The Raid (2017), 90 min, Ukraine
Director: Sergey Lysenko
Writer: Yaroslav Yarish
Composers: Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko
Producer Andrii Granytsia

The Raid - "Money"

The Raid - "Shot gun"

The Raid - "Toccata"

The Raid - "Bicycle"

"Metamorphosis" for violin, cello and piano (2012)

Artists:
Violin - Kiril Bondar
Cello - Andriy Alexandrov
Piano - Arsen Yakovenko

Sound director - Valeriy Stupnytsky
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Metamorphosis

Archaeological Gesamtrkaftwerk (archaeological opera)
CHORNOBYLDORF

**CHORNOBYLDORF** is a large-scale music-theatrical project, based on the utopian-dystopian story of Chornobyl nuclear power station (Ukraine) and Zwentendorf nuсlear power station (Austria). The project creation will follow the idea of multilevel cultural arhaeology, using for inspiration such artefacts as the recordings of poliphonic ukrainian folk song from Chernobyl area (beginning of 80th), and media-arhaeological material (synthesizers and electronic music from late 70th).

CHORNOBYLDORF Audio - Teaser

The Winter Garden's Tale (2018), 76 min, doc, Ukraine. 
Director Simon Mozgovyi 
Producers Alex Chepiga 
DOP Denis Melnik
Sound director - Arkadiy Vichorev
Music by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Cello - Janna Marchinska
Piano - Roman Grygoriv
French Horn - Nazar Spas

Track Of Time

The Winter Garden's Tale (2018), 76 min, doc, Ukraine. 
Director Simon Mozgovyi 
Producers Alex Chepiga 
DOP Denis Melnik
Sound director - Arkadiy Vichorev
Music by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Cello - Janna Marchinska
Piano - Roman Grygoriv

The Winter Garden’s Tale

The First Frost

The Winter Garden's Tale (2018), 76 min, doc, Ukraine. 
Director Simon Mozgovyi 
Producers Alex Chepiga 
DOP Denis Melnik
Sound director - Arkadiy Vichorev
Music by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Cello - Janna Marchinska
Piano - Illia Razumeiko

Palm Fronds

Loneliness

The Winter Garden's Tale (2018), 76 min, doc, Ukraine. 
Director Simon Mozgovyi 
Producers Alex Chepiga 
DOP Denis Melnik
Sound director - Arkadiy Vichorev
Music by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko
Artists:
Campanelli - Janna Marchinska
Guitar - Illia Razumeiko
Cello - Roman Grygoriv

Bells Of Time

The Winter Garden's Tale (2018), 76 min, documentary, Ukraine. 
Director Simon Mozgovyi 
Producers Alex Chepiga 
DOP Denis Melnik
Music by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Cello - Janna Marchinska
Piano - Roman Grygoriv

Around

Chornobyldorf. Archaeological opera
Draft 1 (Prologue)

Chorhobyldorf. Draft 1 (Prologue)

The Winter Garden's Tale (2018), 76 min, documentary, Ukraine.
Director Simon Mozgovyi
DOP Denis Melnik
Music by Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko

Steps Not Towards Me

Quiet Hour

His Bastille, (2019) 90 min. documentary, Ukraine
Director Valeria Treshchova
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

His Bastille (OST)

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound director - Cristi Iorga
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Guitar - Illia Razumeiko
Cello - Roman Grygoriv

Two Pilots Near

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Mother's Song Wav

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Artists:
- National Presidental Orchestra of Ukraine
Conductor - Yevgen Braga
- Boys' Choir of the М. V. Lysenko Kyiv Secondary 
Specialized Music Boarding School
Artistic director and conductor - Maria Koval
Sound - Arkadiy Vihorev
Composers Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

MESSIS (Agnus Dei)

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound - Volodtmtr Myndiuk
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Cello - Janna Marchynska
Guitar - Illia Razumeiko

Is Not Silence

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound director - Volodymyr Mundiyk
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Expectation Of Fatigue

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Composers Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Cold Hold Summer

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound - Arkadiy Vichorev
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
- National Presidental Orchestra of Ukraine
Conductor - Yevgen Braga

