Andriy Bondarenko

Andriy Ihorovych Bondarenko (born 22 June 1978 in Brovary) is a Ukrainian composer and pianist.
Early life.
Bondarenko received his musical education at the Lysenko Special Music school in Kyiv, and at the National Musical Academy of Ukraine.
Career.
Bondarenko won prizes in Rachmaninov (Tambov, Russia, 1996), Horovitz (Kyiv, 1997), Lysenko (Kyiv, 1997) international competitions. He collaborates with the “New music in Ukraine” ensemble. He played at festivals KyivMusicFest, Two Days and Two Nights of New Music.
His compositions won prizes in the I&M Kotz composer competition (Kyiv,1994) and the International composer's competition in St. Petersburg (2003). Among his compositions – symphonic poem "2004" was devoted to the Orange revolution. Four children's ballets were performed by Releve choreographic ensemble with Master Class corporation's assistance in 2009. A DVD "Cours de danse contemporaine" by Irena Tatiboit, a set of arrangements written for Kchreshchatyk academic chamber choir.
In 2006-2011 Bondarenko worked in National Academy of Government Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts as a teacher of music informatics. He published a Textbook "Musical Informatics", the first Ukrainian textbook devoted to the theory of digital sound and music software.
In 2009 Bondarenko was a co-founder of Wikimedia Ukraine, a regional partner of the Wikimedia Foundation. He wrote articles in Ukrainian Wikipedia, mostly devoted to music and musicians. He is the author of "Anthem of Wikipedia" - a piece for a soloist, vocal and instrumental ensembles. He performed it on January 15, 2016 at a concert devoted to the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia. It was first published on YouTube.
In 2012 he started the project World Classics in Ukrainian. The project aimed to popularize Ukrainian translations of world classical vocal music. Bondarenko organized 9 concerts of Ukrainian-translated vocal music, including a premiere performance of "Dido & Aeneas" by Henry Purcell in a Ukrainian translation by Olena O`Lir and The First World classics in Ukrainian Vocal Contest. The klavier of the opera "Le faucon" by Dmitry Bortnianski with Ukrainian translation by M. Strikha was prepared by Bondarenko as a part of this project.