Yevhen Kuryshev

Solo concert of Illia Zuiko, a laureate of international competitions and a second year student at the academy’s piano department, studying under Professor Anatolii Hudko, was an outstanding event in the diverse program of the festival. His evening performance was part of the series “...

A vocalist’s solo concert is an extraordinary event in the modern music world. On such occasions the emotional and physical burden is such that domestic (and even more so foreign) stars of academic art prefer collective performances. Figuratively speaking, one may include opera productions among “...

Indeed insuperable is the longing of the human soul for the beautiful, the consummate, and the elevated, which is why sometimes quite eccentric cultural projects are made possible. As the case may be, in this context Kyiv burghers can be hardly surprised by the enthusiasm of some of their fellow...

St. Andrew’s Church, a splendid architectural site, currently part of the national St. Sofia’s Cathedral of Kyiv culture preserve, became a musical venue during the past summer theatrical and concert season. Located in the historical center of Kyiv, attracting crowds of residents and numerous...

Despite the calamities raging in Central Europe (floods in Germany, the Czech Republic, and Austria), Berlin effectively hosted its regular festival of youth symphony orchestras. For the first time the organizing committee invited the student symphony orchestra of the Ukrainian National Academy of...

The French composer’s charming music could serve as a symbol of European romanticism and undisguised human emotion. The brilliant Bizet lived a life as tragically short as that of the Spanish Romni Carmen, heroine of Prosper Merimee’s story. Both fell prey to unbridled tragic passions. Carmen died...

Along with the national flag, emblem, language, and sovereign territory, almost every European country has its musical symbol embodying the national character, coloration, and people’s talent. In the case of Hungary in Central Europe, it is Franz Liszt, a brilliant nineteenth century composer (1811...

The National Opera’s luxurious audience was packed with students — future musicians, dancers, choreographers, stage directors — filling even the passages in the gallery. The occasion was very special, actually a dual one: the long-anticipated season opening and the building’s centennial. A...