Lev Kolodub

Lev Mykolajovych Kolodub (; 1 May 1930 – 23 February 2019),  was a Ukrainian composer and teacher, Honored Artist of Ukraine (1973), People's Artist of Ukraine(1993). Recipient of Shevchenko National Prize (2010). Head of Ukrainian Music Foundation (1988—1994) Kyiv branch of National Union of Composers of Ukraine (1994—1999).
Biography.
Lev Kolodub was born on May 1, 1930 in Kyiv. His mother was an opera singer, her grandmother was a music teacher. He studied at the Kharkiv Secondary Specialized Music Boarding School as a clarinetist, later at the Kharkiv Conservatory as a composer. After graduating from the conservatory in 1954 he worked in Kiev.
From 1958 to 1960 he taught music theory at the Kyiv Theater Institute, and from 1966 he taught at the Kyiv Conservatory. Since 1985 - professor. In 1997 he headed a recently established Music Information Technology Department in Kyiv Conservatory.
In 1994-1997 he was the chairman of the Kyiv branch of National Union of the Composers of Ukraine.
Since 1997 - Corresponding Member, and since 2005 - Academician of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine.
Lev Kolodub was married to Zhanna Kolodub, a Ukrainian composer and pianist.
He died on February 23, 2019 in Kyiv at the age of 89.
Legacy.
The creative legacy of Levko Kolodub includes 4 operas, 4 operettas, 2 ballets, 12 symphonies, numerous concertos for wind instruments with orchestra, as well as chamber music and music for cinema. Pieces for wind instruments hold a special place and have been highly appreciated by Ukrainian musicians. His symphonic music is based in Ukrainian folklore and usually carries some kind of an agenda. The 9th, 10th and 11th symphonies were awarded with the Shevchenko National Prize. Although he was never part of the avant-garde movement of the 1960s, he was a composer of interesting and colourful music and always a superb craftsman.