Academic Background and Professional Experience

1991 – National Music Academy of Kyiv.
Integrated Master’s Degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. Graduated with honors (Cum Laude).
1993 – National Music Academy of Kyiv.
Integrated Master’s Degree in Composition. Graduated with honors (Cum Laude).
1993–1996 – Studies in Organ Performance.
1993–1996 – Postgraduate Course in Composition.
1994–2001 – Professor of Piano, Composition, Orchestration, Choral Arrangement, and Score Reading at the National Music Academy of Ukraine.
Since 2001 – Associate Professor in the Composition Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine.

Awards in Composition and Performance

2019 – Lysenko Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of composition.
2018 – Honored Cultural Figure of Ukraine, the highest national distinction awarded to musicians in her home country.
2014 – Artem Vedel “Kyiv” Art Prize and honorary title of Composer of the Year for the piece Lullabies of Reeds for soloists, mixed choir, and orchestra.
2001 – Second Prize at the Golden Domes of Kyiv Competition for choral compositions based on Psalms.
2000 – Revutsky Prize from the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine for the performance of contemporary music.
1997 – Third Prize at the Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition (Miami, USA).
1996 – Second Prize at the ARD International Music Competition (piano duo category; no first prize awarded) (Munich, Germany).
1993 – Prize at the Prokofiev National Competition for Young Composers (Donetsk, Ukraine).
1993 – First Prize at the Golden Autumn International Chamber Music Competition (Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine) in the piano duo category.

Concerts and Performances

Iryna is a passionate performer. She has given numerous concerts in prestigious venues across Germany, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Moldova, and the United States, performing as a solo pianist, in a piano duo, and as a member of chamber ensembles. She has taken part in many international music festivals.
Her piano duo with the renowned Ukrainian pianist Yurii Kot has won three international competitions, including the prestigious ARD International Music Competition in Munich and the Murray Dranoff Two Piano Competition in Miami.
The duo’s repertoire includes both standard classical-romantic works and premieres of new compositions written especially for them.

Concert Halls

Among the concert halls where Iryna has performed are: Hercules Hall and the Concert Hall of the Hochschule für Musik in Munich; the Concert Hall of the Darmstadt Opera; the Concert Hall of the Kempinski Hotel in Dresden; the New World Center and the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall in Miami; the Euskalduna Palace, the Concert Hall of the Andrés Isasi Music School, and the BBK Hall in Bilbao; as well as the concert halls of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine in Kyiv, the Philharmonic of Moldova in Chișinău, among others.

Colaboraciones Artísticas

As a piano duo, she has performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Wolfgang Balzer and Lothar Zagrosek; the Bilbao Municipal Band conducted by José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana, Tim Reynish, and Ivan Meylemans; the New World Symphony Orchestra under Neil Stalberg; the MERCK Chamber Orchestra of Darmstadt under Christian Rudolf Riedel; the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine under Volodymyr Sirenko and Viktor Ploskina; and the Kyiv Chamber Ensemble "Kyiv Soloists" led by Bohodar Kotorovych, as well as with various other orchestras across Ukraine.As a pianist, she has participated in concert programs with numerous chamber ensembles and soloists, including: the Lumière Trio with soprano Angéline Danel and clarinetist Rafa Climent; clarinetist Rafa Climent (in other collaborations); tenor Martín Barcelona Rozas; baritone Markiyan Sviato; sopranos Patricia Sesar Miguel, Anna Popova, and Olena Leonova; the Bilbao-based quartet Mapa Mundi; violinist Nina Syvachenko, among others.

Masterclasses and Competition Jury Participation

Iryna is frequently invited to give masterclasses in piano and composition and to serve as a jury member for international competitions in piano, piano duo, and composition. These include: masterclasses on piano technique and lectures in Kragujevac (Serbia), the First International Competition for Young Pianists Gradus ad Parnassum (Kragujevac, Serbia), the National Competition for Student Pianists in honor of I. Karabyts (Bakhmut, Ukraine), the Gradus ad Parnassum International Competition for Young Composers (Kyiv, Ukraine), the "Golden Orpheus" Children’s Choir Competition (Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine), the Young Pianists’ Competition in memory of P.I. Tchaikovsky (Kamianka, Cherkasy region, Ukraine), and the National Composers’ Competition in honor of Myroslav Skoryk (Kyiv, Ukraine), among many others.She has also consistently served on the commission responsible for awarding the National L.M. Revutsky Prize, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine and the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.

