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Ruslana Lisova

1. Full Name:

Ruslana Vitaliivna Lisova

2. Country / City of Residence:

Poland / Warsaw

3. Specialization (Business / Professional Activity):

Composer, pianist, senior-category teacher and methodologist, author of educational, methodological and sheet music publications.

4. Professional Summary (2–3 sentences):

Ukrainian composer and music educator with 37 years of experience in music education. Author of more than 300 musical works and over 20 sheet music and educational collections for piano, bandura, voice, ensembles and children’s musical theatre.

She is currently developing the “LAD” Studio of Musical Development in Warsaw, combining the academic music school tradition with creativity and an individual approach to each student.

5. Public / Community Activity:

  • Member of the National Union of Kobzars of Ukraine;
  • Member of the Association of Art Education Institutions;
  • Jury member at national and international competitions;
  • Master classes, creative meetings, concerts and presentations of her own publications;
  • Music editor and compiler of the educational and methodological publication “Music School”;
  • Participation in charitable, cultural and educational projects;
  • Founder of the Ukrainian “LAD” Studio of Musical Development in Warsaw.

6. Statement of Purpose:

For me, intellectual leadership is an opportunity to turn professional experience into ideas and methods that are useful to others.

I want to represent contemporary Ukrainian music pedagogy and the Ukrainian school of composition in the international community, exchange experience with experts from various fields, and develop educational and cultural projects that combine professional rigor with creative freedom.

7. Education:

  • 2004: Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (Variety Music Art).
  • 1989: Kaluga Music College (Piano Teacher).

8. Academic Degree:

None.

9. Scientific Publications, Books, and Media Coverage:

  • Ruslana Lisova — Wikipedia article A biographical article about the Ukrainian composer, music educator and author of educational and methodological publications; it covers her education, professional activity, creative output, participation in competitions and conferences, and publications.
    Link: Ruslana Lisova — Wikipedia (in Ukrainian)

Author’s and Educational Publications:

  • Ruslana Lisova’s author page — biography, list of works and publications
    Link: UkrNotes — Ruslana Lisova
  • “The Gift”, “Song of the Heart”;
  • “Music, I Live Through You” — selected works;
  • “I Will Open My Soul to the Bandura” — vocal and instrumental works for bandura;
  • “Instrumental Works for Bandura” (electronic edition, 2020);
  • “Vocal Works with Bandura Accompaniment” (electronic edition, 2020);
  • “So as Not to Lose Myself in the Wide World” — vocal lyrics with bandura accompaniment (2019);
  • “It’s So Simple to Be Happy” — vocal works with piano accompaniment (electronic edition, 2020);
  • “I Keep in My Soul What I Loved” — vocal works with piano accompaniment (electronic edition, 2021);
  • “Lyrical Album for Piano” — piano works (2018);
  • “Forest Tale” — music-making in the piano class (2020);
  • “Forest Tale” — music-making in the bandura class, adaptation (electronic edition);
  • “Bird School” — children’s musical (2020);
  • “More Fun Together”, Issue 1 — piano ensembles (electronic edition, 2023);
  • “Breath of Spring” — romances with piano accompaniment, including settings of poems by Lina Kostenko (electronic edition, 2023);
  • “I Will Weave Red Rue into a Wreath” — dedicatory vocal works with bandura and piano accompaniment (electronic edition, 2024);
  • “Musical Colors” — works by students (electronic edition, 2024);
  • “I Pray for You, Ukraine” — patriotic vocal works with piano and bandura accompaniment (electronic edition, 2024);
  • “Snow White and the Merry Dwarfs” — musical (electronic edition, 2024);
  • “Bright Joy” — Christmas carols and New Year songs (shchedrivky) set to poems by contemporary poets (2021);
  • “15 Characteristic Miniatures” — piano pieces with illustrations and epigraphs (2026).
  • “Musical Colors” — works by students, with information about the authors and a methodological note
    Link: Ruslana Lisova. “Musical Colors”

Scientific and Methodological Publications:

  • Ruslana Lisova — “Forms of Music-Making among Students of Primary Art Education Institutions”
    A scientific and methodological article in the national peer-reviewed journal “Art and Education”, No. 4 (114), 2024, pp. 19–24. The journal is included in the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine, Category “B”.Link: Article on the “Art and Education” journal website
  • Ruslana Lisova — “Music-Making in the Piano Class”
    Proceedings of the scientific and methodological seminar of the National Academy of Culture and Arts Management.Link: “Music-Making in the Piano Class” — PDF

Research and Academic Works on Ruslana Lisova’s Oeuvre:

  • Oleh Vasiuta — “Musical Culture of the Chernihiv Region in the 20th – Early 21st Centuries (Composition and Performance)”
    A monograph by Oleh Vasiuta, Doctor of Arts, Professor; the book includes a separate discussion of Ruslana Lisova’s work in the context of the contemporary Chernihiv school of composition. Chernihiv: Desna Polihraf, 2019.Link: Catalogue of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine
  • “Jazz Moods in R. V. Lisova’s ‘Lyrical Album for Piano’”
    A separate section of a study, Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical University.Link: Study of Ruslana Lisova’s work — PDF
  • A study of Ruslana Lisova’s compositions for bandura
    Makarenko Sumy State Pedagogical University; Lisova’s work is considered a notable part of the contemporary original repertoire for bandura.Link: Study of Ruslana Lisova’s bandura works — PDF
  • Yurii Zubai — “Compositions for Children by Contemporary Kyiv Piano Teachers” “Bulletin of the National Academy of Culture and Arts Management”, No. 2, 2025.Link: Research article in the NAKKKiM Bulletin

Media and Public Activity:

  • Creative meeting with composer Ruslana Lisova — Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Music Lyceum, 2026
    A creative meeting at Lviv’s leading specialized music school (the “Lviv ten-year school”), dedicated to Ruslana Lisova’s work as a composer and educator.
  • “VeCher 27.12. Ruslana Lisova” — Novyi Chernihiv TV channel
    An interview about her work as a composer and teacher, 2019.Link: Watch the Novyi Chernihiv broadcast
  • “Renowned Composer Ruslana Lisova Invited to Kryvyi Rih” — Rudana TV and Radio Company
    A creative meeting, performance of her works and presentation of the collection “15 Characteristic Miniatures for Piano”, 2026.Link: Rudana — story about Ruslana Lisova
  • Creative meeting with Ruslana Lisova and Andrii Mitsai — Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University 2024.
    Link: Educational and Scientific Institute of Arts, PNU
  • Creative meeting with Ukrainian composer Ruslana Lisova — “Universum” Professional College of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University 2023.
    Link: Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University — story about the meeting
  • “Chernihiv, Hold Your Banner High!” — Novyi Chernihiv TV channel
    A story about the musical work by Ruslana Lisova and Raisa Borshch, 2025.Link: Novyi Chernihiv — “Chernihiv, Hold Your Banner High!”

10. Copyrights (Author programs, methodologies, courses):

Author of more than 300 musical works, original music teaching methods, educational repertoire, musical fairy tales, children’s musicals, as well as pieces and creative tasks for developing compositional thinking.

11. Inventions / Patents:

No patents for inventions.

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