Natalia Kirychuk – conductor

She was born in Volyn region.

She graduated from the Liudkevych Lviv Music College as a mandoline player. During her studies, she was a multiple winner of all-Ukrainian competitions. Since 2021, she has been studying in the bachelor’s degree program at the National Music Academy of Ukraine in the class of Viktor Ploskina (opera and symphony conducting).

She took part in master classes by Yaroslav Shemet (2019), Oksana Lyniv (2021), Viktor Ploskina (2023), Theodore Kuchar (2023), and Etienne Haan (2023).

She has been a member of the Student Scientific and Creative Society “Octopus” since 2021 (since September 2023, she has been the deputy chairman of the society), and as part of the team she has organized many events, lectures, and workshops for students in Kyiv and Lviv. As a member of the Octopus team, she is one of the organizers of the conducting master class by Theodore Kuchar in Lviv and the conducting workshop of new music with Etienne Haan in Kyiv.

She collaborated with the Dnipro Philharmonic Orchestra, the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Lviv Philharmonic, the Kyiv Opera Orchestra, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, and other ensembles.

Currently, she is the conductor of the National Guard of Ukraine.