notably Sorochyntsi Fair (1899) and Black Sea Duma or Samiilo Kishka (1927); two ballets; orchestral pieces; chamber music works; violin and piano music; works for chorus; art songs; and arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs [24]
Fedir Stepanovych Yakymenko [ uk]		1876–1945	Pisky [ uk]
Serhii Bortkevych		1877–1952	Kharkiv	Works by Bortkiewicz include two symphonies, three piano concertos, a violin concerto, and a cello concerto
Davyd Novakivsky		1877–1921	Malyn	Synagogue music, choral, organ, and orchestral works
Mykola Leontovych		1877–1921	Selevyntsi ( Podilia)	Shchedryk which eventually became the " Carol of the Bells" [25]
Stanyslav Lyudkevych		1879–1979	Yaroslav (present-day Poland)	cantata The Caucasus (1902–13), inspired by Taras Shevchenko's poem, The Eternal Revolutionary (1898), The Reaper (1901), Khor pidzemnykh kovaliv (The Chorus of Underground Blacksmiths, 1905), Oi, vyhostriu tovarysha (Oh, I'll Hone My Knife, 1917), and The Testament (1934) symphonic compositions The [Sich] Riflemen's Rhapsody, 1920), Kameniari (The Stonecutters, 1926, 1956), and Vesnianky (Spring Songs, 1935), Symfonietta (1943), Koliadnytsia (Christmas Caroller, 1944), Iunats’ke rondo (The Rondo of Youth, 1946), the symphonic poem The Dnieper (1948), Prykarpats’ka symfoniia (The Subcarpathian Symphony, 1952), and the opera Dovbush [26]
Pavlo Senytsia		1879–1960	Maksymivka, Pereiaslav county, Poltava gubernia	operas Life Is a Dream (based on Calderón) and The Servant Girl (based on Taras Shevchenko, 1913–16); two symphonies (1905, 1912); an overture (1908); seven string quartets; approximately 50 works of choral music to texts by Shevchenko, Mykola Bazhan, and others; and approximately 100 solo art songs to texts by Shevchenko, Pavlo Tychyna, Maksym Rylsky, and others [27]
Mykola Roslavets		1881–1944	Dushatyn, Chernihiv	Orchestral and chamber atonal works, Known as the Ukrainian Schoenberg
Kyrylo Stetsenko		1882–1922	Cherkashchyna	Requiem "Zhuravli" (the cranes) [28]
Yakiv Stepovy		1883–1921	Kharkiv	[29]
Vasyl Barvinsky		1888–1963	Ternopil	[30]
Mykola Vilinsky		1888–1956	Holta, Ananiv povit	Symphonic suites, music for piano, and arrangements for choir and solo voices of Ukrainian, Russian, Moldavian folk songs [31]
Levko Revutsky		1889–1977	Irzhavets, Pryluky	[32]
Sergei Prokofiev		1891–1953	Sontsivka, Donetsk	5 piano concertos, 9 piano sonatas, 7 symphonies, Suite from Romeo and Juliet, Suite from Lieutenant Kijé [33]
Vsevolod Zaderatsky		1891–1953	Rivne	two operas, several symphonic compositions (including Symphony No. 1, 1951), chamber music, choral works (eg, the Suite on Ukrainian Folk Texts [1950] and a choral poem dedicated to Viktor Kosenko [1948]), and art songs, five piano sonatas, a suite, a cycle of 24 preludes and fugues [34]
Mykhailo Haivoronsky		1892–1949	Zalischyky	songs of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, choral works, church music, and instrumental music for violin, string orchestra, band, and symphony orchestra. He also arranged many folk songs and compiled a number of songbooks [35]
Pavlo Pecheniha-Uhlytsky		1892–1948	Pechenihy, Vovchansk county, Kharkiv gubernia	the opera The Witch (after Yevhen Hrebinka, libretto by Stepan Charnetsky, 1936–1940), the ballet Legin' (Young Lad; libretto by Dmytro Chutro, 1938), the tone poem Ukraïna (after Taras Shevchenko's Haidamaky), three string quartets, and the cantata Biut' porohy (The Rapids Roar; text by Shevchenko) for mixed chorus and orchestra [36]
Pylyp Kozytsky		1893–1960	Letychivka, Cherkasy Oblast	[37]
Valentyn Kostenko		1895–1960	Urazovo, Valuiki county, Voronezh gubernia	the operas Karmeliuk, Nazar Stodolia (based on the play by Taras Shevchenko), and The Carpathians; the ballet Reborn Steppe; the symphony The Year 1917; a suite for symphony orchestra; violin, piano, and choral pieces; and six string quartets. studies of Pavlo Senytsia (1922), the role of folk songs in Ukrainian music (1928), the influence of German expressionism on Ukrainian music (1929) [38]
Borys Liatoshynskyi		1895–1968	Zhytomyr	Operas  The Golden Ring (1929) and  Shchors (1937), the five symphonies, the Overture on Four Ukrainian Folk Themes (1926), the suites Taras Shevchenko (1952) and Romeo and Juliet (1955), the symphonic poem Grazhyna (1955), his "Slavic"  piano concerto (1953), and the completion and orchestration of  Reinhold Glière's violin concerto (1956)
Roman Prydatkevych		1895–1980	Żywiec, near Cracow	four symphonies, the Ukrainian Suite for chamber orchestra, works for violin and piano such as the Hutsul Suite, two rhapsodies, and a sonata [39]
Viktor Kosenko		1896–1938	St. Petersburg	sonata for cello and piano (1923), Classical Trio for piano, violin, and cello (1927), a sonata for violin and piano (1927), Heroic Overture (1932), Moldavian Poem (1937), a piano concerto, three piano sonatas, a trio, a violin concerto, about 100 piano pieces, including 24 pieces for children (1936) [40]
Stefania Turkewich		1898–1977	Lviv	Her opera " Mavka" is based on Lesia Ukrainka's Forest Song [41]

