Nestor Nyzhankivskyi

Nestor Nyzhankivsky (Nestor Ostapovych Nyzhankivsky) ; August 31, 1893 – April 10, 1940) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist and music critic. Received his doctoral degree in history from the University of Vienna and graduated from the Prague State Conservatory.

Live Nestor Nyzhankivsky was born August 31, 1893, in Berezhany in the family of the composer, conductor, a Greek Catholic priest Ostap Nyzhankivsky. Nyzhankivsky family moved to Stryi in 1900, where Nestor finished school and gymnasium. Then he studied at the Higher Music Institute Mykola Lysenko Lviv. "Piano Trio in E Minor", "Little Suite", "Intermezzo in D Minor", and the "Great Variations" (also known as "Variations on a Ukrainian Theme in F Sharp Minor".) Art songs for voice and piano: "Ty liubchyku za horoliu" (My Beloved beyond the Mountain, text by U. Kravchenko), "Zasumui trembito" (Trembita's Dirge, text by R. Kupchynsky), "Naimyt" (The Hireling, text by I. Franko) and so on.