The musicology community of Ukraine addressed the cultural figures and NGOs urged them to revise their attitude toward cooperation with the russian culture and its representatives. So far around 170 community actors have signed the statement. We hereby quote this statement in full and the list of its signatories.
Statement from the Musicological Community of Ukraine to Musicians, Musicologists, Cultural Institutions, and Public Organisations Around the World.
Culture has always been an integral part of society, along with economics and politics. Cultural heritage is an important instrument of domestic and foreign cultural policy of the state, expressed in how its values are formulated and promoted, how differing points of views are tolerated, and how controversial positions are debated. The functioning of cultural heritage is always due to its actualization through incessant artistic and critical discourses.
The current situation is no exception. Today, all artistic and scholarly oeuvres are perceived and interpreted in accordance with the situation unfolding before our eyes. russia’s war against Ukraine, which began in 2014 and entered a phase of a full-scale invasion on February 24, has already changed the world, resulting in a major global reappraisal of values and agendas. Right now, the focus is on russian culture, with its enduring narrative of imperial “greatness” and “unique mission,” and the colonialist pathos of “saviors” and “liberators” of the “small nations.” A large number of scholarly works and projects, imbued with this particular narrative, have been continuously presented to the world’s intellectual community. Their a priori uncritical perception of russian cultural heritage has been in need of revision for a long time.
It is our position that everyone who promotes russian art today excuses actions of russian state, whether consciously or unconsciously. Without critical reassessment of russia’s cultural heritage, political and economic sanctions will remain half-hearted measures. We are aware that multidimensional critical analysis and reconceptualisation of any phenomenon takes time. However, we find ourselves in extraordinary circumstances, calling for urgent considerations and immediate consequences.
Thus, we appeal to the worldwide community of musicians and music scholars, in and outside of institutions of Higher Education, to join us in the following, absolutely and unequivocally fundamental for us, actions:
1. Pause any engagement with russian culture and its artifacts until the end of the war that russia has waged against Ukraine and its civilians.
2. Continue interaction with russian composers, performers, and scholars, who have represented and continue to represent russia within international artistic community only if they officially and publicly condemn russia’s policy toward Ukraine and the war.
We fully appreciate the power and strength of russia’s authoritarian regime towards its citizens, and the fear it instills, but the price that Ukraine pays every moment of the unleashed aggression is the lives of people, including the lives of fallen artists.
We appeal to our compatriots separately; to those who continue to promote russian culture in Ukraine and around the world, perform works by russian composers or participate in programs, where works by russian composers are performed. Like no other, you must be aware how inappropriate such tolerance is, one of the consequences of which is the creation of an image of “sacrificial” russian culture, and consequently, the state. We insist you pause all your activities, involving russian cultural heritage.
The claim that only putin is to blame for the war must be struck out from anyone’s narrative, as his rule is based on a solid foundation, with art and culture being important components. Therefore, cooperation with the russians in all spheres, including culture, must cease until the end of the war in Ukraine.
Olena Antonova, PhD in Art Studies, Professor in the Department of a Global Music History at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Vira Artemievа, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Martha Basaraba, musikologist, Music Theory and History Tutor at the Lviv Stanislaw Liudkevych State Music College
Kostyantyn Batsak, cultural historian, PhD in History, Associate Professor, an expert in the history of Italian opera in Ukraine, Kyiv Borys Grinchenko University Vice-Rector for Research and Methodical, Social and Humanitarian Work and Leadership
Iuliia Bentia, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Research Fellow in the Theatre Studies Department at the Modern Art Research Institute, the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Executive Editor at Krytyka Journal (Kyiv)
Olena Berehova, Dr Habil, Professor, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute for Cultural Research, the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Iryna Bermes, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor at the Drohobych Ivan Franko State Teachers University
Olesia Bilas, PhD in Art Studies, Tutor at the Lviv Solomiya Krushelnytska State Music Lyceum
Ivan Bogdanov, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Bortnyansky Academic Chamber Choir, Chernihiv Philharmonic Center for Festivals and Concert Programs
Andriy Bondarenko, composer, pianist, PhD in Art Studies, Senior Lecturer at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts
Tetiana Bondarenko, Professor in the Music Theory Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Iryna Vavshko, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Music Theory and History Tutor
Petro Vakaliuk, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine, PhD in Art Studies, Professor in the Performing Arts Department at the Precarpathian Vasyl Stefanyk National University (Ivano-Frankivsk)
Yulia Vasyuk-Al-Khadidi, singer, ethnologist, a tutor and and teaching supervisor at the Vinnytsia Mykola Leontovych State College of Arts
Tetyana Vakhnovska, Merited Artist of Ukraine, Senior Soloist at the Lviv National Opera
Mariam Verdiian, musicologist, Head of the Octopus Students Scientific Society, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Andriy Viytovych, Professor of Viola at the Royal College of Music, London; Solo viola, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Olena Vereshchahina-Biliavska, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Department of Music, Performing and Dance Studies, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Teachers University
Olexii Voitenko, composer, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Senior Lecturer at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Associate Professor at the Kyiv Reinhold Glière Metropolitan Music Academy, The Revutsky Prize Winner, a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine
Mariia Voronina, musicologist, PhD Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Music History Department at the Kyiv Reinhold Glière Metropolitan Music Academy
Anna Hadetska, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Open Opera Ukraine Co-Founder and Program Director (Kyiv)
Daria Haidashevska, musicologist, a bachelor student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Yuliia Harbovska, opera company and symphony orchestra conductor, a bachelor student at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Svitlana Gomeniuk, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Music Theory Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Tetiana Homon, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor at the Kyiv Reinhold Glière Metropolitan Music Academy, Liatoshynsky Club Councilor
