Канстаньцiн Галкоўскi

Kanstantsin Halkouski By Lyavon Lutskevich, Voytsik Halina The book by the patriarchs of the Belarusian community in Vilnius, Lyavon Lutskevich and Halina Voytsik, is dedicated to Kanstantsin Halkouski (1875-1963), a Vilnius-born composer of Belarusian descent. Halkouski is regarded in Lithuania as one of the best national composers. He is also known for his services to Belarus. Halkouski is one of few Vilnius-based Belarusians who were lucky to go through the ordeal of political changes and twists unaffected, and live a long and fruitful life. However, this does not mean that he always had a cloudless sky over his head, and nothing hampered his creative career under various occupation regimes. But his great talent and purpose in life always helped him. In Vilnius' multi-cultural environment, Halkouski focused his efforts on the development of both Belarusian and Lithuanian musical art. The composer was buried at the Antakalnis Cemetery, where the country's most prominent people were laid to rest at the time. His name, Galkauskas, is engraved on the tombstone in Lithuanian.