Vitaliy Kyreiko (23 December 1926 - 19 October 2016) was a Ukrainian composer.
He graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory with a degree in composition from L. Revutsky (1944-1949), where he also completed his postgraduate studies (1952). His other accomplishments include: 1949-88 - Lecturer, Associate Professor (1961), Professor (1978) of the Kyiv Conservatory, and Candidate of Art History (1953).[1]
Selected works
Operas:
- The Forest Song, an adaptation of the play by Lesia Ukrainka (1957),
- On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs, an adaptation of the novelette by Olha Kobylianska (1966),
- Marko in Hell (1966)
- The Boyar Woman (2003)
Ballets:
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, an adaptation of the novella by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1960),
- The Witch (1967),
- The Orgy (1977), based on the play by Lesia Ukrainka
Further reading
- Archimovich, L. (1968). Vitaliy Kyreiko. Moscow.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Maiburova, K. (1979). Vitaliy Kyreiko. Kyiv.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Shesterenko, I. (2006). "Malovidomi storinky biohrafii V. D. Kyreika [Little-known pages of VD Kireiko's biography]". Scientific Herald of Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. 55: 88–98.
- Shesterenko, I. (2005). "Nova ukrainska opera [New Ukrainian opera] [Little-known pages of VD Kireiko's biography]". Muzyka. 5: 88–98.
- Shesterenko, I. (2008). Tvorchist Vitaliia Kyreika v kursi istorii ukrainskoi muzyky [Legacy of Vitaliy Kireiko in the history of Ukrainian music]. Kyiv.
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References
External links
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