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:

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

  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

References

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