20th century

Composer		Date	City of birth	Notable works
Roman Simovych		1901–1984	Sniatyn, then in Austrian Galicia	Ballet, 7 symphonies, symphonic poems, symphonic overtures, suites, flute concerto, string quartet, two trios, works for violin, cello, piano, and mixed choir, piano concerto
Andriy Shtoharenko		1902–1992	Novi Kaidaky (now part of Dnipro)	symphonic cantata Ukraïno moia (My Ukraine, 1943), the Kyiv Symphony (1972), symphonic suites, a violin concerto, chamber and choral pieces, art songs, incidental music, and film scores
Antin Rudnytsky		1902–1975	Luka, Sambir county, Galicia	operas Dovbush (1938) and Anna Yaroslavna (1967), three symphonies, a ballet suite and the ballet Burï nad Zakhodom (Storms over the West, 1932), a lyric poem, an overture, a concerto for cello and orchestra, the oratorio Haidamaky (1974), the cantata Moses (to Ivan Franko's poem), Poslaniie (The Epistle, to Taras Shevchenko's poem)
Yuliy Meitus		1903–1997	Elysavet, now modern Kropyvnytskyi	Considered the founder of the Ukrainian Soviet opera. Composed 18 operas, most notably Perekop (1939–40) and Haidamaky (1940–41) (both composed with Vsevolod Rybalchenko and Mykhailo Tits), Abadan (composed with A. Kuliev, 1942–43), Star over the Dvina (1951–1955), Stolen Happiness (1958–59), and Yaroslav the Wise (1973) and about 300 songs.
Kostiantyn Dankevych		1905–1984	Odesa	operas Trahediina nich (Tragic Night, 1935), Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1951; new version, 1953), and Nazar Stodolia (1960); the ballet Lileia (Lily, 1939); two symphonies (1937, 1945); the symphonic poems Otello (Othello, 1937) and Taras Shevchenko (1939); a string quartet; a trio; choral works; and film scores and art songs for solo voice
Dmytro Klebanov		1907–1987	Kharkiv
Anatol Kos-Anatolsky		1909–1983	Kolomyia, Galicia	the opera To Meet the Sun (1957, revised as The Fiery Sky, 1959); the ballets Dovbush's Kerchief (1951), The Jay's Wing (1956), and Orysia (1964); the operetta Spring Storms (1960); the cantatas It Passed a Long Time Ago (1961) and The Immortal Testament (1963); the oratorio From the Niagara to the Dnieper (1969); two piano concertos and two violin concertos; chamber music; piano pieces; and choral works
Arkady Filippenko	[	1912–1983	Pushcha-Vodycia, Kyiv
Ihor Markevych		1912–1983	Kyiv
Dezső Zádor		1912–1985	Uzhhorod
Heorhiy Maiboroda		1913–1992	Kremenchuk	operas Mylana (1957), Arsenal (1960), Taras Shevchenko (1964), and Yaroslav the Wise (1973); three symphonies (1940, 1952, 1976); a concerto for voice and orchestra (1969); the symphonic poems Lily, (text by Taras Shevchenko, 1939) and Kameniari (Stone-cutters, text by Ivan Franko, 1941); the vocal-symphonic poem Zaporozhians (text by Liubov Zabashta, 1954); and the orchestral Hutsul Rhapsody (1949)
Platon Maiboroda		1918–1989	Pelekhivshchyna ( Poltava Governorate)	the symphonic overture Prometheus, choral works, and the vocal-symphonic poem Poplar, (text by Taras Shevchenko, 1966). He is best known for his popular songs, such as "The Kyiv Waltz", "White Chestnuts," "Song about the Dnieper," and the widely familiar "Rushnychok" (Embroidered Towel, text by Andrii Malyshko), which is commonly known as "Ridna maty moia" (Dear Mother Mine)
George Fiala		1922–2017	Kyiv	over 200 works including symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and educational pieces for children
Ihor Shamo		1925–1982	Kyiv	Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii!
