Ukrainian composer, member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (2018)
Biography
Father - composer Valery Petrovych Polevy (1927-1986). She graduated from the Shchedryk Children's Choir Studio (1980), the Reingold Glier Kyiv State Higher Music School (1984, history and theory of music), the Kyiv State Conservatory named after PI Tchaikovsky (1989, composition class of Prof. Ivan Karabyts). In 1995 — assistantship-internship at the department of composition of the National Music Academy of Ukraine named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky (class of Prof. Levko Kolodub). 1990—1998 — teacher of the department of composition, 2000—2005 — department of music and information technologies of the Ukrainian State University named after Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Since 2005 — at creative work. In 2009, 2010, he was the curator of the academic music programs of the modern art festival Gogolfest.
2014 — member of the jury of the international competition of composers "Sacrarium" (Italy)
Works in symphonic, choral, chamber-instrumental genres. The early period of Victoria Poleva's work is associated with avant-garde aesthetics and polystylistics (ballet "Gagaku", "Transforma" for symphony orchestra, "Anthem" for chamber orchestra, "Epiphany" for chamber ensemble, cantatas "Ode to Horace" and "The world is quiet" ). Since the end of the 1990s, her music has stylistically gravitated towards the so-called "sacred minimalism" (Arvo Pärt, Henryk Gurecki, Peteris Vasks, John Tavener). A significant period of Viktoria Poleva's creativity is connected with the study and implementation of liturgical texts in music.
Viktoria Poleva's works are performed on such stages as the Beethoven Festival in Bonn (Germany), the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival (Austria), the Yuri Bashmet Festival in Minsk (Belarus), the Valery Gergiev Easter Festival in Moscow (Russia), the Chamber Music Combines world" (Kronberg, Germany), Dresden Music Festival, Berlin and Cologne Philharmonic Halls (Germany), Chatelet Theater (Paris, France), Rudolfinum-Dvorak Hall (Prague, Czech Republic), Concert Auditorio Nacional de España (Madrid, Spain), George Weston Recital Hall (Toronto, Canada), Yerba Buena Theater (San Francisco, USA), Oriental Art Center (Shanghai, China), Seoul Art Center (Korea), Esplanade Concert Hall (Singapore), contemporary music festivals in Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, France, Poland, UAE, USA, Peru, Chile.
In 2010, together with such composers as Gia Kancheli, Valentin Sylvestrov, Leonid Desyatnikov, Oleksandr Raskatov, Oleksandr Vustin, Viktor Kisin and Georgs Pelecsis, Viktoria Poleva took part in Gidon Kremer's international project "The Art of Instrumentation", dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach and Glen Gulda
In 2011, at the invitation of Gidon Kremer, Viktoria Poleva became the composer-in-residence of the XXX chamber music festival in Lockenhaus (Austria).
Among the performers of her works:
violinist Gidon Kremer, vibraphonist Andriy Pushkaryev, oboist Oleksiy Ogrynchuk, accordionist Elsbet Moser, chamber orchestra "Kremerata Baltika", chamber trio "SAT", ensembles "New Music in Ukraine", "Rikoshet", string quartet "Harmony of the World", duet " Violoncellissimo" (Ukraine), Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music (RF), "Atros-trio", "Avalon-trio", "Zurich' Ensemble of New Music" (Switzerland), "Accroche note" ensemble (France).
conductors Volodymyr Sirenko, Roman Kofman, Bohodar Kotorovych, Valery Matyukhin, Volodymyr Runchak, Petro Tovstukha, Igor Andrievskyi, Viktor Ploskina, Natalia Ponomarchuk, Simon Kamartin;
singers Khrystyna Daletska;
choirmasters Iryna and Marianna Sablina, Halyna Horbatenko, Mykola Hobdych, Volodymyr Syvohip, Dmytro Radik, Larisa Bukhonska, Natalia Krechko, Oksana Nikityuk, Olena Radko, Bohdan Plish, Olena Solovei, Boris Alvarado, Iryna Dusheyko;
Viktoriya Poleva is a laureate of the "Kyiv" Art Prize named after Artemiy Vedel (2013), the international competition "Spherical Music" (USA, 2008), the Boris Lyatoshinsky Prize (2005), the All-Ukrainian Composers' Competition "Psalms of the Third Millennium" (1st prize, 2001), the Prize named after Levka Revutskyi (1995).
Her works are published by the Swiss publishing house "Sordino Ediziuns Musicalas".
