Victoria Poleva (b. 1962) is one of the leading Ukrainian composers of our time. Having passed through the avant-garde in her early work, she later turned to a contemplative, deeply spiritual manner that critics describe as “sacred minimalism” or the “new simplicity.”
Her music — choral, symphonic, and chamber works — is marked by transparency, silence, and prayerful concentration. Poleva's works are performed by leading ensembles in Ukraine and abroad and are heard at international festivals of contemporary music. The composer is a vivid example of how the Ukrainian academic school creates a new musical language that is at once rooted in the European tradition and open to the world. Her spiritual scores have won recognition far beyond Ukraine.
