Yaroslav Lopatynsky / Galicians II

Jaroslav Lopatynsky (1871 – 1936)

A doctor by profession, Yaroslav composed over 100 art songs. He possessed an exquisite talent for expressing our deepest felt feelings in a few bars: humorous in the extreme, reflective, dramatic, and always melodic. 

Yaroslav studied medicine in Vienna for seven years and, during this time, fully immersed himself in musical Viennese life.  Here, he composed his first art songs. Which remains his greatest contribution to Ukrainian National Music.  The onset of the 1st World War precluded Yaroslav from developing his extraordinary talents yet further into the symphonic genre.  However, his talents were proclaimed by Ukraine’s most eminent composers, notably Stanyslav Liudkevych and Vasyl Barvinsky.