Regan Ryzuk

Regan Ryzuk (born Regan Onufry Ryzuk, March 29, 1955, New York) is an American composer and pianist. Ryzuk is the son of renowned painter, Onufry Ryzuk and published author and playwright, Mary S. Ryzuk, PhD. He is the elder of two children. Education A graduate from Montville Township High School in Montville, New Jersey in 1973, Ryzuk studied with Robert Helps at Manhattan School of Music and attended The Juilliard School. Ryzuk’s classical music studies led to jazz studies with Jaki Byard and Sir Roland Hanna. At Juilliard, he studied music theory and composition. Career Development as a composer During the 1980s, Ryzuk toured with various ballet companies – traveling through Europe and Latin America. This period enabled him to develop his improvisational techniques, which later laid the groundwork for one of his greatest compositional works,“48 Preludes and Fugues.” Composed in the style Johann Sebastian Bach, Ryzuk developed “48 Preludes and Fugues” over the course of a year while living in Switzerland. Upon his return to the United States in 1991, Ryzuk lived in New York and continued his compositional work. He developed a base of students, including Fountains of Wayne co-fou