Her works have been performed by leading contemporary music ensembles, including Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Scope, Ensemble Proton, Ensemble Cairn, Esbjerg Ensemble, Kwartludium Ensemble, Syntax Ensemble, Nostri Temporis Ensemble, Trans-For-Matha Ensemble, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna, Kompopolex Ensemble, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Hanatsu Miroir, Black Page Orchestra, Ensemble Chromoson, and Pony Says trio.
Katarina Gryvul is the founder and director of Gryvul School, with over 15 years of teaching experience. More than 100 students have completed Gryvul School programs in composition, music theory, electroacoustic music, and music production. She has given master classes at Sorbonne University and FH Salzburg, led workshops for women and queer participants at Transition to 8 and was currating "sweet spot" at Limina festival.
Education
Postgraduate Studies — Electroacoustic Composition (Gaude Polonia), Krakow Music Academy
MA — Computer Music & Sound Art, University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz
MA — Violin Performance, Lviv National Music Academy
BA — Acoustic Composition, Lviv National Music Academy
Katarina Gryvul is an internationally active composer, sound artist, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist working across contemporary ensemble music, electroacoustic composition, immersive spatial audio, sound installation, and music for visual media.
Her practice integrates acoustic instruments, electronics, and spatial sound, with a strong focus on timbre, embodiment, and listening space. She composes for ensembles, orchestra, film and animation, as well as ambisonic, multichannel, and acousmonium-based formats, with works presented in concert, installation, and interdisciplinary contexts.
As a performer, she works with violin, voice, piano, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, cytra, Buchla Easel, and different analog synths.
She has received commissions from major institutions and festivals, including Radio France (FESTIVAL Présences), Warsaw Autumn, Musikprotokoll, Gaudeamus, Mixtur, Rainy Days, INA GRM, MUDAM And many others.
As a performer, she has appeared at major international festivals including CTM, Rewire, L.E.V., Lunchmeat, Nuits Sonores, Ars Electronics, Luxembourg Art Week and many others