30 years of the oldest Ukrainian contemporary music festival. This is an entire era, and at the same time, the moment when we look back: to evaluate, rethink, establish paradigms and outline new visions. Today, it is especially noticeable how the festival invisibly turns its pages, reflecting on how it was born and how it developed. In the 1990s, the formation of modern Ukrainian music took place at “Contrasts”, this year we will present the newest environment of the Ukrainian music scene in its brightest diversity.

In this year’s festival program, you will find both symphonic events with a jazz ground, and experimental improvisations of newly formed ensembles together with electronics.

30. International festival of contemporary music
Contrasts. RETROSPECTRUM

Lviv / 27.09–6.10.2024

13 events that combine unexpected premieres and avant-garde models

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Liudkevych Concert Hall

September 27, Friday

19:00

Anniversary Opening

Sofia Solovey, soprano
Andrii Karpiak, flute
Jozef Ormeny, piano
Lidia Futorska, violin
Ustym Zhuk, alto
Oksana Lytvynenko, cello
Academic Chamber Orchestra “Lviv Virtuosos”
Volodymyr Syvokhip, conductor

The program includes works by Valentyn Sylvestrov, Myroslav Skoryk, Ihor Shcherbakov, Yevhen Stankovych, Oleksandr Kozarenko and Yurii Laniuk

September 28, Saturday

17:00

90 years of Union of Ukrainian Professional Musicians

Oleksandr Zaitseva, piano
Anastasia Koziar, piano
Ilia Bazenko, piano

The program includes works by Nestor Nyzhankivskyi, Zinovyi Lysko, Antin Rudnytskyi, Vasyl Barvinskyi and Mykola Kolessa

September 28, Saturday

20:00

New Music: Odesa-Lviv

 Ensemble of new music “Senza Sforzando”
Tatyana Muliar, soprano
Nazar Kravchenko, flute
Serhii Balinskyi, violin
Mykhailo Bezchastnov, cello
Oleksandr Perepelytsa, piano, artistic director

The program includes the works of Ostap Manulyak, Man-Ching Yu Donald, Andrii Merkhel, Asmati Chibalashvili, Mykhailo Shved, Xingzimin Pan, Bohdan Sehin, Kira Maidenberg-Todorova, Anastasiya Lozova and Karmella Tsepkolenko

September 29, Sunday

18:00

Anima

Tamara Lukasheva, vocals
INSO-Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Roman Kreslenko, conductor

The program includes original works and arrangements by Tamara Lukasheva

October 1, Tuesday

19:00

Conversation With Time

Oksana Rapita, piano

Myroslav Dragan, piano

Andrii Hetman, drums

Dmytro Oliinyk, drums

The program includes works by Marian Kuzan, Andrzej Nikodemovych, Volodymyr Runchak, Hennadii Liashenko, Bohdana Frolyak, Bohdan Sehin and Bela Bartok

October 2, Wednesday

19:00

Ukrainian Quintet

String Quartet “Phoenix”:
Mykola Haviuk, violin
Petro Titiaiev, violin
Anna Bura, alto
Denys Lytvynenko, cello
Violina Petrychenko, piano

The program includes the piano quintets of Vasyl Barvinskyi and Borys Liatoshynskyi

October 3, Thursday

19:00

Ukrainian Variations

Liliia Nikitchuk, mezzo-soprano
Volodymyr Zatsikha, violin
Roman Balko, trumpet
Dmytro Oliynyk, percussion
Bozhena Ivanyshyn, harp
Zhanna Mykytka, piano (UA/AU)
Myroslav Dragan, piano
Lviv Chamber Orchestra “Academy”
Ihor Pylatiuk, artistic director and conductor
Arthur Mykytka, director and concertmaster

The program includes works by Markus Göring, Bohdana Frolyak, Olha Kryvolap, Myroslav Skoryk and Yurii Reshetar

October 4, Friday

19:00

Stanislav Liudkevych 145

Nataliia Gordieieva, violin
Violina Petrychenko, piano

The program includes works by Stanislav Liudkevych

October 5, Saturday

MARATHON

17:00

Voinych Patterns

Roman Feshchak, saxophone, electronics
Mark Tokar, double bass
Norbert Rodenkirchen, transverse flutes, electronics (DE)
Liubko Mariash, percussion
Ostap Manulyak, electronics

Idea: Norbert Rodenkirchen and Ostap Manulyak

 19:00

Spirit And Breath

Nataliia Kozhushko-Maksymiv, flute

The program includes works by Bohdan Sehin, Viktor Kaminskyi, Serhii Vilka, Liubava Sydorenko, Zoltan Almashi, Maksym Kolomiiets, Renata Sokachyk, Ostap Manulyak and Yurii Pikush

Implementation of the Grant of the President of Ukraine

21:00

Kurtag. Games

Emilia Carolina Sitarz, piano (PL)

The program includes works by György Kurtág and improvisations by Emilia Sitarz

October 6, Sunday

15:00

Contemporary Cello

Lviv National Opera, Mirror Hall

Mariia Khodakivska, cello
Anastasiia Zokhniuk, cello
Olha Kulchytska, cello
Bohdan Havrylov, cello
Nataliia Pelekh, piano

The program includes works by Yevhen Stankovych, Liubava Sydorenko, Alberto Ginastera, Witold Lutoslawski, Myroslav Skoryk and Mariia Khodakivska

October 6, Sunday

18:00

Closing of Festival

 Anna Ivaniushenko, harpsichord
Academic Chamber Orchestra “Lviv Virtuosos”
Vincent Kozlovsky, conductor (PL)

The program includes works by Yevhen Stankovych, Oleh Bezborodko, Yurii Pikush, Liubava Sydorenko and Zbigniew Bujarski