KATIA OLENYCH was born in 1982 in the city Uzhgorod. She graduated from Uzhgorod College of Music and the Kyiv Music Academy in the composition class of Prof. L. Kolodub. During her studies, she actively engaged in electroacoustic composition in the class of A. Zahaykevych. Olenych participated in International Electroacoustic Music Projects EM-Visia and Electroacoustics. She taught contemporary composition and improvisation at the Uzhgorod Music School and College of Music. Olenych was also a writer and poet.