Remember Me Always

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound director - Maksym Kapusta
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Cello - Janna Marchinska
C-basso - Roman Grygoriv

Minefield

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound - Arkadiy Vichorev
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
- Igor Zavgorodniy (violini, violi)
- National Presidental Orchestra of Ukraine
Conductor - Yevgen Braga

Me And Other Light

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound - Cristi Iorga
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Stop. Step

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound director - Arkadiy Vichorev
Remastered by - Anatoliy Dolesko
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
- National Presidental Orchestra of Ukraine
Conductor - Yevgen Braga
- Boys' Choir of the М. V. Lysenko Kyiv Secondary
Specialized Music Boarding School
Artistic director, conductor - Maria Koval

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

MESSIS  "Mother Of Apostles" (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound director - Arkadiy Vihorev
Remastered by - Anatoliy Dolesko
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
- National Presidental Orchestra of Ukraine
Conductor - Yevgen Braga

Sophia Letter "Mother of Apostless"

"Mother of Apostles" (2020), 130 min, drama, Ukraine
Director - Zaza Buadze
Sound director - Arkadiy Vichorev
Remastered by Anatoliy Dolesko
Composers Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
- National Presidental Orchestra of Ukraine
Conductor - Yevgen Braga

Remember Me Always "Mother of Apostles" (Remastered)

"Red Line. Corruption" 72 min. documentary, Ukraine (2020)
by Ukrayinska Pravda  
Director - Yegor Troyanovsky
Sound director - Andrii Nidzelskyi
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Cello - Janna Marchinska
Piano - Illia Razumeiko
Piano - Roman Grygoriv

The Cake Is Lying

The Agreements Are Long

It's Time To Shout

Lithium

"Red Line. Corruption" 72 min. documentary, Ukraine (2020)
by Ukrayinska Pravda 
Director - Yegor Troyanovsky
Sound director - Andrii Nidzelskyi
Composers: Roman Grygoriv, Illia Razumeiko

Artists:
Cello - Janna Marchinska
Piano - Roman Grygoriv

Red Line

Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko are an award-winning composers’ duo from Ukraine. They have been working together as composers, stage directors and librettists in the field of contemporary opera and new music theatre since 2015, exploring the boundaries and borders of contemporary opera and music theatre in Ukraine and worldwide.

Education / Roman Grygoriv
2007-2012 – Kyiv National Music Academy of Ukraine, composition, Master study
2012-2015  – Kyiv National Music Academy of Ukraine, Postgraduate composition (class of Anna Havryletc)
2022 - Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts, Media Composition, Postgradual (class of Jorge Sanshez-Chiong )

Education / Illia Razumeiko
2007-2012 – Kyiv National Music Academy of Ukraine, composition, Master study (class of Anna Havryletc)
2022 – Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts, Composition, Master study (class of Karlheinz Essl)
2020-2022 – Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts, Artistic research Doctorate (class of Johannes Kretz and Wei-Ya Lin)

Awards:
2021 – Music Theatre NOW, TOP-6 music-theatrical performances worldwide for Archaeological opera CHORNOBYLDORF.
2021 – Ukrainian theatre award “GRA” Best experimental performance for Archaeological opera CHORNOBYLDORF, opera also gets 4 prices for the best music, direction, scenography and choreography.
2021 – Terni Film Festival, Best Soundtrack for “Mother of Apostles” film
2021 – Social World Film Festival, Best Soundtrack for “Mother of Apostles” film
2020 – Shevchenko National Prize for opera-requiem IYOV
2018 – Music Theater NOW, TOP-10 music-theatrical performance worldwide s for opera-requiem IYOV

Opera and Music theatre projects:
GENESIS. Opera of memory in 13 mise-en-scene
National Khanenko Museum, Kyiv, 2022
OPERA LINGUA, Music theatre in seven books
National Library, Kyiv, 2021
CHORNOBYLDORF. Archaeological Opera in seven novels
National Arsenal Museum Complex, Kyiv, 2020
GAZ, opera-dystopia  (dir. By Virlana Tkacz)
National Drama Theater, Kyiv, 2019
AEROPHONIA, futuristic opera  for air-plane and Ensemble 	Ivano-Frankivsk, stadium “Rukh”, 2018
Hamlet, horror-opera  (dir. By Rostyslav Derjypilskiy), trap-opera Wozzeck, opera-ballet ARK (dir. By Vlad Troitskiy, Nova Opera), 2017 
Babylon, opera-circus  (dir. by Vlad Troitskiy, Nova Opera), All-night opera neprOsti, 2016
IYOV, opera-requiem  (dir. By Vlad Troitskiy, Nova Opera), 2015

