Olga Viktorova (1960-); UKR

Olga Viktorova was born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1960, and began her serious music training at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she studied folklore studies and composition with Professor B. Arapov; upon graduating in 1984, she pursued two years of post-graduate work at the same conservatory. She is a laureate of the All-Ukrainian Competition of Young Composers (Kiev, 1976), and the All-Union Competition of Young Composers (Moscow, 1984). She is the author of numerous compositions for orchestra and chamber ensembles, as well as piano and vocal music.

Ms. Viktorova has participated in several Russian and international music festivals, including the International Gaudeamus Music Week (Amsterdam, 2001), the 24th Moscow Autumn Festival (2002), and the European Dance and Music Open Air Festival (Luxembourg, 2004), among many others. In addition, she has participated in numerous concerts and music conferences throughout Europe, the US, and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Her music has been performed by such esteemed ensembles as the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, the Billings Symphony Orchestra, and the Rachmaninov Trio. She currently teaches at the Humanitarian University of Yekaterinburg (Ukraine), and is a co-founder of the Autograph Contemporary Music Workshop in Yekaterinburg.

Reviews

"[Olga Viktorova's]'Major Circle' for string orchestra gets us to a light, lyrical world full of gentle "celestial" colors. This transparent, soaring music sounds like echoes of distant worlds. Listening to it, I feel our unity with nature, with space."

N.Ivanchuk, Composers of Yekaterinburg (1998)