Vitaliy Kyreiko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmytrovych and the family name is Kyreyko.

Vitaliy Dmytrovych Kyreyko^[a] (23 December 1926 – 19 October 2016) was a Ukrainian composer.

Vitaliy Kyreyko
Віталій Кирейко
Born	(1926-12-23)December 23, 1926 Shyroke, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	October 19, 2016(2016-10-19) (aged 89) Kyiv, Ukraine
Occupations	Composer teacher

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Maiburova, K. (1979). Vitaliy Kyreiko. Kyiv.{{cite book}}: 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

Notes

1. Ukrainian: Віталій Дмитрович Кирейко, romanized: Vitalii Dmytrovych Kyreyko