Lyudmila Karpawna Shleh is a Belarusian composer. She was born in Baranovichi

Baranovichi

Baranovichi , is a city in the Brest Province of western Belarus with a population of 173,000. It is a significant railway junction and home to a state university.-Overview:...

 and studied with Mikalay Il'ich Aladaw and Dmitry Smolsky

Dmitry Smolsky

Dmitry Smolsky or Dmitry Smolski is a Belarusian composer. He was born in Minsk, Belarus, and began his study of music at the Moscow Conservatory. He continued his studies at the Belarusian State Conservatory, graduating in 1960...

 at the Conservatory of Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, graduating in 1972. She joined the Belarusian Composers’ Union in 1974 and continued her education with Sergey Slonimsky while teaching at the Leningrad

Leningrad

Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...

Conservatory. After completing her studies in 1980, she has worked as a full-time composer.

Works

Karpawna's compositions are influenced by the folk music of Belarus and by liturgical music. Selected works include:

• Tarakanischche (The Cockroach) (after K. Chukovsky), 1972
• Lubok, choral suite, 1974
• Trava-murava, cantata, 1979
• Requiem ‘Pamyatayse’ (Remember) choral (after A. Adamovich)
• Kolesnik: Ya z vognennay vyoski (I am from the Fiery Village), speaker, chorus, solo vv, orchestra, 1982
• Igrïshchï (Games), vocal-symphony picture, 2 solo vv, chorus, orchestra, 1983
• Skarbonka minulaga (Sadness for the Past) (cantata, T. Bondar), 1987
• Blagoslovi, dusha moya (Praise the Lord, my Soul), 1991
• Skaz pra Igara (A Tale about Igor) (oratorio, Ya. Kupala: Slovu o polku Igoreve), speaker, organ, chorus, organ, 1991
• 12 pesnopeniy o belorusskikh svyatïkh (12 Chants about Belarusian Saints), 1994
• Nestserka, symphonic poem, 1971
• Yarmarochnïye zarisovki (Fairground Sketches), orchestral suite, 1979
• Yuraw dzen (Yury’s Day), fairy-concerto for orchestra