Employees

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Taisiia Dyniak

Department: Department of Vocal and Acting Studies

Pianist, piano teacher, accompanist, French language coach for vocalists.

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Taisiia Dyniak

the pianist

After graduating from the music school in 2006, she entered the Kosenko Zhytomyr Music College (Zhytomyr, Ukraine), where she graduated in 2010 (Programme Subject Area “Music”), received a junior specialist diploma with honours, and qualified as a teacher, accompanist, ensemble artist, orchestra director (to obtain the qualification of orchestra director, she studied and passed exams in conducting, instrumentation, reading scores, instrumentology, methods of working with orchestra and practice of working with orchestra).

In 2016 graduated from the Kotliarevskyi Kharkiv National University of Arts (Kharkiv, Ukraine), received a master’s degree with honours in Music and qualified as a lecturer of a higher school institution (piano) (class of Prof., Honoured Artist of Ukraine Serhii Yushkevych), a chamber ensemble performer (class of Prof. Ihor Haida), accompanist (class of Associate Professor, PhD Kateryna Pidporinova), researcher. In the same year, she entered the postgraduate course at the Kotliarevskyi KhNUA, which she graduated in 2020, and in 2022, she defended her dissertation and received a PhD (Programme Subject Area “Music”).

Work experience

She started her professional activity in the field of piano in 2010: as a piano teacher and an accompanist at a music school (2010–2011), an accompanist at music schools (2013–2017), at the Kotliarevskyi KhNUA at the Department of Solo Singing and Opera Training (solo and concert chamber singing, since 2018) and at the Department of Orchestral Wind and Percussion Instruments (bassoon, trombone, 2020–2021), at the Chopin University of Music (Warsaw, Poland) at the Department of Vocal and Acting Studies (solo singing, artistic training for vocalists, dance, since 2022) and at the Department of Symphonic and Opera Conducting (2022–2023), at the master classes of Prof., Dr. Hab. Ewa Iżykowska-Lipinska in the XXIV Chopin-Górecki International Music Festival (Warsaw, Poland,  2023).

She took part in more than 20 concerts in Kharkiv as a pianist in Slobozhansky Youth Academic Symphony Orchestra (2016–2019).

In 2020, she was invited to work at the Mykola Lysenko Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (KhNATOB) as a French coach for soloists and choir in Bizet’s “Carmen”, and in 2021 – in Massenet’s "Cinderella" (preparing for the national premiere of the opera in Ukraine, held on February 11–13, 2022). She is also the author of the translation of the libretto of Massenet’s opera “Cinderella” from French for KhNATOB.

Creative and scientific activity in the field of music

Participated and won in all-Ukrainian and regional youth music competitions in the nomination “piano”: 2006 – II prize (I prize was not awarded, Zhytomyr, Ukraine), 2011 – diploma (Kharkiv, Ukraine).

As an accompanist, she took part in festivals: XXI International Music Festival “Kharkiv Assemblies – Fighting Evil with Art” (Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2014), XXIV Chopin-Górecki International Music Festival (Warsaw, Poland, 2023), XI International Jan Sibelius Fest Vocal Competition (Turku, Finland, 2023, awarded with a diploma).

She has performed solo, with orchestras (Zhytomyr Philharmonic symphony orchestra and Kosenko ZhMC folk orchestra, 2008–2010), as pianist in various ensembles, gaining ensemble experience with different instruments (such as piano, violin, cello, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, flute, alto saxophone, trombone, trumpet, xylophone, marimba, percussion) and types of singing voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass).

During her postgraduate studies, she authored 5 scientific articles published in professional and multidisciplinary journals (Kharkiv, Lviv, Kyiv/Ukraine, Warsaw/Poland, Vienna/Austria), and participated in 11 scientific and creative conferences.

For many years, she has participated as a presenter in academic music concerts, international festivals and competitions (Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2013– 2020).

Languages

Ukrainian, Polish, English, French, Chinese.