Mykola Tymchenko

Near the ancient Polish city of Krakow, there is a small town of Oswiecim. Here, during the Second World War, the Nazis established the largest camp complex, which the entire world knows as Auschwitz, using its German name. It consisted of a concentration camp, a death camp, and a forced labor camp...

Jazz Koktebel is one of the largest and most prestigious events of its kind in Europe, involving well-known musicians from around the world. 2013 is its 11th year.The first day’s stage will feature Petter Molvaer, a cult trumpeter, joined by a famous Norwegian DJ and producer Jan Bang who...

The president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili is treated in different ways. Some call him an authoritarian leader, while others praise him for reforms he conducted in Georgia, which was literally consumed by corruption before. Therefore, a lot of Ukrainian politicians, experts, and journalists...

For ten days, Kyiv was invaded by music. Qualifying rounds of the Fourth Mykola Lysenko International Music Contest were held at four main concert hall of the Ukrainian capital. This contest became a final chord of the number of festivities dedicated to the anniversary of Mykola Lysenko, an...

The event was dedicated to the closing of the exhibit “Normandy in Paintings,” held in our capital. The exhibit in Kyiv has closed, but starting on November 15 it will be available at the Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum (where it will last through January 13, 2013). As a reminder: almost...

ART KYIV Contemporary, or just “Art-Kyiv” has been held for the 7th time, and this time organizers assure that the format of the event has been changed; now it is a forum, not a fair. Mystetsky Arsenal displays exhibits from 20 galleries from six countries: Ukraine, Austria, Russia,...

Let us remind that Stankovych wrote folk opera Koly Tsvite Paporot (When Fern Blossoms) in the mid-1970s, and its full version was first played on April 8, 2011, at the Music Premieres of the Season festival, 33 years after it was written! On that day the author could not be present at the...

This exhibit in Kyiv is a logical ending of the eponymous international documentary photo project, which has already been shown in six Ukrainian cities. Scenes of military conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somali, Iraq, and the Caucasus were captured by such worldwide known photographers as...

The Second International Festival Book Arsenal, which took place from October 4 to 7 at the National Culture and Art Museum Complex “Mystetsky Arsenal,” graphically showed the future of paper books, and defined their fate and possible ways of development in the digital era. It is...

This year’s GogolFest – an especially unexpected and pleasant holiday, is taking place from September 21 through 29. Even the director of the festival and its inspirer Vladyslav Troitsky could not believe until the last moment that the festival will take place. At the same time,...