Premieres of the Season is an international music festival founded by the
Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy ( uk, Міністерство культури України) or MinCult is the main state authority in the system of central government of Ukraine responsible for country's cultural development a ...
and the Kyiv Organization of the
National Union of Composers of Ukraine
The National Union of Composers of Ukraine (ukr: ''Національна спілка композиторів України'') is a public organization that unites Ukrainian composers and musicologists working in academic music. Potential memb ...
on December 1, 1988. The initiator and music director of the festival is Ukrainian composer
Ihor Shcherbakov
Ihor Shcherbakov (born 19 November 1955 in Dnipropetrovs’k) is a Ukrainian composer. He won a 1999 Shevchenko National Prize for "Trap for a witch". Since 2010, he is President of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine
The National Union ...
. Since 1989, it has been held annually in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
,
Ukraine
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, in the Spring, from late March to early April. In 2015, it was held from May 24 - June 1.
Concerts
The festival traditionally presents symphonic, chamber, choral, and opera music performed by the best Ukrainian and foreign ensembles and soloists who are widely known in the world. The festival is a member of one of the world's most famous associations of music and theater festivals — the International Society for Performing Arts (ISPA). The festival program consists mainly of premieres of works by Ukrainian composers, but international composers have also premiered there.
Concerts of the festival are held in the Column Hall of the
National Philharmonic of Ukraine
The National Philharmonic of Ukraine ( uk, Національна Філармонія України), often referred to as Kyiv Philharmonic and ''National Philharmonic'', is a complex of two adjacent concert halls in the Khrestchaty Park in ...
, the Large and the Small Hall of the
NMAU, the House of Organ Music, the House of Scientists, and other halls.
Concerts start at 12:00, 4:00 and 7:00.
Publications
The festival also includes scientific conferences, master classes of composers and performers, presentations of new printed publications, CDs, video and audio recordings of new works, and creative meetings with outstanding artists.
20th anniversary
On April 5 — 10, 2010, the 20th Anniversary International Festival of the Kyiv Organization of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine "Musical Premieres of the 2010 season" was held in Kyiv.
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25th anniversary
On May 24 — June 1, 2015, the 25th International Festival of the Kyiv Organization of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine "Musical Premieres of the 2015 season" was held in Kyiv.
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See also
* Chopin Music In The Open Air
Chopin Music In The Open Air or Chopin Fest is an annual international festival of music of Poland, Polish composer Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). It is held in a historical and cultural complex Radomysl Castle, The Radomysl Castle (Radomyshl, Zhy ...
* Kyiv Music Fest
Kyiv Music Fest ( uk, Київ Музик Фест), is an annual international music festival in Kyiv, Ukraine that profiles modern Ukrainian classical music aiming to promote Ukrainian musicians in the context of world art. The co-founders of t ...
* LvivMozArt
The LvivMozArt festival is an annual international classical music festival held in Lviv and Brody, and their surroundings, in Ukraine. It is named in honor of Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who lived in Lviv from 18 ...
* Ihor Shcherbakov
Ihor Shcherbakov (born 19 November 1955 in Dnipropetrovs’k) is a Ukrainian composer. He won a 1999 Shevchenko National Prize for "Trap for a witch". Since 2010, he is President of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine
The National Union ...
* National Union of Composers of Ukraine
The National Union of Composers of Ukraine (ukr: ''Національна спілка композиторів України'') is a public organization that unites Ukrainian composers and musicologists working in academic music. Potential memb ...
* Ministry of Culture (Ukraine)
The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy ( uk, Міністерство культури України) or MinCult is the main state authority in the system of central government of Ukraine responsible for country's cultural development a ...
* Ensemble Nostri Temporis Ensemble Nostri Temporis (ENT) is a Ukrainian ensemble that specializes in performing contemporary classical music and promoting the work of contemporary composers, including Ukrainian. Ensemble Nostri Temporis also organizes art events in Ukraine ...
* Two Days and Two Nights of New Music
Two Days and Two Nights of New Music ( uk, Два дні й дві ночі нової музики) or 2D2N ( uk, 2Д2Н) is an annual 48-hour music festival held in Odesa, Ukraine. The festival features new music from both Ukrainian and intern ...
References
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External links
на сайте Национального союза композиторов Украины
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20051112054149/http://www.zn.kiev.ua/nn/show/482/45602/ О.Злотник Музика зблизька
Програма фестивалю на 2006 рік
ПРОГРАМИ КОНЦЕРТІВ ХХ ФЕСТИВАЛЮ «МПС-2010» (2010 рік)
Music in Kyiv
Classical music festivals in Ukraine
Annual events in Ukraine
Culture in Kyiv
Music festivals in Ukraine
Music festivals established in 1990