Writings
Scenic works
2021 "Mirror, Dreams or Little Life", ballet for chamber orchestra
2020 "The Boundless Island", chamber opera for three voices and chamber ensemble
2012 "Ars Moriendi" ("The Art of Dying") solo opera for soprano and piano
1994 "Gagaku", ballet based on A. Ryunoske's novella "The Torments of Hell" for chamber orchestra: 38'
For symphony orchestra
2022 "Nova" for symphony orchestra
2020 "Didu" for symphony orchestra
2006 "Null" for symphony orchestra: 18'
2004 "Nenia" for solo violin and symphony orchestra: 13'
2004 "ONO" for symphony orchestra: 17'
2003 Symphony No. 3 ("White Burial"), version for symphony orchestra: 14'
1993 "Transforma", diptych for ensemble of soloists and symphony orchestra: 31'
1992 "Langsam" for symphony orchestra (ed. 2009): 18'
1990 Symphony No. 2 ("Offering to Bruckner"): 20'
1988 Symphony No. 1 (ed. 2008): 20'
For choir (voice) and orchestra
2020 "Prayer is warm" version for voice and strings
2016 "Poverty" for voices and chamber orchestra on poems by Z. Mirkina
2016 "Sofia" for soprano, choir and chamber orchestra on canonical text
2015-16 "Lullaby of the Earth" chamber symphony for soloists, strings, singing bowls and stones
2014-16 "Four Suns" for soprano and chamber orchestra based on a poem by Arnold Spersch
2014 "Martyrologist", vocalization for voice and strings
2014 "Melting Voice" on the poem by J. Milton, version for improvised voice, flute and strings
2009 "Ode an die Freude", cantata based on a poem by F. Schiller for soprano solo, mixed choir and symphony orchestra: 12'
2009 "Credo" on canonical text, version for mixed choir and symphony orchestra: 10'
2008 "Summer Music", chamber cantata based on a poem by Y. Brodsky for solo violin, children's choir and strings: 12'
2006 "No man is an Island", chamber cantata to the text by D. Donna for mezzo-soprano (female choir), strings and piano: 14'
2002 "Slovo" to the text of Simeon the New Theologian for soprano, mixed choir and symphony orchestra: 16'
2002 "You rejoice" on the canonical text for mixed choir and chamber orchestra: 8'
1995 "The world is quiet", chamber cantata on a canonical text for soprano, mixed choir and chamber orchestra: 12'
1994 "Ode to Horace", chamber cantata to a text by Quintus Horace Flaccus for countertenor (alto), chamber choir and chamber orchestra: 12'
1994 "Eleven Lines from Glanville", chamber cantata to text by D. Glanville for voice, mixed choir and chamber ensemble: 11'
1991 "Klage II", chamber cantata based on poems by R. M. Rilke for soprano and chamber orchestra: 5'
1986–1993 "Missa-simphonia" on canonical texts for children's choir and chamber orchestra (ed. 2009): 35'
For a cappella mixed choir
2022 "Psalm of David 50" for soloists and mixed choir on the canonical text (in Latin): 12'
2022 "Ave Maria" for soprano solo and mixed choir (in Latin)
2022 "Psalm of David 1" for soloists and choir (in Latin)
2022 "Psalm of David 91" for soloists and two choirs (in Latin)
2022 "Psalm of David 90" for soloists and two choirs (in Ukrainian)
2021 "Psalm of David 22" version for soloists and two choirs (in Ukrainian)
2020 "Psalm of David 3" for soloists and two choirs (in Ukrainian)
2019 "Psalm of David 2" for soloists and two choirs (in Ukrainian)
2018 "Psalm of David 1" for soloists and choir (in Ukrainian)
2016 "Light songs", choral symphony on canonical texts for soloists and mixed choir: 45' (in Ukrainian)
2013 "Liturgy of John Chrysostom" for soloists and mixed choir on the canonical text (in Ukrainian)
2010 "Offering to Alipius Pechersky" on the canonical text: 3'
2010 "God's Chosen Regiment" on the canonical text: 4'
2009 "Christ will rise", cycle on the canonical text: 10'
2009 "Kondak Rizdvu II" ("Virgin Today") on the canonical text: 2'
2008 "I believe" on the canonical text for two mixed choirs: 7'
2007 "Dio laudemo" based on the text from "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri: 8' (in Latin)
2006 Troparion of the temple in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Life-giving spring": 2'
2005 "Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian": 3'
