The winner of the contest for the extraordinary ending is

Vitaliy Kyianytsia

Vitaliy Kyianytsia (b. in 1991) is a young Ukrainian composer and pianist. He has been born in the city of Kyiv, having started his musical education at the age of 6. As of this moment he is an Assistant Postgraduate at Kyiv National P. Tchaikovsky Music Academy. Vitaliy has received awards from the juries of several International competitions such as Orleans Piano Competition 2016 (Andre Boucourechliev Prize), Karl Filtch International Piano Competition 2009 (Sibiu, Romania), Anton Rubinstein Competition for perfomers-composers (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009) in the nominations of both pianists and composers as well as the Stipend by the Wagner Society (in 2010) with the rights of attending Bayreuther Festspiele 2010 and of performing his own works. Vitaliy was Composer in Residence in Druskininkai (Lithuania, summer 2012). In 2015 Vitaliy attended Impuls Academy for New Music in Graz and had several lections and consultations with major contemporary composers and pianists. Vitaliy's music has been performed in Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Germany, Romania, Russia, France at the famous festivals and concert halls. He is a permanent participator of major Ukrainian Festivals and concerts as a composer and pianist. He is one of the founders of SED CONTRA Ensemble (Kyiv), being its pianist as well. In his capacity of a composer, Vitaliy has so far authored near 30 vocal and cameral-instrumental oeuvres, as well as Concert for Piano with Orchestra, which premiered in 2013 accompanied by National Stage-Symphonic Orchestra of Ukraine and Symphonietta for chamber orchestra. Vitaliy has participated in the Master Classes by Dmitry Kourliandsky, Carola Bauckholt, Sergey Newsky, Gerhard Stäbler, Martin Smolka, Hans Abrahamsen, Chaya Czernowin, Klaus Lang, Wolfgang Mitterer, Philippe Manoury, Simon Steen-Andersen, Jurgen Kruse (Ensemble Modern) and others. As a pianist he performs free jazz both solo and with ensembles and orchestra, also Vitaliy is specialized on New Improvisational Music and had a great experience in this genre. In 2015 Vitaliy was in residence "Gaude Polonia" in Warszawa, where with professor Zygmunt Krauze he improved his composition and piano technique and learned masterpieces of Polish Contemporary Music. To listen some recordings - https://soundcloud.com/vitaliy-kyianytsia