(b. 20 February 1955, Odessa).

Ukrainian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America.

Prof. Tsepkolenko studied composition with Aleksandr Kogan and piano with Grigory Buchynsky and Yelena Pannikova at the School of Stolyarsky in Odessa from 1962–73. She then studied composition with Oleksandr Krasotov and piano with Lyudmyla Ginzburg at the A. V. Nezhdanov State Music Academy in Odessa from 1973–79. She later studied with Gennady Tsypin at Moscow State Pedagogical University, where she earned her PhD in music pedagogy in 1990.

Among her honours are the Prix du Rendezvous International du Piano en Creuse in France (1990, for Tonocolori from the book Artistic Games; 1993) and the Boris Lyatoshinsky Prize from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine (2001), as well as fellowships from the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (1995), the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (1996), the Brahms-Haus-Stiftung (1996), the International Renaissance Foundation in Ukraine (1996), and the National Endowment for the Arts (1996). She has served residencies at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn (1998), the Worpswede Künstlerhäuser (2000) and the Künstlerinnenhof Die Höge (2002–03).

She is also active in other positions. She founded the festival Two Days and Two Nights of New Music in Odessa in 1995 and has served as its artistic director since 1995. She has served as president of the Association New Music in Odessa, the section in Ukraine of ISCM, since 1997. She co-wrote with Oleksandr Perepelytsya the book Artistic Games (1990) and has written numerous articles on pedagogy.

She has taught as Professor of Composition at the A. V. Nezhdanov State Music Academy since 1980 and has led an annual workshop for pianists in Biel since 2001.

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

STAGE:

Dorian's Fate (chamber opera in 2 acts, libretto by Sergey Stupak), soprano, soprano/countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass, small orchestra (14 players), 1989

Zwischen zwei Feuern (mono-opera, libretto by the composer, Sergey Stupak, after Hermann Hesse), female voice, bass clarinet/tenor saxophone, 4 percussion, 1994

Konzert der Vögel (music-theatre work, text by Dzevad Karahasan), soprano, alto, bass-baritone, flute, clarinet, viola, percussion, 1996 (collaboration with Jonas Bohlin, Arsen Dedić, Violeta Dinescu, Johannes Kern, Mats Larson, Christian Ofenbauer, Petr Pokorný, Werner Radischnig)

ORCHESTRAL:

Symphonic Poem, 1979

Symphonic Diptych, 1981

Concerto–Drama, piano, orchestra, 1987

Memorial Symphony, 1988

Parallels – Chamber Symphony No. 1, piano, string orchestra, 1990

Chamber Symphony No. 3, small orchestra, 2001–02

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Divertissement, ensemble of violins, piano, 1980

Glorification of the Four Elements, string quartet, 1982

History of the Flute-Puritan, flute, oboe, violin, cello, harpsichord, 1983

Theatre Sonata, clarinet, piano, 1986

Trio, clarinet, bassoon, piano, 1986

Viy, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1987

Landscape with Oboe, oboe, piano, 1987

Saxophone Quartet, 4 saxophones, 1988

Chronicle of One Event, cello, piano, 1988

Black Moon Cycle, violin, piano, 1991

Night Preference – Card Game No. 3, flute/clarinet, cello, piano/organ, percussion, 1991

Royal Flush – Card Game No. 1, violin, cello, piano, 1992

Infinitely Identical Suns, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1992

Duel–Duo No. 1, trumpet, tuba, 1993

Duel–Duo No. 2, violin, cello, 1993

Duel–Duo No. 3, trumpet, organ, 1993

Far from the Crowd, accordion/bayan, 1994

Ca-Ri-N Sounds, flute, 1995

Duel–Duo No. 4, oboe, piano, 1995

Duel–Duo No. 5, violin, accordion, 1995

Feeling of Solitude, oboe, 1995

From Corner to Corner, 3 double basses, 1995

Duel–Duo No. 6, 2 violas, 1997

Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder, tenor saxophone, double bass, accordion, percussion, 1998

Duel–Duo No. 7, clarinet, piano, 1998

Im Träumen...und hier unten auf der Erde, flute, cello, piano, 1998

Alles, ausser – was noch alles ist... (chamber symphony), flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 1999

Ten Transformations into Nothing, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, accordion, percussion, 1999 (also version for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2002)

Solo–Solissimo No. 1, violin, 1999

Die Tür sperrangelweit auf, clarinet (+ bass clarinet, percussion), cello (+ percussion), piano (+ voice), 2000

Solo–Momento No. 2, percussion, 2002

Cabin for Eight, flute (+ alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), tenor saxophone (+ soprano saxophone), violin, viola, cello, piano (+ toy piano), percussion, 2002

Duel–Duo No. 8, recorders (1 player), piccolo (+ dizi [transverse flute from China], alto flute, flute), 2003

VOCAL:

Bad Weather (song-cycle, text by Alla Nizhegorodtsyeva), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1978

Nine Reflections on Two Worlds (text by Vladimir Razhnikov), voice, small orchestra (16 players), 1982

Expectation of Changes (song-cycle, text by Vladimir Razhnikov), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1984

Grief for a Skomorokh (cantata, text by Vladimir Razhnikov), mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, violin, cello, harpsichord, 1987

Aum-Quintet (vocalise), mezzo-soprano, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, piano, 1993

Ausgang (cantata, texts by Pavlo Tychyna, Alexander Blok, Theodor Fontane, Guillaume Apollinaire, e. e. cummings), female voice, clarinet, piano, accordion, 1996

Drei Stücke (text by Rainer Brambach), bass-baritone, piano, 1997

Hinter dem Horizont (text by Matthias Kneip), soprano, double bass, piano, percussion, 2003

PIANO:

Sonata, 1980

Mechanical Songs, 2 pianos, 1981

Children's Pieces, 2 pianos, 1981

Meetings with Memory, 1985

Tonocolori, 1991

Evening Solitaire – Card Game No. 2, 1991

Children's Pieces, 1992

Paysage Solo, 1995

Out of the Blues, 1997

Solo–Solissimo No. 2, piano right hand, 2001

Solo–Momento No. 1, 2001

ORGAN:

Is that Light that is in You not Darkness?, 1992

MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:

Wandering in a Triangular Space (performance), violin, viola, cello, marimba, 1994

Princess (performance), piccolo (+ flute, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute), string quartet, 1996

Self-Reflection No. 1 (performance), piano, fixed media, 1996

Self-Reflection No. 2 (performance), fixed media, 1997

Vergessener Völker Müdigkeiten...Friedhofstück, accordion (+ voice, percussion), film (by Christoph Lingg), 2000

DISCOGRAPHY

Dorian's Fate; Aum-Quintet; Infinitely Identical Suns. Svetlana Dushka, Inna Malazha, sopranos; Lyudmyla Voynarovska, mezzo-soprano; Femmi Mustafayev, tenor; Valery Burmister, baritone; Taras Konoshenko, bass; Yuri Vasylevych, tenor saxophone; Konstantyn Kharuk, violin; Lolita Kharnichenko, cello; Yelena Dmitriyeva, piano; ensemble für neue musik zürich; Volodymyr Sirenko/Camerata Kiev (Association New Music, 1994)

Dorian's Fate; Parallels – Chamber Symphony No. 1; Aum-Quintet. Svetlana Dushka, Inna Malazha, sopranos; Lyudmyla Voynarovska, mezzo-soprano; Femmi Mustafayev, tenor; Valery Burmister, baritone; Taras Konoshenko, bass; Yuri Vasylevych, tenor saxophone; Konstantyn Kharuk, violin; Lolita Kharnichenko, cello; Yelena Dmitriyeva, piano; Valery Matiukhin, Volodymyr Sirenko/Camerata Kiev (Association New Music, 1994)

Parallels – Chamber Symphony No. 1; Royal Flush – Card Game No. 1; Night Preference – Card Game No. 3; Far from the Crowd; Saxophone Quartet. Ivan Yergiyev, bayan; Frescos Contemporary Music Ensemble; Kiev Saxophone Quartet; Valery Matiukhin/Camerata Kiev (Association New Music, 1995)

Self-Reflection No. 1; Self-Reflection No. 2; Duel–Duo No. 4; Duel–Duo No. 5; Duel–Duo No. 6; Ca-Ri-N Sounds; Out of the Blues. Carin Levine, flute; Peter Veale, oboe; Paul Silverthorne, Andriy Vizhtovych, violas; James Avery, Karmella Tsepkolenko, Marcel Worms, pianos; Duo Cadence (Association New Music, 1998)

Ca-Ri-N Sounds. Carin Levine, flute (Association New Music, 1998)

Ausgang; Solo–Solissimo No. 1; Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder; Duel–Duo No. 7; Die Tür sperrangelweit auf; Alles, ausser – was noch alles ist... Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin; Klangheimlich; Wiener Collage; Valery Matiukhin/Camerata Kiev (Association New Music, 2000)

Ausgang; Die Tür sperrangelweit auf; Solo–Solissimo No. 1. Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin; Klangheimlich; Wiener Collage; Valery Matiukhin/Camerata Kiev (Association New Music, 2000)

Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder. Wiener Collage (Association New Music, 2001)

Solo–Solissimo No. 1; Alles, ausser – was noch alles ist...; Vergessener Völker Müdigkeiten...Friedhofstück; Ausgang. Peter Sheppard Skærved, violin; Ivan Yergiyev, accordion, percussion; Klangheimlich; Valery Matiukhin/Camerata Kiev (Association New Music, 2001)

Evening Solitaire – Card Game No. 2; Paysage Solo; Out of the Blues; Self-Reflection No. 1; Self-Reflection No. 2. Werner Barho, piano (Sargasso Records, 2002)

Dorian's Fate; Zwischen zwei Feuern; Concerto–Drama; Memorial Symphony; Symphonic Diptych; Alles, ausser – was noch alles ist...; Parallels – Chamber Symphony No. 1; Ausgang; Grief about a Skomorokh; History of the Flute-Puritan; Aum-Quintet; Infinitely Identical Suns; Die Tür sperrangelweit auf; Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder; Princess; Saxophone Quartet; Glorification of the Four Elements; Trio; Duel–Duo No. 1; Duel–Duo No. 2; Duel–Duo No. 4; Duel–Duo No. 5; Duel–Duo No. 6; Duel–Duo No. 7; Royal Flush – Card Game No. 1; Evening Solitaire – Card Game No. 2; Night Preference – Card Game No. 3; Drei Stücke; Expectation of Changes; Black Moon Cycle; Self-Reflection No. 1; Self-Reflection No. 2; Far from the Crowd; Paysage Solo; Feeling of Solitude; Solo–Solissimo No. 1; Solo–Solissimo No. 2; Is that Light that is in You not Darkness?; Tonocolori; Vergessener Völker Müdigkeiten...Friedhofstück; Ca-Ri-N Sounds; Out of the Blues. Duo Cadence; ensemble für neue musik zürich; Frescoes Contemporary Music Ensemble; Harmonies of the World; Kiev Saxophone Quartet; Klangheimlich; Lysenko String Quartet; Pastoral; Wiener Collage; Fedor Glushchenko, Valery Matiukhin, Volodymyr Sirenko/Camerata Kiev; Igor Simovych/Lviv Symphony Orchestra; Mykola Dyadiura/Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Volodymyr Kulbaka/Zaporizhzhian Symphony Orchestra (Association New Music, 2003)