Anna Arkushyna

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Anna Arkushyna was born 1989 in Lutsk, Ukraine. Graduated from Kyiv Special Music College in 2009 (Music Theory department, Composition-class by prof. Alla Zagaïkevych) and from National Music Academy of Ukraine in 2014 (Composition-class by prof. Yevhen Stankovych). 

In 2017 she completed the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Composition-class by prof. Beat Furrer). From 2015 till 2019 Anna was a student at the IEM Graz, class by prof. Marko Ciciliani and prof. Daniel Mayer. Since 2020 she is a student of composition-class by prof. Franck Bedrossian in the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. 

Anna is participant in workshops of composition by P. Billone, A. Posadas, C. Iannotta, G. Stäbler, S. Newski, M. Andre, 

R. Cendo, A. V. Gorne, J. Reis,  also took lessons with D. Kourliandski, C. Bauckholt, S. Gervasoni. 

She is finalist of the composer's competition “Step to the Left-4” (2011), third-prize-winner of the “Pre-art composers competition” in (2017). Anna was also finalist of the “Ö1-Talentebörse Kompositionspreis" (2020, 2022) in Austria. In 2021 she was awarded with "Musikförderungspreis der Stadt Graz". 

In 2022 she got a Start Stipendium für Musik und darstellende Kunst 2022 from Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport.

 

Her music is widely performed during many festivals and projects in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Croatia, Chile, Mexico, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland by ensemble Musikfabrik, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Airborne Extended, Cantando Admont, Quatuor Béla, Nostri Temporis, Ensemble Spectrum, Kwartludium, Pre-Art-Solisten, MozArt Sinfonietta Salzburg and many others.

Currently Anna is part of the Cursus Program on Composition and Computer Music 2022/2023 in IRCAM, Paris.

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Ordered by year. Most recent works appears first

Chamber Ensemble (5 - 9 instruments)


Let Nobody but the Room for ensemble (2021)
Monochrome for ensemble (2016)
Kornung for ensemble (2013)
Spraying Quintet (2012)
Chemistry (2012)
Inside the pseudo (2011)

Soloist (Instrument or Voice) and Fixed Electronic Media


Dreiecke for accordion and tape (2015)

Instrumental Music


Let Nobody but the Room for ensemble (2021)
Monochrome for ensemble (2016)
The Song a future Human for clarinet in B /Bass cl. in B, violin, piano and percussion (2015)
Murmuration for ensemble (2014)
When now is never (2012)
410-escape (2011)
Cosa in se (2011)
Puzzles For Violin, cello & Double Bass (2011)
Sound streamlining (2011)

Ensemble (10 - 19 instruments)


Murmuration for ensemble (2014)

Instruments and Electronics


Dreiecke for accordion and tape (2015)
Kornung for ensemble (2013)

Solo Instrument


When now is never (2012)
410-escape (2011)

Chamber Group ( 2 - 4 instruments )


Cosa in se (2011)
Puzzles For Violin, cello & Double Bass (2011)
Sound streamlining (2011)
410-escape (2011)
Chemistry (2012)
Cosa in se (2011)
Dreiecke for accordion and tape (2015)
Inside the pseudo (2011)
Kornung for ensemble (2013)
Let Nobody but the Room for ensemble (2021)
Monochrome for ensemble (2016)
Murmuration for ensemble (2014)
Puzzles For Violin, cello & Double Bass (2011)
Sound streamlining (2011)
Spraying Quintet (2012)
The Song a future Human for clarinet in B /Bass cl. in B, violin, piano and percussion (2015)
When now is never (2012)