Galina Grigorjeva (born 2 December 1962 in

Simferopol Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, ...

, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian composer who lives in

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. She studied at

Odessa Conservatory Odesa National Music Academy named after AV Nezhdanova ( uk, Одеська національна музична академія імені А. В. Нежданової) or Odesa Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music educ ...

, and in 1991 she graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatory. In the 2000s she worked at the musical group

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. In 2014 she was awarded with

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

, IV class.

Works

* ''Poly-phonie'' for piano (1998) * ''Na ishod'' (1999) * ''Con misterio'' (2001) * ''Recitativo accompagnato'' (2003) * ''There Is a Time for Autumn'' for 6 percussionists (2004) * ''Hocetus'' (2004) * ''Valge prelüüd'' (White Prelude: Imitating Monsieur Couperin) for baroque viola (2006) * ''Aria'' (2007) * ''Ad infinitum'' (2008) * ''Schwarz-weiß Prelude'' for piano and cello (2009) * ''Nox vitae'' for mixed choir (2010)

References

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