People's artist of Ukraine, professor of P.Tchaikovsky National Musical Academy of Ukraine.
Born in 1942 in Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan).In 1960, he finished Kyiv Lysenko Secondary
Musical School with piano major. He received higher musical education in
P.Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Kyiv (piano major teachers -Prof.V.Nilsen and Prof.V.Topilin musical
composition -Prof. B. Lyatoshinsky and A.
Shtoharenko.)
As a pianist he performed in many countries of
the world and made recordings on discs of more
than 30 works of modern and classical piano music. Since l967, he has been leading a class of piano and since 1996, he has
been holding a position of the head of piano
department of P.Tchaikovsky National Musical Academy of Ukraine.
Musical Science occupies a significant place in Mykhailo Stepanenko's creative activities: he is the author of the research paper Piano Art in Ukraine
Before M.Lysenko and other research in
the field of piano art.
He is the author of many works of symphonic,
chamber, and choir music, as well as romances and
songs. In 1992, he was elected the head of the board of the Union of Composers
of Ukraine.