ALLA ZAHAYKEVYCH (b.1966) is a Ukrainian composer of contemporary classical music, performance artist, organizer of electroacoustic music projects, musicologist. She graduated from Kyiv State P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservatory (now National Music Academy of Ukraine), the class of composition and orchestration of Professor Yu.Ischenko (1990). In 1993-1994 she completed her postgraduate studies in music theory with Professor I.P’jaskovsky and in composition with Professor Yu.Ischenko. In 1995- 1996 she attended annual course for composition and musical informatics at the IRCAM (Paris, France). In 1986-1999 she was a member of the folklore Ensemble “Drevo” of the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Director Ye.Yefremov, where she investigated Ukrainian authentic singing and participated in numerous folkloric expeditions, conferences, festivals.

Since 1998 she has been a lecturer at the Music Information Technologies’ Department of the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv), where she founded the Electronic Music Studio (supported by International Renaissance Foundation). Zahaykevych’s works include symphonic, instrumental and vocal chamber music, electro-acoustic compositions, multi-media installations and performances, chamber opera, music for films. She has served as Artistic Director of International projects Electroacoustics (Kyiv, since 2003), EM-VISIA (Kyiv, from 2005), Artistic Director of Electroacoustic’s Ensemble (since 2009), and President of Electroacoustic Music Association of Ukraine (since 2010). In 2004 she was awarded the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Award of Ukraine for music for the film MAMAY and has received numerous other awards for her work. She is the author of musicological articles in scientific periodicals including Ukrajins’ke Muzykoznavstvo, Muzyka, Krytyka, Organised Sound, MusikText.