Taras Luka

Composer | Pianist | accordionist | music director

Taras Luka is a Ukrainian-Canadian composer, pianist, accordionist, and live cinema artist based in Vancouver, Canada. His work spans film, theatre, concert music, and interdisciplinary performance, with presentations across Europe and North America.

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Taras Luka is a Ukrainian-Canadian composer, pianist, accordionist, arranger, and music director based in Vancouver, Canada.His work spans concert music, theatre, film, jazz, and interdisciplinary performance, bringing together classical traditions, contemporary composition, and cinematic storytelling. Throughout his career, Taras has collaborated with orchestras, theatres, film festivals, and cultural institutions across Canada, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States.As a composer, he has created original works for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, theatre productions, and film. In 2022, his orchestral work Choral of Freedom received its world premiere in Italy under the baton of renowned conductor Oksana Lyniv as part of the international Concerto per la Pace project organized in partnership with the Italian Red Cross. The work was presented at Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Teatro Verdi Pordenone and was recognized for its artistic response to themes of freedom, human dignity, and peace.Taras has served as composer, arranger, conductor, and music director for numerous theatrical productions, including musical Romeo & Juliet, Heart in Half, and other stage works presented in Ukraine and Poland. His theatre projects have received national nominations and international festival recognition.As a performer, Taras appears regularly as a pianist and accordionist in both classical and jazz settings. His original music has been presented at major cultural events and festivals, including the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, North Shore Jazz Festival, Odesa International Film Festival, Odesa International Jazz Festival, Teatr Polski w Bydgoszczy, Filharmonia Łódzka, Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska, Vancouver Fashion Week, Victoria Symphony Orchesrta and other international arts platforms.He is the creator and performer of Man Behind the Camera, an original live cinema project featuring his solo piano score accompanying Dziga Vertov’s landmark silent film Man with a Movie Camera (1929). The project explores the intersection of live performance and film and has been presented at cinemas, festivals, and cultural venues across Canada.Taras Luka holds a Master’s Degree from the Odesa National A.V. Nezhdanova Academy of Music. Today, his artistic practice focuses on original composition, live cinema, film scoring, orchestral music, and collaborative projects that connect music, theatre, and visual storytelling.Through a multidisciplinary international career, Taras Luka has established himself as a distinctive artistic voice whose work bridges concert music, contemporary performance, and the cinematic arts.

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🇮🇹 RAI News (Italy)

Italy’s National Public Broadcaster

National television coverage of the world premiere of Choral(e) of Freedom presented at Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Teatro Verdi Pordenone.July 2022

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🇮🇹 La Repubblica (Italy)

One of Italy’s leading national newspapers

Feature coverage of the world premiere of Choral(e) of Freedom within the international peace concert Concerto per la Pace.July 2022

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🇮🇹 ANSA (Italy)

Italy’s national news agency

Coverage of the world premiere of Choral(e) of Freedom conducted by Oksana Lyniv in Italy.

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🇨🇦 CBC Radio (Canada)

Canada’s national public broadcaster

Interview and live performance on CBC Radio’s On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko discussing Carol of the Bells: A Ukrainian Christmas and Taras Luka’s original music.

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🇨🇦 CBC Yukon (Canada)

Regional service of Canada’s national public broadcaster.

Featured interview on Yukon Morning promoting the Ukrainian Jazz Vibes concert series in Whitehorse.

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🇨🇦 Opera Canada (Canada)

Canada’s leading opera and performing arts publication

Coverage featuring Taras Luka’s artistic work within interdisciplinary theatre and dance productions in Canada.

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🇺🇦 TSN / 1+1 Television Network (Ukraine)

One of Ukraine’s largest national television networks

National television coverage featuring the premiere of Romeo and Juliet at the Sumy National Academic Theatre.

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🇺🇦 Odesa Life (Ukraine)

Major regional news publication in Ukraine.

Feature article discussing Taras Luka’s original music for the theatrical production Heart in Half at the Odesa Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre.

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🇮🇹 Emilia Romagna Cultura (Italy)

Official cultural portal of the Emilia-Romagna Region.

Coverage of the world premiere of Choral(e) of Freedom at Teatro Comunale di Bologna under the baton of Oksana Lyniv.

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🇵🇱 Głos Seniora (Poland)

Polish national magazine dedicated to culture and society.

Coverage highlighting Taras Luka’s concert performances and artistic collaborations in Poland.

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