Oleksandr Rodin

Biography

Oleksandr Leonidovich Rodin (Ukrainian: Олександр Леонідович Родін, Belarusian: Аляксандр Леанідавіч Родзін, romanized: Alyaksandr Leanidavich Rodzin; born 2 January 1975) is a Ukrainian composer, pianist and painter. He is a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. His works of many genres have been performed internationally. His ballets were created in collaboration with the Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Ukrainian contemporary dance theater Kyiv Modern-Ballet. His opera Kateryna, for which he wrote the libretto based on a poem by Taras Shevchenko, was premiered by the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre in 2022.

Biography

Rodin was born on 2 January 1975, in Paddabranka (now Belarus). He gained first experience in composition at the music college in Chernihiv, where he wrote music for a stage performance. In 1994, he graduated from the Chernihiv Levko Revutskyi Music School with a degree in piano, and in 2001, he graduated from the Odesa Conservatory, with another degree in piano.
Rodin is mostly self-taught as a composer. He lives and works in Kyiv. From 2005 he has been a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. He was their composer in residence in the 2020/21 season.