Katia Tiutiunnik (born March 19, 1967, in Sydney, Australia) is a composer and scholar who has studied several languages as an adjunct to her research. She is of Ukrainian, Russian and Irish descent.
Tiutiunnik was the first Australian composer to be appointed visiting scholar at Columbia University, New York. She was also the first Australian to complete a residency at Charles Morrow Productions, New York, where she composed a work for three-dimensional SoundCube, presented in Cologne, in November 2005. Most recently, she was a Senior Lecturer in Composition at the Faculty of Music, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia, from March 2012 until April 2016 and an Honorary Research Associate at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the University of Sydney, from June 2010 until June 2016. In August 2016, Tiutiunnik was appointed Professor of Music at Sias University, Xinzheng, Henan Province, China where she worked until embarking on a privately sponsored sabbatical in South East Asia on November 20 2019. Tiutiunnik currently divides her time between Central America and Mexico.
Tiutiunnik has been awarded numerous international travel grants, commissions and other sponsorship from the government and private sectors.
Tiutiunnik earned her PhD from the Australian National University and was awarded the highest Italian postgraduate diploma from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, where she studied with Franco Donatoni. She obtained her BMus from Sydney Conservatorium, where she was awarded all three of their composition prizes. In December 2009, Tiutiunnik's PhD dissertation was published and released internationally.
Besides Franco Donatoni, Tiutiunnik's former composition teachers include Michael Smetanin, Larry Sitsky, Gillian Whitehead, Bozidar Kos and Richard Toop.
In March 2007, Tiutiunnik was invited to Saint Petersburg as part of festivities held in celebration of two hundred years of business relations between Australia and Russia. Prominent Russian musicians, including the Rimsky-Korsakov Quartet of Saint Petersburg and pianist Anna Shpagina, performed Tiutiunnik's works in a concert held in the Palace of the Saint Petersburg Composers' Society, as part of those festivities (Tiutiunnik performed the viola during the concert). Tiutiunnik also lectured at the Saint-Petersburg Conservatory of Music and was interviewed by Radio Maria. Tiutiunnik's travel to this event was funded by a sponsor and her concert and reception were sponsored by the Australian Embassy in Moscow, the Honorary Australian Consul in Saint Petersburg and others.
Tiutiunnik's music has been performed in Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan (including a historical performance of a symphonic poem dedicated to Queen Noor of Jordan, in September 1999 as part of the 28th General Assembly of the International Music Council), Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand the UK and the USA. Tiutiunnik has lectured worldwide and her works are held in numerous international libraries, including the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, Princeton University Library, Columbia University Library, Stanford University Library, the New York Public Library and many others.
Tiutiunnik's compositions have also been featured in theatrical productions at the Ensemble Theatre (Sydney, Australia), La Mamma Theatre (Melbourne, Australia), London (United Kingdom), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Off Off Broadway (New York City) and the Bronx (New York).
Presentations on Tiutiunnik's music have been given by Professor James Bicigo (of the University of Alaska Fairbanks), in Australia and the USA. Tiutiunnik's music has also been used for theatrical productions in Australia, the UK and the USA. Commercial CD recordings of her work include those by internationally renowned Australian flautist, Laura Chislett, distinguished Australian pianist, Stephanie McCallum, innovative Australian ensemble, Sideband, and Borealis Brass of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. 40 live and studio recordings of her works are commercially published by Alexander Street Press, as are over 35 of her scores. Other publishers include TauKay Edizioni Musicali (TEM), Italy, and Charles Morrow Productions.
In December 2009, the historic 'Borealis in Australis' tour featured over ten Australian performances of Tiutiunnik's compositions, by Borealis Brass of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Borealis Brass also completed a historic tour of Tanjung Malim, Shah Alam and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a guest of the Faculty of Music, Universiti Teknologi MARA,Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris UPSI) and Yamaha, Malaysia.
Tiutiunnik's music continues to be broadcast internationally and performed by numerous international artists, including Iwona Glinka, Bridges Collective, Elizabeth Reid, Roberto Fabbriciani, Vilma Campitelli, University of Teramo Flute Ensemble, Flutopia Flute Orchestra, Luis Casal, Emille Blondel, Bridges Collective, Pemi Paull, Merietta Oviatt, Giovanni Pattavina, Nathan Fischer, Alice Bennett, Laila Engle, Laura Chislett, Ross James Carey, Shaowen Tan, Chiara Dolcini, Beatrice Petrocchi, Sideband, Arya BastaninEzhad, Brad Gill, Jane Bishop, John Sharpley, Akiko Otao, Monica Moroni, Chiara Dolcini, Lachlan Dent, Kalin Yong, Roger Vigulf, the Arcko Symphonic Ensemble and others.
