A ROUNDTABLE ON MUSIC AND MIGRATION

MARCH 27 | 6PM | 365 FIFTH AVENUE

Ahead of our fifth season and in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities and the Barry S. Brook Center of Music Research and Documentation, the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival presents a roundtable conversation of music and migration with musicologist Tina Frühauf, UCMF founder Leah Batstone, and composers Mykhailo Chedryk and Olga Zaitseva-Herz.

DEFENSE-DEFIANCE-DEDICATION

MARCH 28 | 7PM | 450 W 37TH ST

Since the start of Russia’s current war against Ukraine in 2014, Ukrainian music has taken on new purposes. Each of the works on this program has a function, but their utility goes beyond conventional music for use, such as entertainment or education. In the face of a decade of Russian aggression these works reveal how music can serve new purposes for composers and their audiences.

VIRKO BALEY AT 85

MARCH 29 | 7PM | 450 W 37TH ST

Famed Ukrainian-American composer Virko Baley celebrates his 85th birthday with the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival.

TRAVEL DIARIES

MARCH 30 | 7PM | 450 W 37TH ST

Each of the pieces on this program evokes a story of travel: escape, emigration, education and employment abroad, eternal farewell. The works of a young generation of Ukrainian composers are paired with established voices from Ukraine, including the country’s most famous living composer and two of contemporary music’s leading figures.

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UCMF AFTERDARK

MARCH 30 | 9PM | 101 READE ST

UCMF’s first ever after-hours event at Mriya Gallery in Tribeca. Performance by electronic-folk duo Hopanka from Montreal. Doors open at 8:30PM