Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh facts for kids
Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh was born on September 21, 1948. She is a talented composer from Belarus. A composer is someone who writes music.
Lyudmila was born in a city called Baranovichi. She loved music from a young age. She studied at a special music school, the Conservatory of Belarus. Her teachers were famous composers like Mikalay Il'ich Aladaw and Dmitry Smolsky. She finished her studies there in 1972.
In 1974, Lyudmila became part of the Belarusian Composers’ Union. This is a group for people who write music in Belarus. She also kept learning and teaching music. She studied with Sergey Slonimsky and taught at the music school in Leningrad (which is now called St. Petersburg).
Since 1980, Lyudmila Karpawna has been a full-time composer. This means she spends all her time creating new music!
Her Music and What Inspired Her
Lyudmila Karpawna's music is very special. She gets ideas from two main places:
- Folk music of Belarus: This is traditional music that has been passed down through generations in Belarus. It often tells stories or describes daily life.
- Liturgical music: This is music written for religious services, like in churches.
Her compositions often have deep meanings and beautiful melodies.
Some of Her Amazing Compositions
Here are some of the musical pieces Lyudmila Karpawna has written:
- Tarakanischche (The Cockroach) (based on a story by K. Chukovsky), 1972
- Lubok, a choral suite (music for a choir), 1974
- Trava-murava, a cantata (a type of vocal music), 1979
- Requiem ‘Pamyatayse’ (Remember) for choir (based on A. Adamovich)
- Kolesnik: Ya z vognennay vyoski (I am from the Fiery Village), for a speaker, choir, solo singers, and orchestra, 1982
- Igrïshchï (Games), a vocal-symphony picture, for two solo singers, choir, and orchestra, 1983
- Skarbonka minulaga (Sadness for the Past) (a cantata, with words by T. Bondar), 1987
- Blagoslovi, dusha moya (Praise the Lord, my Soul), 1991
- Skaz pra Igara (A Tale about Igor) (an oratorio, based on Ya. Kupala: Slovu o polku Igoreve), for a speaker, organ, and choir, 1991
- 12 pesnopeniy o belorusskikh svyatïkh (12 Chants about Belarusian Saints), 1994
- Nestserka, a symphonic poem (a piece for orchestra that tells a story), 1971
- Yarmarochnïye zarisovki (Fairground Sketches), an orchestral suite (a collection of pieces for orchestra), 1979
- Yuraw dzen (Yury’s Day), a fairy-concerto for orchestra
