ABOUT

Viktoriia Vitrenko is a versatile Ukrainian soprano, conductor and artistic director. Her musical precision and expressive personality particularly enable her to interpret works of contemporary music. Her debut album "Scenes" (2019, AUDITE) with chamber music by György Kurtág won the Supersonic Pizzicato Award and was nominated for the German Record Critics Award (PdSK-2019) and International Contemporary Music Awards 2020 (ICMA 2020). In 2024, new albums will be released, including vocal music by Valentin Silvestrov with Alexei Lubimov on piano under the Sony Classical label. Furthermore, a solo album titled "LIMBO" for a self-accompanying singer, featuring music by Agata Zubel, Alla Zagaykevych, Ying Wang, Sven-Ingo Koch, and Maxim Shalygin, will be released under the new label for New and Experimental Music in Ukraine called "Kyiv Dispatch" by UKHO Music. Additionally, collaborative works with Israeli-American film composer Daniel Alcheh and Finnish sound designer and music producer ILPO are planned.

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events

06/04/2024
19:00

AUDITE NOVA

︎MUSIC SCHOOL aalen, GERMANY

Concert with the ensemble for new music AUDITE NOVA. Works by Burkhard Kinzler, Hans Zender and Richard Barrett.

Conductor, singer.

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07/04/2024
19:00

AUDITE NOVA

︎music school heidenheim, germany

Concert with the ensemble for new music AUDITE NOVA. Works by Burkhard Kinzler, Hans Zender and Richard Barrett.

Conductor, singer.

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15–24/04/2024
00:00

MICHIKO HIRAYAMA AWARD

︎FONDAZIONE ISABELLA SCELSI ROME, ITALY

Research in the archives and library of the Fondazione Isanella Scelsi in Rome as part of the Michiko Hirayama Prize.

Artistic research.

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AWARDS

10/07/2023

I am beyond joy and gratitude to have received the Michiko Hirayama Prize of the Isabella Scelsi Foundation - an award to outstanding singers who dedicate themselves to contemporary vocal music and particularly to music by Giacinto Scelsi. The previous winners of the prize are Anna Piroli (2016), Eleonora Claps (2017), Olga Vlasova (2018), Virginia Guidi (2019), Rosie Middletton (2020), Claudia Graziadei (2021) and Sarah Grace Graves (2022).

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VOGUE

07/08/2023

I am deeply honoured to have been showcased in the latest edition of the esteemed Vogue Ukraine magazine. You can explore my interview titled “Agents of Change: Conductor and Singer Viktoriia Vitrenko — on How to Convey War through the Language of Contemporary Music” online and/or in print.

Text: Daria Slobodianyk
Photo: Serhii Morgunov
Hairstyle and Makeup: Maryna Dubova

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PRESS

15/08/2023

I am extremely excited that my own InterAKT Initiative has been portrayed by Dietrich Heißenbüttel in the latest issue (3/2023) of the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik! "Leaving the comfort zone. New forms of music theatre: The Stuttgart initiative "InterAKT". Read the article via the link or directly in the magazine.

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INTERAKT initiative

InterAKT is a young initiative from Stuttgart, Germany, that brings together artists from different disciplines for cross-art projects. InterAKT creates synergy effects by networking young talents. ︎︎︎

MIXED SOUND PERSONNEL

Mixed Sound Personnel (MSP) is an ensemble comprised of voice, percussion and electronics. In their performances MSP concentrates on direct contact with the public and engaging it in an interactive process. ︎︎︎

MAKING wavES

The women's vocal ensemble "Making waves" (artistic director - Viktoriia Vitrenko) was founded in 2010 in Kiev, Ukraine, as a spin-off of the student choir "KPI". After only a few months, the singers made their debut on the stage of the Lviv Organ Hall with "La petite fille sage" from "Petites voix" by Francis Poulenc. ︎︎︎

PITS

The duo PITS [Pearl in the Shell] consists of two Ukrainian musicians (Vitaliy Kyianytsia — piano and Viktoriia Vitrenko — voice), who move in the field of new and improvised music. ︎︎︎

MULTIMEDIA

PRESS KIT & PHOTOS

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VIDEO

GYÖRGY KURTÁG. MESSAGES OF THE LATE MISS R.V. TROUSSOVA, OP. 1
DIETER MACK. HANNANISSIMO
FRANCK BEDROSSIAN. IT LIMBO. MUSIKTHEATER (TRAILER)
VOX EX NIHILO. MUSIKTHEATER (TRAILER)

AUDIO

ALEXANDRA FILONENKO. GRAVITY OF LOVE
ALLA ZAGAYKEVYCH. MISTO

ALBUMS

GYÖRGY KURTÁG

SCENES

MAKSIM SHALYGIN

MAZE OF PLEASURES

NEWS PRESSe

01/06/2021

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