Ludmila YURINA - composer,pianist
Born in Uzin (Ukraine)
Education :
▪ - graduated from Gliere Kiev State music College ( 1977-81, Piano),
▪ - National Music Academy of Ukraine ( 1985-90, composition class of Prof .E. Stankovych),
▪ - postgraduate courses at the National Music Academy of Ukraine.
Continued her education -
Master - courses in Germany :
▪ - with Paul-Heinz Dittrich ,Irvine Arditti , Helmut Zapf, Gerhard Staebler, Joel Durand (1996-1998, Rheinsberg ), with Wolfgang Rihm ( 1997, Dresden),
▪ - with Helmuth Lachenmann ( 1999 , Dresden ) .
Professional experience:
▪ - 1990- 92 - music director in Kiev`s theatres - studios «KOLO», «ARS»
▪ - 1993 -2001 - member and coordinator of programs of Organizing Committee of International Forum of Young composers ( Kiev, Ukraine)
▪ - since 1995 - works as Associated Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Department of composition)
▪ - 1997 - art - director of festival of modern Ukrainian art "Meta- art"
▪ - lecture at the Third Annual International Conference " Theoretical problems of new music and visual art " ( «Wandering Music Academy», Odessa )
▪ - 1999 - lecture about Ukrainian music for Flauto at the Rheinsberg`s Academy of Music ( workshop for Flauto )
▪ - 2001- manager-organizer of a project "TERRA INCOGNITA"-Helmuth Lachenmann", music of H.Lachenmann
▪ - 2006-lecture about Ukrainian music at the Stuttgart High Music School
▪ - 2008 - lecture about Ukrainian music at the Texas Christian University (Texas,USA)
▪ - organizer of projects - contemporary music, concerts of Association "Women in music"( Italy, 2004, Ukraine, 2003, 2004)
▪ - director of International Forum"Women in music" (Ukraine, 2007)
▪ - lectures about Ukrainian composers Stankovich, Silvestrov, Skoryk and own activity, workshop , concert-portrait in TCU (Texas,USA,2011)
Her name was included in the book of American Biography`s Institute "Who is Who" , Delaware , USA, 1999.
Grants, scholarships, awards :
▪ - "Brandenburgishes Colloquium fuer neue Musik" , Rheinsberg, Germany ( 1996-1998)
▪ - Experimental Studio of Suedwestrundfunk ( SWR, Freiburg) of Heinrich - Stroebel- Foundation ( Baden -Baden, 1999) ,
▪ - Composer-in-residence in Kuenstlerhof Schreyahn , Niedersachsen ( Germany , 1999-2000)
▪ - prize-winner of the International competition "Torneo Internationale di Musica" (2000, Roma , Italy)
▪ - Grant from Ministry of research, art and science in Baden-Wuerttemberg ( Freiburg, Germany, 2001)
▪ - Special grant from Major of the Kiev-city O.Omeltchenko (2003)
▪ - Composer-in-residence at the VICC (Visby, Sweden, 2005,2006)
▪ - Borys Lyatoshynsky`s National Award ( 2008)
▪ - Grant from Fulbright Foundation to the Stanford University, CCRMA (USA, 2010/11)
▪ - Kossenko`s Award from NCUU and Ministry of culture( 2014) and another small grants.
Membership :
▪ - National Composers` Union of Ukraine
▪ - Honour member of Adkins Chiti Foundation :"Donne in musica" (Italy)
▪ - International Association of women-composers IAK , Germany
▪ - New Music International Association ( Ukraine)
Since 2002 Ludmila Yurina is Founder and Chairman of Ukrainian Association "Women in music" (member of International organization WIM, Italy ).
Performances (festivals) :
▪ - International conference TrippleCCRMAlite:40,50,80 (CCRMA,Stanford University,USA,2014)
▪ - concert-portait in TCU (Texas,USA,2011)
▪ - 2nd Festival of Ukrainian chamber music (2011) Fort Worth,Texas,USA
▪ - 1st Festival of Ukrainian chamber music (2008) Fort Worth,Texas,USA
▪ - Festival “Controcanto” (2004-2006) Roma, Italy
▪ - project "SPANNUNGEN" (Germany, 2005)
▪ - project "20Dresden21" (Germany, 2002)
▪ - International festival of microtonal music AFMM ( USA, 2004)
▪ -16th Dresden`s days of contemporary music (2002 ), Germany,
▪ - International Piano Forum "...antasten..." (2001) Heilbronn, Germany;
▪ - electronic project «New music for harpsichord and live-electronic» (2001) Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany;
▪ - "Kiev -Music- fest" (1990, 1994, 2000-2008 ) Ukraine;
▪ - "International Forum of Young composers" (1992-1995, 2000,2001) Kiev, Ukraine;
▪ - festival of modern ukrainian art " New territory" (1993) Kiev , Ukraine;
▪ - festival " 2 days and 2 nights of new music" (1995-2008,2012,2015) , Odessa, Ukraine;
▪ - festival "Musical premiers of the season " ( 1994-2009,2015), Kiev, Ukraine;
▪ - filmfestivals " Molodist" and "Open night " ( 1997-98), Kiev, Ukraine;
▪ - "Brandenburgisches Colloquium fuer neue musik" (1998), Rheinsberg , Germany;
▪ - festival "Roaring Hoof" (1999), Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia;
▪ - festival of young performers «Das Treffen» (1999), Bayreuth, Germany;
▪ - Inernational festival «Barocco and Avantgard» (2001-2002) Zaporozhye,Ukraine;
▪ - 40-th International Summer courses of new music (2000) , Darmstadt , Germany and many others etc.
Concerts:
in Italy, Germany, France,USA, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine, Lituania, Russia, Mongolia , Ukraine, Italy, Sweden, Moldova etc.
TV- and Radio-programms :
"Deutsche Welle", Ukrainian Independent Radio (Chicago,USA) , Ukrainian Broadcasting Company, Ukrainian Television , Canadian Broadcasting Company (Edmonton), WDR -3 program (Cologne, Germany)