# Victoria Poleva

Victoria Vita Polyova (Ukrainian: Вікторія Валеріївна Польова, romanized: Viktoriia Valeriivna Poliova; born September 11, 1962) is a Ukrainian composer.

## Biography

Born on September 11, 1962, in Kyiv, Ukraine, daughter of composer Valery Polyovyj (1927–1986). Graduate of Kyiv Conservatory (class of composition with Prof. Ivan Karabyts) 1989. Post-graduate studies completed there in 1995 under Prof. Levko Kolodub. 1990-1998 - lecturer in the faculty of composition, 2000-2005 – at the Music Information Technologies Department of the Kyiv Conservatory. Since 2005 she has been a freelance composer. 2014, 2015 - member of the jury of the International Composers Competition "Sacrarium" (Italy)
A genre range of her compositions includes symphonic, choral, chamber music. Early works of Victoria Polyova were related to the aesthetics of the avant-garde and polystylistics (ballet "Gagaku", "Transform" for symphony orchestra, "Anthem" for chamber orchestra, "Еpiphany" for chamber ensemble, cantatas "Horace's ode", "Gentle light"). From the late 1990s her music became identified stylistically with "sacred minimalism" (A. Pärt, P. Vasks, J. Tavener, H. Gorecki). An important period in Victoria Polyova's creative work is related to intensive studies and embodiment of texts from divine services in the music.
Victoria Polyova's works are performed at the Beethovenfest Bonn (Germany), the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival (Austria), the Yuri Bashmet Festival in Minsk (Belarus), the Valery Gergiev Easter Festival in Moscow (Russia), Chamber Music Connects the World (Kronberg, Germany), the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, the Philharmonie Berlin, the Köln Philharmonie (Germany), the Theatre de Chatelet in Paris (France), the Rudolfinum-Dvorak Hall in Prague (Czech Republic), the Auditorio Nacional de España in Madrid (Spain), the George Weston Recital Hall in Toronto (Canada), the Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco (United States), the Oriental Art Center in Shanghai (China), the Seoul Art Center (South Korea), the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore, and at festivals of new music in Ukraine, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Peru and Chile.
In 2006 Victoria Polyova was composer-in-residence at the Menhir Chamber Music Festival (Swiss, Graubunden).
In 2010, among such composers as Giya Kancheli, Valentin Silvestrov, Leonid Desyatnikov, Aleksander Raskatov, Alexander Wustin, Victor Kissine and Georgs Pelecis, Victoria Polyova has taken part in Gidon Kremer's international project «The Art of Instrumentation», devoted to Johann Sebastian Bach and Glenn Gould.
In 2011 Victoria Polyova was invited by Gidon Kremer as composer-in-residence at the XXX Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival (Austria).
In 2012 a butoh dancer Tadashi Endo did premiere of her ballet "Gagaku".
In 2013 Kronos Quartet did premiere of V.Polyova "Walking on Waters".
In 2013 Victoria Polyova was composer-in-residence at Festival of Contemporary Music Darwin Vargas (Chile, Valparaiso)
Among the performers of her works are:
* Gidon Kremer (violin), Andrei Pushkarev (vibraphone), Aleksei Ogrintchouk (oboe), Elsbeth Moser (accordion), Chamber orchestra "Kremerata Baltica", Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Natalka Polovinka(voice), Chamber trio "CAT", ensembles "New music in Ukraine", "Ricochet", strings quartets "Harmony of the world", "Archi", duet "Violoncellissimo" (Ukraine), Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Russia), "Atros-trio", "Avalon-trio", "Zurich Ensemble for New Music" (Switzerland), "Accroche note" (France)
* conductors Volodymyr Sirenko, Roman Kofman, Arild Remmereit, Valery Matyukhin, Bohodar Kotorovych, Viktor Ploskina, Volodymyr Runchak, Petro Tovstukha, Ihor Andriivskiy, Natalia Ponomarchuk, Simon Camartin;
* choral conductors Iryna Sablina, Marianna Sablina, Halyna Horbatenko, Mykola Hobdych, Volodymyr Syvohip, Dmytro Radyk, Larysa Bouhonska, Natalia Krechko, Oksana Mykytiuk, Olena Radko, Bohdan Plish, Alena Solovey, Boris Alvarado.
Victoria Polyova is a Laureate of the Municipal Prize "Kyiv" in honour of Artemy Vedel (2013), winner of «Spherical Music» international competition (USA, 2008), a Laureate of the Prize of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine instituted in honour of Borys Lyatoshynsky (2005), a Winner of the All-Ukrainian Competition "Psalms of the Third Millennium" (2001, 1st prize), a Laureate of the Prize of the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine instituted in honour of Levko Revutsky (1995).
Since 2006 the Swiss agency "Sordino Ediziuns Musicalas" has been publishing her works.