Composition

Internationally recognized as a composer, Iryna composes in a wide variety of genres. Her works include symphonic, choral, and chamber compositions, as well as solo vocal and instrumental pieces, all of which are performed with great enthusiasm and warmly received by both musicians and audiences around the world.
She was recently commissioned to compose an orchestral work that premiered in Prague and was later performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop.
Choral and symphonic genres are among her favorites. Many choirs have commissioned her works and have repeatedly won awards and first prizes in competitions by performing her music.
In 2017, the Kyiv State Lysenko Music Lyceum Children's Choir, conducted by Yulia Puchko-Kolesnyk, achieved first place in the global choral ranking in the category of “Spiritual Music” with a program composed entirely of works by Iryna Aleksiychuk.
In 2014, Aleksiychuk received special recognition as a contemporary choral composer from the European Grand Prix Association for Choral Singing during its 46th edition held in Tolosa, Spain.

Orchestras that have performed Iryna's music

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival, Illinois, USA, conductor – Marin Alsop
• Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia, USA, conductor – Marin Alsop
• The Reno Philharmonic Orchestra (Reno Phil), Nevada, USA, conductor – Laura Jackson
• Prague Summer Nights Festival Youth Orchestra, Smetana Hall, Municipal House, Prague, Czech Republic, conductor – Laura Jackson
• Lorraine National Opera Orchestra, Salle Poirel, Nancy, France, conductor – Marta Gardolińska
• Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, McKinley Arts and Culture Center, Nevada, USA, conductor – Laura Jackson
• Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra (Indonesia), Aula Simfonia Jakarta, Kemayoran, Jakarta, conductor – Rebecca Tong
• South Bend Youth Symphony Orchestra, South Bend, Indiana, USA, conductor – Robert W. Boardman
• Pennsbury Community Band, USA, conductor – Christopher Bygott
• National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine, Kyiv, conductor – Maksym Husak
• National Academic Wind Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Kyiv, conductor – Oleksii Bazhenov
• Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Kyiv, conductors – Volodymyr Sirenko, Viktor Ploskina
• Ukrainian State Variety Orchestra, Kyiv, conductor – Natalia Ponomarchuk, among others.

