Valentyn Bibik is the foundation, and so to speak, the base of the Ukrainian avant-garde. Bibik is a world-class composer. He was born and studied in Kharkiv, where he celebrated the premieres of his works and worked as a professor at the Art Institute.Like all composers of the avant-garde generation of the sixties, Valentyn Bibik was often "whipped" by the authorities of the time - his music was ...  Read More

Oleksiy Voytenko is one of those Ukrainian composers whose life and work can beobserved live, as he is our contemporary. Moreover, you can follow him on Facebook oreven become virtual friends. Ah, technologies of the 21st century!By the way, about technology - Oleksiy Voytenko received his first diploma at the KyivPolytechnic Institute, which, according to him, possesses its place in his business ...  Read More

The Cossack race has no translation! (Lame google translation of a famous Ukrainian saying)))The Ukrainian composer of the 20th century Vitaliy Kyreiko was proud of his ancient, glorious Cossack origin. Of course, in his time he no longer wore a sword and oseledets or chub (traditional Ukrainian haircut) on his head, but he fought just as faithfully for the national idea, thanks to his musical tal...  Read More

His name could appear in medical textbooks as a famous pediatrician or surgeon; we could visit the exhibition of his drawings and portraits. But we know him as a world-class composer, conductor, teacher, and musician. We talk of Mykola Kolessa. And it is all about this latter, musical side of his personality.   Read More

What is actually experimenting?Could it be Isaac Newton's games with a transparent prism to get an optical illusion? Or Erwin Schrödinger's cat-in-a-box theory? Could it be as well the selection of a new sort of radish by local agronomists?What about experiments in art? Is it common at all, and if so, in what way can it be done?Today's story is about Roman Hryhoriv - a Ukrainian composer, a genuin...  Read More

This week we present the figure of Denys Lytvynenko. Denys is known to many as a brilliant cellist . But he is also a professional composer. Denys Lytvynenko admits that he writes music throughout his life - he cannot imagine his existence in any other way.On Saturday, the ULC mobile app will feature his recording of the String Quartet No. 2 performed by the Phoenix Quartet, where the author himse...  Read More

While all Ukrainians are looking forward to tasting juicy Kherson watermelons (as his region is currently occupied by russia), the Ukrainian Live Classic audience will be among the first to enjoy a real Kherson "product". Of course, we are not talking about watermelons, and not even about tomatoes, but about the music of Yuriy Ishchenko, a Ukrainian composer from Kherson.  Read More

Who do you think could become the author of the first electronic and computer music manual in Ukraine? A trendy DJ, a successful rapper, or maybe some influencer who writes custom beats? Kind of banal, in my opinion.In fact, this respectable man is a composer, teacher, and public figure. Victor Kaminskyi (not to be confused with NK - Kamenskykh, as she is more associated with pop music, which is s...  Read More

"My father was a believer, a church deacon, my mother was a believer as well. I'm not from a family like the others - I'm from a rich one!" - the words of this Ukrainian internet meme could become popular long before it was released on YouTube. Namely because of Mykhaylo Verbytskyi, who, like the girl from that video, was "not from such a family". However, this did not lead him to begging, instead, he became a famous Ukrainian composer, musician, and priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.   Read More

On the Independence Day of Ukraine, August 24, he celebrates his birthday - his "little independence". A very extraordinary and bright composer, about whom I was often told the following: "he is one of the few in Lviv who is really well versed with classical music". What is then the secret of pianist, musicologist, and composer Oleksandr Kozarenko?  Read More

What is the life of Ukrainian emigrants like? Is it possible to succeed overseas? How not to forget about the Motherland? The hero of this story proves that even if you are far from your native land, you can remain a patriot. To be a well-known and successful foreigner according to the passport, but to remain a Ukrainian in the heart.   Read More

Imagine that someone created a chat with you on messenger adding there some famous person. What would you talk about there? About cats, affection, or maybe about cheese? As for me, I don't have to imagine, because I recently had a similar experience of correspondence with the Ukrainian composer and pianist Oleh Bezborodko. Therefore, cats, love, and cheese mean now more than just words.  Read More