Valentina Antonyuk

Valentina Antonyuk is a Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano, vocal teacher and professor at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. An Honoured Artist of Ukraine, she has premiered and championed the vocal works of her son, composer Valeriy Antonyuk. His cantatas on poems by Federico García Lorca and Alexander Pushkin were written specifically for her voice and its distinctive timbre.

Alongside her performing and teaching career, she is a poet, prose writer, art critic and scholar with a doctorate in cultural studies. Her research includes the linguistic and cultural foundations of solo singing.