VYNOHRADOVA, Valeria

Valeria Vynohradova is a Ukrainian composer and performer of electronic works. She was born in the city of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. She received higher education at the National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv (Ukraine), composition class of Yurii Ishchenko and Alla Zagaykevych; and studied at the Nino Rota Conservatory in Monopoli (Italy) with the Erasmus+ mobility program, Zeno Baldi's composition class and Domenico Tagliente's counterpoint class. Valeria is currently studying electronic composition at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg (Germany) with Alexander Grebtschenko.

Valeria Vynohradova writes electronic and acoustic music and creates audio-visual installations and musical performances. Her works were performed in Ukraine, Germany, France, Belgium, Croatia, Italy, and the Canary Islands. She participated in master classes with Johannes Schöllhorn, Alexander Grebtschenko, Alla Zagaykevych, Annette Vande Gorne, Jaime Reis, Clemens Gadenstätter, Martin Shüttler, and Jerzy Kornowicz.

The main vector of Valeria's musical creativity is electronic music and music programming and creating new ways to play sound with different devices. The main topics the composer explores in her works are social, psychological, and mythical, as well as Ukrainian folklore and exact sciences such as physics and mathematics.