Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival — New York
The Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival showcases Ukraine’s complex and unique contributions to contemporary music through performance and discussion with scholars, musicians, and composers. The festival engages the intersection of new music, contemporary events, and the culture of Ukraine.
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UKRAINIAN COMPOSER DATABASE
Each year UCMF expands its database of Ukrainian composers. Here you can find English-language biographical information and links, where applicable, for every Ukrainian composer we have ever presented.
SCORES AND FURTHER INFORMATION
If you are looking for a score of a work performed at one of our festivals, please contact us. A number of online resources for musical scores and information concerning Ukrainian composers is available online.
LECTURES AND TALKS
Scholarly presentations, roundtable talks and panels recorded at UCMF — a companion to the works archive, with lecturer biographies and links to the recordings.
Press
April 2, 2024
Hope and commemoration at the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival in New York — review
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January 29, 2024
The Opera “Chornobyldorf” Channels Ukrainian Rage and Sorrow
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March 19, 2023
Review: Protecting and Defending Ukraine’s Cultural Identity
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December 20, 2022
“Carol of the Bells,” a Christmas Staple From Ukraine, a Century Later
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December 6, 2022
Ukrainians sing ‘Carol of the Bells’ at Carnegie Hall, 100 years after its U.S. debut
READ MOREA living archive of Ukraine’s contemporary music — by the numbers.
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