Vitaliy Dmytrovych Kyreiko[a] (23 December 1926 – 19 October 2016) was a Ukrainian composer.
Vitaliy Kyreiko | |
|---|---|
Віталій Кирейко | |
| Born | December 23, 1926 Shyroke, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | October 19, 2016 (aged 89) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Occupations | |
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
editOperas:
- 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
edit- 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.
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Kyreiko, Vitaliy. Ukrainian music encyclopedia. Т. 2: [Е – К]. Kyiv 2008. P. 398-399.
External links
edit- Kyreiko, Vitaliy, Internet encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Kyreiko, Vitaliy, encyclopedia of Ukrainian history [in Ukrainian]
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