Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh

Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh (born 21 September 1948) is a Belarusian composer. She was born in Baranovichi and studied with Mikalay Il'ich Aladaw and Dmitry Smolsky at the Conservatory of Belarus, graduating in 1972. She joined the Belarusian Composers’ Union in 1974 and continued her education with Sergey Slonimsky while teaching at the Leningrad Conservatory. After completing her studies in 1980, she has worked as a full-time composer.

Works Karpawna's compositions are influenced by the folk music of Belarus and by liturgical music. Selected works include:

Tarakanischche (The Cockroach) (after K. Chukovsky), 1972 Lubok, choral suite, 1974 Trava-murava, cantata, 1979 Requiem ‘Pamyatayse’ (Remember) choral (after A. Adamovich) Kolesnik: Ya z vognennay vyoski (I am from the Fiery Village), speaker, chorus, solo vv, orchestra, 1982 Igrïshchï (Games), vocal-symphony picture, 2 solo vv, chorus, orchestra, 1983 Skarbonka minulaga (Sadness for the Past) (cantata, T. Bondar), 1987 Blagoslovi, dusha moya (Praise the Lord, my Soul), 1991 Skaz pra Igara (A Tale about Igor) (oratorio, Ya. Kupala: Slovu o polku Igoreve), speaker, organ, chorus, organ, 1991 12 pesnopeniy o belorusskikh svyatïkh (12 Chants about Belarusian Saints), 1994 Nestserka, symphonic poem, 1971 Yarmarochnïye zarisovki (Fairground Sketches), orchestral suite, 1979 Yuraw dzen (Yury’s Day), fairy-concerto for orchestra