Bohdan Sehin

Bohdan Dariiovych Sehin (born 1976, in Borshchiv) is a Ukrainian composer, and organizer of music programs.

Biography

He was born in 1976, in Borshchiv, Ternopil Oblast. In 1999, he graduated from the Lviv Conservatory (class of Prof. M. Skoryk). The composer's music is constantly performed in Ukraine and abroad. He has been part of musical collaborations with the Polish Institute in Kyiv, the Goethe-Institut, and the Austrian Cultural Forum. Simultaneously, in 2012, Bohdan Sehin began working as Commercial Director for the Development of Contemporary Music of the Lviv Regional Philharmonic and Executive Director of the International Festival of Contemporary Music "Contrasts."

Accomplishments

• Laureate of the Prize named after L. Revutsky (2004).
• Two-time participant in the scholarship program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of Poland "Gaude Polonia"
• Fellow of the Warsaw Autumn Friends Foundation (2003).
• Received grant from the Gulliver Connect program (2008).
• Received grant from the President of Ukraine (implemented in 2008–2010).
• Winner of several composition competitions in Ukraine.
• Member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.

Musical program organizer

• Contrasts, 1998 to 2006, Lviv
• Velvet Curtain, 2006, Lviv
• Kyiv Music Fest, 2009, Kyiv
• International Youth Music Forum 2009 and 2011–2012, Kyiv
• Ensemble Nostri Temporis, 2009–present
• Kyiv International Master Classes of New Music COURSE, 2012–present
• Ukrainian Biennale of New Music, March 2013, Kyiv and Lviv