## Works
### Stage

* 2021 "Mirror, Dreams or Little Life", ballet for chamber orchestra
* 2020 "Boundless Island", chamber opera for three voices and chamber ensemble
* 2012-1986 "Ars Moriendi" ("The Art of Dying") mono-opera for soprano and piano
* 1994 "Gagaku", ballet on the story "Hell Screen" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa for chamber orchestra: 38'

### Symphony orchestra

* 2022 "Nova" for symphony orchestra
* 2006 "Null" for symphony orchestra: 18'
* 2004 "Nenia" for violin and symphony orchestra: 13'
* 2004 "ONO" for symphony orchestra: 17'
* 2003 Symphony No. 3 ("White interment"), version for symphony orchestra: 14'
* 1993 "Transform", diptych for ensemble of soloists and symphony orchestra: 31'
* 1992 "Langsam" for symphony orchestra (edit. 2009): 18'
* 1990 Symphony No. 2 ("Offertory to Anton Bruckner") for symphony orchestra: 20'
* 1988 Symphony No. 1 (edit. 2008): 20'

### Choir (voice) and orchestra

* 2020 "Warm Prayer" version for voice and Strings
* 2016 "Poverty" for voices and chamber orchestra on verses by Z. Mirkina
* 2016 "Lulling the Earth" chamber symphony for soloists, strings, singing bowls and stones
* 2016 «Nebensonnen», cantata on the verses by Arnold Spescha for soprano and chamber orchestra: 17'
* 2014 "Martyrology", vocals for voice and strings
* 2014 "The Melting Voice" on the verses by J. Milton, version for improvising voice, flute and strings
* 2009 «Ode an die Freude» Ode to Joy,on the verses by F. Schiller for soprano, mixed choir and symphony orchestra: 12'
* 2009 "Credo" on canonical text, version for mixed choir and symphony orchestra: 10'
* 2008 "Summer music", chamber cantata on the verses by J. Brodsky for violin solo, children choir and Strings: 12'
* 2006 "No man is an Island", chamber cantata on the text by J. Donne for mezzo (women's choir), piano and Strings: 14'
* 2002 "Word" on the text by Symeon the New Theologian for soprano, mixed choir and symphony orchestra: 16'
* 2002 "Of Thee rejoice" on canonical text for mixed choir and chamber orchestra: 8'
* 1995 "Gentle light", on canonical text for soprano, mixed choir and chamber orchestra: 12'
* 1994 "Horace's ode",on the text by Quintus Horatius Flaccus for contratenor (alto), chamber choir and chamber orchestra: 12'
* 1994 "Eleven lines from Glanvill", on the text by J. Glanvill for voice, mixed choir and chamber ensemble: 11'
* 1991 "Klage II", on the verses by R.M. Rilke for soprano and chamber orchestra: 5'
* 1986-1993 "Missa-simphonia" on canonical texts for children's choir and chamber orchestra (edit. 2009): 35'

### Mixed choir a cappella

* 2022 "David's Psalm 50" version for soloists and mixed choir
* 2022 "David's Psalm 91" for soloists and two mixed choirs
* 2021 "David's Psalm 22" version for soloists and two mixed choirs
* 2020 "David's Psalm 3" for soloists and two choirs
* 2019 "David's Psalm 2" for soloists and two choirs
* 2018 "David's Psalm 1" for mixed choir
* 2016 "Luminous canticles", symphony on canonical text for soloists and mixed choir: 45'
* 2013 "Liturgy" on canonical texts for soloists and mixed choirs: 45'
* 2010 "Offering to reverend Alipy of the Caves on canonical text: 3'
* 2010 "God's chosen regiment" on canonical text: 4'
* 2009 "Christ is risen", сycle on canonical text: 10'
* 2009 "Christmas Kontakion II" ("Today the Virgin") on the text by Romanos the Melodist: 2'
* 2008 "Credo" on canonical text for 2 mixed choirs: 7'
* 2007 "Dio laudemo" on the verses by Dante Alighieri: 8'
* 2006 Troparion of the "Life-giving Spring" Church: 2'
* 2005 "St.Ephrem the Syrian's prayer" on the text by Ephrem the Syrian: 3'
* 2004 "Christmas Kontakion I" ("Today the Virgin")for alto and mixed choir on the text by Romanos the Melodist: 4'
* 2003 "In the river the abyss" on canonical text: 5'
* 2003 "Mother of Light", triptych on canonical texts: 8'
* 2003 "Beatitudes" on canonical text: 6'
* 2003 "Offertory to Arvo Pärt", triptych on canonical texts for soloists and mixed choir: 20'
* 2001 "Hymn to the Theotokos" ("The Angel Cried") on canonical texts for soprano and mixed choir: 5'
* 2000 "Psalm 50" of David: 12'
* 1997 "Prayers for the alive" on canonical text: 6'
* 1985 "Wind with forest talks" on the verses by T. Shevchenko: 7'

