Viktoria Poleva - Psalm 117

Performed by Project Male Choir Pattern.
Khvalite Hospoda (psalm 117)
Praise the Lord, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Poliova Viktoria (born in 1962) is a Ukrainian composer. In 1984 she graduated from the Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music, majoring in music history and theory. In 1989 she graduated from the Faculty of Composition (Ivan Karabyts class) of the National Music Academy of Ukraine. In 1990-1998 she worked as a teacher at the Department of Composition, in 2000-2005 Department of Music and Information Technologies of National Music Academy of Ukraine, in 2009, 2010 - curator of academic music programs of the festival of contemporary art "Gogolfest." Victoria Polyova is a winner of numerous international awards and distinctions, in particular, winner of the Lyatoshynskyi Prize (2005), the international competition "Spherical Music" (the USA, 2008), Shevchenko National Prize (2018). The composer's works are published abroad, and music is performed in various music festivals, competitions, art projects in Ukraine, Europe, USA, UAE, Peru, and Chile. The composer's creative style has evolved from avant-garde aesthetics and polystylistics to the so-called "Sacred minimalism," embodied in the spiritual and religious music.
Video by Marek Vilba.
Recording from the Concert of Ukrainian music at The Great hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater. 4th of April 2024.