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Karmella Tsepkolenko
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20 .2.1955 born in Odessa, Ukraine (USSR).

9.1962 – 6.1972 studied at Odessa Prof. P. Stoliarsky special music school (piano under
G.Buchinsky; E. Pannikova; composition with Prof. A.Kogan)
9.1972 – 6.1979 student at Odessa State A. Nezhdanova Conservatoire (piano with Prof.
L. Ginzburg; composition with Prof. O. Krasotov)
5.1979 3rd prize at All-Union Festival composers "Student Spring-78 ”, Yerevan,
Armenia
12.1978 finalist prize at All-Union Composers Competition, Moscow, Russia
June 1979 diploma of Odessa State A. Nezhdanova Conservatoire (piano and
composition)
Since Sep. 1980 teacher of composition at Odessa State A. Nezhdanova Conservatoire
January 1982 membership in Ukrainian Composers’ Union (until 1991 part of USSR
Composers’ Union, now National Ukrainian Composers’ Union)
May 1983 Honourable diploma at International Composition
Competition Karl-Maria von-Weber-Preis der Stadt Dresden for Glorification of 4 Elements String Quartet, Dresden, Germany
May 1984 Glorification of 4 Elements String Quartet premiered at the VIII Ukrainian
Composers’ Congress, Kiev, Ukraine
September 1985 Symphonic Diptych premiered at the Young Composers Festival, Lviv, Ukraine
Sep. 1986-1989 post-graduate student at Moscow State Pedagogical Institute (with Prof. Dr
G. Tsipin), Moscow, Russia
December 1987 Expectation of Changes Vocal Cycle premiered at Young Composers’
Festival,Donetsk, Ukraine
May 1988 Glorification of 4 Elements String Quartet performed at the jubilee concert to
millennium of Kiev Rus’ baptised, Warsaw, Poland
November 1989 Viy Brass Quintet performed at Leningrad-89 Young Composers Music
Festival, Leningrad (now St-Petersburg), Russia
March 1990 Chronicle of one Event performed at Evening Kazan international festival,
Kazan, USSR.
April 1990 Funeral Symphony premiered at the Festival in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
May 1990 Piano Concerto performed at Young Composers Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
June 1990 PhD degree in musical pedagogy (Candidate of pedagogical sciences) at
Moscow State Pedagogical Instit
November 1990 Dorian’s Fate opera premiered at the 1st Kyiv-Music-Fest International
Festival, Kiev, Ukraine.
November 1990 Finalist Prize at the International Composition Competition Rendez-vous
international du piano en Creuse for Tonocolori (Colour Sounds) piano
pieces, Gueret, France
April 1991 Glorification of 4 Elements String Quartet performed at Days of New Music
International Festival, Chişinău, Moldova
July 1992 studied at the International Summer Courses for New Music, Darmstadt, Germany
October 1992 Black Moon Cycle premiered at the 3rd Kyiv-Music-Fest International Festival,
Kiev, Ukraine
March 1993 The Light, Which Is In You Is Not Darkness? premiered at the Internationale Studienwoche Neue Orgel-Geistliche Musik, Köln, Germany
April 1993 Card Games (Royal Flush, Evening Solitaire, Night Preference) performed at
Days of New Music International Festival, Chişinău, Moldova
May 1993 Dorian’s Fate opera premiered at the Musical Dialogues International
Festival, Kiev, Ukraine.
August 1993 Duel-Duo no.1 for Trumpet and Tuba performed at the International
Festspieltreffen, Bayreuth, Germany.