### Women's choir a cappella

* 2013 "Liturgy of John Chrysostom" on canonical texts
* 2013 "Evening singing" on canonical texts
* 2013 "All the angels of the host" on the canonical text
* 2012 "Song of St. Silouan" to the text of Silouan the Athos
* 2009 "Prostopenie" on canonical texts for soprano and women's choir
* 2008 "Song of silence" on the text by O. Chysta: 1'
* 2007 "Resurrection Stikhere" on canonical text for soprano and women's choir: 2'
* 2007 "Magnification of Christmas" on canonical text: 3'
* 2007 "Christmas Troparion" on canonical text: 4'
* 2007 "O fervent prayer" on canonical text for soprano and women's choir: 4'
* 2005 "Silouan's prayer" on the text by Silouan the Athonite for soprano and women's choir: 3'
* 2005 "All-Holy Trinity" on canonical text for soprano and women's choir: 3'
* 2002 "Solfeggio": 1'
* 2001 "Psalm 22" of David for soprano and women's choir: 7'
* 2001 "Theotokos' canticles", triptych on canonical texts for soprano and women's choir: 8'
* 1998 "Canticles", cycle on canonical texts for soprano and women's choir: 20'
* 1996 "Sugrevushka" on folk text for soprano and women's choir: 8'

### Men's choir a cappella

* 2001 "Simeon's word" on the text by Symeon the New Theologian (version for men's choir): 10'
* 1999 "Men's canticles", cycle on canonical texts for tenor and men's choir: 14'

### Children's choir a cappella

* 2002 "Evening singing", diptych on canonical texts for boy's choir: 3'
* 2000 "Gold from the sky" on the verses by A. Fet: 1'
* 1999 "Cherubic chant", triptych on canonical texts: 6'
* 1991 "Little lullabies", triptych on folk texts: 6'

### Chamber orchestra

* 2022 "Passacaglia" for Violin solo and Strings
* 2022 "Soul" for Violin solo and chamber orchestra
* 2019 "Winter's Tale" for chamber orchestra
* 2014 "Marginalia", version for vibraphone and string orchestra
* 2009 "Messages to one simple man" for violin (flute), vibraphone and strings
* 2008 "Capriccio for John Balzer" for bassoon and strings
* 2006 "Pieta" for Violin solo and strings
* 2006 "Lullaby for the sleeping" for vibraphone (piano) and strings (edit. 2010): 7'
* 2006 "Nenia" (version for Violin solo and Strings): 15'
* 2005-2006 "Cricket in the darkness" for flute, clarinet and Strings: 9'
* 2005 "Warm wind" for violin (violin, vibraphone) and Strings: 3'
* 2002 "White interment" for oboe and Strings: 14'
* 1994 "Langsam" (version for Strings): 16'
* 1991 "Anthem I" for Strings, piano and bells: 7'
* 1986 Music for flute, Strings and percussion: 11'

