Vita Reijnders-Shpakovska (born 19 August, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian composer, musicologist, and journalist. She is a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine (2008), the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (2006), the National Union of Theatre Workers of Ukraine (2002), and the Association of Variety Artists of Ukraine (1999). Laureate of all-Ukrainian festivals and song competitions.
She was born on 19 August in Kyiv. Her mother is a Ukrainian composer Nina Andrievska. She graduated from the Reinhold Glier Kyiv Institute of Music in the class of music theory of V. Podvaly (she also took composition lessons from him), and the Composition Faculty of the National Music Academy of Ukraine in the class of composition of V. Kireiko and L. Kolodub. She worked as the head of the music department of the Kyiv "Ukrainian Theatre KIN", the Kyiv Academic Theatre for Young Spectators, the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama, and as an editor at the National Radio Company of Ukraine. Since 2007, she has been working as an artist. She is known as a songwriter and theatre composer.
Creative work
Vita Shpakovska's work is mainly focused on theatre music. She also actively works in the genre of contemporary pop songs. She is the author of songs that are regularly played on Ukrainian radio and television programmes, an arranger, lyricist and producer. In addition to composing, she works as a musicologist and has written a number of articles for various Ukrainian scientific and popular publications. Her songs have been performed by Femii Mustafayev, Mykola Karachentsov, Viktor Shportko, Liubov and Viktor Anisimov, Inessa Bratuschyk, Orest Khoma, Iryna Gray and others.
Lyricism is inherent in his work. In academic music, she prefers chamber music genres. In the late 1990s, she became popular as a pop music composer.
Works
Musicals.
"Taras Bulba - 1991, libretto by O. Balaban based on the story by Mykola Gogol, Kyiv's Ukrainian Theatre KIN; and 1994, Bila Tserkva, Saksahanskii Regional Music and Drama Theatre;
"Zerbino's Seven Wishes - 2002, libretto by V. Glazer, translation by N. Nezhdana, Molodyi Theatre; the play was awarded the Kyiv Pectoral Theatre Prize 2002 in the nomination "Best Play for Children";
"Masquerade Fun - 2000, based on the play by O. Bohdanovych, National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama named after Lesya Ukrainka;
Vaudeville "Newspaper mistake" - 1998, libretto by S. Cherkasenko, Kyiv Maly Drama Theatre.
Music for performances
V. Rabadan "The Enchanted Fairy" (1990, Kyiv, "Ukrainian Theatre "KIN");
V. Shevchuk "Birds from the Invisible Island" (1991, Kyiv, Ukrainian Theatre "KIN");
N. Yordanov's The Games of Elsinore Castle (1992, Kyiv Young Theatre);
V. Aksakov's The Little Red Flower (1994, Kyiv, Ukrainian Small Drama Theatre);
I. Bergman Scenes from Marital Life (1995, Kyiv Young Theatre);
L.Ustinov "Crystal Heart" (Russian: Хрустальное сердце) - (2002, National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama named after Lesya Ukrainka);
R.Cooney "No. 13. No. 13: Crazy Night or the Marriage of Pigden - (2002, Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama);
O.Havryliuk, R.Semysal "I'm going beyond the edge" (2006, National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama named after Lesya Ukrainka).
Songs.
"I will wait for you" lyrics by K. Hnatenko;
"Crystal words", lyrics by K. Hnatenko;
"Years fly", lyrics by Z. Dyka;
"Winter letter" (in Russian), words by O.Paradyzova
"Roma Dawn, lyrics by B. Chip and others.
Other works
For orchestra of folk instruments - "Cossack March" (2003)
Symphonic poem (1990)
String quartet (1990)
Choruses, romances, arrangements of folk songs, piano pieces, music for short films and TV shows.
Articles in Ukrainian publishing houses
"On the problem of embodying historical themes in the genre of contemporary Ukrainian music and drama theatre" (2005, collection "Contemporary Art", issue 2, Academy of Arts of Ukraine);
"The main trends in the development of genres of modern Ukrainian music and drama theatre" (collective monograph "Essays on the history of Ukrainian theatre, 2007, K.);
"The Spirit that Tears the Body to Battle" (newspaper "Visti z Ukrainy", №45 (1543), November 1988, p.4), etc.
Has stock recordings on Ukrainian radio and television.
Awards
1996, 1998 - laureate of the "Song Vernissage";
Laureate of a number of all-Ukrainian festivals and competitions.