Ihor Sonevytsky		1926–2006	Hadynkivtsi, Kopychyntsi county, Galicia	opera Star, the ballet Cinderella, incidental music for numerous theater plays, a Piano Concerto in G Major, variations and miniatures for piano, approximately 60 art songs for voice and piano (including cycles to texts by Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko, and Vasyl Symonenko), the cantata Love Ukraine, and church music
Oleksandr Bilash		1931–2003	Hradizhsk, Poltava Oblast	Composer of popular songs, operas, ballads, oratorios, and film music
Yuriy Oliynyk		1931–2021	Ternopil	Concertos for bandura and orchestra, music for solo bandura, piano, voice
Vitaliy Serhiyovich Hubarenko		1934–2000	Kharkiv
Boris Mykolayovych Buyevsky  [ uk]		1935–	Kryvyi Rih
Vitaliy Hodziatsky		1936–	Kyiv
Oleksandr Krasotov		1936–2007	Odesa	Symphony, chamber, vocal music
Valentyn Sylvestrov		1937–	Kyiv	Seven symphonies, three piano sonatas, piano pieces, chamber music, vocal works
Mykola Hirshevych Kapustin		1937–2020	Horlivka	Jazz
Myroslav Skoryk		1938–2020	Lviv	Operas, symphony, string quartets, music solo instruments such as piano
Virko Baley		1938–	Radekhiv	Symphony No. 1: Sacred Monuments, Dreamtime for chamber ensemble, Emily Dickinson Songbooks
Lesia Dychko		1939–1964	Kyiv	the symphony Pryvitannia zhyttia (Welcoming Life) for soprano, bass, and chamber orchestra, based on the words of the imagist poet Bohdan Ihor Antonych, and Viter revoliutsii (Wind of the Revolution) based on the poems of Maksym Rylsky and Pavlo Tychyna; numerous cantatas to the words of Taras Shevchenko, Mykola Vinhranovsky, and other poets; choir concertos and two choir poems: Holod – 33 (Famine 1933; based on the words of S. Kolomiiets) and Lebedi materynstva (The Swans of Motherhood; based on the poems by Vasyl Symonenko)
Valentin Bibik		1940–2003	Kharkiv
Yevhen Stankovych		1942–	Svaliava	Orchestral, chamber, film music
Viktor O. Hutsal		1944–	Trebuchivtsi, Khmelnytskyi oblast'	orchestration of the Zaporozhian march
Ivan Karabyts		1945–2002	Yalta (Donetsk oblast')	Concerto for choir and orchestra “ Garden of Divine Songs”; Symphony "5 songs about Ukraine", 2nd concert for orchestra, 3rd concert for orchestra; Symphony for strings
Mykola Suk		1945–	Kyiv
Volodymyr Ivasyuk		1949–1979	Kitsman	Songs: Chervona Ruta, Vodohrai
Hanna Havrylets		1958–2022	Ternopil	See: Works
Roman Yakub		1958–	Vinnytsia	Phonopolis for String Orchestra, Castalian Dances for chamber ensemble
Oleksandr Shchetynsky		1960–	Kharkiv	Annunciation, chamber opera (1998)
Roman Hurko		1962–	Toronto	Three Liturgies, Requiem for Victims of Chernobyl, Vespers
Yulia Homelska		1964–2016	Odesa	"The Riot" for wind symphony orchestra, "Ukraine Forever" symphony, "Winter pastoral" for choir
Bohdana Frolyak		1968–	Vydyniv	See: Works
Vlad DeBriansky		1972–	Kalush	Jazz, blues
Svitlana Azarova		1976–	Izmail, Odesa Oblast	Chronometer for Piano, Asiope for chamber ensemble
Oleksandr Shymko		1977–	Borshchiv	Orchestral, chamber, electronic, theater music
Valeriy Antonyuk [ uk]		1979–	Derencovets, Korsun-Shevchenkovskii District, Cherkassy Region	Cantata in five parts on the lyrics by Federico Garsia Lorca for soprano and symphony orchestra (recorded in 2005), piano Concert (rec. in 2007), four songs on the lyrics by Vasyl Stus for soprano and symphony orchestra (rec. in 2008) [42]
Dmitri Tchesnokov		1982–	Vokhma, Russia	[43]
Evgeny Khmara		1988–	Kyiv	Piano, orchestral
Bohdan Syroyid		1995–	Lviv	Piano, chamber music [44]