October 1993 Infinitely Identical Suns premiered at 4th Kyiv-Music-Fest International
Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
November 1993 participated in the Rendez-vous international du Piano en Creuse, Gueret,
France
December 1993 participated in the Days of Ukrainian Music in Freiburg, Germany with lecture
Szenarische Arbeitung des musikalishen Materials (Scenic Elaboration of
Musical Material) and Card Games performed
February 1994 participated in Ukrainian Music Presentation in Zurich, Switzerland, with
Infinitely Identical Suns performed
July 1994 studied at the International Summer Courses for New Music, Darmstadt,
Germany, with Evening Solitaire performed
April 1995 organisation, artistic direction and participation in the Two Days and Two
Nights of New Music 1st International Festival of Modern Art in Odessa with
Zwischen zwei Feuern opera performed
May-October 1995 creative residence in Germany upon the Heinrich Böll-Stipendium in
Langenbreuch, Germany
August 1995 concert-portrait in Düren, Germany
September 1995 concert-portrait in Heilbronn, Germany
September 1995 participated in the “... antasten...” International Piano Forum for New Music as
a composer and a pianist with Paysage Solo and Evening Solitaire, Heilbronn,
Germany
November 1995 participated in the Kontrasty International Festival of New Music with Zwischen
zwei Feuern opera performed, Lviv, Ukraine
December 1995 organisation of and participation in the Theoretical Problems Of Modern
Musical And Fine Arts 1st International Conference, Odessa, Ukraine
April 1996 organisation, artistic direction and participation in the Two Days and Two
Nights of New Music 2nd International Festival of Modern Art in Odessa with
Princess for flute and string quartet performed (scenario and installation by
Vasyl Riabchenko)
June–July 1996 creative residence upon the Brahms-Haus-Stipendium in Baden-Baden,
Germany
July 1996 concert-portrait in Freiburg, Germany
Oct. 1996 / Jan.1997 creative residence upon the DAAD-Stipendium in Freiburg, Germany
Nov.-Dec.1996 creative residence upon Arts Link artistic residency program in New York, USA
December 1996 Self Reflection no.1performed at the New York University
December 1996 organisation and Sept. 99
April 1997 organisation, artistic direction and participation in the Two Days and Two
Nights of New Music 3rd International Festival of Modern Art in Odessa with
The Concert of the Birds premiered in Ukraine
April 1997 participated in the Mystez`ke Berezillya 6th Festival with Zwischen zwei Feuern
opera performed, Kiev, Ukraine
May-June 1997 Zwischen zwei Feuern opera performed in Freiburg, Germany, and in Basle,
Switzerland .
June 1997 Ausgang premiered by the Ensemble Klangheimlich, Bern, Switzerland
October 1997 jury membership in the 11th International Composers Competition
for Women GEDOK, Mannheim-Ludwigshafen, Germany
Feb.-Oct. 1998 creative residence upon the Stipendium Künstlerhof Schreyahn, Germany
April 1998 organisation, artistic direction and participation in the Two Days and Two
Nights of New Music 4th International Festival of Modern Art in Odessa
April 1998 delegate of the Ukraine ISCM Section at the World Music Days 98
festival and ISCM General Assembly in Manchester, GB
May 1998 participated in the Komponisten wie Interpreteten - Interpreteten wie
Komponisten Composers Colloquium at Oldenburg University
November 1998 Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder for
chamber ensemble premiered at Wien Modern 98 festival, Wien, Austria
February 1999 Im Träumen... und hier unten auf der Erde for chamber ensemble premiered,
Hanover, Germany
April 1999 organisation, artistic direction and participation in the Two Days and Two
Nights of New Music 5th International Festival of Modern Art in Odessa
June 1999 participated in the Roaring Hoofs International Festival of Actual Music,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
July 1999 participated in European Summer Academy for Culture and Management,
Salzburg, Austria
September 1999 delegate of the Ukraine ISCM Section at the World Music Days 99 festival and
ISCM General Assembly in Bucharest, Romania
November 1999 Participation in the International Conference of the MICs, Tallin, Estonia
April 2000 organisation, artistic direction and participation in the Two Days and Two
Nights of New Music 6th International Festival of Modern Art in Odessa
October 2000 delegate of the ISCM Ukraine Section at the World Music Days 2000 festival
and General Assembly in Luxembourg
August 2000 creative residence upon the Künstlerhäuser Worpswede Stipendium, Germany
May 2000
October 2000 “Friedhofstück” (in the terms of the Vergessener Völke Müdigkeiten project),
Wien, Austria
April 2000 organisation, artistic direction and participation in the Two Days and Two
Nights of New Music 7th International Festival of Modern Art in Odessa

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