Bohdana Frolyak

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Bohdana Froliak (or Bohdana Frolyak; born 5 May 1968 in

Ukrainian SSR) is a modern Ukrainian composer
.

Biography

Froliak made her first musical steps in her native village under the guidance of Vasyl Kufliuk, a village teacher who gained educational and musical graduation in

non-degree postgraduate course of the same university. In 2009, she attended two courses at the faculty of composition and faculty of contemporary music and jazz of Academy of Music in Kraków (Poland
).

Since 1991 she has been a lecturer at faculty of

Lviv Conservatory
. She is also a member of the
Ukrainian Composers’ Union.

Scholarships and awards

Major works

  • Orchestral
    • Symphony No. 1 Orbis Terrarum — 1998;
    • Symphony No. 2— 2009;
    • Concerto for piano and orchestra (for young players) — 2000;
    • Concerto for clarinet and orchestra — 2004–2005;
    • "U vozdukhakh plavayut' lisy..."(
      mixed choir
      and stringed instruments — 2002;
    • Vestigia for violin, viola and stringed instruments — 2003;
    • Kyrie eleison for mixed choir and strings — 2004;
    • Daemmerung for clarinet and strings — 2005;
    • Agnus Dei for mixed choir and strings — 2006;
    • Jak modlitwa on versus by Adam Zagajewski for soprano and orchestra — 2007;
    • Clarification for cello and strings — 2006;
    • Let There be Light for Orchestra — 2023;
    • Small ensembles and solo
    • "Why should i, like a tim'rous bird, to distant mountains fly?" (according to Psalm No. 10(11) from the
      english horn
      in the initial edition), violin, viola and cello — 2001;
    • Stück for piano — 2004;
    • Partita–meditation for two violins — 2007;
    • Lamento for piano trio — 2007;
    • Suite in C for cello and piano — 2008;
    • Inventions for eight cellos — 2009;

Festivals

  • Contrasts in Lviv, Ukraine;
  • Kyiv-Music-Fest in Kyiv, Ukraine;
  • Premieres of the Season in Kyiv;
  • Two days and two nights of new music in Odesa, Ukraine;
  • Days of Ukrainian music in Warsaw, Poland and Moscow, Russia;
  • Days of Ukrainian sacred music in Uzhhorod, Ukraine;
  • Days of Music by Kraków Composers in Kraków, Poland;
  • Starosądecki Festiwal Muzyki Dawnej in Stary Sącz, Poland;
  • Warsaw Autumn in Warsaw, Poland;
  • Muzyka w Sandomierzu in Sandomierz, Poland;
  • At Cultural Crossroads in Krakow and Stary Sącz, Poland;
  • MENHIR 2005 music festival falera in Switzerland;

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