Mykola Lysenko

Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842-1912) is a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor, and pedagogue — the founder of the Ukrainian national composer school. Author of the operas 'Taras Bulba', 'Natalka Poltavka', 'Utoplena', over a hundred folk-song arrangements, and piano works. Founded the Music-Drama School in Kyiv (1904) — the prototype of the modern National Music Academy of Ukraine.