Victoria Vita Polevá (also spelled: Poleváya; uk, Вікторія Польова; russian: Виктория Полевая; born September 11, 1962) is a Ukrainian composer.

Biography

Born on September 11, 1962 in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

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, daughter of composer Valery Polevoy (1927–1986). Graduate of

Kiev Conservatory Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine ( uk, Національна музична академія України імені Петра Чайковського) or Kyiv Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music e ...

(class of composition with Prof.

Ivan Karabyts Ivan Fedorovych Karabyts ( uk, Іван Федорович Карабиць; January 17, 1945 – January 20, 2002) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor, and a People's Artist of Ukraine. He was born in village Yalta in the Donetsk region of t ...

) 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

. Since 2005 she has been a

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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 Polevá 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 Polevá's creative work is related to intensive studies and embodiment of texts from divine services in the music. Victoria Polevá's works are performed at the Beethovenfest Bonn (

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), the

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Festival in

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), the Valery Gergiev Easter Festival in

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, and at festivals of new music in Ukraine,

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. In 2006 Victoria Polevá was composer-in-residence at the Menhir Chamber Music Festival (Swiss, Graubunden). In 2010, among such composers as

Giya Kancheli Gia Kancheli ( ka, გია ყანჩელი; 10 August 1935 – 2 October 2019) was a Georgian composer. He was born in Tbilisi, Georgia but resided in Belgium. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kancheli lived first in B ...

Valentin Silvestrov Valentyn Vasylyovych Sylvestrov ( uk, Валенти́н Васи́льович Сильве́стров; born 30 September 1937) is a Ukrainian composer and pianist, who plays and writes contemporary classical music. Biography Valentyn Vasylyo ...

Leonid Desyatnikov Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov (russian: Леони́д Арка́дьевич Деся́тников, born: 16 October 1955, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian composer who first made a reputation with a number of film scores, then achieving gr ...

, Aleksander Raskatov, Alexander Wustin, Victor Kissine and Georgs Pelecis, Victoria Polevá has taken part in Gidon Kremer's international project «The Art of Instrumentation», devoted to

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and

Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould (; né Gold; September 25, 1932October 4, 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann ...

. In 2011 Victoria Polevá was invited by

Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer ( lv, Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica. Life and career Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holoc ...

as composer-in-residence at the XXX Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival (Austria). In 2012 a butoh dancer

Tadashi Endo Tadashi (Kanji: 正, 禎, 忠, 荘, 匡史 Hiragana: ただし), Japanese masculine name, may refer to : *, the first aikido master to live and teach in the west *, Japanese manga story writer, novelist and screenwriter *, Japanese basketball coach ...

did premiere of her ballet "Gagaku". In 2013

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did premiere of V.Polevá "Walking on Waters". In 2013 Victoria Polevá was composer-in-residence at Festival of Contemporary Music Darwin Vargas (Chile, Valparaiso) Among the performers of her works are: *

(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 Natalia Ponomarchuk (Ukrainian: Наталія Пономарчук) (born 1969) is a Ukrainian orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. The ...

, Simon Camartin; *choral conductors Iryna Sablina, Marianna Sablina, Halyna Horbatenko,

Mykola Hobdych Mykola Mykolayovych Hobdych (born March 28, 1961 in Bytkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian choral conductor, known for being the founder and director of the Kyiv Chamber Choir. He founded the Kyiv Chamber Choir in 1990 with alumni of the Kiev State ...

, Volodymyr Syvohip, Dmytro Radyk, Larysa Bouhonska, Natalia Krechko, Oksana Mykytiuk, Olena Radko, Bohdan Plish, Alena Solovey, Boris Alvarado. Victoria Poleva is a Laureate of the Municipal Prize "Kyiv" in honour of

Artemy Vedel Artemy Lukyanovich Vedel (russian: Артемий Лукьянович Ведель, uk, Артем Лук'янович Ведель, translit=Artem Lukianovych Vedel; ), born Artemy Lukyanovich Vedelsky, was a Ukrainian-born Russian composer ...

(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 Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky ( uk, Бори́с Миколáйович Лятоши́нський ()), also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky (russian: Бори́с Николаевич Лятоши́нский), (3 January 189515 Apr ...

(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 Levko "Lev" Mykolajovych Revutskyi (, russian: Лев Николаевич Ревуцкий; – 30 March 1977) was a Ukrainian composer, teacher, and activist. Amongst his students at the Lysenko Music Institute were the composers Arkady Filip ...

