Victor Kosenko

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 20 December 2005

Born

11/23 September 1896 in St. Petersburg. Died: 2 October 1938 in Kiev.

Education

Kosenko graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1918. He attended the composition class of N.S. Sokolov and the piano class of I.S. Miklachevski. He taught at the Zithomire Music Technicum from 1918 until 1928 and at the Music Dramatic Institute of Lysenko from 1929 until 1934 (from 1932 as professor) and at the Kiev Conservatory from 1934 until 1938. Kosenko was one of the leading figures in Ukrainian music in these years, who did often appear as a piano soloist and ensemblist.

Works

Pieces for violin and piano (1919)

Violin Concerto (1919)

Orchestrated by Alexei Gorohov
LP Melodiya C10 14199-200; Kiev Chamber Orchestra, Alexei Gorohov (cond & violin), recording: 1980
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1922)

Sonata for cello and piano opus 10 (1923)

LP Melodiya D 3660-1: I. Zaritsky (cello), Y. Budnitskaya (piano)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1924)

Trio for violin, cello and piano in D major "Classical" opus 17 (1927)

LP Melodiya D 6343-4: M. Budovsky (violin), M. Kravtsov (cello), D. Yudilevich (piano)
Sonata for violin and piano opus 18 (1927)
LP Melodiya D 6833-4: O. Parkhomenko (violin), L. Levina (piano)
Piano Concerto opus 19 (1928)
Completed by Revutsky and G. Maiboroda in 1937.
Piano Sonata No. 3 opus 20 (1926-1929)

Heroic Overture for orchestra opus 21 (1932)

LP Melodiya D 6263-4: Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra, Rakhlin (cond)
Tenty-Four Pieces for Children for piano (1936)

Moldavian Poem for orchestra (1937)

"Marina", opera (1938)

Unfinished.
And furthermore

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