From September 2016 to November 2019, Tiutiunnik was was a violist in the Sias University Symphony Orchestra, Xinzheng, Henan Province, China and she also played the viola for a number of years in the Australian National University Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, as well as in the Sydney Youth Orchestra. Her most important viola teacher was the celebrated Australian violinist/violist, Tor Fromyhr. She has performed as a viola soloist in the Palace of the Saint-Petersburg Composers' Society, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney; LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore; Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Malaysia; UPSI, Malaysia; the Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music, Bangkok, Thailand; International House, New York, USA; Sias University, Xinzheng, Henan Province, China and in other international venues. As an erhu player, Tiutiunnik performed with the Sias University Chinese Traditional Orchestra from February 2017 to November 2019 and she has also given solo recitals on the erhu at the 2019 China-ASEAN Music Festival, Nanning, Guangxi Province, China; at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Kuala Lumpur; at Sias University, Xinzheng, Henan Province, China and Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China.
On March 4, 2020, Katia Tiutiunnik's flute and piano duo, The Quickening, performed by renowned Australian musicians, Laura Chislett (flute) and Stephanie McCallum (piano), was released on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC Classics album, Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers Volume 2.
Nights in Arabia for viola and orchestra (1992, revised 1998)
Noor for violin and orchestra (1998)
An Orientalist in Palestine for orchestra (2000)
Wonders of Babylon for trombone, wind orchestra and percussion (2001)
Mikhail for cello and orchestra (2005)
Redemption: Four reflections for viola and string orchestra (2016)
玫瑰 Méiguī : Roses for Chinese Traditional Orchestra (2017)
鲜花节 Xiānhuā jié : Festival of Flowers: Symphonic Jewels of the East No.I (2018)
Al'amut for piccolo, bass clarinet, harp and tubular bells (1993)
Arcano for oboe, clarinet, violin and harp (1993)
Sinan for oboe solo (1993)
Adone for flute, oboe clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1994)
Arà for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1995)
Hidayah for piccolo solo (1995)
Erato for clarinet solo (1995)
Apoteosi for piccolo, flute and alto flute (one player) (1995)
Mahdoom for trombone solo (1998)
Al-Kauthar for cello solo (1999)
Danza delle fate arabe for guitar solo (1999)
Lament of the Flutes for Dumuzi for flute and piano (1999)
Night Journey for string quartet (2000)
Al-Hisar for trombone, or viola, or cello solo (2001)
Canto di Enheduanna for flute, cello and piano (2001)
Tre Preghiere di Nabuccoduriussor for guitar solo (2001)
Prayer for viola solo (2002)
Rinascita for flute, trombone, mezzo-soprano, percussion and violin (2002)
Via Trionfale: Verso Il Loto Benedetto for horn, trumpet and trombone (2002)
Cities of the Gods, Cycle of 5 Works for cello solo (2004)
"Portal to Nibiru"
"Lament to Inanna"
"O Fair Daughter of Man!"
"Sacred Marriage in TILMUN"
"Ali Dorati dei Nefilim (Golden Wings of the Nefilim)"
L'Imperatore Amato for 2 trumpets (2004)
The Quickening: A Tribute to Jonathan Kramer for flute and piano (2005)
Who Is Like God?, Cycle of 4 Works for cello solo (2006)
"Exiled in Babylon"
"Embracing Dumuzi"
"Temple of the Sun"
"White Night"
White Night for viola solo (2006)
White Nights of Dreams for viola, tubular bells and tam-tam (2007)
La Passion de Jehanne for trombone and violin (2009)
Out of the Depths for brass quintet (2009)
Invocazione a Dumuzi for piano and violin (2011)
L'Embargo for viola and percussion ensemble (2011)
La Notte Bianca for violin (2011)
Inno a Dumuzi for countertenor and piano (2012)
Abbracciando Dumuzi for violoncello, vibraphone and togunggak ensemble (2012)
Malam Putih for 2 violas and togunggak ensemble (2012)
Elegia: Una Notte Bianca for trombone solo (2012)
Al-Falaq for trumpet, trombone, togunggak ensemble, 2 gendang and gong aggung (2013)
Ballando con la Vita for trombone and violin (2013)
Le Vie del Vento Divino for flute/ney, 2 bass flutes, contrabass flute and percussion (2013)
At-Taubah: A Meditation for 'Oud for 'oud solo (2013)
