Yudif Grigorevna Rozhavskaya (12 November 1923-10 March 1982) was a Ukrainian pianist and a versatile composer who worked in many genres, including serialism. Rozhavskaya, whose nickname was “Didi,” was born in Kyiv. She began playing piano at age five, and was considered a prodigy. She earned graduate and postgraduate degrees at the Kyiv Conservatory (today the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music) where her teachers included E. Slyvak (piano) and Matvey Akimovich Gozenpud (composition). She married the poet Rurik Nemyrovskyi. During World War II, Rozhavskaya served with a concert