[1] In 1962, Stankovych studied composition with the Polish composer Adam Soltys [uk] at the L'viv Mykola Lysenko Conservatoire.
From 1965 to 1970, he studied composition with the Ukrainian composers Borys Lyatoshynsky and Myroslav Skoryk at the Kyiv Conservatory.
[3] In 2017, he chaired the organising committee of the All-Ukrainian Open Music Olympiad "The Voice of The Country".
Stankovych's works include 12 symphonies, five ballets, one opera, instrumental concertos, film scores, and chamber music.
[4] His folk-opera "When the Fern Blooms" was the first modern work its type; it was written in 1970s but was forbidden to be performed by the Soviet authorities.