Hanna Havrylets (1958–2022) was one of the most brilliant Ukrainian composers of our time, whose music combined academic mastery with deep roots in the folk-song tradition. Especially significant is her output in the field of choral and sacred music, actively performed by leading Ukrainian ensembles.
Among her well-known works are choral concertos, cantatas, and arrangements of folk songs, as well as the music-scenic action “Zolotyi kamin posiiemo” (1997–1998, Shevchenko National Prize 1999). Her music is full of light and prayerful concentration and, at the same time, of powerful emotional force. The composer died in Kyiv on 27 February 2022, in the first days of the full-scale invasion, under the tragic circumstances of wartime. Hanna Havrylets's legacy remains one of the most valuable treasures of the Ukrainian choral school at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries.
