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![]() | Irina Petrik (USA) American opera singer of Ukrainian origin (soprano). Voice professor at the College of Saint Rose in Upstate New York. Director of the Children’s Theater in Saratoga. Musical director with Saratoga Children’s Theatre and music director at Capital District School of Ukrainian Studies in Watervliet, New York. Guest soloist at the Opera Skagafjordur in Reykjavik at the Harpa National Concert Hall (Iceland), New York City Ballet and Orchestra, at the Opera Saratoga, Chicago Opera Theater, Syracuse Opera, Arizona Opera House, at the Hubbard Hall Opera Theater (Vermont), at Commonwealth Lyric Theater (Boston), San Francisco Lyric Opera, Mosaic Arts Opera, Proctors Theater in New York, Lowell House Opera at Harvard University, Pittsburgh Opera House, New York State Capitol. |
![]() | Yulia Tkach (Ukraine) Honored Artist of Ukraine. Associate Professor of the Department of Choral Conducting at the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. Ph.D. in History of Arts. Artistic director and chief conductor of the Academic Choir of the National radio of Ukraine. Laureate of the M.Lysenko Prize. Member of the All-Ukrainian Musical Union. Member of the Coordinating Council of the All-Ukrainian Mykola Leontovych Music Society. Member and head of the jury of many All-Ukrainian and International art competitions. Member of the commissions of competitive auditions for professional choral groups in Kiev. Conductor-producer and author of cultural programs «Public: UА» with the participation of the Academic Choir of the National radio of Ukraine.
Over the years of work with the Academic Choir of the National radio of Ukraine she have made more than 160 records in the fund (stock and broadcast) of the Ukrainian Radio. About 600 concert performances of the collective were held on the stages of Kiev, Ukraine, Europe, Africa. She actively popularizes national choral art in Ukraine and abroad: International festivals in Kiev, Lutsk, Zhitomir, Kirovograd, Chernigov; performances in the best concert halls in Europe and Africa; the philharmonic halls of Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw, Lodz, Bialystok, the Ice Palace and St. Mary’s Church in Krakow, the amphitheaters and coliseums of El Jem, Carthage and others. |
![]() | Dmitry Pritula (Ukraine) Honored Artist of Ukraine. Associate Professor of the Odessa National A.V.Nezhdanova Academy of Music. Chief Conductor of the Orchestra of the Academic Ensemble of Ukrainian Music, Song and Dance «Tchaika» of the Odessa Regional Philharmonic, created jointly with the artistic director of the ensemble – Yuriy Saakyants. The Academic Ensemble is the owner of the Grand Prix of the 6th National Competition of Folk Choreography named after Pavel Virsky.
Dmitry Pritula hold a leader position (volinist) in Ensemble of Ukrainian Music, Song and Dance «Tchaika» of the Odessa Regional Philharmonic. He is also a composer and arranger. Jury member of many International and All-Ukrainian festivals. |
![]() | Natalia Gaponenko (Poland) Pianist, tutor-coach in working with opera and chamber singers.
She is actively invited to accompany many leading singers at numerous International competitions in Poland and in other countries of Europe and in the world. In 2019 she accompanied Ruslania Koval (soprano) at the XVI International Stanislav Moniuszko Competition in Warsaw – laureate of the IV prize. |
![]() | Igor Okhrimenko (Ukraine) Honored Art Worker of Ukraine. Chief Choirmaster, Conductor and Arranger of the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. For a long time he worked as a choirmaster of the National Choir Capella of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine «Golden Gate». He was a co-founder and choirmaster of the «Oriana» chamber choir. of Ukraine, he took part in the concert «Welcomes Ukraine» at the Sloviansky Bazaar in Vitebsk. |
![]() | Ulyana Makeeva (Ukraine) Concertmaster of the oboe group of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Concertmaster of the oboe group of the National Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra (2013-2020). She worked in the orchestra of the Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, in the Academic Symphony Orchestra «Philharmonic» (Chernigiv), the Youth Academic Symphony Orchestra «Slobozhansky» (Kharkiv).
