Zhanna Kolodub

Zhanna Yukhymivna Kolodub was a Ukrainian composer and teacher, beginning as lecturer at the Kyiv Conservatory in 1952 and as professor from 1997. Her major compositions are ballets and orchestral works; she also wrote vocal compositions, chamber music, piano works and film scores. Her work has been described as having "fearless emotionalism and melodic clarity". She headed the Commission for Musical and Aesthetic Education of Children and Youth of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.