Vitaly Kyreiko
# Vitaly Kyreiko

Vitaly Kyreiko (23 December 1926 - 19 October 2016) was a Ukrainian composer.

He graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory with a degree in composition from L. Revutsky (1944-1949), where he also completed his postgraduate studies (1952). His other accomplishments include: 1949-88 - Lecturer, Associate Professor (1961), Professor (1978) of the Kyiv Conservatory, and Candidate of Art History (1953).

## Selected works

Operas:

* The Forest Song, an adaptation of the play by Lesia Ukrainka (1957),
* On Sunday Morning She Gathered Herbs, an adaptation of the novelette by Olha Kobylianska (1966),
* Marko in Hell (1966)
* The Boyar Woman (2003)

Ballets:

* Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, an adaptation of the novella by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1960),
* The Witch (1967),
* The Orgy (1977), based on the play by Lesia Ukrainka
