Cooperation programme for art musicians
Sforzando
Kyiv, 2021 - 2022
Programme manager
Sforzando
Kyiv, 2021 - 2022
Programme manager
SFORZANDO is a programme developed by the Ukrainian Institute for the international representation of Ukrainian musicians at the world’s major events in the field of academic music.
It facilitates the mobility and creativity of musicians, promotes the exchange of ideas and experiences, and introduces the international cultural arts community to Ukrainian classical and contemporary art music. The programme is based on cooperation with major international festivals, institutions, and academic music venues. Our partners are institutions, organizations, and companies that have experience, infrastructure, a network of local contacts, and are part of the international professional community.
The SFORZANDO programme gives musicians an opportunity to attend a musical event abroad and perform before an international audience. The participants are selected from the Ukrainian Institute’s Music Catalogue by a special panel that includes representatives of a partner company.
Performance repertoire for the event is selected jointly by the Ukrainian Institute, a partner company, and the musicians. When selecting participants, the organizers take into account the special features of the event that set it apart from other festivals, the peculiarities of the host country, and the professional skills of the musicians. Works published in the Chamber Music Anthology will be recommended for performance at the events.
Within the framework of the SFORZANDO programme, in 2021, the Ukrainian Institute collaborated with two festivals:
The 49th Istanbul Music Festival, where Orest Smovzh (violin) and Nazar Stets (double bass) will perform as a duo in the Music Route section of the festival
Musikprotokoll (Graz, Austria), where the Danapris String Quartet performed.
In 2022, at Musikprotokoll (Graz, Austria), the creative work of Katharina Gryvul and Kateryna Suprun was presented.