2004 "Kondak Rizdvu" ("Virgin Today") to the canonical text for viola and mixed choir: 4'
2003 "To the River of the Abyss" to the canonical text: 5'
2003 "Mother of Light", triptych based on canonical texts: 8'
2003 "Commandments of Bliss" on the canonical text: 6'
2003 "Offering to Pyart", triptych based on canonical texts: 20'
2001 "The Angel announced" to the canonical text for soprano and mixed choir: 5'
2000 "Psalm of David 50" on the canonical text (in Ukrainian): 12'
1997 "Prayers for the living" on the canonical text: 6'
1985 "The wind talks to the forest" based on T. Shevchenko's poem: 7'
For a cappella women's choir
2013 "Liturgy of John Chrysostom" based on the canonical text
2013 "Evening Song" on the canonical text
2013 "All the Angels of the Host" on the canonical text
2012 "Song of St. Siluan" to the text of Siluan of Athos
2009 "Prostospiv" in 9 parts based on canonical texts
2008 "Song of silence" to the text of O. Chistoya: 1'
2007 "Stikhira Pasha" on the canonical text for soprano and women's choir: 2'
2007 "Glorification of Christmas" on the canonical text: 3'
2007 "Troparion of Christmas" on the canonical text: 4'
2007 "Prayer is warm" on the canonical text for soprano and women's choir: 4'
2005 "Prayer of St. Siluana" for soprano and women's choir: 3'
2005 "Holy Trinity" on canonical text for soprano and women's choir: 3'
2002 Solfeggio: 1'
2001 "Psalm of David 22" on the canonical text for soprano and women's choir: 7'
2001 "Songs of the Virgin", triptych on canonical texts for soprano and women's choir: 8'
1998 "Songs of Songs", a cycle of canonical texts for soprano and women's choir: 20'
1996 "Sugrevushka" to a folk text for soprano and women's choir: 8'
For a cappella male choir
2001 "Word of Simeon" based on the text of Simeon the New Theologian (version for male choir): 10'
1999 "Men's canticles", a cycle of canonical texts for tenor (boy) and male choir: 14'
For a cappella children's choir
2002 "Evening Singing", diptych on canonical texts for boys' choir: 3'
2000 "Gold from the sky" on the poem by A. Fet: 1'
1999 "Cherubimska", triptych on canonical texts: 6'
1991 "Little lullabies", triptych on folk texts: 6'
For chamber orchestra
2022 "Passacaglia" for Violino and Strings
2021 "Mirror, Dreams or Little Life", ballet for chamber orchestra
2021 "Soul" for solo violin and chamber orchestra
2019 "Winter's Tale" for chamber orchestra
2014 "Marginalia" for chamber orchestra
2009 "Message to one simple person" for violin (flute), vibraphone and strings
2008 "Capriccio for John Balzer" for bassoon and strings: 13'
2006 "Pieta" for solo violin and strings: 12'
2006 "Lullaby for a Sleeper" for vibraphone (piano) and strings (ed. 2010): 7'
2006 "Nenia" (version for solo violin and strings): 15'
2005–2006 "Cricket in the Dark" for flute, clarinet and strings: 9'
2005 "Warm wind" for vibraphone (violin and vibraphone) and strings: 3'
2002 "White Burial" for oboe and strings: 14'
1994 "Langsam" (version for strings): 16'
1991 "Anthem" for strings, piano and bells: 7'
1986 "Ptah Rukhh" music for flute, strings and percussion: 11'
Chamber ensembles
2022 "Amapola" for violin, cello and piano (dedication to Gidon Kremer)
2021 "Simurgh" version for 2 pianos
2020 "Donkeys" version for voice and chamber ensemble
2020 "Ether" for voice, cello and piano
2020 "Metta" version for violin and guitar
2020 Sermon to the Fishes for piano and chamber ensemble (+ version for voice)
2019-20 "Tank" for cello and piano
2011-19 "Walking on Water" for piano and chamber ensemble
2017-19 "Angelsang" for 2 violins and piano
2004-19 "Subterranean Birds", suite on own text for marimba, voice and oboe
2017 "Music for Temo" for chamber ensemble
2017 "Warm wind" (version for 2 harpsichords)
2016 "Smile of the Seraphim" for flute and chamber ensemble
2013 "Poverty" version for two voices and chamber ensemble based on Z. Mirkina's poem
2013 "Walking on Water" for string quartet
2013 "Blind hand 2" for singing accordion and whistling theremin (or cello)
2013 "In Hannover" for voice and chamber ensemble
