Violist
Valentyna Bugrak graduated from the National Music Academy of Ukraine by Tchaikovsky. Was a member and toured with in the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. 2007 – violist in the Kiev Symphony Orchestra, from 2008 – member of the National Ensemble of Soloists “Kyiv Camerata”, guest violist in “Kyiv virtuosi orchestra”, ”Kyiv Mozart orchestra”, “Kyiv Youth Orchestra”, “Ukraine freedom orchestra”. As a chamber musician, she is a part of numerous Ukrainian ensembles with violin, piano, harp trio, quartets and quintets.
Valentyna Bugrak participated in the 41st International Viola Congress in 2013 in Krakow, Poland as a representative of Ukraine and Ukrainian music.
Valentyna has given numerous recitals and concerts with many orchestras of Ukraine, including Kyiv Kamerata National Ensemble, Lviv National opera, the Symphony Orchestra of Poltava, the Chamber Orchestra of Vinnytsia, the Symphony Orchestra of Chernihiv, the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Ternopil , the Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra of Zaporizhzhya, the Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra of Cherkasy and more. Іn 2018, Valentyna Bugrak received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine