Hanna Havrylets

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksiivna and the family name is Havrylets.

Hanna Oleksiivna Havrylets^[a] (11 April 1958 – 27 February 2022, née Froliak)^[b] was a Ukrainian composer.

Hanna Oleksiivna Havrylets Ганна Олексіївна Гаврилець
Background information
Birth name	Hanna Oleksiivna Froliak
Born	(1958-04-11)April 11, 1958 Vydyniv [uk], Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	February 27, 2022(2022-02-27) (aged 63) Kyiv, Ukraine
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Composer, music teacher
Years active	1984–2022

Biography

She was born in Vydyniv [uk], Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR and received her early music education in her native village from Vasyl Kufliuk.^[1] She graduated from the Lviv Conservatory in 1958 where she studied with Volodymyr Flys. She continued her studies at the Kyiv Conservatory with Myroslav Skoryk, which she completed in 1984.

In 1985, Havrylets became a member of the Composers' Union of Ukraine. She worked as a reviewer, and then took a position teaching at the Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine in 1992.^[2] She was awarded the Ukrainian Shevchenko National Prize in 1999 and became a Merited Artist of Ukraine in 2005.^[3][4]

Havrylets went on to obtain numerous prizes and win several competitions including the Ivanna and Marian Kots International Competition for Composers (1995), the "Spiritual Psalms of the Third Millennium" Competition (2001), the choral festival “The Gold-Domed Kyiv” (2001), the Vedelart prize "Kyiv" (2005), the Order of Princess Olga (2008), and the St. Volodymyr Order (2005).^[2][5]

In 2017, Havrylets was elected as a corresponding member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.^[2]

Havrylets died in Kyiv on 27 February 2022, the third day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the age of 63.^{[6][better source needed]} She suffered from an aneurysm and was unable to get medical help in time due to the ongoing conflict.^[7]

Selected works

Havrylets composed symphonic, chamber and choral works.

• Choral for string orchestra (2005)
• Stabat mater for mixed chorus and orchestra (2002)
• A-Corde, Sinfonietta for viola and string orchestra (2002)
• Pohlyad v dytynstvo (A Glimpse of Childhood), Chamber Cantata (1990)
• Piano Concerto (1982)
• Symphonic Poem (1983)
• Viola Concerto (1984)
• Symphony No. 1 (1989)
• Chamber Symphony No. 2 "In memoriam" (1995)
• Ėlegiya for string quartet (1981)
• Woodwind Quintet No. 1 (1984)
• Sonata for viola and piano (1988)^[8]
• Woodwind Quintet No. 2 (1990)
• Sax Quartet (1992)
• Rapsodiya-dialog for flute and piano (1993)
• Ekslibrysy for violin (1994)
• In B for saxophone (1995)
• Autumn Music for saxophone and piano (1996)
• String Quartet (1996)

Notes

1. Ukrainian: Ганна Олексіївна Гаврилець, romanized: Hanna Oleksiivna Havrylets
2. Ukrainian: Фроляк, romanized: Froliak

References

1. "Hanna Havrylets: Chorale for Strings". ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
2. "Hanna Havrylets". UCMF. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. "April 1 2 8 8 0 200, Odesa, Ukraine" (PDF). Retrieved 20 December 2010.
4. Gray, Anne (2007). The world of women in classical music. WordWorld. ISBN 9781599753201.
5. "Women Composers from Ukraine". Ukrainian Institute of America. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
6. "Hanna Havrylets, 1958–2022". Ukrainian Live. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
7. "THE SISTERS". Seattle Sings. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
8. "Havrylets', Hanna Oleksiïvna". Retrieved 20 December 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Hanna Havrylets discography at Discogs