Iryna Yakivna Kyrylina (March 25, 1953, Dresden, GDR - September 4, 2017[1], Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian composer and musicologist. Honored Artist of Ukraine (1999). Member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine (1980).
She was born on March 25, 1953, in the family of a Soviet soldier in Dresden, the German Democratic Republic. She graduated from the R. Glier Kyiv Music College (1972; music theory class of V. Podvaly; took composition lessons from R. Vereshchahin), the Faculty of Composition of the Kyiv Conservatory (1977; composition class of M. Dremliuga). Since then, she has been working as a creative artist. Since 1999 - Associate Professor of the Department of Pop Singing at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Lecturer in the specialties "Solo Singing", "Arrangement and Basics of Composition", "Studio Workshop".
Creative work
Iryna Kyrylina is not only a composer, but also an arranger, lyricist, and producer[2]. Her compositions are in the repertoire of the Veriovka Choir, the Dumka Chapel, and have been performed by V. Bilonozhko, O. Bilozir, A. Kudlay, N. Matvienko, P. Zibrov, L. Sandules, T. Shkolna, R. Lotsman, A. Popova, and others. As a composer-academician, she has participated in international forums in England, Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Germany, Australia, Japan, CIS countries, etc.
Style
Her work is characterized by lyricism. In academic music, she prefers chamber genres. In the late 1980s, she gained popularity as a composer of pop music.
Works
Mono-opera "Three Portraits" for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1987, words by L. Kostenko)
Children's opera The Magic Wolf (1993, libretto by H. Aronov)
For symphony orchestra - Symphony (1977), Suite "Divertissement" (1978), Symphony for 13 string instruments (1987)
For chamber orchestra - Chamber Symphony "Zeifall" (1990)
For pop-symphony orchestra - Concert (1987)
For an orchestra of folk instruments - Melody (1994), Playful Impersonations (1997)
Quartet for saxophones (1990)
Sonata for violin and piano (1980)
Chamber cantatas: No. 1 - "From the Starry Ladle" (1977, words by M. Tsvetaeva), No. 2 - "Proverbs" (1978, based on Ukrainian folk texts), No. 3 - "Signs of Memory" (1986, words by N. Turbina), No. 4 - "Memoria" (1988, words by A. Akhmatova), "Prayer" (1989, based on canonical texts), "Blurred Vision" for men's and children's choirs and organ (1992-1993, words by P. Movchan).
For the theater - rock opera "What is the strongest thing in the world?" (1982), rock musical "Herostratus of the 20th century" (1986), musical tragedy "Orgy" (1987, based on Lesya Ukrainka), lyrical comedy "Lesya Kalyna - a glorious girl" (based on V. Kanivets), musical "Disco Demon" (based on V. Goldfeld; both - 1988)
"Aria of Beauty" for voice and piano (2002, words by Z. Dyka)
Songs, choruses, romances, arrangements of folk songs; music for performances.
She has recordings on Ukrainian radio and television. She has published song collections Songs (1985), Merry Song (1986), My Komsomol (1989), Songs for Children (1991; all in Kyiv).
The songs became popular:
Betrayed Love (music and lyrics by Iryna Kyrylina) performed by Lilius Sandules.
In 2015, the collection "Selected Works of Iryna Kyrylina" was published (compiled by R. Lotsman), which includes the best songs of the composer's early and modern works.
Public activity
Chairman of the jury of the International Festival "Stars of Simeiz" (2003), member of the jury of the "Slavic Bazaar" (Vitebsk, 1999) and some other festivals.
Co-founder of the artistic association "People's Philharmonic" (2014).
Honors
1988 - Laureate of the Republican Komsomol Prize named after M. Ostrovsky;
1998 - Grand Prix of the Song Vernissage;
1999 - Honored Artist of Ukraine, Presidential Award "Best Composer of 1999";
Laureate of a number of international and national festivals and competitions.
