Rada Lysenko ( uk, Рада Лисенко) (10 July 1921 – 11 January 2021) was a Ukrainian pianist, pedagogue,

People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). Esta ...

recipient, and granddaughter of

Mykola Lysenko Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko ( uk, Мико́ла Віта́лійович Ли́сенко; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time he was the ...

Career

She graduated from the

Kiev Conservatory Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine ( uk, Національна музична академія України імені Петра Чайковського) or Kyiv Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music e ...

after the war where

Abram Lufer Abram Mikhaylovich Lufer (born in Kiev, 25 August 1905 - died in Kiev, 13 July 1948) was a Ukrainian pianist. Biography Abram Lufer was born on 25 August 1905 in Kiev, he took musical education in the Kiev Music School in 1925 under Grigory Beklem ...

was her teacher. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

she was relocated to

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

from where she immigrated to

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukra ...

. Later on, she was granted a residence in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

where she performed her popular concert called ''Vitry buini''. She served on the jury at the International Music Competition since 1962 and at the age of 91 still performed and gave lessons at the same conservatory.

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