Natalia Cherniy (Ukraine/Poland). Composer, pianist.

The Biography:

     Born in 1980 (Odessa, Ukraine).
     She got her music education at the Odessa State Prof. P.S. Stolyarsky Special Secondary Music School in Piano and Music Theory (1986-1997). During her school studies she won several competitions for young composers', including the National Ukrainian Competition for Young Composers (Kyiv, 1993; 3rd prize).
     She graduated from the Odessa National A.V. Nezhdanova Music Academy as MA in Piano with distinction (Prof. N. Kryzhanovsky, 2002) and in Composition (Prof. J. Gomelskaya, 2005).
     She worked at the Odessa National A.V. Nezhdanova Music Academy as a lector and accompanist of the choral conductors' department (2001-2006), as a coach and accompanist at the Opera Theatres of Poland (Wroclaw, 2006-2007; Szczecin, 2008-2009).
     She participated in the international festivals and forums of modern music as a pianist and composer, in particular: Two Days and Two Nights of New Music (Odessa, Ukraine; 2000, 2007, 2010-2013), Past and Future (Odessa, Ukraine; 2001), Contrasts (Lviv, Ukraine; 2001), Youth Music (Kyiv, Ukraine; 2011), Sopot Classic (Sopot, Poland; 2011), Gogolfest (Kyiv, Ukraine; 2012). Women in Music (San Anselmo, California, USA; 2014).
     She was granted by KulturKontakt Austria to participate in the 10th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art, Avantgarde Tirol with Prof. B. Schaeffer (Seefeld in Tirol, Austria; 2006).
     The winner of the 1st Prize at the 1st Composers' Competition named after Krzysztof Penderecki (Sopot, Poland), the One Prize at the 1st Composers' Competition in Radom (Poland), the 4th Prize at the 2nd National Open Competition for Composers Young Classic (Vologda, Russia). This work The Brilliant Strings for string orchestra had been chosen by the jury of the 1st Composers' Competition in Radom as the compulsory musical play to participate in the 1st Tournament for Chamber Orchestra in Radom.
     She is a member of the Ukrainian National Composers' Union.
     Her works have been performed in Ukraine, Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, USA.
     Since 2006 she lives in Poland.

The Works:

Title	Genre/Instrumentation/Text/Language		Year	Duration
The Spring		the song for children's choir (SA) and piano, verses by Nataliya Panasyuk (in Russian)	2000	1'40"
The Music of the Sorrow		for violin and cello (version for violin and viola)	2000	6'00"
The Games (Sonata)		for clarinet solo	2001	7'00"
My Heart		the chamber cantata for baritone and piano, verses by Avetik Isaakyan, translation by Michael Dudin (in Russian)	2005	9'20"
Sinfonietta		for symphony orchestra (3 fl.(1=picc).2.2.2\4.3.3.1\3 perc.\harp\p-no\strings)	2005	16'40"
Kupalska		transcription of Ukrainian folk songs for children's (or women's) choir (SA), (in Ukrainian)	2006	2'00"
Trio Trick		for oboe, trombone and cello (version for clarinet, trombone and cello)	2006	5'20"
Under the Arches of the Cathedral...		for mixed choir (SATB), verses by Iryna Ratushynska (in Russian)	2006	2'30"
The Prayer		for mixed choir (SATB), verses of Polish prayer (in Polish)	2008	3'30"
The Train Goes...		transcription of Polish folk song for children's (or women's) choir (SA) and version for mixed choir (SATB), (in Polish)	2009	2'00"
Four Chords		for piano solo	2009	2'00"
The Brilliant Strings (Archi in A)		for string orchestra (5.4.3.3.1)	2009	8'00"
To Say in Brief...		for two violins (version for violin and viola)	2010	6'00"
The Melancholy		for violin, cello and piano	2011	6'00"
The Mood in A-moll		for piano solo	2012	2'00"

The Contacts:

In Poland:
          Hallera 123, Apt. 5
          53-201 Wroclaw

In Ukraine:
          Bazhana 28
          65033 Odessa

          cellular (in Poland): +48 665 479 198
          cellular (in Ukraine): +38 066 716 50 31

          e-mail: ncherniy@gmail.com