Peter J. Schmelz is a Professor in the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature at Johns Hopkins University specializing in 20th and 21st-century music. His primary interests lie in Soviet…
“Festive,” “cheerful,” “joyful” … Definitions offered by etymological dictionaries for the Latin word festivus are indescribably far from what Ukrainians are experiencing today. What kind of festivals can we talk…
Zoltan Almashi is widely known and one of the most accomplished Ukrainian cello players. On stage, he seems very focused and serious, but at the same time, he is a…
Since the spring of 2022, musicians from military bands stationed in Mariupol and the Ukrainian military who defended Mariupol from the Russian invasion have been held captive in Russia. Three…
Sagardía, a composer based in Berlin, is known for his multifaceted artistic experiences ranging from musical and theatrical performances to film scores, chamber experimental compositions, and popular music. In this…
French-Israeli Conductor Gaddiel Dombrowner has proved lately to be one of the most promising conductors. He has won many prizes at conducting competitions such as the 1st prize at the…
Roman Hryhoriv is a well-known Ukrainian composer. Together with Ilya Razumeiko, he co-founded the Opera Aperta, Laboratory of Contemporary Opera and co-created the operas and multimedia performances Chornobyldorf, Opera Lingua,…
Bohdan Ivakhiv has been a soldier of the Third Separate Assault Brigade since last year. Previously, he worked as a conductor of the Luhansk Philharmonic in Severodonetsk, and before that…
Despite the war, artistic life in Ukraine continues and is gaining new momentum. This year, the newly created All-Ukrainian chamber music festival “Mirror”, launched in the walls of the Lviv…
Ein Interview mit der Bratschistin Kateryna Suprun über das Projekt »Mriya« in Berlin, Musik nach dem 24. Februar, Aufführung und Management, Träume und noch größere Hoffnungen. Dies ist ein Versuch,…
