Galina Grigorjeva

Galina Grigorieva is the author of numerous choral, chamber instrumental and orchestral works, laureate of the Heino Ellera (2003), Eesti Kultuurkapital awards (2003 and 2013), Ela ja sära scholar (2007), holder of the Order of the White Star IV degree (2014), laureate of the Blagovest Foundation (2015).
She graduated from the Simferopol Music College, studied at the composer department of the Odessa Conservatory (class of Professor Alexander Krasotov). Then she continued her studies at the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, from which she graduated in 1991 in the composition class of Professor Yuri Falik. In 1994-1998 she studied at the master's degree at the Estonian Academy of Music under the guidance of Professor Lepo Sumer. Currently studying for a doctorate at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater, teaching composition and orchestration.