Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian culture ...

Can you name any Ukrainian composer? There is a reason why you probably cannot, even if you are a music lover and a regular visitor to concert halls. And that reason is not that Ukrainian classical ...

Famed Ukrainian-American composer Virko Baley celebrates his 85th birthday with the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival. Baley, one of the most eminent Ukrainian composers to settle in the West, is ...

Carrying forward the theme of Crossing Borders, 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 ...

With Ukraine entering a third year in its war against Russian aggression, the undaunted spirit and undeniable talent of the Ukrainian people will be on full display in the Capital Region as two ...

Courtesy of Anton Belov Roughly 20 young people from across the country will stay at Linfield University’s McMinnville campus starting this weekend to learn and perform as part of the Aquilon Music ...

Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv, professor of violin and viola and head of strings at the University of Connecticut, and Igor Leschishin, principal oboist of the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, Skidmore College invites the community to experience “Voices of Ukraine,” a moving celebration of Ukrainian culture through its rich musical ...

As Russian troops near the city of Pokrovsk, where a beloved Ukrainian composer wrote his most famous song — now known worldwide as "Carol of the Bells" — Ukrainians seek to safeguard his legacy. This ...

Editor's note: For the holiday season, the Kyiv Independent has created a unique collection dedicated to Carol of the Bells.