Aleksandr Shymko


Aleksandr Shymko, born August 4, 1977, in Borshchiv, Ukraine, is a Ukrainian composer and pianist.

Biography

Aleksandr Shymko graduated from Chernivtsi Music S. Vorobkevich College as pianist. In 1998 he was studying composition in the class of professor Y. Ischenko at the National Music P.I. Tchaikovsky Academy of Ukraine and in 2002 graduated there with diploma of master. In 2002-2005 he continued study with post-graduate education as assistant in the composition department in the academy.
Since 2003 he has been a member of the National Composer's Union of Ukraine and, from a year later, the head of the Kiev youth association in National Composer's Union of Ukraine. In 2004 he was awarded the prize of the Kiev Mayor.
In the same year he won the scholarship “Gaude Polonia” of the minister of culture of Poland. In 2005 he studied composition with professor Aleksander Lason in Music Academy named for K. Szymanowski. In 2006 he was given a grant by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation. In 2007, he was awarded the L. Revutsky Prize of the Ministry of culture and arts of Ukraine. He was a member of the organizing committee of the 17th International Festival “Music Season’s premieres”. In 2007 he became a member of National Composer's Union administration. Since September 2007 he is the head of the musical department of L. Ukrainka's National academic theatre of Russian drama. The organizer and music director of the festival .

Performances

Author of many works that were performed in such festivals as “Music Season’s premieres”, International Festival “Kiev Music Fest”, 19th International Festival “Warsaw Musical Meetings”, 4th International Festival “New music”- , 5th Summer Festival in Rycerka, "Contem-ucha"- a series of concerts of contemporary music in Lodz Philharmony and others.
Among performers there were such as State National Academic Symfonic Orchestra of Ukraine, National Radio Symfonic Orchestra of Ukraine, chamber orchestra of Dnepropetrovsk Organ Hall, chamber orchestra “Archi”, , trio “Taratto”, and others.

Selected works

;Ballet
;Orchestra
;Chamber orchestra
;Concertante
;Chamber music
;Piano
;Choral