A Requiem for bass flute and vibraphone (2014)
Gioielli della Notte for contrabass flute solo (2014)
Notti Bianche d'Amore for bass flute or contrabass flute and tubular bells (2014)
Al-Laila: A Lamentation for 'Oud for 'oud solo (2014)
Az-Zuhoor: An Elegy for 'Oud for 'oud solo (2014)
Sacred Night for bass clarinet, violin and digital delay (2014)
Una Notte Sacra for bass flute or contrabass flute solo (2015)
Notti Sacre delle Nuvole Bianche for 2 flutes, alto flute, bass flute and tubular bells (2015)
Daripada Kedalaman for piccolo, 4 flutes and bass flute (2015)
Le Regine for violin, amplified gambus and gamelan ensemble (2015)
Tarian Takdir for amplified gambus, togunggak ensemble, 2 gendang and gong aggung (2015)
Ukiran Malam for viola, violoncello, tubular bells and digital delay (2015)
Festival des Roses for trumpet, trombone and gamelan ensemble (2015)
Roses : Reflections for flute, bass flute, tubular bells/vibraphone and tam-tam (2017)
神圣的夜晚 Shénshèng de yèwǎn : A meditation for bass flute, viola, tubular bells/vibraphone and tam-tam (2017)
Les Nuits Blanches des Rêves for oboe, tubular bells and tam-tam (2018)
拥抱重生 Yǒngbào chóngshēng for violin solo (2018)
Dansant avec la vie for flute and bass flute or flute and contrabass flute (2018)
与生活共舞 Yǔ shēnghuó gòng wǔ for flute and violin (2018)
挽歌：神圣的白夜 Wǎngē: Shénshèng de Báiyè for alto saxophone solo (2018)
Embrassant la Renaissance for oboe solo (2018)
拥抱重生 Yǒngbào chóngshēng : Embracing the Rebirth for erhu solo (2018)
禁运 Jìn yùn : The Embargo for oboe and percussion ensemble (2018)
Le Notti Bianche dei Sogni : for flute, tubular bells and tam-tam for flute, tubular bells and tam-tam (2018)
祷告 Dǎogào : Prayer for gaohu solo (2018)
祷告 Dǎogào for erhu solo (2018)
L'Abbraccio della Rinascita for bass flute and contrabass flute solo (2018)
Dumuzi's Embrace for viola solo (2018)
Una notte sacra for alto flute (2018)
玫瑰第三章节:白玫瑰献给死去的女王 Méiguī dì sān zhāngjié: Bái méiguī xiàn gěi sǐqù de nǚwáng for erhu and piano (2019)
L'Abbraccio della Rinascita for flute and bass flute solo (2020)
Una Notte Sacra per flauto in Do flute solo (2020)
Iluminada: Três Reflexões sobre Fátima, for recorder and harpsichord (2022)
"Sombras dos Segredos" for tenor recorder and harpsichord
"Rainha Resplandecente" for descant recorder and harpsichord
"Dança Sagrada" for tenor recorder and harpsichord
Bhairawa for piano solo (1995)
Agressi Sunt Mare Tenebrarum Quid in Eo Esset Exploraturi for piano (1996)
Rinascita for mezzo-soprano, trombone, percussion, violin and violoncello (2002)
Resurrection for massed choirs and two large percussion ensembles (2004)
To the Enemy for soprano and percussion ensemble (2004); text by Eva Salzman
Jehanne for soprano and viola (2007); text by Elisabetta Faenza
De Profundis Clamavi for soprano solo and women's and/or children's choir (2009)
Dumuzi, Priest and King for 3 Dimensional Sound Cube and viola, Charles Morrow Productions (2005)
Voices in the Night for multi channelled cello and voices (2006); text: Lucy Aponte; cello: David Pereira; voices: Anthony Michael Tiutiunnik and Katia Tiutiunnik
John Antill Composition Scholarshipi
Don Banks Memorial Scholarship
Alfred Hill Prize
Katia Tiutiunnik plays the erhu, having studied the instrument during her years in China, where she also played erhu in the Sias University Chinese Traditional Orchestra, Xinzheng, Henan Province. She has performed her own erhu compositions several international concerts.
She is passionate about the study of foreign languages and research pertaining to ancient religions, ancient history, Chinese history and culture, Mesopotamian mythology, pre-Columbian civilizations in Latin America and Islamic mysticism.
Dr. Katia Tiutiunnik's high school education was completed at Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta and
North Sydney Girls High School.
She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the University of Sydney, where she won all three composition prizes on graduation.
Dr. Tiutiunnik gained her PhD from the Australian National University, where she also completed advanced studies in Arabic, as an adjunct to her research.
She also earned the highest Italian postgraduate title available in composition, the Diploma di Studi Superiori di Perfezionamento, from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, where she studied with Franco Donatoni for 2 years.