Svyatoslav Lunyov

Svyatoslav Ihorovych Lunyov, is a Ukrainian composer. He is the author of symphonic, chamber, choral, piano and electroacoustic music. Among his works are operas and music for movies. In 2017, he received the Bronze Cannes Lion, for Witness. He is member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. He was born in Kyiv and graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory where he studied with Lev Kolodub. Since 2000, he has been a lecturer at the Kyiv Conservatory. The 2020 Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival, featured his work New Russian Dances. One of the most representative compositions is Panta Rhei– a utopia for a big symphony orchestra. This piece – is a hymn to elements of live and non-living nature. In addition to that, it is a look at the idea of the emergence and evolution of life through the idea of detuning an unison. Panta Rhei consists of three parts and lasts 53 minutes. For his entire career, Lunyov encompassed all genres of serious music, including chamber, choral, vocal, piano, electroacoustic, and film music. In the last years, Lunyov has explored writing electroacoustic, symphonic, and ensemble works. Also, he works on stage genres and music for films. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svyatos...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)