Ekaterina Karpenko
Russia
Ekaterina Karpenko was born in the city Voroshilovgrad (modern name - Lugansk). She graduated Lugansk State Music College with a degree in Music Theory, then, with honors, Lugansk State Institute of Culture and Arts with a degree in Composition. She studied with Honored Artist of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Composers Sergei Petrovich Turneev.
Then, in the same place, she graduated with honors from the magister's degree in Composition.
For several years she worked as the head of the musical part of the Lugansk Regional Academic Puppet Theater. Over the years, she has written music for many theatrical productions, which took part in All-Ukrainian and International theater festivals and were highly appreciated, were awarded various diplomas.
Ekaterina has worked with many famous Ukrainian directors.
She wrote music for the performances: "Sweet Shura" by T. Tolstoy, "Meek" by F.Dostoevsky, "Oscar and the Pink Lady" by ER Schmidt, "Happy Hans", "At the Ark at eight", "On the green hills of the Ocean", "Blue Bird", "Lisova Pisnya" by M. Maeterlinck, "Nekhochukha", etc.
During the period of work, she was awarded diplomas of the Minister of Culture of Ukraine, as well as the Lugansk Regional Department of Culture.
In 2007, she became a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.
She took part in the International Composer's Festival "Kiev – Music – Fest" with orchestral and choral compositions.
E.Karpenko's compositions have entered the repertoire of many choirs and orchestras of Ukraine.
Due to the military actions in the South – East of Ukraine in 2014, she was forced to leave Lugansk with her family.
She has been living in Russia since 2014, and in Moscow since 2018.
In the same 2018, Ekaterina became a member of the Union of Composers of Russia, as well as the Union of Moscow Composers.
In 2016, 2018 and 2019, she took part in the Moscow Autumn festivals.
She is a laureate of many composing competitions.
Main compositions of Ekaterina Karpenko: 10 symphonies, ballet "Pink and Red", opera "Oscar and the Pink Lady", Violin Concerto, Viola Concerto, chamber, choral and vocal compositions, music for performances.
Ekaterina Karpenko's compositions are performed by collectives and soloists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Lipetsk. In recent years, she has been collaborating with directors of theaters in Surgut, Kostroma, directors of Sverdlovsk, Omsk region.
In 2021, she graduated from the FPC at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State University at the Department of Composition under Professor T. A. Chudova. She received a diploma with honors.
The main themes of E.Karpenko's work are dramatic and tragic worldview, themes of loneliness, death. Works in modern composing techniques.
She is mother of 4 children.