Laureate of international and All-Ukrainian competitions: named E. Koki (Chisinau, Moldova), «Blue Bird» (Simferopol), «Kharkiv Assemblies» (Kharkiv), competition of young performers named after D.Bida (Lviv), competition of performers named after V.Antonov (Kyiv). |
![]() | Konstantin Rittel-Kobilyansky (Germany) Opera singer (baritone). He is a descendant of the great Ukrainian writer Olga Kobylyanskaya. His repertoire, in addition to the programs of classical vocal music, also contains the best works of European and American pop music. After a personal acquaintance with Mick Jagger («Rolling Stones») Konstantin performed his composition «Sympathy For The Devil» with great success at the international festival in Freiburg (Germany).
The singer’s repertoire includes the leading parts of the baritone: Don Giovanni («Don Giovanni» by W.A.Mozart), Count Almaviva («The Marriage of Figaro» by W.A.Mozart); Aeneas («Dido and Aeneas» by G.Purcell); Doctor Malatesta («Don Pasquale» by G.Donizetti), Heinrich («Lucia di Lammermoor» by G.Donizetti); Albert («Werther» by J.Massenet); Escamillo («Carmen» by J.Bizet); Peter («Hansel and Gretel» by E.Humperdinck); Prologue by Tonio («Pagliacci» by R.Leoncavallo); Wolfram («Tannhäuser» by R.Wagner), Dutchman («The Flying Dutchman» by R.Wagner); Eugene Onegin («Eugene Onegin» by P.Tchaikovsky); Aleko («Aleko» by S.Rachmaninov); Prince Igor («Prince Igor» by A.Borodin); Marcel («La Boheme» by G.Puccini), Scarpia («Tosca» by G.Puccini); Rodrigo («Don Carlos» by G.Verdi), Amonasro («Aida» by G.Verdi), Renato («Masquerade Ball» by G.Verdi), Germont («La Traviata» by G.Verdi), Count di Luna («Troubadour» by G.Verdi), Don Carlos («The Force of Destiny» by G.Verdi); Symphony No.14 by D.Shostakovich and other parts. |
![]() | Elena Karandeeva (Ukraine) Honored Artist of Ukraine. Ballet soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine named after I. T.G. Shevchenko. |
![]() | Maxim Apostolov (Ukraine) Honored Artist of Ukraine. Soloist of the the Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (since 2000). Soloist of the Honoured Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Attended the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (1996-2000). Soloist of the State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music named after Oleg Lundstrem (1992-1996). Soloist of the jazz-rock group «Prestige» (since 1990). |
![]() | Elena Sanzhara (China) Concertmaster of the double bass group in the Venus Symphony Orchestra (since 2014). Concertmaster of the double bass group at the ZPO Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at the Ji Shou University of the Arts (since 2019). UHSO Ukrainian Honored Symphony Orchestra at the Zhangjiajie Theater (2018-2019). Orchestra of Kharkov Academic Theater of Musical Comedy (2005-2007), with the folk-rock group «GraFfika» (2002-2005). |
![]() | Alexander Malyshko (Ukraine) Soloist (baritone) and Head of the Opera Company of the Astrakhan State Opera and Ballet Theater (since 2011). Guest soloist of the Mariinsky Theater (since 2016). In 2016 at the Mariinsky Theater he sang the part of Andrei Bolkonsky in the premiere of Sergei Prokofiev’s opera «War and Peace» conducted by Valery Gergiev. During the XXIV «Stars of the White Nights» Music Festival he sang the parts of Andrei Bolkonsky and Eugene Onegin. |