Choirs that have performed Iryna's music

• The National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London, conductor - Joanna Tomlinson
• National High School SSAA Honor Choir, American Choral Directors Association, USA, conductor - Pearl Shangkuan
• Harvestehuder Chamber Women's Choir, conductor - Kent Nagano
• Singakademie Dresden Choir, conductor - Michael Käppler
• The Los Angeles Master Chorale, USA, conductor – Grammy Award Winning Artistic Director Grant Gershon
• Art Renaissance Singers, Foenix, Arizona, USA, conductor - Scott Youngs
• Manhattan Choral Ensemble, USA, conductor - Thomas Cunningham
• Consort Chorale, San Francisco, USA, artistic director / founder / conductor - Allan Robert Petker
• Saint Mary’s College Department of Music Choir, USA, conductor - Nancy Menc
• Elektra Women’s Choir, USA, conductor - Morna Edmundson
• VOX Femina Los Angeles Choir, USA, founder and artistic director - Dr. Iris S. Levine
• Cantala Choir, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, USA, conductor - Phillip A. Swan
• Canzona Women's Ensemble, USA, artistic directors - Cricket Handler & Jill Anderson
• ChandraTala - Kokopelli Choir Association, USA, conductor - Laura Hawley
• The Choir Project, USA, conductor - Marian Dolan
• Michigan State University College of Music MSU Mosaic Ensemble, USA, conductor - Sandra Snow
• Michigan State University College of Music, Mirabai Ensemble, USA, conductor - Sandra Snow
• The Young Women’s Choral Projects of San Francisco, USA, artistic director and conductor - Dr. Martín Benvenuto
• Lexington High School Chorus, USA, conductor - Jason Iannuzzi
• The Oriana Consort, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, conductor - Walter Chapin
• The University Choir at St. Catherine University St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, conductor - Roger Stratton
• Treble choir “Vox Lusciniae”, USA, artistic director and conductor - Brian M. Stevens
• Treble сhoir “University Singers” of Pacific Lutheran University (USA), conductor - Daniella Papirnyk, creative guidance - Tiffany Walker
• Kappella Kyrie Chamber Choir, Edmonton, Canada, conductor - Melanie Turgeon
• “Slavyanka Chorus”, the a cappella choir of San Francisco, USA, conductor - Irina Shachneva
• The Bach Society of Saint Louis Choir, USA, music director and conductor - A. Dennis Sparger, D.M.A.
• The New York Virtuoso Singers, USA, founder and conductor - Harold Rosenbaum
• Columbus Women’s Chorus, Ohio, USA, conductor - Sheena Phillips
• Lady Cove Choir from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, conductor - Kellie Walsh
• The Société chorale de Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada, conductor - Gabrielle Gaudreault
• Ottawa Choral Society, Canada, conductor - Gabrielle Gaudreault
• NOVA, a professional treble choir in Montréal, conductor - Jessie Pierpont
• Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto, Canada, conductor - Kathleen Allan
• Mississauga children's choir in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, conductor - Rebecca Strutt
• Candomino Choir, Finland, conductor - Esko Kallio
• The female choir La Cappella in Uppsala, Sweden, conductor - Karin Oldgren
• Chamber Choir "Amphion", Amsterdam (Holland), conductor - Tijmen van Tol
• Professional women’s choir Virago, Pittsburg, Great Britain, conductor - Dr. Ryan Keeling
• Swiss-Italian association Gruppo Vocale Cantemus, artistical director - Davide Fior
• Lviv Municipal Choir "Homin", conductor - Vadym Yatsenko
• National Choral Chapel of Ukraine named after Pavlo Chubynskyi, аrtistic director - Dmytro Radyk, conductor - Vitaly Mulyar
• Girls' Chamber Choir of the Kyiv State Music Institute of Music named after R. Glier, artistic director and conductor - Halyna Horbatenko
• Girls' Chamber Choir of Mykola Lysenko Kyiv State Music Lyceum, artistic director and conductor - Yulia Puchko-Kolesnyk
• Chamber Choir "GAUDEAMUS" of the Charitable Development Fund of the National Academy of Music of Ukraine, artistic directors and conductors - Yulia Puchko-Kolesnyk and Ruben Tolmachov
• Lyatoshynsky Classical Music Ensemble, Kyiv, Ukraine, conductor - Igor Andrievsky
• “Kyiv” Municipal Chamber Choir, Ukraine, conductor - Mykola Hobdych
• Municipal Chamber Choir "Khreschatyk", Kyiv, Ukraine, conductors - Larysa Bukhonska, Pavlo Struts
• Women's Choir of the Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, Kyiv, Ukraine, conductor - Lyudmyla Baida
• Student Choir of the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, conductor - Oleksandr Zavolhin
• Choir of youth and boys "Dzvinochok" Kyiv Palace of Creativity of Children and Youth, Ukraine, conductor - Ruben Tolmachov
• Academic municipal choir of the city of Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, conductor - Ihor Tsmur
• Chamber Choir "Sophia", Kyiv, Ukraine, conductor - Oleksandr Shamrytskyi
• Galician Chamber Choir "Yevshan", Lviv, Ukraine, conductor - Iryna Kyselchuk
• Academic Chamber Choir "Chernivtsi", city of Chernivtsi, Ukraine, conductor - Nadiya Seleznyova
• Academic mixed choir named after V. Palkin, city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, conductor - Andriі Syrotenko
• Сhoir of students of the All-Ukrainian Summer Choir Academy, conductor - Oleksandr Tarasenko and many others.

Recent Commissions

2024 – "Go where the wind takes you" for symphony orchestra (Classical Movements / Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship).
2024 – "Stabat Mater", cantata for soloists and mixed choir a cappella (Art Renaissance Singers, USA).
2023 – "Come, Holy Spirit" for mixed choir a cappella (Singakademie Dresden, Germany).
2023 – "Trisagion" for treble choir a cappella and solo violin (flute) (American Choral Directors Association, USA).
2022 – "The Prayer" for mixed choir, percussion, and soprano solo (Gruppo Vocale Cantemus, Italy & Switzerland).
2022 – "Glory to Ukraine" for wind band (Alan Tongret, TongretARTS, USA).
2022 – "The Song" for treble choir a cappella (Sing for Ukraine Consortium, USA).