Renata Sokachyk

Renata Sokachyk, from the village of Vylok in Transcarpathia, studied piano (2005–09) at the Uzhhorod State Music College under Natalia Shutko while beginning composition with Viktor Telychko. She earned her composition degree from the Kyiv National Music Academy in 2014 under Hanna Havrylets, followed by postgraduate work in world-music history and a Ph.D. in Art Studies (2019). Her chamber, vocal and orchestral works have been performed by ensembles including the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and the National Chamber Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists.” She won first place at the “Contemporary Musical Dialogue in the Carpathian Region” competition (2018), was a finalist of the “O Blissful Loss of Self” project (2020), and won the Myroslav Skoryk All-Ukrainian Composers Competition and the Levko Revutsky Prize (both 2023). Her works include Radnóti-fragments, the solo-violin Samotność, Antonych-fragments for double bass and orchestra, arrangements of Crimean Tatar folk songs, and The Desert Breathes. She has taught at the Kyiv Children’s School of Arts since 2011 and joined the National Union of Composers of Ukraine in 2021.

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Awards

• 1st place, “Contemporary Musical Dialogue in the Carpathian Region” (2018)
• Finalist, “O Blissful Loss of Self” international project (2020)
• Winner, Myroslav Skoryk All-Ukrainian Composers Competition (2023)
• Levko Revutsky Prize (2023)