Roman Kofman | |
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| Born | June 15, 1936 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation(s) | composer, conductor, music educator |
Roman Kofman (Ukrainian: Кофман Роман Ісаакович; born 15 June 1936) is a Ukrainian composer, conductor, music educator and People's Artist of Ukraine (2003). Kofman was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008[1] and is the winner of the ECHO Klassik Prize (2007). He was nominated and entered the short list of Shevchenko National Prize in 2011.
Since 1990 he is the Principal Conductor of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.[2]