Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter - violinist with a broad musical spectrum as a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral musician and teacher.
She is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including:
1st prize at the VI Agustín Aponte International Competition in Spain (2021)
1st prize at the "CullerArts" International Violin Competition in Spain (2019)
1st prize at the "Martha Debelli" Competition in Austria (2018)
3rd prize at the "Premio Citta di Padova" International Competition in Italy (2018)
3rd prize at the "Luigi Zanuccoli" International Competition in Italy (2016)
1st prize at the "Bistrički zvukolik" International Competition in Croatia (2015)
1st prize at the 53rd Chamber Music Competition in Croatia (2015)
3rd prize at the "Francesco Geminiani" International Violin Competition in Italy (2014)
1st prize at the ''XX. LIONS GRAND PRIX'' International Chamber Music Competition in Croatia (2014)
1st prize at the "Young Virtuoso" International Violin Competition in Croatia (2013)
3rd prize at the ''Eugen Coca'' International Violin Competition in Moldova (2011)
As a soloist, Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter has performed with renowned orchestras, including the RTVE Symphony Orchestra Madrid, Orquestra de València, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, Lviv Chamber Orchestra, Ivano-Frankivsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Girardi Ensemble.
As a chamber musician and soloist Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter regularly performs at internationally renowned music festivals, including "Oxford Chamber Music Festival" (Great Britain), "Arsonore" (Austria), "Next Generation" (Switzerland), "Nei Sound Dei Luoghi" (Italy), "Alpenarte" (Austria), "Olive Classic" (Croatia), "MusicConnects" (Switzerland), "Spielfelder Kulturtage" (Austria), "Lech Classic Festival" (Austria), Ostinato International Chamber Music Festival (Croatia), "Khmelnytsky Chamber Music Festival" (Ukraine), "F.A.M.I " (Spain), "Virtuoso" (Croatia), "Smetana Festival" (Czech Republic), "Beethoven Frühling" (Austria), "Vaduz Classic" (Liechtenstein).
In addition to her solo career, she has gained a wide range of orchestral experience in the Vienna Philharmonic Summer Academy, Orchestra of the State Theater at Gärtnerplatz (Munich), Tonkünstler Orchestra (Vienna) and Zagreb Philharmonic. Her chamber orchestral collaborations include appearances with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra, Zagreb Soloists, Con Fuoco Chamber Orchestra, Tyrolean Chamber Orchestra.
From 2021 to 2024, Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter served as concertmaster of the Liechtenstein Symphony Orchestra. She has also appeared as guest concertmaster of the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra, Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra and Ensemble Esperanza.
Since 2016 she has been a member of the Ensemble Esperanza, which consists of scholarship holders from the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein. The ensemble was awarded the ICMA "International Classical Music Awards" for its CD recording. The soloist ensemble also received the prestigious German music prize for classical music, the "OPUS KLASSIK" for the "best promotion of young talent of the year".
Alongside her performing career, Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter is deeply dedicated to teaching young musicians. She has been teaching violin since 2014 and regularly works with young violinists and chamber music ensembles. She serves as a chamber music coach at the Music Academy of Liechtenstein during the Intensive Weeks program and is also invited as a guest lecturer to give masterclasses in Croatia.
Since 2017, she has been playing in a duo with the Ukrainian pianist Anfisa Bobylova. Together they perform a wide-ranging repertoire and regularly take part in concert projects and chamber music festivals.
Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter received her first violin lessons at the age of six. She studied at the music high school in Kharkiv in the class of Prof. Sergey Evdokimov and later continued her education at the Solomiya Kruschelnytska music high school in Lviv in the class of Prof. Mariya Futorska.
In 2017, she graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Zagreb in the class of Prof. Leonid Sorokow. Tetiana subsequently completed her master's degree with distinction at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in the class of Prof. Priya Mitchell.
In 2023-2024, Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter received valuable artistic inspiration from internationally renowned concertmasters at the Stauffer Center Cremona as part of the "Concertmaster Artist Program".
She is also graduate of the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein and has received scholarships from Jeunesses Musicales Germany and the International Summer Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Throughout her artistic development, Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter has received important musical impulses from distinguished musicians including Ana Chumachenco, Boris Kuschnir, Rainer Honeck, Anton Barakhovsky, Vesko Eschkenazy, Roman Simovic, Lisa Schatzman, Ana Weinmeister, Laura Marzadori, Dora Schwarzberg, Ingolf Turban, Boris Brovtsyn, Maria Milstein, Oleh Krysa, Kees Koelmans, at the Summer Academy with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with members of the Alban Berg Quartet, the Cuarteto Casals and the Juilliard String Quartet.
Tetiana Lutsyk-Gräter performs on a fine Italian violin made by Giulio Cesare Gigli, around 1760.