BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Larysa Kuzmenko is a Toronto-based composer and pianist.  Her music has been performed and broadcast throughout the world.  Her works have been commissioned, performed and recorded on CD by many outstanding artists.

Kuzmenko’s works demonstrate a strong affinity towards the mainstream tradition of classical music.   She imbues her music with strong melodic sense, and a firm rooting in traditional, albeit extended tonal processes.  She has appeared as a pianist in several countries, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, the St. Lawrence Centre, Roy Thomson Hall, and Massey Hall, as well as several other venues throughout Canada.

Larysa Kuzmenko is currently on staff at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music, where she teaches piano, harmony, and composition.  She is married to Canadian composer Gary Kulesha.

MEMORIAM
“Memoriam for the victims of Chornobyl”

Has recently been published by Plangere Publications and is available through them at www.plangere.com. Plangere is also publishing Fantasy for Solo Cello and "In Search of Eldorado" in versions for mezzo soprano and soprano.

LATEST REVIEWS
April 1 ~ May 7, 2010

Kuzmenko's Piano Concerto,
Pianist "Christina Petrowska Quilico" on Compact Disc.
The Work is flamboyantly virtuosic and Petrowska Quilico takes full advantage of the opportunity to rise to the occasion... It is a well-crafted, dramatic work that would be well at home on any mainstream orchestral concert and, deserves to be heard more often. 
David Olds (DISCoveries Editor)

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