Vitaliy Kyreiko Explained

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

• Book: Archimovich, L.. Vitaliy Kyreiko. 1968. Moscow.
• Book: Maiburova, K.. Vitaliy Kyreiko. 1979. Kyiv.
• 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.
• Book: Shesterenko, I.. Tvorchist Vitaliia Kyreika v kursi istorii ukrainskoi muzyky [Legacy of Vitaliy Kireiko in the history of Ukrainian music]. Kyiv . 2008. .

External links

• Kyreiko, Vitaliy, Internet encyclopedia of Ukraine
• Kyreiko, Vitaliy, encyclopedia of Ukrainian history [in Ukrainian]

Notes and References

1. Kyreiko, Vitaliy. Ukrainian music encyclopedia. Т. 2: [Е – К]. Kyiv 2008. P. 398-399.