(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 is a short story written by Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. It was a reworking of ''Uji Shūi Monogatari'' and originally published in 1918 as a serialization in two newspapers. It was later published in a collection of Akutagawa short stori ...

" by

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for chamber orchestra: 38'

Symphony orchestra

* 2022 "Nova" for symphony orchestra * 2020 "Didu" 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 "Sophia" for soprano, choir and chamber orchestra on canonical text * 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 "Ode to Joy" (German language, German: , literally "To heJoy") is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller and published the following year in ''Thalia (magazine), Thalia''. A slightl ...

'',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 Symeon the New Theologian ( el, Συμεὼν ὁ Νέος Θεολόγος; 949–1022) was an Eastern Orthodox Christian monk and poet who was the last of three saints canonized by the Eastern Orthodox Church and given the title of "Theologia ...

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 Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...

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 Alipy of the Caves (? - 1114) - (also known as 'Venerable Alypius') Eastern Orthodox saint, monk and famous painter of icons from the cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Saint Alipy was a disciple of Greek icon painters from Constantinople and ...

'' 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 Romanos the Melodist (; late 5th-century — after 555) was a Byzantine hymnographer and composer, who is a central early figure in the history of Byzantine music. Called "the Pindar of rhythmic poetry", he flourished during the sixth century ...

: 2' * 2008 ''"Credo"'' on canonical text for 2 mixed choirs: 7' * 2007 ''"Dio laudemo"'' on the verses by

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

: 8' * 2006 ''Troparion of the "Life-giving Spring" Church'': 2' * 2005 ''"St.Ephrem the Syrian's prayer"'' on the text by

Ephrem the Syrian Ephrem the Syrian ( syc, ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, Mār ʾAp̄rêm Sūryāyā, ; grc-koi, Ἐφραὶμ ὁ Σῦρος, Efrém o Sýros; la, Ephraem Syrus; am, ቅዱስ ኤፍሬም ሶርያዊ; ), also known as Saint Ephrem, Saint ...

: 3' * 2004 ''"Christmas Kontakion I" ("Today the Virgin")''for alto and mixed choir on the text by

: 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 Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in pa ...

"'', 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

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: 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 Silouan the Athonite (Russian: Силуан Афонский) also sometimes referred to as Silouan of Athos, Saint Silvanus the Athonite or Staretz Silouan (January 17, 1866 – September 24, 1938) was an Eastern Orthodox monk of Russians, Russi ...

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

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

(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 * 2021 "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 ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases: a few first copies were printed and illuminated by Blake himself in 1789; five years later, he bound these poems with a ...

"'', song cycle on the verses by W. Blake for soprano, clarinet, accordion: 13' * 2000 ''"

Simurgh Simurgh (; fa, سیمرغ, also spelled ''simorgh, simorg'', ''simurg'', ''simoorg, simorq'' or ''simourv'') is a benevolent, mythical bird in Persian mythology and literature. It is sometimes equated with other mythological birds such as the ...

-quintet"'' for 2 violins, viola, violoncello and piano: 15' * 1999 ''"

Echos Echos (Greek: "sound", pl. echoi ; Old Church Slavonic: "voice, sound") is the name in Byzantine music theory for a mode within the eight-mode system (oktoechos), each of them ruling several melody types, and it is used in the melodic and rhy ...

" ("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 William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

(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 The ''Ars moriendi'' ("The Art of Dying") are two related Latin texts dating from about 1415 and 1450 which offer advice on the protocols and procedures of a good death, explaining how to "die well" according to Christian precepts of the late Mi ...

"'', 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

for soprano and violoncello (piano): 11' * 2000 ''"Simeon's word"'' on the text by

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

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 A bestiary (from ''bestiarum vocabulum'') is a compendium of beasts. Originating in the ancient world, bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals and even rocks. The natural history a ...

"'', 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 The ''Goldberg Variations'', BWV 988, is a musical composition for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, it is named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who may also have ...

'' 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'

External links

References

* Official sit

Page on the web-site of Ukrainian National Composers's Union

KREMERATA BALTICA by Stanley Fefferman

Interview for newspaper «Day» (2009)

Interview for newspaper «Day» (2002)

Виктория Полевая. «Доверься тишине... Восемь мгновений с Валентином Сильвестровым»

Дмитрий Десятерик. «Безупречный вечер»

* ttp://www.classicaldiscoveries.org/playlist20111019.html, from the Classical Discoveries website {{DEFAULTSORT:Poleva, Victoria Ukrainian classical composers Soviet composers 20th-century classical composers Women classical composers 1962 births Living people Musicians from Kyiv 20th-century women composers