The Dawn Has Risen: a playlist of Ukrainian music

Kyiv-based artist Aleksandra Ekster’s The Music Lesson, c.1925

Aleksandra Ekster, backdrop for a production by Alexandre Tairov, Moscow, 1924

By Lawrence Dunn, 24 November 2022

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“The text has already been written. We simply add our annotations, thoughts, astonishment and regret.”

Bachtrack, 22nd January

The Order of Princess Olha was bestowed on her on Ukraine's Day of Unity by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

EMCY connects young musicians together amid a disrupted Europe

Bachtrack, 9th July

A network of around 50 classical music competitions, EMCY has also been mounting unusual performance projects, which respond to the challenges posed by Coronavirus and the war in Ukraine.

Finding the complete piano player: Illia Ovcharenko

Cameron Kelsall, 27th December

The young Ukrainian pianist talks about winning the Honens International Piano Competition, his love for Ukrainian music, and being part of the Classeek Ambassador programme.

One big family: BRAND New gathers young musicians from across world

Peter Quantrill, 1st October

Since 2020, the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) have been running BRAND New, a series of unusual performance projects joining together young musicians from across the world.

How to run Europe’s largest digital opera house

Isabella Steppan, 22nd March

ARTE presents productions from 23 opera houses and festivals from 14 countries – all freely streamed throughout Europe. ARTE’s project manager Veronka Köver explains this huge digital undertaking.

An alternative choral Christmas

Hugh Morris, 21st December

Exploring choral selections from Sweden, Chile, Russia, Ukraine, Canada, Dominica and Nigeria, to bring a variety of festive splendour to the end of this year.

Lawrence Dunn

Lawrence is commissioning editor at Bachtrack. He is a composer, improviser, pianist and writer. He has taught at Cambridge, Huddersfield and Sheffield universities. He has written music for, among others the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, Slagwerk Den Haag, Philip Thomas, Juliet Fraser, Ilya Gringolts, Plus-Minus, Exaudi, Apartment House and Explore Ensemble.