Larysa Kuzmenko is a Juno Awards-nominated Canadian composer

Composer

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 and pianist

Pianist

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 based in Toronto

Toronto

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. Many of her works have been published by Boosey and Hawkes and she has been commissioned to write pieces by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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, the Hannaford Street Silver Band, the International Women's Brass Conference, the Laidlaw Foundation

Laidlaw Foundation

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, the Oberlin Choristers, the Ontario Arts Council

Ontario Arts Council

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, and the Royal Canadian College of Organists

Royal Canadian College of Organists

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 among others. She currently teaches on the music faculties of The Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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