Gryvul, Katarina International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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Ukrainian composer, sound artist, music producer, violinist, and educator, she studied at music academies in Lviv and Cracow. She is currently pursuing studies in computer music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. She emphasises diversity of timbre and texture in her compositions, as well as combining organic classical with new electronic music forms. Her works have been performed at numerous festivals, including Ars Electronica (Linz), Tremplin de la Création (Paris), Audio Art (Cracow), Poznań Music Spring, Ecosistema Sonico (Priverno), Vox Electronica (Lviv), and Summer Contrast (Rogalinko).

She has received scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Gaude Polonia) and the President of Ukraine (a scholarship for young artists). Listed in the Ukrainian Institute’s first Music from Ukraine catalogue, Gryvul is the Grand Prix winner of the 2021 Power of Young competition in Ukraine (in the category of music and sound design). In 2021 she opened her own music school.

Selected works: Denaturatus for oboe and electronics (2017), Inside the Mirror for violin and cello (2017), How to? (personal approach)for tenor saxophone and electronics (2017), A Day that Could Have Existed for chamber orchestra, percussion, electronics, video and field recording (2018), Moldy for clarinet, violin, cello, double bass and piano (2018), Mucor for flute, oboe, clarinet, cello and double bass (2019),Taxidermia for cello, electronics and acousmonium (2019), Ergot for alto flute, cor anglais, bass clarinet, viola and cello (2019), Metarhizium for French horn, trombone, piano and percussion (2019), Seamy Side for bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, cello and electronics (2020), Zbiyfor bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, electric guitar, cello, double bass and electronics (2022), Vydykh for violin, piano and electronics(2022), Vacuum for bass flute and electronics (2022), Rose Passage for electronics (2022), Zemlya for voice and ambisonics (2022), _-’ for bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, e-guitar, cello, double bass, electronics, dancer and light (2022), Prosopagnosia for two pianos and electronics(2023), Bukimi no Tani for voice and 12-channel electronics (2023), Vnutrishn’o for bass clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and electronics(2023), Chasm for accordion, sampler and electronics (2023), Demon Laplace’s for voice and 4-channel electronics (2023), Solastalgia for bass flute, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, percussion, piano and electronics (2023), Jouissance for Buchla music easel, ensemble and electronics (2024), ALIENATED for orguanous, ensemble and electronics (2024), Threshold for electric guitar quartet and electronics (2024), Skvyrk for large ensemble, Buchla easel and electronics (2024), Uhtceare for voice, 14 strings and electronics (2024).