RYNKOVA, Sviatlana/Svetlana

Sviatlana (or Svetlana) Rynkova was born in Gomel, Belarus. She studied piano and composition at the Republican College of Music in Minsk where she graduated with honours in 2004. She continued her studies in composition at the Belarussian Academy of Music with Vladimir Korolchyuk, and graduated with honours in 2009. She also studied composition with Biagio Putignano at the Bari Conservatoire on a scholarship from the Italian Government. Rynkova has won several composition awards including: Third Prize in the Farbatony competition in Kanev, Ukraine (2006); Third Prize in the Maestro competition in Simferopol, Ukraine (2007); and the Special Prize of the President of Belarus (2008). She has written many orchestral, choral, vocal, chamber music and piano works which have been performed in Belarus, Italy and Ukraine. Her works include: Fantasy for piano and orchestra; Night for mixed chorus; Three Miniatures for wind quartet; Winter Dream for piccolo, oboe, double bass and accordion; Fairy Tale for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano four hands and little bell; Two Poems for soprano and cello; Ballade for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano; the suite Buratino; and the suite The Legend of Lake Naroch, for piano four hands.