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Contemporary Canadian Ukrainian

MELNYK, Lubomyr

Lubomyr Melnyk
Photo of Lubomyr Melnyk by Hreinn Gudlaugsson, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Born in Ukraine in 1948 

  • This composer lives and works in Canada.1 His family emigrated there when he was a child. 
  • Melnyk studied piano as a child, and majored in Latin and Philosophy at St Paul’s College in Winnipeg.2
  • Melnyk specializes in piano and utilizes a compositional style he calls “continuous music,” which is improvisational and minimalist. His influences include Ravi Shankar, Steve Reich, and Ukrainian folk music.3

Composer profile from record label Erased Tapes 

Composer’s website

Sources

  1. Virko Baley and Sofia Hrytsa, “Ukraine,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed March 18, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040470.
  2. “Lubomyr Melnyk,” Erased Tapes (accessed March 18, 2022), https://www.erasedtapes.com/artist/lubomyr-melnyk.
  3. Ibid.

Pieces