Olena Zhukova

The 3rd Virtuosos of the Planet Festival, initiated by the International Charitable Fund of the Vladimir Horowitz Competition, has just ended in Kyiv. This annual festival is supported by the Kyiv City State Administration and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine. The festival...

The Mykola Lysenko Secondary Special Music School of Kyiv recently presented “Five Soirees of Performance Art.” The concert programs, dedicated to the 165th birthday of the outstanding Ukrainian composer after whom the school is named, featured symphonic, choral, and piano music; works for strings...

Young soloists and masters alike recently took part in an evening of romances at Ukraine’s National Opera. The program combined romances from the classical repertoire and popular works used in home musical performances, beloved by several generations of listeners. There were works by Ukrainian and...

The program of the Kyiv Music Fest included symphonic, choral and chamber pieces, a few solo works, a workshop entitled “Ukrainian Music of the 1920s,” and a number of other memorable events. About 200 musical works by various composers — from old masters to the latest artistic achievements of...

Dmytro Tkachenko, the artistic director and spirit behind this year’s music festival, is a wonderful violinist and the winner of several prestigious international contests. The administrative tasks and painstaking work involved in organizing this event did not prevent the musician from elating his...

The National Philharmonic Society recently hosted a concert of works by Rossini, which are rarely heard on the Kyiv stage. This time the celebrated Italian composer, who is known for his operas and many other virtuoso works, was presented to the audience in a somewhat unusual manner. His great...

A concern marking Natan Rakhlin’s 100 th anniversary recently took place at the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine. The great maestro was artistic and temperamental. He was a musician who could play practically any instrument. He was familiar with all symphonic repertoires and always promoted...

Yevhen Hromov’s studio and the Student Academic Society recently staged the “1960s Kyiv Avant-Garde” project (school of Borys Liatoshynsky) at the National Music Academy of Ukraine. The recital, dedicated to Ukrainian piano music, featured the works of Valentyn Sylvestrov, Leonid Hrabovsky, Vitaliy...

The Day has recounted in detail how this opera came to be. It is staged by an energetic team consisting of the young stage director, Anatoliy Solovianenko, in collaboration with such distinguished veterans as conductor Ivan Hamkalo, production designer Maria Levytska, choirmaster Lev Venedyktov,...

The Kyiv branch of the National Composers’ Union of Ukraine hosted a press conference devoted to the preparations for the Nicola Visalli Microtonal Music Competition. The competition is organized by the Individualis Concert- Producer Center, the National Composers’ Union of Ukraine, and Maestro...