See also

A–D

• Aizberg, Ilya [ uk] (1868, Оdesа – 1942, Tbilisi)
• Bąkowski, Dyonizy [ uk] (1816, Voronovytsia – 1881, Boguslav)
• Barjansky, Alexandre (1883, Odesa–1961, Brussels)
• Blumenfeld, Felix (19 April 1863 [O.S. 7 April] – 21 January 1931)
• Blumenfeld, Sigismund Mykhailovych [ uk] (1852, Verkhniachka – 1920, Petrograd)
• Blumenfeld, Stanislav Mykhailovych [ uk] (1850, Kyiv province – 1898)
• Brounoff, Platon Gregoriewitch (1859, Brounoff – 1924, New York)
• Dyck, Vladimir [ fr] (1882, Odesa – 1943, Auschwitz)

E–G

• Eiges, Konstantin (1875, Bogodukhov–1950, Moscow)
• Gauk, Alexander (1893, Odesa–1963, Moscow)
• Yefim Golyshev (1897, Kherson–1970, Paris)
• Gozenpud, Matvey Akimovich [ ru] (1903, Kyiv–1961, Novosibirsk, Russia)

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Further reading

• Dytyniak, Maria (1986). Українські Композитори [Ukrainian Composers] (in Ukrainian). Edmonton, Alberta: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.

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• Composers listed in the Нотный архив Бориса Тараканова (Music archive of Boris Tarakanov) (in Russian)
• Article on the National Union of Composers of Ukraine in Internet Encyclopaedia of Ukraine
• Explore Music by Ukrainian Composers from the Boosey & Hawkes website