Since 1980 she is a Professor of composition at Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Musical Academy. She successfully follows traditions of Odessa composition school. Among her pupils are laureates of National prizes and winners of international grants.

She is the leader of annual workshop for contemporary music at the International master-class for pianists (Biel, Switzerland, 2001).

She is the author of music material included in the textbook by O.Perepelytsya and K.Tsepkolenko “Artistic Games” (1990). Cycle of piano pieces “Tonocolori” from this book was awarded Prize of the International Composition Competition “Rendez-vous international du piano en Creuse” (Gere, France, 1990). She has published series of articles and reports dedicated to the method of the composition teaching.

She participated in many international festivals and forums. In particular, her works were performed at such important events as “World Music Days” of the ISCM (Bucharest, Romania, 1999; Yokohama, Japan, 2001), “Wien Modern” (Vienna, Austria, 1997, 1998), Internationales Pianoforum für Neue Musik "...antasten...“ (Heilbronn, Germany, 1995, 2001), “Summergarden” (New York, USA, 2000) etc. K.Tsepkolenko as the ANM President and a Chief delegate from Ukrainian Section of the ISCM participates in General Assembly and Annual festivals “World Music Days” starting from 1997.

She was awarded Diplomas and Prizes at Soviet All-Union composers’ competitions in Armenia and Russia (1978) and at international ones in Germany (1983) and France (1990, 1993). She got creative residences grants and fellowships from the Heinrich Böll Foundation (Germany, 1995), DAAD (Germany, 1996), “Brahms-Haus Foundation” (Germany, 1996), the ArtsLink Fellowship from “Internnational Renaissance Foundation” (Ukraine), “National Endowment for the Arts of the USA” (New York, USA, 1996), the residences in “Künstlerhof Schreyahn” (Germany, 1998), “Worpswede Künstlerhäuser” (Germany, 2000), “Die Höge” (Germany, 2002, 2003). Foundations “KulturKontakt” (Austria), “Pro Helvetia” (Switzerland), “International Renaissance Foundation” (Ukraine) granted her creative and cultural projects.

She is the author of more than 70 music works, including 3 operas (one - in international co-operation), 3 symphonies, concert for piano and symphony orchestra, 3 symphonies for chamber orchestra, performances and chamber music (instrumental and vocal instrumental) as well as electronic works.

A number of her works have been commissioned, among others, by the Culture Ministry of France for the "2å2m" Ensemble (premiered on January, 2004 - Paris, France, concert hall of the Theatre Le Trianon), the Dresden Center for Contemporary Music and the 17^th Festival "Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik" for the Ensembles Sur Plus and Accroche Note (premiered on October, 2003 - Dresden, Germany), the Foundation Pro Helvetia for the Klangheimlich Ensemble, the festival SPAZIOMUSICA (premiered on November 2003, Cagliari, Sassari, Italy), the foundation KulturKontakt for the Wiener Collage Ensemble and the "Vergessener Völker Müdigkeiten..." ("Forgotten Peoples' Exhaustions…") project, etc.

Series of her music works has been published in scores, produced on 11 CDs, and recorded by Broadcasting Companies in Ukraine, Germany, Denmark, France, etc.

During 1980s she came nearer to free atonality stylistically and has started to individualize musical forms of compositions on the grounds of scenario creative concept. After Darmstadt experience she approached to various trends of European New Music, using free models and post-modern stylistics. Peculiarities of her composition style are natural expression, dramatic theory in combination with preference to creation of novel forms: linear (sometimes expanded to chords and layers) and dialogic textures, performances and “festival-genres” (“Solo-solissimo”, “Solo-Momento”, “Duel-Duo”, “Card Game”). There are experiments in order to create novel form of sound material. In the process modeling of pieces she overcomes individualistic borders and traditional perception. She creates novel super gigantic spaces (festivals), which exist as a single synthetic action consisting of music, theatre, performance and visual art.

K.Tsepkolenko is the author of conception, founder and artistic director of the annual International Festival of Modern Art “Two Days and Two Nights of New Music” (Odessa, Ukraine, 1995 -). Unique character of this action consists in that it is modelling by the logics of composer’s thinking and author’s conception performing grandiose 48 hours event, where various kinds of art are organically mixed and exist according to the laws of own time.

In addition, K.Tsepkolenko is organizer of many artistic actions. Series of festivals and concerts were realized owing to her inspiration. The most popular are: “Wandering Art Academy” (Odessa, 1997-2000), “Prima Vista” (1997-1999), series of actions dedicated to the contemporary improvisation, plastic forms of art and many others cultural events and actions (total over 70).

She is the initiator of creation, a founder and Head of the Board of the International Public Organization Association New Music - Ukrainian Section of International Society for Contemporary Music/ISCM.

• First in Ukraine Musical Information Center for contemporary music/MIC was founded in 2000. Recordings and information about composers, performers, conductors, musical groups etc. are collected in database and library.

• CD-ROM “New Music of Ukraine - composers, works, performers: multimedia database” has been released (Odessa, 2001).

• Double CD-ROM “Candours of Mystery” - multimedia database of Ukrainian women composers - photos, texts and audiovisual information: about women composers, works and performers has been released (Odessa, 2002).

• The best recordings from seven editions of 2D2N have been released on three CDs (one is double).

• Website of Association New Music and Internet-journal “Musica Ukrainica” (Odessa, Ukraine, 2000-2002) have been created.

• English/Ukrainian Reference book “Contemporary Composers of Ukraine” with photos, biographies and complete lists of works has been published (Odessa, 2002).

› She is a member of Ukrainian Composers’ Union (1982).

› She was awarded the B.Liatoshynskyj National Prize (2001).