Viktoria
Grynenko

Viktoria Grynenko is a Ukrainian-born, multifaceted artist based in Edmonton, Canada. In addition to violin performance, she also focuses on research and educational projects that involve rarely performed works for violin. Her efforts have been encouraged by Canadian and international organizations, such as the KUN Foundation, the Strauss Foundation, and by the Edmonton Artists Trust Fund Award. Building on her Ph.D. thesis obtained in 2021 from the University of Alberta and exploring relationships between violin and dance performance, Grynenko continues her active involvement in multi-disciplinary projects with local and international dancers. Recent highlights include her participation in the Mozarteum Summer Music Academy (Salzburg, 2019), conference presentations and performances at the Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini (Lovere, 2023), the Institute for Musicology and the Institute for East European History of the University of Vienna (Vienna, 2023), as well as a residency with the New Chamber Ballet (New York, 2024). In 2023, Viktoria Grynenko released her debut album Violin in Movement, showcasing little-known works composed or arranged for violin and piano and relating to ballet and dance. She studied with Liudmyla Skorokhod and Leonid Shukhman in Ukraine, and with Oleg Pokhanovski, Yehonatan Berick and Guillaume Tardif in Canada.