Mykola Lysenko was born in the Poltava region in 1842.
His father was his first piano teacher.
He continued his piano studies at a boarding school in Kyiv.
Lysenko studied music at the University of Kyiv.
He became a professional musician after getting his degree.
He worked with famous composers abroad.
He was interested in Ukrainian folk music.
He mixed Ukrainian folk traditions with classical styles in his music.
Lysenko travelled around Ukraine collecting folk songs.
Performances in Ukrainian were forbidden in 1876.
His opera Taras Bulba was performed during his lifetime.
Mykola Lysenko died in 1912
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