![]() | Inessa Poroshina (Ukraine) Soloist of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine (piano). She is actively involved in concerts in Ukraine, toured Poland, Armenia, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and other countries of the world. Has performed piano concertos by Mozart, Grieg, Beethoven, Chopin and other composers with leading orchestras of Ukraine. with many foreign and Ukrainian soloists and singers. At the invitation of the ESS.A.Y.RECORDING company, she recorded 6 solo CDs in New York – with piano miniatures by A. Lyadov and with all solo piano works by A. Dvorak (today this is the only project in the world). |
![]() | Andrey Litvinenko (Macedonia) Dancer, choreographer, director of classical and modern dance styles, director of acrobatic performances, stage combat director. Soloist of the National Ballet of North Macedonia (2016-2020). Soloist of the Salzburg State Theater (2014-2016). Soloist at the Tyrolean State Theater in Innsbruck (2010-2014). Soloist at the Augsburg City Theater (2008-2010). Soloist in Peter Shaufus Ballet (2004-2008). Soloist at the National Opera of Ukraine (2000-2004). Representing his skills as a ballet dancer in Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Tasmania, Denmark, Norway, Mexico, United Stats of America, Austria, Former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, United Kingdom etc. He was in touch with a world ballet stars dancers, teachers and choreographs like Peter Schaufuss (English National Ballet), Adam Luders (ABT), Isold Lendvej, Robert Conn (Stuttgart Ballet), Irzik Galili, Bridgite Breiner (Stuttgart Ballet), Gaetano Soto, Davide Bombane, Andre Gingra, Peter read moreBreuer (Deutsche operam Rheim), Peter Andersen, Elizabet Clobourg (Royal DanishBallet), Vasily Medvedev, Natalia Horecna (NDT, Hamburg Ballet), Martino Muller (NDT, Stuttgart Ballet) etc. His ballet dancer performances: «Raymonda», «Swan Lake», «The Nutcracker», «Sleeping Beauty», «Hamlet», «Man by the Sea», «Diana», «Andersen», «The Red Room», «Samson and Delilah», «Scheherazade», «Don Quixote», «Walpurgis Night», «Carmen», «Class Concert», «Carmina Burana», «Platform», «No Comments», «My Ottelo», «The Village on Fire», «Letters from Others», «Dark Nature», «Sweet, Sweet, Sweet», «Kansonni», «Multi Moons», «I-romour», «Alice in Wonderland», «Ultra Aggressive», «A Soldier’s Story», «Pulcinella», «Nights», «Pay», «Garald», «The King», «The Midnight Express», «Chippolino», «La Bayadère», «Romeo and Juliet», «Giselle», «Sylphide», «Petrushka», «The Night Before Christmas», «La-la-la», «Song over Song», «Georg Trakl», «Faust», «Beethoven», «This is Me», «Madame Butterfly», «Frida Kahlo», «Blues in the Rock», «Satisfaction», «Coco Myths», «The Fall», «Narnia» and others. |
![]() | Tamara Kalinkina (Ukraine) Honored Artist of Ukraine. Leading soloist of the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine (soprano). Soloist of the Kiev National Academic Operetta’s Theater (2004-2010). Guest soloist at Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa (Warsaw, Poland), National Opera of Macedonia (Skopje, Macedonia), Teatro San Carlo (Naples, Italy), Dubai Opera (United Arab Emirates), Teatro Amazonas (Manaus, Brazil), Teatro Sergio Cardoso (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and the others.
Her repertoire includes works by P. Tchaikovsky, M. Musorgsky, G. Verdi, G. Puccini, V. Mozart, A. Dvorak, J. Bizet, G. Rossini, R. Leoncavallo, C. Gounod, M. Lisenko, S. Gulak-Artemovsky, R. Strauss, I. Kalman and other composers. |
![]() | Victor Topol (Ukraine) Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (since 2008). He is one of the co-founders of the Krivoy Rog youth creative center «Splav» (1985), «Experimental Creative Laboratory» (1986), «Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art» (1990), cultural and creative association «AЯ» (1991) and the first in Ukraine «Museum of Contemporary Art» (1992).
