Abeliovich Leo (6 January 1912, Vilnius – 1985 ?) – composer.

Abeliovich studied music in the years 1936–1939 under Zbigniew Drzewiecki and Kazimierz Sikorski at the State Music Conservatory in Warsaw. In 1939, he fled to Minsk and continued his musical studies under Vasily Zolotarev at the local conservatory. He completed his studies in composing in the years 1944–1946 under the direction of Nikolai Myaskovsky in Moscow. After the war, he stayed in Belarus. He composed orchestral works, including four symphonies, Heroic Poem (1957), and chamber and vocal works.

Bibliography:

• Sovetskiye kompozitory. Kratkyi biograficheskiyi spravochnik, eds. G. Bernandt, A. Dolzhansky, Moscow 1957.

L.T. Błaszczyk, “Żydzi w kulturze muzycznej działający na ziemiach polskich w XIX i XX wieku”, a book published with the support of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland.