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Alla Zahaikevych (; born 17 December 1966) is a Ukrainian composer of
contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is Western art music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st-century classical music, 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 Modernism (music), post-tonal music after the death of ...
, performance artist, organiser of electroacoustic music projects, musicologist. Her name is alternatively spelled Alla Zagaykevych on all releases and in texts which are in English.


Biography

Alla Zahaikevych was born in
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Khmelnytskyi (, ) is a city in western Ukraine. Located on the Southern Bug, it serves as the administrative centre of Khmelnytskyi Oblast as well as Khmelnytskyi Raion within the oblast. With a population of Khmelnytskyi is the second-large ...
. In 1990 she graduated from the
Kyiv Conservatory The Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music (), formerly Kyiv Conservatory, is a national music tertiary academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Its courses include postgraduate education. History The Kyiv Conservatory was founded on 3 November 1913 at ...
(now the National Music Academy of Ukraine), having been taught
musical composition Musical composition can refer to an Originality, original piece or work of music, either Human voice, vocal or Musical instrument, instrumental, the musical form, structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new pie ...
and
orchestration Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orch ...
by the Ukrainian composer . During 19931994 she completed her
postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...
studies in composition with Ischenko and in music theory with I. P’jaskovsky. During 1995 and 1996 she studied composition and musical informatics at the (
IRCAM IRCAM (French: ''Ircam, '', English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of Avant-garde music, avant garde and Electroacoustic ...
) in Paris. From 1986 to 1999 she was a member of the
folklore Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as Narrative, tales, myths, legends, proverbs, Poetry, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also ...
ensemble "Drevo" of the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Under the director, Ye.Yefremov, she investigated authentic Ukrainian singing and participated in numerous folkloric expeditions, conferences, and festivals. In 1998 Zahaikevych became a lecturer at the Music Information Technologies' Department of the National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv, where with the support of the
International Renaissance Foundation The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) () is a Ukrainian NGO founded by George Soros. It was founded in April 1990. IRF is an integral part of the Open Society Foundations which incorporates national and regional foundations in more than ...
, she founded the Electronic Music Studio..Her compositions include
symphonies A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning c ...
, instrumental and vocal chamber music, electro-acoustic compositions, multi-media installations and performances, chamber opera, and film music.


Selected compositions

* ''Contre S (dedié à Guy Debord)'' for Kontra-Trio (cb-flute, cb-saxofon, tuba) add electronics (2011) * ''Mithe IV : KS (dedicated to Karol Symanowski)'' for violin and electronics (2011) * ''Blicke der Verliebten (for
ensemble recherche Ensemble Recherche is a German contemporary classical music ensemble with nine fixed members. Founded in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1985, the ensemble has premiered more than 1,000 works, dozens of which have since come to be recognised as masterwo ...
)'' for 8 performers (2010) * ''Cantos: Island'' for 3 cello soli and 15 strings (2010) * ''Cascades'' for piano (2009) * ''GO'' for sheng, erhu, percussion and electronic recording (2009) * ''String quartet'' for 2 violins, viola and cello (2009) * ''By the Undergroung River'' for flute, clarinet, oboe, piano, violin, cello (2008) * ''Venezia'' for cello and electronics (2008) * ''Tercet'' for clarinet, violin and cello (2007) * ''Luceo'' for piano (2007) * ''Concerto'' for cello and orchestra (2007) * ''Transparency'' for violin and electronic recording (2006) * ''Laborinthus – Exitus'' for clarinet and electronic recording (2005) * ''Air mechanics'' for flute, clarinet, perc., piano, violin and cello (2005) * ''Vent, pierres, fleurs…'' for accordion (2004) * ''Ecce Juventa Anni'' to text by Grygoriy Skovoroda for soprano, choir and the symphony orchestra (2004) * ''Pagode'' for recorders and electronic recording (2003) * "The Way to the Great River" on the text by O.Lysheha (in English) for soprano and 8 instrumentalists (fl, ob, cl, prc, p, vn, vl, vc) (2002) * "Heroneya" for violin, cello, bassoon, piano, electronic recording (2002) * "Gravitation" for 2 cellos (2001) * "Choven" on verses by Mykola Vorobjov (in Ukrainian) for soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone (1999), (instrumental version: "Choven", 2000) * "Chemins des Ombres" for trombone, percussion and contrabass (1998) * "Interlude" for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, alto, cello, double bass (1998) * "Mar-X-Nevidomist" for soprano and piano (1997) * "Numbers and Wind" ("Drawings by Memory") chamber opera on verses by Mykola Vorobjov (in Ukrainian) (3 voices, fl, cl, fg, cr, tn, prc – 2, p, vn, vl, vc, cb) (1992–1997) * "Ausgesetzt auf den Bergen des Herzens..." on verses by Rainer Maria Rilke (in German) for soprano and orchestra (1996) * "Et dans un long tournoiement j'entrerai dedans l'etang celeste" on poetry by Oleh Lysheha for bassoon, double bass, clarinet/bass clarinet, electronics (1996) * "Musique Aveugle" for piano and orchestra (1995) * "Sans l'Eloignement de la Terre" for violin, accordion and guitar (1994) * "Intermezzo" for symphony orchestra (1993) * "Trio" for violin, cello and piano (1991) * "Symphony" on the poetry of Vladimir Mayakovsky (in Russian) for baritone and symphony orchestra (1990)


Electroacoustic performances and multimedia works

* ' (): Premiered at the
Warsaw Autumn Warsaw Autumn () is the largest international Polish festival of contemporary music. It was established in 1956 by two composers, Tadeusz Baird and Kazimierz Serocki, and officially established by the Head Board of the Polish Composers' Union ...
in 2022 and described as "a constantly shifting equilibrium between electronics and orchestra". * "Musique naïve" (dedicated to CAT trio) performance for accordion, gitare, theremin and electronics (2011) * "Life as Music" generative in real time composition for Oboe, Clarinet in B, Alto Saxophon, Percussion and Contrebasse (2011) * "Raven", music for experimental performance piece created by Yara Arts Group (New York) inspired by the poetry by Oleh Lysheha (2011) * "Contre S (dedié à Guy Debord)" electroacoustic performance for Electroacoustic's Ensemble (2010) * "Nord/Ouest" electroacoustic performance for folklor voices, violin, flute, percussion and electronics (for Electroacoustic's Ensemble) (2010) * "While Falling Asleep: To Wake Up.. While Flying Up: To Submerge.." electroacoustic installation in four waves for project «MAVKA» (2009) * "Sud/Est" electroacoustic performance for Electroacoustic's Ensemble, (video – Vadim Jovich) (2009) * "Venezia – Vision" electroacoustic performance for cello and electronics, (video – Vadim Jovich), (2008) * Music for film "Illusion of Existence"(2004) * "Seasons in the Square" electronic music for audio-visual installation (2004) * Music for film "MAMAY" (2003) * "To Escape, to Breathe, to Keep Silence" electronic music for audio-visual installation (2002) * "Cosi Fan Tutte", electronic music for audio-visual installation (video: O.Plysjuk) (2000)


Discography

* "Motus" 2005 * "To Escape, To Breathe, To Keep Silence" 2006 * "Mavka or Ukraine Still Hasn't Died" 2009 * "Nord / Ouest" (Alla Zagaykevych & Electroacoustic's Ensemble) 2012 * "Secret Thirteen Mix 067" ( Sarunas Nakas & Alla Zagaykevych) 2013 * "Disturbance Fields" (
Julian Kytasty Julian Petrovych Kytasty is an American composer, singer, kobzar, bandurist, flautist, and conductor of Ukrainian descent. He was born January 23, 1958, in Detroit, Michigan, in a family of refugees. Biography His first studies were in the Ukr ...
and Alla Zagaykevych) 2017


Awards and honors

In 2004, Zahaikevych earned the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize. In 2017, she earned a Golden Dzyga award for Best Composer. In 2019, she earned a Filmed in Ukraine () award in the Composer category. In 2022, she earned an award from the I Will Tell International Film Festival in the Best Sound Design category for her work in the film ''Budynok Slovo'' (). In 2023, she earned a Women in Arts award in the Women in Music category.


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External links


Alla Zagaykevych in Livejournal
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