Olena Ilnytska was born in 1977 in Ternopil, Ukraine. From 1996 till 2001 she attended course of Composition at class of Ivan Karabyts in the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. In 2004 she finished a post-graduate studying at the same institution (class of Myroslav Skoryk). In 2010, she participated in the scholarship program of the Ministry of Culture of Poland "Gaude Polonia", she did an internship at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music (Katowice) in the composition class of Alexander Lason. Since 2005 she has been a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. Since 2001 she has teached musical composition, music theory and solfège at musical schools and Academy of music. Participant of contemporary academic music festivals "Kyiv Music Fest", "Youth Music Forum", "Season Premieres", "Contrasts", "Kyiv Premieres", "Days of Ukrainian Music in Warsaw". Winner of the Grand Prix of the Composers' Competition for the best competition work "Workshops of Interpretation of Contemporary Music 2019". Participant of Pandemic Media Space project (2020/2021). She is an author of chamber and symphonic works.