Vitaliy Kyreiko

Vitaliy Dmytrovych Kyreyko (23 December 192619 October 2016) was a Ukrainian composer. He graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory with a degree in composition from L. Revutsky (1944-1949), where he also completed his postgraduate studies (1952). His other accomplishments include: 1949-88 - Lecturer, Associate Professor (1961), Professor (1978) of the Kyiv Conservatory, and Candidate of Art History (1953). Selected works Operas: *The Forest Song, an adaptation of the play by Lesia Ukrainka (1957), *On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs, an adaptation of the novelette by Olha Kobylianska (1966), *Marko in Hell (1966) *The Boyar Woman (2003) Ballets: *Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, an adaptation of the novella by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1960), *The Witch (1967), *The Orgy (1977), based on the play by Lesia Ukrainka Further reading * * * * *. Notes References External links *Kyreiko, Vitaliy, Internet encyclopedia of Ukraine *Kyreiko, Vitaliy, encyclopedia of Ukrainian history in Ukrainian