Odarka Bandrivska

Odarka (Sofiia) Bandrivska (; 17 March 1902 – 5 May 1981) was a Ukrainian chamber singer (soprano), pianist, teacher; founder of the in Lviv.

Biography On her mother's side, she is the niece of the outstanding singer Solomiya Krushelnytska. She studied at the classical gymnasium in Lviv. In 1922, she graduated from the piano faculty of the Mykola Lysenko Higher Music Institute (class of ). In 1922–1923, she honed her piano skills at the Vienna Music Academy under Professor Frank. In 1924–1928, she studied singing at the conservatory of the Polish Music Society under Professor 3. Kozlovska. In 1927, she graduated from the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Lviv. In 1928, she moved to Italy (Milan and Viareggio), where she honed her solo singing skills under Solomiya Krushelnytska.

Returning to Lviv in 1929, she began touring Ukraine, Poland, and Vienna. In the 1930s, she was actively involved in creative work as a singer and pianist.

Teaching activities 1931–1939 — teacher of solo singing at the Mykola Lysenko Higher Music Institute.

She has published a number of scientific and methodological works.

Repertoire, recordings His chamber and vocal repertoire includes works by R. Strauss, H. Wolf, R. Wagner, J. Brahms, J. S. Bach, M. Lysenko, Y. Stepovy, V. Barvinsky, and other Galician composers.

Author of newspaper articles and memoirs about the outstanding artist, the Krushelnytskyi family, as well as S. Lyudkevych, I. Franko, H. Levytska, and O. Karpatskyi.