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| Composer of the Month October 2023: Catherine Likhuta | |
 Catherine Likhuta is a Ukrainian-Australian composer, pianist and recording artist. Her music exhibits high emotional charge, a programmatic nature, rhythmic complexity, and Ukrainian folk elements. Her works have been commissioned and performed by prominent ensembles including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, The Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the National Radio of Ukraine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet, Atlantic Brass Quintet, Ensemble Q, ICE, Lyrebird Brass, NU CORNO and U.S. Army Field Band Horns. Catherine has held residencies at Tyalgum Music Festival, North Carolina NewMusic Initiative, and dozens of American universities and conservatories. She is a two-time winner of the International Horn Society Composition Contest (virtuoso division) and a recipient of numerous prestigious awards and grants. Horn virtuosa Denise Tryon’s album ‘Hope Springs Eternal’, featuring Catherine’s piece ‘Vivid Dreams’, was awarded the 2022 American Prize in Instrumental Performance. Catherine holds a bachelor's degree in jazz piano from Kyiv Glière Music College, a five-year post-graduate degree in composition from the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv Conservatory) and a PhD in composition from the University of Queensland. In the US, she studied with Dana Wilson and Steven Stucky between 2005 and 2009. Her works are published by Murphy Music Press.
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Listen to 'Lesions' for Alto Saxophone, French Horn and Cello. |
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