Venues and Festivals:
2015-2022
National Opera House, Kyiv Ukraine (2018, IYOV)
National Drama Theater, Kyiv Ukraine (2019, GAZ) 
Theater La Mama, New York, USA (2019, GAZ)
Festival Prototype, New York, USA (2018, IYOV)
Festival Musiktheatertage Wien, Austria (2019, GAZ / 2022 CHORNOBYLDORF)
Musikverein, Gläserner Saal, Austria (2017, IYOV)
Rotterdam O. Festival, Holland (2019, IYOV / 2022 CHORNOBYLDORF)
Macedonian National Opera, Macedonia (2017, IYOV)
Gdansk Shakespeare Theater, Poland (2016, IYOV / 2017 HAMLET)
Lublin, Center for Meeting of Cultures, Poland (2016, IYOV)
Saint-Mary Cathedral, Paris, France (2018, IYOV)
Radio Hall, Copenhagen, Danemark (2017, @arnaval)
Ars Electronica Festival Linz, Austria (2022, Lullaby for Mariupol) 
Helsinki, Music Center, Finland  (2022, Lullaby for Mariupol)
Milan, Triennale Milano Teatro  (2022, Lullaby for Mariupol)
Teatro Municipal São Paulo, Brazil (2023, CHORNOBYLDORF)
Theatre der Welt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2023, CHORNOBYLDORF)


Film music: 
“Chrysanthemum Day” (2023), 75 min, mystical sci-fi drama,  Dir. Simon Mozhovyi “Mother of Apostles” (2020), 125 min, drama, Dir. Zaza Buadza, “The Raid” (2019), 90 min, historical drama, Ukraine Dire. Sergey Lysenko “The Winter Garden’s Tale” (2019), 76 min, documentary, Dir. Simon Mozgovyi “Іn our Synagogue” (2018), 19 min, short, Dir. Ivan Orlenko “Myth” (2018), 90 min, documentary, biography, Dir.: Leonid Kanter, Ivan Yasnyi

Festivals and organisation: 
Roman Grygoriv and Illia Razumeiko are founders and artistic directors of the PORTO FRANKO festival (2010-2018, Ivano-Frankivsk, West Ukraine)  which for the seasons 2016-2018 was one of the largest multidisciplinary festivals of contemporary and performing arts in Ukraine. http://portofranko.com.ua/en/
Since 2020 they have been running an independent laboratory and production company for contemporary opera “Opera Aperta” in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Media Coverage
The Times, Richard Morrison Chorobyldorf review
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/.../chernobyl dorf-review-a…

The Telegraph, Chorobyldorf review
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/.../reviews-november-2022s.../

Harry Rolnick, “When Human’s Make Heaven and Hell”
https://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=12845

Theresa Wirth, “Wenn die Dystopie real wird”
https://www.diepresse.com/6188909/wenn-die-dystopie-real-wird

Kelly Sallivan, “theartsdesk in Kyiv - defiant new operatic epic in an empty gallery”
shorturl.at/eoUZ8 

The Claquers, ““We are at the epicentre of the war for Ukrainian culture”
https://theclaquers.com/en/posts/8913

Andryi Kolyada, Yuliia Bentia, “Chornobyldorf – Einige Lektionen zur Gestaltung der Zukunft”, Positionen
https://www.positionen.berlin/post/chornobildorf?fbclid=IwAR3SrX1rjiSnzu2qtrZ8osLvnzCcc2Z9eNQiAafcizOhFUrXFCSw0tECnvw

Michaela Preiner, “Chornobyldorf - a look back, and one forward”
https://www.european-cultural-news.com/en/chornobyldorf-musiktheatertage-wien/46800/

Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko

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