Artist Info: Simon Pekalytsky

Symeon Pekalytsky (Ukrainian: Симеон Пекалицький), sometimes Semen Pekalytsky (Ukrainian: Семен Пекалицький) (born c. 1630) was a Ukrainian composer, choral director and teacher. He wrote partsong choral works.

Very little is known about his life. He was born in Ukraine in c. 1630 and studied in high schools of Kyiv, Lviv, Ostroh or Lutsk. He had gained a profound musical education.

In the 1660s Pekalytsky led the Chapel of Chernihiv archbishop Lazar Baranovych. [read more...]