Bohdana Pivnenko

Bohdana Ivanivna Pivnenko or Bogdana Pivnenko (; born 27 January 1977) is a Ukrainian violinist, producer, teacher, professor. People's Artist of Ukraine, called the "Ukrainian Paganini in a skirt". Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine. Soloist of the National Ensemble of Soloists "Kyiv Camerata".

Biography Born on 27 January 1977 in Kharkiv. Her father is an artist Ivan Marchuk; her mother is an art critic Alla Pivnenko, who taught at the Kharkiv Art and Industrial Institute.

In 1984, she began studying at the Kharkiv Music School, violin class. In 1993, she moved to the class of violinist Bogodar Kotorovych at the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Secondary Specialized Music School. She also studied with , who worked as Kotorovych's assistant for some time.

As a producer and performer, she participated in the creation of the 12-disc Anthology of Contemporary Ukrainian Music. The artwork of Ivan Marchuk was used in the design of the CDs. ). Merited Artist of Ukraine (18 August 2006); Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (5 March 2025); Laureate of the Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition in Kyiv (1997); Laureate of the International Competition of Interpreters and Instrumentalists (1997, Chișinău, Moldova); Laureate of the national program "New Names of Ukraine" (1997); Laureate of the International Youth & Music Festival Vienna (2000, Vienna, Austria); Laureate of the International Competition "IBLA Grand Prix" (2016, Italy); Laureate of the Tadini International Music Competition (2016, Lovere, Italy).