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Dmytro Gordon (Ukrainian: Дмитро Гордон; born 1995) is a Ukrainian composer, music producer, arranger, and orchestrator whose concert and media music has been performed by major ensembles and featured in both Ukrainian and international productions.
Early life and education
[edit]Gordon was born in Kyiv in 1995. He began private piano lessons at age six, and at 14 wrote over one hundred solo-piano works and self-released three albums of original music.[1] At 15, he made his public debut with a composition on the Ukrainian television program Shuster Live.[1] At 16, Gordon became one of the youngest students to be enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, earning a dual degree in classical composition and film scoring, graduating with honors.[2]
Career
[edit]After graduating, Gordon relocated to Los Angeles and joined the studio of Grammy-winning producer Walter Afanasieff in 2016.[1] He contributed to Barbara Streisand’s album Walls (2018) – which earned a Grammy nomination – and arranged tracks for Jeremy Renner’s album Medicine (2019).[3]
In May 2019, Gordon premiered his neoclassical work Waltzing with Life in Los Angeles after securing funding via the Younk crowdfunding platform.[4] In 2021, he was unanimously elected to the Union of Composers of Ukraine, upon recommendation by Igor Poklad and Yevhen Stankovych.[5]
Gordon is also the author of two scholarly articles on the works of Ukrainian composer Ivan Karabits, published in peer-reviewed journals – Musicology and Music-Art-and-Culture.[6][7]
Selected works
[edit]Film Scores
[edit]- World's Heritage (2012)
- Bogatir's Will (2013)
- The Lonely Verge (2014)
- Tango of Death (film score suite) (2016)[8]
- The Man Who Unlocked the Universe (2017) – orchestrator, additional music composer, assistant composer to Walter Afanasieff
- The Psychologist (2021)
- В Очах Синів (In the Eyes of Sons) (2024)[9][10]
- Animals in War (2025)[11]
Concert and Neoclassical Works
[edit]- Moods (2009) – solo piano cycle
- Between Light and Darkness (2010) – solo piano cycle
- Sacred and Profane (2011) – solo piano cycle
- Distant Worlds (2013) – solo piano cycle
- Piano Sonata No. 1 (2017)
- Waltzing with Life (2019)[4]
- To Ukraine with Hope (2024) – commissioned work performed by the Kyiv Camerata Orchestra at the Kyiv Music Fest 2024 festival.[12][13]
Collaborations and Commercial Releases
[edit]- The Little Blue Dragon Lullaby (2019) – lullaby song awarded a Gold Medal at the Global Music Awards[14]
- Козацькому Роду (2022) – arranger and producer for Jerry Heil's chart-topping single[15][16]
- When I’ve Got You (2024) – co-writer and producer on Dimash Qudaibergen’s single[17]
- Smoke (2024) – cco-writer and producer for Dimash Qudaibergen’s single; reached number 32 on the U.S. iTunes Top 100, entered Amazon’s Top 10 Best Sellers in Songs, and topped Amazon’s Best Sellers in Pop[18]
Recognition
[edit]Gordon’s neoclassical compositions have been profiled in regional press as exemplary of a new Ukrainian “neo-classical” movement, [19] and his acceptance into Ukraine’s official composers’ union underscores his standing among peers.[3]
Further reading
[edit]- A. Smith, "Contemporary Voices of Eastern Europe", in Modern Composers of the 21st Century, Brill, 2024. (Includes a chapter on Gordon’s oeuvre) [8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Дмитро Гордон: композитор, оркестровщик і аранжувальник". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). 3 June 2018. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Berklee College of Music Archives" (PDF). archives.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ a b "26-річного музиканта з Лос-Анджелеса прийнято в Спілку композиторів України". Obozrevatel (in Ukrainian). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ a b "Classical Music Is Not Dead!". Medium. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Дмитро Гордон прийнятий до Спілки композиторів України". Fakty.ua (in Ukrainian). 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ Gordon, Dmytro (2019). "The Succession of the Creative Process in Karabits Family: Frames and Sounds". Musicology (in Ukrainian). 45: 107–117. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ Gordon, Dmytro (2021). "Ivan Karabyts's "Concerto for Orchestra No. 1": To the Problem of the Author's Style". Music-Art-and-Culture (in Ukrainian) (33). doi:10.31723/2524-0447-2021-33-1-17. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ a b de Haan, Willem (2023). "Preserving History". Tango of Death: The Creation of a Holocaust Legend. Brill. ISBN 9789004525078. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Іn the Eyes of the Sons". Molodist International Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "В очах синів". Довідник Української Кіноакадемії (Dzyga) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Animals in War". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
{{cite web}}: Text "2025 Tribeca Festival" ignored (help) - ^ "Kyiv Music Fest–2024, Kyiv Camerata Orchestra, October 4 2024, Kyiv, Ukraine". Operabase. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Kyiv Music Fest 2024 – Національна філармонія України". Kyiv Camerata (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Winners Of Global Music Awards Looking For Partners And Collaborators For The Little Blue Dragon Lullaby". Top 10 Films. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Jerry Heil заінтригувала прем'єрою пісні про козаків і Залужного, яку створила у співпраці з Гордоном". TSN.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Jerry Heil презентувала пісню Козацькому роду — слухати, дивитися кліп". NV Life (in Ukrainian). 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Dimash presents new music video". El.kz. 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Dimash Qudaibergen's Smoke Hits American Music Charts". The Astana Times. 2025-02-05. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ^ "Зірка неокласики: український музикант вдало дебютував у США (відео)". RBC.ua (in Ukrainian). 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2025-06-21.