Andriy Omelchenko

Andriy Fedorovych Omelchenko[a] (2 July 1926 – 9 May 1981) was a Ukrainian virtuoso bandura soloist and composer.

He was a laureate of the international competition of performers on folk instruments which took place in Moscow in 1957.

He published a series of collections of music for the bandura and composed a number of individual works.

In 1963 he completed post graduate studies at the Kiev Conservatory and in 1968 he received the title of Candidate of Arts for his thesis on the development of the bandura.

He continued to work on a doctoral dissertation on Ukrainian folk instruments while teaching bandura at the Institute of Culture.