2012 "Poverty" for a chorus of guitars based on poems by Z. Mirkina
2012 "Abbitte" (Atonement) for voice, clarinet, accordion and cello on poems by F. Gelderlin
2011 "Liebesbotschaft" (Offering to Schubert) for violin and piano: 9'
2010 "Golfstream" for violin and cello (two cellos): 4'
2008 "The song never ends" for 2 harpsichords: 4'
2007 "Magic Square" for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano: 3'
2006 "Blind hand" for flute and guitar: 8'
2005 "Voice" for 2 cellos: 8'
2005 "Here", vocal cycle based on poems by H. Aigi for soprano, violin and piano: 4'
2004 "Subterranean Birds", suite on own text for lute-theorbo, soprano and English horn: 10'
2002 "Songs of Chastity", a vocal cycle based on a poem by V. Blake for soprano, accordion and clarinet: 13'
2000 Simurgh Quintet for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano: 15'
1999 "Echos", cheerful drama on own text for soprano, violin, accordion and piano: 6'
1998 "Mystery" in 3 parts for piano, trombone, double bass and vibraphone: 9'
1995 "Epiphany" on own text for soprano and chamber ensemble: 10'
1995 "Magic Dog Petit-Crew" for loose cast and magnetic tape: 7'
1994 "Klage III" on a poem by R. M. Rilke for soprano, flute and piano quintet: 4'
1994 Scene from "Hamlet" to the text of V. Shakespeare (version for soprano, violin, trombone and piano): 5'
1993 "Walks in the Void" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion: 15'
1989 Trio "5×3" for flute, violin and piano: 7'
For voice and piano (other instrument)
2020 "Ether" for voice, cello and piano
2014 "Poor people" for soprano and piano on a poem by O. Sedakova
2013 "More tender than tender" for soprano and piano based on O. Mandelstam's poem
2012 "Abbitte" (Atonement) for voice and piano by F. Gelderlin
2012-1982 "Ars Amandi" ("The Art of Loving") for soprano and piano on poems by O. Mandelshtam, A. Fet, St. Siluan Afonsky, M. Arnold
2012–1983 "Ars moriendi" (22 monologues about death), for soprano and piano on poems by Kobayashi Issa, V. Shakespeare, L. Carroll, O. Schwartz,
E. Dickinson, R. M. Rilke, H. Mayrinka, O. Wiener, Y. Brodsky, I. Gubarenko, J. Galsworthy
2008 "No man is an Island" to the text of D. Donna (version for soprano and piano): 14'
2007 "Trust the Ocean" on poems by M. Arnold for soprano and piano: 8'
2003 "Psalm of Siluan" to the text of St. Siluan Afonsky for soprano and cello (piano): 11'
2000 "Word of Simeon" to the text of Simeon the New Theologian for soprano and organ: 10'
1998 "Shining night" on A. Fet's poem for voice and piano: 8'
1995 "Green grass bunnies" on a poem by M. Vorobyov for reader and piano: 10'
1991 "Song" based on a poem by Y. Brodsky for voice and cello (piano): 6'
1989 Scene from "Hamlet" to the text of V. Shakespeare for soprano and piano: 5'
1988 "Klage I" on a poem by R. M. Rilke for soprano and piano: 4'
1983 "Silentium" on vworks by O. Mandelstam for voice and piano: 8'
1982 "Bestiary", suite on a poem by B. Zahoder for voice and piano: 4'
For piano
2021 "Simurgh" piano version
2021 "Marginalia", a cycle of 10 pieces for piano
2020 "Ischia. Island" for piano
2017 "NULL" for piano
2011 "Vitruvian Man" for piano
2011 Sonata No. 2 "Quasi una Fantasia"
1999 Sonata No. 1 "Serene-Sonata" for piano: 18'
1996 "Numbers", a cycle of pieces for piano: 22'
1993 "Trivium": 9'
1990 "Tremolo": 7'
1982 "Passover": 4'
Solo instruments
2021 "Miro" for violin
2008 "Warm wind" (version for marimba): 3'
2005 "Null" for accordion (organ): 9'
Electroacoustics
2004 "Rooms of the Turbiny House", electro-acoustic installation: 37'
Author's transcriptions
2012 Y. S. Bach. Goldberg Variations for violin, marimba, vibraphone, harpsichord and cello
2012 L. Revutsky String Quartet N1 reconstruction for 2 violins, viola and cello
2011 A. Vietan. Duo brillant op.39 orchestration for violin, cello and chamber orchestra
2010 Y. S. Bach. Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F minor, DTK II for violin, marimba, harpsichord and string orchestra (ensemble)
2005 G. I. F. Biber. Sonata-Representativa for violin and strings
