Katarina Gryvul is a composer, sound artist, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and the founder and director of the Gryvul School. Her work spans contemporary ensemble music, electroacoustic composition, immersive spatial audio, sound installations and music for visual media.
She has often felt a sense of not belonging, an experience that has profoundly shaped her relationship with sound. For Katarina Gryvul, music becomes a means of expressing what eludes language and, at the same time, of constructing her own language. She regards sound as a form of boundary: something that can both separate and connect, protect and expose. When this boundary feels unstable, sound can act as a support system, helping to maintain a sense of integrity and direction.
Through this approach, Katarina Gryvul works with timbre, density and contrast to shape a musical language that is not merely heard, but is also physically experienced. Her practice oscillates between acoustic and electronic sound, often exploring the physical, spatial and psychological dimensions of listening.
An internationally recognised Ukrainian artist, Katarina Gryvul has performed at events including Ars Electronica, Rewire, CTM, the L.E.V. Festival, Nuits Sonores, the Festival Présences (Radio France) and Luxembourg Art Week, amongst others.
