2026 Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: Mosaics
Thu, Mar 19, 2026
7:30 PM–9:00 PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018.
The seventh season of the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival celebrates the theme of Mosaics, highlighting the rich diversity of peoples, landscapes, and musical practices that make up Ukraine’s cultural identity today. Through a series of concerts, conversations, and multimedia presentations, the festival invites audiences to experience Ukraine’s living musical tapestry—from Austrian waltzes to Crimean jazz to Jewish folk traditions and cutting-edge chamber works—revealing the vibrant intersections between past and present, tradition and innovation. A complete list of programs and performers appears below.
Tickets start at $35 and pay-what-you-can tickets are available for students and military veterans with valid ID. For tickets and full festival information, visit ucmfnyc.com/mosaics.
UCMF 2026: Concert Listings
PLACES
March 19, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. | The DiMenna Center for Classical Music — in collaboration with International Contemporary Ensemble
Alla ZAHAYKEVYCH (1966–) Vela Invecti*
Ostap MANULYAK (1983–) Branching*
Victor KAMINSKY (1953–) Voice of the Mountains*
Anna KORSUN (1986–) Terricone**
Ivan NEBESNYY (1971–) Five Minutes After Leaving the Bomb Shelter*
PEOPLES
March 20, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. | The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Anna HURINA (2003–) Narod* (for electronics)
Renata SOKACHYK (1990–) Crimean Songs* (for voice and piano)
Julia GOMELSKAYA (1964–2016) Hutsulka Dance* (for piano and percussion)
Yuri ISHCHENKO (1938-2021) Six Jewish Melodies* (for violin and piano)
Józef KOFFLER (1896–1944) Variations on a Waltz by Johann Strauss (for solo piano)
Alla ZAHAYKEVYCH (1966–) Rituel* (for voice and electronics)
Oleksandr SHCHETYNSKY (1960–)Music for Kharkiv* (for solo piano)
*US premiere
**world premiere arrangement
Featured performers: Teryn Kystasty-Kuzma, voice and bandura; Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin; Steve Beck, piano; Sean Statser, percussion; Anna Shelest, piano; Melvin Chen, piano
PRACTICES
March 21, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. | The DiMenna Center for Classical Music — in collaboration with The Rhythm Method
Stefania TURKEVYCH (1898-1977) String Quartet No. 1
Alla ZAHAYKEVYCH (1966–) String Quartet No. 2*
Boris LOGINOV (1990–) sleep during insomnia*
Ihor ZAVHORODNII (1988–) Music That Leaves Itself*
Valentyn SYLVESTROV (1937–) Icon
Hanna HAVRYLETS (1958–2022) For Maria*
*US premiere
UCMF AFTER DARK
March 21, 2026 |Doors Open at 9:00 pm | Event begins at 10:00 p.m. at 154 Orchard Street
For our third UCMF Afterdark,* hosted at Close-Up on the Lower East Side, Ukrainian-Crimean jazz pianist Usein Bekirov joins New York–based musicians for a dynamic, cross-cultural jazz collaboration.
*This event is free for all Festival ticket-holders.
Usein BEKIROV (1982–) performs selections from Eastern Kaleidoscope
The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY and the CUNY Adjunct Incubator with the Gittell Urban Studies Collective are proud co-partners and supporters of the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival organized by Leah Bastone.
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