Oleksandr Rodin

Oleksandr Leonidovich Rodin (, ; born 2 January 1975) is a Ukrainian composer, pianist and painter. He is a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. His works of many genres have been performed internationally. His ballets were created in collaboration with the Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Ukrainian contemporary dance theater Kyiv Modern-Ballet. His opera Kateryna, for which he wrote the libretto based on a poem by Taras Shevchenko, was premiered by the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre in 2022. Biography Rodin was born on 2 January 1975, in (now Belarus). He gained first experience in composition at the music college in Chernihiv, where he wrote music for a stage performance. He was their composer in residence in the 2020/21 season. He has created music in various genres, including symphonic works, choral compositions, chamber and instrumental music, as well as ballets and operas. Rodin has made many adaptations of Ukrainian folk songs, updated classical works, and scored dramatic performances, films, and television series. His ballet Soliaris (2021), based on Stanisław Lem, was premiered in 2025 at the Lviv National Opera). Rodin’s opera Kate