 Leontovych akaberekerwa uye akakurira muPodolia mudunhu reRussian Empire zvino muUkraine. Akadzidza semupristi muKamianets-Podilskyi Theological Seminary uye akazoenderera mberi nedzidzo yake yemimhanzi kuSaint Petersburg Court Capella uye zvidzidzo zvega naBoleslav Yavorsky. Nokusununguka kwehurumende yeUkraine mukushanduka kwe1917, Leontovych akatamira kuKyiv kwaakashanda kuKyiv Conservatory uye Mykola Lysenko Institute of Music and Drama. Iye anozivikanwa nekunyora Shchedryk muna 1904 iyo yakatanga muna 1916, inozivikanwa kune vanotaura Chirungu nyika se Carol of the Bells kana Ring, Christmas Bells. Iye anozivikanwa somufiri muEastern Orthodox Ukrainian Church, uko iyewo anoyeukwa nokuda kwake liturgy, yokutanga liturgy rakanyorwa mumutauro womunharaunda, zvakananga mumutauro wokuUkraine wemazuva ano. Akaurayiwa nomusori weSoviet muna 1921. 