|
Larysa Kuzmenko is a Toronto-based composer and pianist. Her choral works have been published by Boosey and Hawkes.
In 1990, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra performed her Concertino for Vibraphone, Marimba,
and Orchestra, with soloist Beverley Johnston ( CBC broadcast)and also performed in
Russia, Ukraine, and Bayreuth.
In March of 1992, Ms. Kuzmenko appeared as pianist in the premiere of her "Sonata for Cello
and Piano (subsequently released on CD). In 1992, the Royal Canadian College of Organists
commissioned, "Atlantis (published by Jaymar Publishing Company). "In March of 1993,
"Tekahionwake" was commissioned for Classical Cabaret by the Laidlaw Foundation. On July
24, 1993, The Composers' Orchestra premiered Kuzmenko's Accordion Concerto.
|
|
Commissioned composer for:
4th International Women's
Brass Conference
Normal, Illinois
2003
Impromptu and Toccata
was premiered by
the ISU Faculty Brass Quintet |
|
Ms. Kuzmenko's Piano Concerto, commissioned by the CBC, was premiered in 1996 by the
Winnipeg Symphony and then performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In 1996, she
received an Ontario Arts Council commission to write a Cello Concerto for Shauna Rolston.
In 1998, her song cycle "In search of Eldorado" was commissioned by the Laidlaw Foundation,
as was her "Suite of Dances" for flute, cello and piano, (released on CD by Musica Viva.)
Her solo piano piece "In memoriam: to the Victims of Chornobyl" (1997), was released on CD
by Christina Petrowska. In 1998, Ms. Petrowska toured this work in New York City, China,
and Taiwan.
|
|
In September of 2000, Ms. Kuzmenko was commissioned through the Ontario Arts
Council to compose "Lilith", and a concerto for piano, percussion and string orchestra..
Ms. Kuzmenko has recently been commissioned by the Laidlaw Foundation to compose a work for
string quartet, percussion, and four flutes and by the Hanniford Silver Band to write a
piano concerto.
Ms. Kuzmenko has appeared as a pianist in several countries, and has performed at Carnegie
Hall, the St. Lawrence Centre, Roy Thomson Hall, and Massey Hall, as well as several other
venues throughout Canada. She is currently on the staffs of the Royal Conservatory of Music
and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, where she teaches piano, theory,
harmony, and history.
|
