Kateryna Kravchenko is a Ukrainian jazz singer and composer (born 1999).

Raised in the small town of Balta, she began playing the piano when she was four and has been singing jazz since she was eleven.

“I remember how excited I was when I heard the first jazz recording my singing teacher, Volodymyr Kaminskyy, showed me. It was like opening the door to a whole new mysterious world that I wanted to enter. I became curious and decided that one day I really want to be a jazz singer.”

In order to get a better insight into the Ukrainian jazz scene, Kateryna decided to leave her parents' house in 2014 and move to Odesa. There she devoted herself more intensively to her musical education, networking with other musicians and taking part in competitions, concerts and television productions.

In 2018 she left Ukraine to begin her music studies at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden. In addition to her studies, Kateryna Kravchenko founded her first quartet. After surprisingly winning the ensemble competition at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden and third prize at the Blue Note Poznan Competition in Poland, Kateryna decided to intensify her work with the ensemble and expand it musically. Last but not least, the success of the competition gave her band the opportunity to perform on larger stages, such as the Dresden Jazz Days, the Staatsschauspiel Dresden or the European Center for the Arts in Hellerau. They also got the opportunity to record their debut album "Stories", which was released in October 2020.

“I've dreamed of starting a band for a long time. I wanted to discover myself, experiment, write music and work with musicians from different countries. This project has made a very significant contribution to my musical development. The album “Stories” is the result of this process.”