Halina Kanstancinaŭna Harełava, also known as Galina Gorelova (Belarusian: Галіна Гарэлава; Russian: Галина Горелова; born 5 March 1951), is a Belarusian contemporary composer.
Biography
Harełava was born in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR (now Belarus), and studied music at the National Conservatory in Minsk with Dźmitry Smolski, graduating in 1977. After completing her studies, she took at position teaching theory and composition at the Conservatory. She received the State Prize of Belarus in 1992 for Anno mundis ardentis.[1][2]
Works
Harelava's works incorporate elements of Belarusian folk themes, and she is noted for children's compositions.[1] Selected works include:
Liryčnaja kantata [Lyrical Cantata] (traditional Belarusian texts) for female chorus and orchestra, 1979
Anno mundis ardentis (P. Antokol'sky, G. Appolinaire, L. Aragon, V. Bryusov, S. Kirsanov, A. Rimbault, A. Tarkovsky) for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra, 1989
Tysiača hadoŭ nadzieji [A Thousand Years of Hope] (poets of the 10th–20th centuries) for female voice and orchestra, 1990