Ukrainian composer and pianist Oleg Bezborodko was born in 1973 in Kyiv. Studying first piano at the Kyiv Glier Music College (class of Lina Telnikova), in 1998 he graduated with distinction from the Ukrainian National Academy of Music (piano class of Iya Pavlova) and continued his postgraduate education there.  

Since 1999 Mr. Bezborodko attended the Conservatoire de Neuchâtel  (class of  Sylviane Deferne) where in 2002 he obtained Prix de virtuosité avec distinction. Also he took lessons from such distinguished pianists as Paul Badura-Skoda, Norma Fisher, Charles Rosen, Joan Havill, Naoum Starkman, Halina Czerny-Stefańska and others.

After returning from abroad Mr. Bezborodko took up a teaching position as a piano professor at his Alma Mater – Ukrainian National Academy of Music. At the same time (a unique example in history of the institution) he entered its composition department to study with Gennady Lyashenko (composition) and Levko Kolodub (orchestration). Since then a significant part of pianist’s repertoire consists of works of modern Ukrainian authors (including premieres of opuses by Z.Almashi, V.Bibik, O.Grinberg, I.Karabits, V.Silvestrov, V.Hodziatsky, Yu.Ishchenko, V.Poleva, A.Shchetynsky, V.Silvestrov, Ye.Stankovych).

As a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician Mr. Bezborodko appeared throughout Ukraine, Switzerland, USA, England, France, Germany, Poland, Canada, Russia, Estonia and Cuba.  His works have been performed in Ukraine, Australia, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, published in Germany, Great Britain, USA and Ukraine.

Among the performers of Mr. Bezborodko’s music are ensemble musikFabrik,   New Muse Piano Duo,   Collegium string quartet,   ensemble “Ricochet”,   Ensemble Nostri Temporis, ensemble “Kiev-Sinfonietta”,   Cvartet Passione,   Kiev Piano Duo,   violnists Dima Tkachenko,  Loussine Azizian  and  Orest Smovzh,  pianists  Stephen Gutman,  Roglit Ishay, Dmytro Choni and Timothy Hoft,  mandolinist Elena Olenchyk,  flutists Sergey Vilka, Stanislav Zubytsky and Igor Yermak,  sopranos Tamara Khodakova, Inna Galatenko and Olga Kulchitska,  clarinetist Lisa Kachouee,  bassoonists Mark Kreshchensky and Sebastian Stevensson,  Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, Kiev Philharmonic, Orchestra of National Opera of Ukraine, Crimea Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, National Chamber Ensemble “KYIV SOLOISTS”, “Khreschatyk” Chamber Choir, National Асаdemic Symphonic Band of Ukraine, Donetsk Philharmonic, National Ensemble of soloists “Kiev Kamerata”, Academic Pop Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and many others. Both as pianist and composer Mr. Bezborodko cooperated with such renowned conductors as Mykola Dyadyura, Kirill Karabits, Roman Kofman, Bogodar Kotorovych, Mykola Lysenko, Valery Matyukhin, Erki Pehk, Nataliya Ponomarchuk, Vitaly Protasov, Viktoria Ratsyuk, Volodymyr Sirenko.