Kyiv Music Fest (), is an annual international

music festival A music festival is a festival, community event with music, performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock music, rock, blues, folk music, folk, jazz, classical music), nation ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, Ukraine, that profiles modern Ukrainian

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. The festival aims to promote Ukrainian musicians in the context of world art. It was founded by the

Ministry of Culture of Ukraine The Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications (MCSC), known previously as Ministry of Culture and Information Policy (MCIP), is the main state authority in the system of central government of Ukraine responsible for ensuring the informatio ...

and 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 membe ...

. The festival is held annually in late September to early October. The festival program features works by modern Ukrainian and foreign composers.

History

Kyiv Music Fest is an annual international

held in

, Ukraine. The festival was first held in 1990. It was the brainchild of the Ukrainian composer Ivan Karabyts, who was the festival's musical director from 1990 to 2001. The co-founders of the festival were the

and the

Karabyts was succeeded by the Ukrainian composer

Myroslav Skoryk Myroslav Mykhailovych Skoryk (; 13 July 1938 – 1 June 2020) was a List of Ukrainian composers, Ukrainian composer and teacher. His music is contemporary in style and contains stylistic traits from Ukrainian folk music traditions. Skoryk wa ...

, who served as music director from 2002 to 2005, and again from 2013 to 2019. The composer Ivan Nebesnyy directed the festival from 2006 to 2012; since 2020, its director has been the Ukrainian composer Ihor Shcherbakov. The festival is held annually in late September to early October. The festival, which features contemporary

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by composers of all nationalities, aims to promote Ukrainian musicians. The main venues of the festival have included the National Opera of Ukraine, the National Music Conservatory of Ukraine, the National Organ and Chamber Music Hall of Ukraine ( St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral), the Kyiv Conservatory, the Lysenko Column Hall of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, and the Kyiv House of Scientists of the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; , ; ''NAN Ukrainy'') is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine that is the main center of development of Science and technology in Ukraine, science and technology by coordinatin ...

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Programs for the festivals from 1990 to 2007
from the official website * XIX International Festival ''Kyiv Music Fest-2008'' (September 27 — October 5, 2008) �
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* XX International Festival ''Kyiv Music Fest-2009'' (September 25 — October 4, 2009) �
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* XXI International Festival ''Kyiv Music Fest-2010'' (September 25 — October 3, 2010) �
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* XXII International Festival ''Kyiv Music Fest-2011'' (September 24 — October 2, 2011) �
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* XXIII International Festival ''Kyiv Music Fest-2012'' (September 27 — October 8, 2012) �
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* XXIV International Festival ''Kyiv Music Fest-2013'' (September 26 — October 6, 2013) �
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* XXV International Festival Kyiv Music Fest-2014 (September 24 — October 5, 2014) �
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* XXVI International Festival Kyiv Music Fest-2015 (September 26 — October 4, 2015) �
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* XXVII International Festival Kyiv Music Fest-2016 (October 1 — October 9, 2016) �
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* XXIX International Festival Kyiv Music Fest-2018 (September 29 — October 8, 2018
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*XXX International Festival Kyiv Music Fest-2019 (September 27 — October 7, 2019)

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