WMykola Mykolayovych Arkas was a Ukrainian composer, writer, historian, and cultural activist. Arkas was the author of a popular book History of Ukraine (1908) and his most notable composition was the opera "Kateryna".
WAndriy Matviyevych Bobyr, People's Artist of Ukraine (1986).
WNikolai Alekseevich Boguslavsky (1850–1933) was an organiser and sponsor of the kobzar renaissance in the Kuban, a community leader, publisher. Bohuslavsky organized the first (1913) and second (1916) schools of kobzar art in the Kuban. Under his support bandura playing in the Kuban became a popular movement.
WValentyn Tikhonovich Borysov was a Ukrainian composer. In 1927 Barysov graduated from the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts.
WVadim Brodski is a Polish-Ukrainian violinist, longtime resident of Rome, Italy. A descendant of Adolf Brodsky, Vadim was born in Kiev, where he played as the soloist of Kiev Philharmonic at the age of 11. He received the first prizes at many of the international violin contests in which he participated, including the Wieniawski contest in 1977 (Poland), Paganini contest in 1984 (Italy), and Tibor Varga in 1984 (Switzerland), and fifth prize at the 1974 Tchaikovsky competition.
WMykhaylo Ivanovych Chemberzhi was a Ukrainian composer, teacher, scientist and politician. Director of Kyiv Children's Academy of Arts.
WEdward Dębicki is a Polish Romani poet, musician and composer. His work is connected with the Romani community and its cultural, itinerant and music traditions.
WMykhailo (Mykola) Domontovych (Zlobintsev)
WEduard Drach born 1965 in Kryvyi Rih, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union – in present-day Ukraine) is а prominent and influential composer, singer-songwriter, kobzar and bandurist. He is an active member in the Kiev Kobzar Guild. The author of numerous songs in a variety of styles, Drach is noted in particular for his original psalms in Ukrainian historical folk style.
WPetro Semenovych Drevchenko was also known by the surname of Drevkin and Drygavka.
WPavlo Ananiyovych Dvorsky is the Ukrainian singer and composer, better known for his working together with a poet Mykola Bakay.
WLesia Vasylivna Dychko (Ukrainian: Леся Василівна Дичко, born Liudmyla is a Ukrainian music educator and composer.
WInna Heifetz is a classical pianist.
WVitaliy Oleksiyovych Hodziatsky is a Ukrainian composer and teacher. He was made a Merited Artist of Ukraine in 1996.
WVolodymyr Andryievych Kabachok was a well-known bandura player and educator in Ukraine.
WMykola Filaretovich Kolessa was a Ukrainian composer and conductor, born in Sambir near Lviv.
WТаras Коmpanichenkо is a recording artist, an influential kobzar, bandurist, lutenist, lira player, composer and singer-songwriter. He is an active member of the Kobzarskyi Tsekh as well as of the Early Music ensembles "Chorea Kozacka" and "Sarmatica". He was an active participant in the Orange Revolution that took place in Ukraine from November 2004 to January 2005 as well as Euromaidan 2013–2014. He is laureate of the Vasyl Stus Prize.
WMykhailo Stepanovych Kravchenko (1858-1917) was regarded as one of the most outstanding kobzars of Poltava province of the late 19th early 20th century.
WVolodymyr Kushpet is an influential Ukrainian baritone singer, and player on torban, kobza, bandura and lira, he is noted for reconstruction of traditional playing techniques on these instruments. He is the author of a primer for these instruments and an in-depth study of the institution of Kobzar Guilds, associations of itinerary blind singers in Ukraine.
WNina Mytrofanivna Matviyenko, a Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine.
WZakhar May is a modern Ukrainian musician, author of such hits as "Nahui", "Nashi Tanki" and "Russo Matroso", a participant in festivals "Nashestvie 2002", "Krylya 2003" and others.
WMykola Mykolayovych Mykhailov was a Ukrainian bandurist, composer and arranger.
WIgor Davidovich Oistrakh is a Russian violinist.
WTymko (Tomasz) Padura also Padurra was a Ukrainian-Polish Romantic poet of the so-called Ukrainian school, musician-torbanist, and composer-songwriter.
WAnastasiya Ihorivna "Nastya" Petryk is a Ukrainian singer. She won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nebo", becoming the first Ukrainian entrant to win the competition.
WLeo Portnoff was a musician, teacher, and composer. He was a professor at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin from 1906 to 1915. He arrived in the United States in 1922. He initially resided in Brooklyn, and later moved to Florida to teach music at the University of Miami.
WHryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka was a Ukrainian composer, choir director, and teacher.
WEleonora Vinogradova (Ukrainian: Елеонора Олексіївна Виноградова was a Ukrainian choir director, educator, professor, Honored Artist of the Ukraine.