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Composer, arranger, conductor and bandurist Peter Deriashnyj (b. 1946, Calden, Germany) emigrated to Australia with his family in 1950 and completed an engineering degree from the Sydney Institute of Technology. He began studying the bandura with his father at age 10 and in childhood was exposed to Ukrainian church music at his local parish. Initially self-taught, he later pursued private studies in music theory and composition, as well as the playing of Kharkiv-style bandura in Sydney. He has conducted several Ukrainian choirs and ensembles in Australia. His works include numerous arrangements for chorus with bandura accompaniment and original choral compositions for liturgical use. He has also produced standardized vocal scores of liturgical music for use in Ukrainian Orthodox parishes in Australia.