On August 7, the project Nerti will be presented in Ukraine, a work that transforms the violin through electronics, vocal improvisations, noise, and field recordings. Lithuanian artists Lora Kmieliauskaitė and…
At the beginning of the 10th international masterclasses of new music Course, which took place in February in the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic, the composers-mentors provided public presentations of…
Yurii Kerpatenko was a Ukrainian conductor, accordionist, and a composer. He led the orchestras of the Kherson Philharmonic and the Kherson Music and Drama Theater, toured abroad, and was one…
On 22 November, Andreas Scholl, one of the world’s most famous countertenors, made his first visit to Ukraine as part of Kyiv Baroque Fest. During the week, the musician lived…
Thomas Bruns`s creative vision has given life to over 1,000 concerts, projects, and opera productions in collaborating with Berlin’s most esteemed cultural institutions. He initiated co-operations between the various actors…
Ivan Kuzminskyi was a leading researcher of Ukrainian early music. He had a Ph. D. in Musicology and was the author of dozens of scientific publications. His career developed rapidly,…
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…
