Aleksandr Shymko

Aleksandr Shymko – ( _uk. Олександр Шимко) (born August 4, 1977 in Borshchiw, Ukraine) is an award-winning Ukrainian composer and pianist.

Aleksandr Shymko graduated from Chernovtcy Music S.Vorobkevich College as pianist. In 1998 he was studying composition in the class of professor Y. Ischenko at the National Music P.I.Tchaikovsky Academy of Ukraine and in 2002 graduated there with diploma of master. In 2002-2005 he continued study with post-graduate education as assistant in the composition department in athe academy.

Since 2003 he has been a member of the National Composer's Union of Ukraine and, from a year later, the head of the Kiev youth association in National Composer's Union of Ukraine. In 2004 he was awarded the prize of the Kiev Mayor.

In the same year he won the scholarship “Gaude Polonia” of the minister of culture of Poland. In 2005 he studied composition with professor Aleksander Lason in Music Academy named for K. Szymanowsky (Katowice,Poland). In 2006 he was given a grant by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation. Іn 2007 he was awarded the L. Revutsky Prize of the Ministry of culture and arts of Ukraine. He was a member of the organizing committee of the XVII’th international festival “Music Season’s premieres”. In 2007 he became a member of National Composer’s Union administration. Since September 2007 he is the head of the musical department of L.Ukrainka’s National academic theatre of Russian drama.The organizer and music director of the festival [http://musictribune.ucoz.ua/ "Music Tribune Kiev Youth"] (2008).

Performances

Author of many works that were performed in such festivals as “Music Season’s premieres” (2004, 2006 Kiev), International festival “Kiev Music Fest”(2005), XIXth International festival “Warsaw musical meetings”, IVth International festival “New music”(Bytom, Poland), Vth Summer festival in Rycerka (Poland) and others.

Among performers there were such as State National Academic Symfonic Orchestra of Ukraine, National Radio Symfonic Orchestra of Ukraine, chamber orchestra of Dnepropetrovsk Organ Hall, chamber orchestra “Archi”, “Orchestra of New Music” (Poland), trio “Taratto” (Poland) and others.

List of some works:

• "for symphonic orchestra:"

Symphony №1 (2002-2003) Symphony№2 (2005-2006) ("Hymn of life", "Ocen of life", "Puls of life")

«GENESIS» (2006)

• "for choir & symphonic orchestra:"

«Hymn to the Sun» (2003) (by M.Voloshyn verses)

«The Heavenly Mechanics» (2003-2004)

• "Concertos:"

Concerto for piano and symphonic orchestra №1 (2002)

Concerto for piano and symphonic orchestra №2 (2006-2007)

Concerto for Violin & string orchestra (2005)

• "for chamber orchestra:"

«The Fairy-Tales Book» (2003-2005) ( I The Mystical dances (2003-2004), II Old forest dreams (2004-2005), III Transformation (2005))

"Aquarius Time" (2005,2007)"Hymn of Solitude" (2007)

• "for choir a cappella:"

"Songs of Sea" (by M.Drujko verses) ("Solitude", "Bird songs", "Hymn to the Sea")

• "balet:"

[http://obranets.narod.ru/index.html «Sun’s chosen one» (2006) (libretto A.Rubina)]

• "duets:"

"Three Dialogs" ( I «Two Birds» (2004), II «Silence» (2005), III «Shadows and Light» (2005))

• "trios:"«The Night secrets book» (2005)

• "quartetts:"

String Quartetto (2005)

• "for piano:"

"SHARME" (2002)

"BUREVESTNIK"(1997)

External links

* [http://artportal.org.ua/shymko Art-portal]
* [http://www.film-in-ukraine.com/index.php?go=Pages&in=view&id=9 Film-In-Ukraine.com]
* [http://aleksandr-shymko.narod.ru/index.html Website of the composer]