Vitalij Kuprij

Vitalij Kuprij (em ucraniano: Віталій Купрій; (Ucrânia, 7 de Julho de 1974 - EUA, 20 de fevereiro de 2024) foi um tecladista ucraniano, notório por se trabalho com as bandas Artension ,Trans-Siberian Orchestra e Ring of Fire. Faleceu em 20 de fevereiro de 2024, de ataque cardíaco.

Prêmios

Entre os prêmios que ganhou, estão:

• First prize do prestigiado "All Union Chopin Competition", União Soviética.
• First prize do "the Chicago Piano Competition";
• First prize do "the New York Piano Competition";
• First prize do "the Cleveland Piano Competition";

Discografia

Solo

• High Definition (full-length, 1997)
• Extreme Measures (full-length, 1998)
• VK3 (full-length, 1999)
• Works of Liszt and Chopin (full-length, 2001)
• Forward and Beyond (full-length, 2004)
• The Modern European Tradition (full-length, 2005)
• Revenge (full-length, 2005)
• Glacial Inferno (full-length, 2007)
• Glacial Inferno & Revenge (compilation, 2007)
• 12 Months of the Year (full-length, 2008)

Com a banda "Ring of Fire"

• The Oracle (2001)
• Burning Live in Tokyo (2002)
• Dreamtower (2003)
• Battle of Leningrad (2014)

Com a banda "Artension"

• Into the Eye of the Storm (1996)
• Phoenix Rising (1997)
• Forces of Nature (1999)
• Machine (2000)
• Sacred Pathways (2001)
• New Discovery (2002)
• Future World (2004)

Com a "Trans-Siberian Orchestra"

• Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night) (2012)
• Letters From the Labyrinth (2015)