Since 1990, together with Vyacheslav Strannik, he has been developing the «Rekiton» style (interacting with space). |
![]() | Tetiana Miyus (Austria) Soloist (soprano) at «Opera Graz» (Austria) since 2015. Soloist at «Opera Graz» Studio (Austria) – 2012-2014. Guest soloist at Stadttheater (Hesse, Germany), Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Darmstadt, Germany). composition («Peer Gynt», E.Grieg), Suzanne («Le nozze di Figaro», W.A.Mozart), Melisande («Arianna and Bluebeard», P.Duke), Corina («l viaggio a Reims», G.Rossini), Marzellin («Fidelio», L. van Beethoven), Xenia («Boris Godunov», M.Mussorgsky), Katya («The Passenger», M.Weinberg), Leila («Les pêcheurs de perles», J.Bizet). |
![]() | Mikhail Shikula (Ukraine) Theater and film actor. Teacher at the Kiev National I.K.Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. Acting teacher at the Kyiv Children’s Academy of Arts. For 14 years he served at the «Serebryanny Ostrov» Theater. |
![]() | Elena Ponpon (Singapore) Deputy Director and Music Teacher at Liberal Music and Arts School (Singapore). She has Masters Degree in Violin Performance and Musical Art, Bachelor degree in conducting, qualified as a Violin, Piano, Theory teacher and orchestra / ensemble performer. She worked in heart of Musicland Italy, USA, Canada. around the world. |
![]() | Yuri Evchuk (Ukraine) Soloist of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers (bass). Soloist of the Kiev Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth (2008-2011). |
![]() | Ksenia Ivanenko (Ukraine) Soloist of the ballet of the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine (since 1994). Senior Lecturer of the Department of Choreography and Plastic Education of the Kiev National I.K. Karpenko-Kary University of Theatre, Film and Television (since 2010). Active cooperation as a ballet master-choreographer with the Kiev National Academic Young Theatre and the Kiev Academic drama theatre on Podil in staging drama performances. As a ballet master-choreographer, she has staged more than fifty numbers for the soloists of the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine, The Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, for students of the Kiev State Choreographic School and others.
Since 2017, choreographic numbers and compositions staged by Ksenia Ivanenko have constantly taken part in international competitions for ballet dancers and students of choreographic schools in the section of modern choreography. The performers of these numbers have been repeatedly awarded by the international jury with laureates and diplomas. |
![]() | Nicholas Isasi (Argentina) Opera stage director, teacher, film director, costume designer, art columnist, musician (saxophonist). and Juliet» by S.Gounod, «The Jolly Widow» by F.Lagar , «Manon Lescaut» by G.Puccini, «Troubadour» by G.Verdi, «Tosca» by G.Puccini, «Madame Butterfly» by G.Puccini, «Doña Francisquita» Amadeo Vives, «The Child and the Magic» by M.Ravel, «The Spanish Hour» by M.Ravel, «Le nozze di Figaro» by W.A.Mozart, «The Old Maid and the Thief» by G.Menotti, «Così fan tutte» by W.A.Mozart , «The Flittermouse» by J.Strauss, «Don Giovanni» by W.A.Mozart, «Amelia Going to the Ball» by G.Menotti, «Les pêcheurs de perles» by J.Bizet, «L’amico Fritz» by P.Mascani, «Cavalleria rusticana» P.Mascagni, «Die Zauberflöte» by W.A.Mozart (2007-2013). |
![]() | Irina Petrova (Ukraine) Leading soloist of the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine (mezzo-soprano) since 2011. Soloist of the Opera Studio of the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. Soloist of the Dnepropetrovsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (2006-2011). («Cavalleria rusticana» by P.Mascagni), Suzuki («Madame Butterfly» by G.Puccini), Fenena («Nabucco» by G.Verdi), Polina («The Queen of Spades» by P.Tchaikovsky), Lyubasha («The Tsar’s Bride» by N.Rimsky-Korsakov), Marina Mnishek («Boris Godunov» by M.Musorgsky), Adaldzhiza («Norma» V.Bellini) and others. |
![]() | Vyacheslav Strannik (Ukraine) Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (since 2008). He is one of the co-founders of the Kryvyi Rsg youth creative center «Splav» (1985), «Experimental Creative Laboratory» (1986), «Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art» (1990), cultural and creative association «AЯ» (1991) and the first in Ukraine «Museum of Contemporary Art» (1992).
