Yuriy Oliynyk
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Yuriy Oliynyk | |
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Юрій Олійник | |
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| Born | December 1, 1931 Ternopil, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | September 13, 2021 (aged 89) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, pianist, professor |
Yuriy Oleksiiovych Oliynyk[a] (December 1, 1931 – September 13, 2021) was a composer, concert pianist, and professor of music who lived and worked in the United States.
Yuriy Oliynyk was born in Ternopil, Ukraine. He was the son of a Ukrainian lawyer and started studying piano at the age of seven. During World War II, his family was forced to flee from their home to Austria, and later Germany.
In 1950, Oliynyk emigrated to the United States. He received a degree in piano as a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a degree in musicology as a Master of Arts from the Case Western Reserve University.
Oliynyk was a trained music teacher; as of 2022[update] he worked at the American River College in Sacramento, California. He was the first president of the Ukrainian Heritage Club of Northern California.
