Musical Bouquet

Master Class put together an amazing 11-day event over 16-26 August at Sofiivska Ploscha, featuring modern, chamber, jazz, electronic and experimental music in more than 30 concerts, with Ukrainian and international musicians taking to the stage at Bouquet Kyiv Stage. Spotlighting Kyiv’s New Era Orchestra, Dakha Brakha, the Telnyuk Sisters, Kyiv Soloists, and many more, the capital certainly had its share of live music options over the last month of summer. “There is always a distance between people in large cities, but we are trying to fill this space with art,” says festival coordinator, Irina Budanska. And Ukrainian businessman Yevheniy Utkin agrees: “Kyiv is returning to the cultural map of the world.”