Ludmila Yurina was born in Uzyn ( Ukraine) , graduated from Kyiv Music College as a pianist in 1981 and from Kyiv State P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservatoire as a composer in 1990, completing her post-graduate courses there in 1998. She was a Visiting Scholar at the CCRMA, Stanford University in 2011 and 2023/24.

 She attended workshops with eminent musicians P.-H.Dittrich, Irvine Arditti, H.Zapf, G.Staebler, J. Durand at the Rheinsberg Music Academy as well as with Helmuth Lachenmann and Wolfgang Rihm in Dresden ( Germany).

  Since 1990 Ludmila Yurina has worked as Associate Professor of Department of composition at the National Music Academy of Ukraine specialising in composition, orchestration, symphony scores reading ( and two courses). She was a guest -composer to flute workshop at the Rheinsberg Music Academy in 1999, was invited to give a lecture about contemporary Ukrainian music there in 1999 to Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart in 2006 ( both in Germany), to Texas Christian University in 2008 and 2011 ( USA), to City University New York Graduate Center aka CUNY in 2020 and to the Stanford University ( CCRMA, 2022).

 In 2010 she got a grant from the Fulbright Foundation for scholarship in Stanford University, CCRMA ( USA).

 In 1999 her name was included in the reference book Who is Who (Delaware, USA).

 Yurina participated in numerous international festivals; her works have been performed in Germany, France, Ukraine, USA, Canada, Italy, Finland, Estonia, Israel, Moldova, Poland etc. She has collaborated with well-known German performers as cellist Matthias  Lorenz , trombonist Dirk Amrein, pianist Stefan Eder, Carin Levine, Sinfonietta Dresden, New music ensemble XelmYa, Ensemble Timbre Actuel. Her music also have been performed by Network for New Music Ensemble, San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, MAVerick Ensemble, Symphony orchestra of Northwestern University, renowned Grammy-winner pianist Nadia Shpachenko, Karen Bentley Pollick, Trio Ravus, Edo Frenkel, Laura Ospina (USA), Borealis Brass( Canada), Pierre- Stephane Meuge( France), Ivo Nilsson(Sweden),Orchestra of Ukrainian Television and Broadcasting company, National symphony orchestra of Ukraine, Kyiv Camerata, percussion ensemble Ars Nova, TanzLaboratorium Dance Company ( Ukraine).
  Recording of her music were produced on the CD "Two Days&Two Nights of New Music: festivals 1998-2000" , "Roman Holidays" of Borealis Brass ( Canada), " Women and War and Peace" of pianist Katelyn Bouska , Radio Deutsche Welle ( Germany), Ukrainian Independent Radio ( Chicago, USA), WPRB ( Princeton, USA), Canadian Broadcasting ( Edmonton), Ukrainian National TV and Radio Company.

 Her works are published by Muzychna Ukraina Publishing House (Ukraine), Frederick Harris Music Publishing ( Canada), Furore Verlag, Certosa Verlag ( Germany), TEM Taukay Edition ( Italy), Terem-Music-Verlag ( Switzerland), Donemus ( Netherlands).
  Ludmila Yurina is an organiser and co- director of the three festivals of contemporary Ukrainian music in USA - in Fort- Worth in 2008 and 2012 and of Ukrainian contemporary music festival in New York in 2020.

 She is a member of National Ukrainian composers' Union, Association New Music ( branch of ISCM), National Association of composers USA NACUSA, IAWM, SEAMUS  and ASCAP (USA).
 Since 2022 Yurina works as music composition and piano teacher in Bay Area ( California, USA). Among her students are winners of international competitions in USA, Austria, Ukraine and Spain.

Grants, scholarships, awards : 

• - "Brandenburgishes Colloquium fuer neue Musik" , Rheinsberg, Germany ( 1996-1998)
• - Experimental Studio of Suedwestrundfunk ( SWR, Freiburg) of Heinrich - Stroebel- Foundation ( Baden -Baden, 1999) , 
• - Composer-in-residence in Kuenstlerhof Schreyahn , Niedersachsen ( Germany , 1999-2000) 
• - prize-winner of the International competition "Torneo Internationale di Musica" (2000, Roma , Italy)
• - Grant from Ministry of research, art and science in Baden-Wuerttemberg ( Freiburg, Germany, 2001)
• - Special grant from Major of the Kyiv-city O.Omelchenko (2003)
• - Composer-in-residence at the VICC (Visby, Sweden, 2005,2006) 
• - Borys Lyatoshynsky`s National Award ( 2008) 
• - Grant from Fulbright Foundation to the Stanford  University, CCRMA (USA,  2010/11)
• - Kossenko`s  Award from  NCUU and  Ministry of culture( 2014)
• -  Lysenko National Award from NCUU and Ministry of culture (2016)

• Related links:
• http://www.youtube.com/monodia
• http://SoundCloud.com/ludmilayurina
• http://ccrma.stanford.edu/people/liudmyla-iurina
• http://music.apple.com/us/artist/ludmila-yurina/466043153
• http://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/composer/Yurina%2C+Ludmila