S larysa kuzmenko biography

Biography.
Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956) is a Juno Awards-nominated Canadian composer and pianist based in Toronto, Ontario.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY.

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Larysa Kuzmenko

Biography

Larysa Kuzmenko is a Toronto-based composer, pianist and Juno nominee. Her music has been commissioned, performed, broadcast and recorded by many outstanding musicians all over the world. She has appeared as a pianist in several countries, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, St. Lawrence Centre, England, USA, Roy Thomson Hall, Massey Hall and several other Canadian venues. She is currently on staff at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music, where she teaches piano, harmony, and composition.

Her works demonstrate a strong affinity towards the mainstream of classical music. She imbues her music with a strong melodic sense, and a firm rooting in traditional, albeit extended tonal processes. She has been awarded commissions from the Ontario Arts Council, CBC, Laidlaw foundation, and from private commissioners. She was a composer in residence at the Memorial University in Newfoundland in 2010. Her music is published by Boosey and Hawkes, Plangere, and Frederic Harris. Her solo piano works "In Memoriam to the Victims of Chornobyl" and "Mysterious

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Larysa Kuzmenko is a Toronto-based composer and pianist. Her music has been performed and broadcast throughout the world. Her choral works have been published by Boosey and Hawkes.

In March of 1992, Ms. Kuzmenko appeared as pianist in the premiere at Jane Mallet Theatre of her Sonata for Cello and Piano. This work was repeated on a Continuum concert in June of 1992, and was broadcast on Two New Hours in August of 1991. It was subsequently released on CD.

In 1992, the Royal Canadian College of Organists commissioned a new work for solo organ, “Atlantis”, which has been published by Jaymar Publishing Company. “Atlantis” was premiered by Michael Bloss on July 15, 1993, in Montreal. On February 19, 1993, “A Prayer for String Orchestra” was premiered by the Mississauga Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra. In March of 1993, Tekahionwake for narrator, voice, and piano, based on the life and poetry of Pauline Johnson, was premiered at the George Ignatieff Theatre. It was commissioned for Classical Caba

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Larysa Kuzmenko

Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956) is a Juno Awards-nominated^[1] Canadian composer and pianist based in Toronto, Ontario. She currently teaches on the music faculties of The Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto.^[2]^[3]

Early life

Kuzmenko was born and raised in Mississauga, Ontario, to Ukrainian parents. She studied music at the University of Toronto, earning a master's degree in composition.

Career

Kuzmenko has been commissioned to write pieces by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, the International Women's Brass Conference, the Laidlaw Foundation, the Oberlin Choristers, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Royal Canadian College of Organists.

In 2003 her work "Impromptu and Toccata" was premiered in Toronto.^[3] Cellist Yamagami Kaori and pianist Peter Longworth presented her composition "Fantasy for Solo Violincello" at the University of Toronto Walter Hall in 2008; the work was commissioned by the Women's Musical Club of Toronto.^[4]

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