### Chamber ensemble

* 2022 "Amapola" for violin, cello and piano (dedicated to Gidon Kremer)
* 2021 "Simurg" version for 2 pianos
* 2020 "Donkeys" version for voice and chamber ensemble
* 2020 "Eter" for voice, cello and piano
* 2020 "Metta" version for violin and guitar
* 2020 "Sermon to the Fishes" for piano and chamber ensemble
* 2019-20 "Tanka" for cello and piano
* 2011-19 "Walking on the waters" for piano and chamber ensemble
* 2017-19 "Angelsang" for 2 violins and piano
* 2004-19 «Underground Birds", suite on own text for marimba, voice and oboe
* 2017 "Music for Temo" for chamber ensemble
* 2017 "Warm Wind" (version for 2 harpsichords)
* 2016 "Seraph Smile" for flute and chamber ensemble
* 2013 "Poverty" version for two voices and chamber ensemble on the verses of Z. Mirkina
* 2013 "Walking on the Waters" for string quartet
* 2013 "Blind hand 2" for singing button accordion and whistling theremin (or cello)
* 2013 "In Hannover" for voice and chamber ensemble
* 2012 "Poverty" for guitar choir on verses by Z. Mirkina
* 2012 "Abbitte" (Atonement) for voice, clarinet, accordion and cello on verses by F. Hölderlin
* 2011 "Liebesbotschaft" (Offering to Schubert) for violin and piano
* 2010 "Gulfstream" for violin and cello (two cellos)
* 2008 "The Song Never Ends" for two harpsichords (two pianos)
* 2007 "Magic square" for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano: 3'
* 2006 "Blind hand" for flute and guitar: 8'
* 2005 "Voice" for 2 violoncellos: 8'
* 2005 "Here", song cycle on the verses by G. Aygi for soprano, violin and piano: 4'
* 2004 "Underground birds", suite on an own text for soprano, corno inglese and theorbo: 10'
* 2002 "Songs of Innocence and of Experience", song cycle on the verses by W. Blake for soprano, clarinet, accordion: 13'
* 2000 "Simurgh-quintet" for 2 violins, viola, violoncello and piano: 15'
* 1999 "Echos" ("ἦχος"), cheerful drama with music on an own text for soprano, violin, piano and accordion: 6'
* 1998 "Mystery" for piano, trombone, double bass and vibraphone: 9'
* 1995 "Еpiphany" on an own text for soprano and chamber ensemble: 10'
* 1995 "Magic doggy Petit-Kru" for free formation of performers and tape: 7'
* 1994 "Klage III" on the verses by R.M. Rilke for soprano, flute and piano quintet: 4'
* 1994 Music for a Scene from "Hamlet" on the text by W. Shakespeare (version for soprano, violin, trombone and piano): 5'
* 1993 "Walking in emptiness" for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion: 15'
* 1989 Trio "5×3" for flute, violin and piano: 7'

### Voice and piano (another instrument)

* 2020 "Eter" for voice, cello and piano
* 2014 "Poor people" for soprano and piano, lyrics by O. Sedakova
* 2013 "More Tender than Tender" for soprano and piano on verses by O. Mandelstam
* 2012 "Abbitte" (Atonement) for voice and piano by F. Hölderlin
* 2012-1982 "Ars Amandi" ("The Art of Loving") for soprano and piano
* 1983-2012 "Ars moriendi", 18 monologues about death for soprano and piano: 35'
* 2008 "No Man Is an Island" on the text by J. Donne (version for soprano and piano): 14'
* 2007 "The Sea of Faith" on the verses by M. Arnold for soprano and piano: 8'
* 2003 "Slouan's psalm" on the text by Silouan the Athonite for soprano and violoncello (piano): 11'
* 2000 "Simeon's word" on the text by Symeon the New Theologian for soprano and organ: 10'
* 1998 "It was radiated night" on the verses by A. Fet for voice and piano: 8'
* 1995 "Green grass bunnies" on verses by M. Vorobjov for reciter and piano: 10'
* 1991 "Song" on the verses by J. Brodsky for voice and violoncello (piano): 6'
* 1989 "Scene from "Hamlet" on the text by W. Shakespeare for soprano and piano: 5'
* 1988 "Klage I" on the verses by R.M. Rilke for soprano and piano: 4'
* 1983 "Silentium" on the verses by O. Mandelstam for voice and piano: 8'
* 1982 "Bestiary", suite on the verses by B. Zakhoder for soprano (children's choir) and piano: 4'
* 1981 "Canticle of the tree" on the verses by H. Poświatowska for voice and piano: 8'

### Piano

* 2021 "Simurgh" version for piano(for two pianos)
* 2021 "Marginalia", a cycle of 10 pieces for piano
* 2020 "Ischia. Island" for piano
* 2017 "NULL" for piano
* 2011 "Vitruvian Man" for piano
* 2011 Sonata No. 2 «Quasi una Fantasia»: 10'
* 2008-1998 "Marginalia", cycle for piano: 20'
* 1999 "Serene-sonata": 18'
* 1996 "Numbers", cycle for piano: 22'
* 1993 «Trivium»: 9'
* 1990 "Tremolo": 7'
* 1982 "Passacaglia": 4'

### Instrument solo

* 2021 "Miro" for violin solo
* 2008 "Warm wind" (version for marimba): 3'
* 2005 "Null" for button accordion (organ): 9'

### Electroacoustics

* 2004 "Rooms of the Turbin's house", electroacoustic installation: 37'

### Transcriptions

* 2012 J.S. Bach. Goldberg Variations for violin, marimba, vibraphone, cembalo and violoncello
* 2012 L.Revutsky String quartet N1 reconstruction and orchestration for 2 violins, viola and violoncello
* 2011 H.Vieuxtemps op.39 Duo brillant reconstruction and orchestration for violin, violoncello and chamber orchestra
* 2010 J.S. Bach. Prelude and Fugue No. 14 fis-moll, WТC II for violin, marimba, cembalo and String orchestra (ensemble): 7'
* 2005 H.I.F Biber Sonata-Representativa for violin and Strings: 14'