Elena (Olena) S. Zin’kevich

Professor of Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music. Head of the Subdepartment of History of Music and Musical Criticism. In 1966 graduated from Kiev Conservatory, in 1970 finished a post-graduate course. In the same year, defended her Ph.D. thesis — Shakespeare in Theatre Music. In 1987 became a Doctor of Fine Arts (doctoral thesis: Modern Ukrainian Symphony). Head of the Chair of History of Music and Musical Criticism of the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music (Kiev). Participant of many international conferences (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus’, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands). Author of books and numerous scientific articles in Ukrainian and foreign editions. The key topic of the works connected to a modern musical process, Ukrainian symphonic music, musical postmodern, methodology of historical musicology, history of Russian music. Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, member of the Ukrainian Composers’ Union, member of IMS.
Awarded: Ministry of Education of Ukraine (1987), magazine Suchasnist’ (Contemporaneity), the Lysenko prize (2006), the Golden medal of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2010).