Anastasiya Koleushko Curriculum Vitae

Anastasiya Revyakina (The creative pseudonym: Anastasiya Koleushko)
Choirmaster, expert in Ukrainian folk singing, academic and folk soprano
e-mail: leader@ukrania.kiev.ua
WEB-site: http://ukrania.kiev.ua/
mobile phone: +38 050 2113735
address: 22 Salutna street, Apt. 27, Kyiv, 03190, Ukraine

Education:

1996: Graduated Donetsk Musical College;
2002: Graduated Donetsk Sergey Prokofyev Сonservatoire ("choral conducting" speciality, the teacher - assistant professor Pavlo Dobrovolsky).

Awards:

    2003: The medal "For the achievements in development of culture and arts" (the award of Ministry of culture and arts);
    2007: The diploma "For the significant working achievements and high professionalism" (the award of Kyiv state administration);
    2007: The diploma of the 1st Kiev International Music Contest "Solospiv" (music in cinema).

Experience:

    2007 to present: Work as a singer of church choir for Orthodox television channel "Voice" ("Glas", http://glas.org.ua/);
    2007 to present: Work as a choirmaster in the "Slavia" Song and Dance Ensemble. Deal with traditional performing;
    2006 to present: Work as a chorister in Kyiv chamber choir "Credo". Academic soprano;
    2002 to present: Found the amateur vocal ensemble "Ukrania - Ladies' Vocal Quintet" (http://ukrania.kiev.ua/). Work as a choirmaster, academic and folk soprano;
    2005-2006: Participation in music project for children "Vinochok". Worked as soloist;
    2003: Worked in a team of popular Ukrainian songstress Gaitana as back vocalist;
    2002-2005: Veriovka Ukrainian National Song and Dance Ensemble. Worked as choirmaster and academic soprano;
    1995-2006: Worked as singer in many orthodox church of Donetsk and Kyiv.

Recordings:

    2007: CD "Archangel Voice" ("Archangelskiy glas"). Kyiv chamber choir "Credo". Conductor Bogdan Plish. Includes 19 sacred orthodox choral songs. Participation as a chorister;
    2007: The film "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" Ukrainian dubbing;
    2007: The cartoon film "Duck tiles" Ukrainian dubbing;
    2006: CD "Wreath" ("Vinochok"). Includes 23 songs for children. Lyrics by Zoya Rujin, music by Vasyl Bychenko. Participation as a soloist;
    2005: CD "Ukrania - Sacred". Includes orthodox sacred songs;
    2004: CD "Ukrania - Ladies' Vocal Quintet". Includes 9 Ukrainian traditional and author's songs. 3 of them are own arrangements;
    2004: The song "Quail" ("Popelyasta perepilko"). Performed by Veryovka Choir and Mayboroda Capella of Bandurists. Participation as a soloist;
    2003: The song "Children of light" ("Dity svitla"). Performed by popular Ukrainian songstress Gaitana. Participation as a back vocalist.

Arrangements of folk and author's songs for female ensemble (name ("transliteration")):

Ukrainian folk songs:

        Oh, I am swarthy ("Oy, chorna ya sy chorna");
        Now ("Nyni");
        At the river ("Bilya richky");

Lemkian folk song:

I was sad ("Sumna ya bula")

Ukrainian author's songs:

Oh, there's a draw-well in the fields ("Krynychen'ka") (lyr. and mus. by Mykola Stetsiuk);

Russian folk songs:

Oh, ringing frost ("Oy, moroz-moroz")

Russian author's songs:

        The willow ("Ivushka") (lyr. by Vasilii Alferov, mus. by Grigorii Ponomarenko);
        Oh, snow, light snow ("Oy, sneg-snezhok") (lyr. by Victor Bokov, mus. by Grigorii Ponomarenko);
        Moon above the window ("Nad okoshkom mesyac") (lyr. by Sergei Esenin, mus. by Yevgenii Popov);
        Lovely girl ("Devushka milaya") (lyr. by G. Ruseckaya, mus. by V. Sorokin);
        Don't say me about love ("O lubvi ne govori") (lyr. by N. Labkovskii, mus. by A. Vladimircov);
        Waiting ("Ozhidanie") (lyr. and mus. by M. Fradkin);
        A berries ("Yagoda") (lyr. by V. Vinnikov, mus. by V. Solovyev-Sedoy);

Sardinian folk song:

Nanneddu meu;

Slovakian folk song:

("Zheby ked' ya mogla").

Biography

Anastasiya Koleushko was born in 1976. Her place of birth was Donetsk city in Ukraine. Her parents are musicians. Father is famous conductor, mother is concertmaster in Donetsk Sergey Prokofyev conservatoire. Anastasiya graduated Donetsk musical college in 1996. Later she graduated Donetsk conservatoire in 2002 ("choral conducting" specialty, teacher - assistant professor Pavlo Dobrovolsky).

During her education as a student Anastasiya took part in Second Ukrainian contest of choral conductors in Kyiv in 2002. Thus she decided to work and live in Kyiv and joined Veriovka Ukrainian National Song and Dance Ensemble (Veriovka Choir).

Then she became a leader of "Ukrania - Ladies' Vocal Quintet" (http://ukrania.kiev.ua/). During the performance process "Ukrania - Ladies' Vocal Quintet" found own style for the performing Ukrainian folk songs owing to mix of the folk and academic vocal, and to arrangements by modern composers: Volodymyr Stetsenko, Ihor Shamo, Volodymyr Mikhnovetsky, Iryna Khitriakova, Oleksandr Nekrasov etc.

Anastasiya Koleushko is author of many folk song arrangements from the repertoire of the Quintet.

Anastasiya take part in some musical projects. She is a soloist in project of recording songs for children. She joined the team of popular Ukrainian songstress Gaitana for the recording songs as a back vocal section in the end of 2003. Anastasiya Koleushko is a permanent member of famous Chamber choir "Credo" (director - Bohdan Plish).

Anastasiya has been performing sacred music for more than 10 years. She sang in many Orthodox churches in Donetsk and Kyiv.

Anastasiya Koleushko works as a singer of church choir for Orthodox television channel "Voice" ("Glas", http://glas.org.ua/) from the beginning of 2007.

She was awarded the medal "For the achievements in development of culture and arts" (the award of Ministry of culture and arts) on 14 November 2003, the diploma "For the significant working achievements and high professionalism" (the award of Kyiv state administration) on 01 March 2007 and the diploma of International Music Vocalist Contest "Solospiv ’2007".

Married. Brings up two daughters.