Volodymyr Runchak
Volodymyr Petrovych Runchak is a Ukrainian accordionist, conductor and composer who was born on June 12, 1960 in Lutsk where in 1979 he attended its music college. In 1984 he was a winner of the Republican Accordion Competition and the same year began studying conducting at the Kiev Conservatory where he also studied composing two years later. In 1988 he joined Union of Ukrainian Composers and remained there till this day. He has conducted over 100 works which he performed in his native Ukraine, neighboring Russia, and then went to Kazakhstan and France. Currently he serves as a member of the New Music Association and is a founder of New Music Concert Series.