Since 1990, together with Viktor Topol, he has been developing the «Rekiton» style (interacting with space). |
![]() | Elena Frantseva (Ukraine) Editor-in-chief of the Theatrical Porch magazine published by the Lesya Ukrainkа National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama (since 2013). |
![]() | Vitaliy Mytnik (China-Ukraine)Professional photographer. Head of the Professional Photographers Guild. Awards and Achievements: «Top 10 Photographers in China», «Top 10 Ballet Photographers», «Top 25 Love Story», «Top 35 Movie Style Photography», «Top 100 Nude Photography». Laureate and prize-winner of International competitions: «Art Photography», «Black and White Photography», «Male Portrait», «Nude», «Staged Photography», «City Landscape», «Cinematic Photography» etc. He actively participates in creative projects in China, India (Bollywood), Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Turkey, Singapore, Austria and other countries. |
![]() | Babenko Natalia (Ukraine) Film and theater actress. |
![]() | Daniel Umbelino (Brazil) Opera singer (tenor). Guest soloist at SemperOper (Dresden, Germany), Teatro Rossini (Pesaro, Italy), Royal Opera House Muscat (Oman), Comunale di Bologna (Bologna, Italy), Epidaurus Theater (Greece) and many other opera houses theaters in Brazil and the world. and many others. |
![]() | Svetlana Novikovskaya (Ukraine) Choreographer-director, ballet dancer, actress, aerialist, choreographer-tutor, teacher. Gulyakina E.A. («West Side Story», «A Midsummer Night’s Dream» and others). |
![]() | Elena Topol (Ukraine) Theater, film and dubbing actress. Works at Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama. Nominee for the theatrical prize «Kiev Pectoral» for «Best debut» in the play «Angel or the sexual neuroses of our parents». |
![]() | Andriy Gutsov (Poland) Theater and film director, screenwriter, teacher, art manager. |
![]() | Anastasia Korshun (Ukraine) Theater and film actress, casting director. me happiness» commissioned by the TV channel «1+1» (directed by Evgeny Baranov); comedy project «Lustrated» (directed by Pavel Ostrikov). |
![]() | Aleksandr Stepantsov (Ukraine) Director at Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama. |
![]() | Маsha Gerasimova (Spain) Pianist, jazz singer, music teacher, organizer of musical events, sculptor, artist. language for adults at the private music school «Tonika» (2005-2008). Organizer of concerts and musical events in Ukraine (2005-2008). |
![]() | Natalia Burlaka (Ukraine) Choreographer-ballet master and director of musical shows and drama performances at the National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama named after Lesia Ukrainka (since 2000) and in other theatres in Ukraine. Director-teacher in the studio of young actors at the National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama. Lesia Ukrainka. Lecturer, choreographer at the Kiev National University of Theatre, Film and Television named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary for over than 20 years. |
![]() | Maestro Jaime Chazaro Arellano (Mexico) Violinist, teacher, poet, reciter. Orchestra, touring the cities of Puebla and Chiapas, as well as the Enrique Batis Music Festival in San Luis Potosi; The Jalapa Symphony Orchestra on tour of the state of Jalisco, performing Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler; The National Symphony Orchestra with a performance of Symphony No. 8 by Gustav Mahler at the Palace of Fine Arts; The University of Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra; Bahio Philharmonic Orchestra; Pachuca Symphony Orchestra and Acapulco Philharmonic Orchestra. |
![]() | Maria Nikulina (Ukraine) Singer, theater and film actress, vocal teacher, poet and composer.
She is engaged in vocal pedagogical activity, individually approaching each student. She is the host of a vocal blog, in which she reveals her pedagogical approach and her own author’s methods of developing voice and musicality. |
![]() | Ksenia Nekrasova (Ukraine) Bachelor of Choreography. Ballet master of modern classical choreography, teacher of professional disciplines, artist. |
![]() | Christina Sribnyak (Ukraine) Theater expert, radio host, journalist, stage speech teacher, director.
Stage speech teacher at the «Barrier OUT» theater studio (since 2018). Participant of the festival of theatrical art «Amplua» as a director with the play «Composer» by Elena Kollegova. |
![]() | Sergey Kurchev (Ukraine) Theater director, screenwriter, lecturer (pedagogue) at the Kiev National I.K.Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, film actor, musician (violinist), poet and composer. |