Igor Luchenok

Belarusian composer (1938–2018)

Igor Luchenok
Luchenok in 2010
Born	August 6, 1938 Minsk, Belarus
Died	November 12, 2018(2018-11-12) (aged 80) Minsk, Belarus
Occupation	Composer

Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok (Belarusian: Iгар Міхайлавіч Лучанок, Ihar Michajlavič Lučanok, Russian: Игорь Михайлович Лученок; 6 August 1938 in Minsk — 12 November 2018 in Minsk^[1]) was a Belarusian composer, People's Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (and People's Artist of the USSR), and chairman of the Belarusian Union of Composers.^[2]

Biography

Luchenok worked in various genres — vocal-symphonic, chamber-instrumental, chamber-vocal, but most fruitfully — in song. From his works formed the repertoire of Pesniary, Syabry, Verasy, Joseph Kobzon, Sofia Rotaru, Valentina Tolkunova, Maria Pakhomenko, Lev Leshchenko, Victor Vuyachich, Eduard Khil and many others.^[3]