Maryna Hordiienko, musicologist, a bachelor student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Roman Horobets, composer
Uliana Hrab, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor in the Department of the Studies in Medieval and Ukrainian Music at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Roman Grygoriv, composer, conductor, The Taras Shevchenko National Prize Winner, Music Director of the National Presidential Band of Ukraine
Tetyana Hryskova, a Senior Accompanist at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Tetiana Husarchuk, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor in the Department of Ukrainian Music History and Musical Ethnology at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Iryna Danko-Chernomorchenko, solo singer, stage master, Kryvyi Rih Taras Shevchenko Drama and Musical Comedy Theater
Taras Demko, cultural actor, Director of Galician Music Society, Co-Manager at the Lviv Organ Hall Co-Founder of Collegium management, Director of Ukrainian Festival Orchestra
Bohdan Demianenko, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies (Kyiv)
Olena Derevianchenko, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Music Theory Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Elmira Dzhabrailova-Kushnir, musicologist
Iryna Dovhalyuk, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor in the Ukrainian Ethnology Department at the Lviv Ivan Franko National University, Professor in the Musical Ethnology Department at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Ludmyla Dovhun, choirmaster, Music Theory, History and Voice Tutor at the School of Arts for Children, Director of the Rodovid Folk Amatour Ensemble, Merited Figure of Ukrainian Culture (Kamin-Kashyrskyi, Volyn region)
Maria Dovhun, musicologist, a bachelor student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Oleksandr Drahan, conductor, PhD in Art Studies
Tetiana Duhina, PhD in Art Studies, Professor (Kyiv)
Violetta Dutchak, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), Professor, Head of the Ukrainian Music Studies and Folk Instruments Performance Department at the Precarpathian Vasyl Stefanyk National University (Ivano-Frankivsk)
Olena Dyachkova, musicologist, Associate Professor in the Department of a Global Music History at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Jose Hernandez, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine, Deputy Director General of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Adelina Yefimenko, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), Head of the Art Studies Department, Faculty of Filosophy, Ukrainian Free University (Munich), Professor in the Music History Department at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Oleksandr Zharkov, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Music Theory Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Oles Zhuravchak, musician, culturologist, art manager, Lecturer at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine (2014), director of art festivals, Board Member of the Ukrainian Renaissance International Charitable Foundation
Alla Zagaykevych, composer, President of Electroacoustic Music Association of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Zelinskyi Denys, a student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv), artist of the Kyiv Opera Theatre
Veronika Zinchenko, musicologist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Olga Zosim, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), Professor at the National Academy of Culture and Arts Management (Kyiv)
Polina Zubkova, musicologist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Viktor Ivanov, violinist, concertmaster of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine
Inna Ivanova, musicologist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Head of the Music Theory Department and Music Theory and History Tutor at the Kyiv Ninth Music School for Children
Sofia Ivanova, musicologist, Lecturer, the Lviv Myroslav Skoryk National Philharmonic
Yevgeniya Ignatenko, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Anna Ilyina, D.Sc. in Philosophy, Hryhoriy Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Svitlana Iskra, PhD in Art Studies, Head of the Music Teaching Theory and Methodology Department at the Vinnytsa College for the Humanities and Teachers
Viktor Kaminsky, composer, The Taras Shevchenko National Prize Winner, Lviv Branch Chairman of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine, Professor
Yaroslav Kanya, Ternopil Solomiya Krushelnytska State Music College Vice-Rector
Hanna Karas, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), Professor at the Precarpathian Vasil Stefanyk National University, Merited Figure of Ukrainian Culture, a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine (Ivano-Frankivsk)
Olga Katrych, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine, PhD, Professor at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Viktoriia Kashaiuk, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor, a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine (Lutsk)
Iryna Kyrylovska, pianist, singer, Piano Tutor at the Music School Merano, South Tyrol
Lyubov Kyyanovska, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Head of the Music History Department at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Maiya Kirdeyeva, musicologist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Iryna Klymenko, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), Associate Professor in the Department of Ukrainian Music History and Musical Ethnology at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Mykola Kovalinas, composer, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Roksoliana Kolodiy, a tutor and teaching supervisor, the Music Theory, Music Literature and Musical Ethnology Committee Chair at the Ivano-Frankivsk Denys Sichynsky State Music College
Ivanna Komarevych, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Music Vocal Studies at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Olha Komenda, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor at the Volyn Lesya Ukrainka National University (Lutsk)
Olena Korchova, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Department of a Global Music History at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Iryna Kokhanyk, PhD in Art Studies, Head of the Music Theory Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Kateryna Koshel, Music Theory and History Tutor at the Kyiv Sixth Herman Zhukovsky Arts School for Children
Bohdan Kryvopust, composer, pianist, Direktor of Muzychna Ukraina Publishing House
Marta Kuziy, pianist, lecturer, PhD in Art Studies, Artistic Director of Stanislaw Liudkevych Memorial Museum, Executive Director of the Lviv Myroslav Skoryk National Philharmonic Orchestra, Lecturer at the Ukrainian Catholic University
Oleksandr Kurylenko, tutor, music arranger (Sloviansk)
Olha Kucher, culturologist, a Master’s student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Mariya Lypetska, pianist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Iwan Lypetskyi, flutist, Lviv National Opera Orchestra
Teresa Mazepa, PhD, Dr Habil, Associate Professor at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Dmytro Maksymenko, PhD in Art Studies, Senior Lecture at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Liliia Maksymenko, PhD in Art Studies, Lecture at the Lviv Stanislaw Liudkevych State Music College
Oksana Maksymyshyn, musicologist, an alumna of the National Music Academy of Ukraine and the National Academy of Culture and Arts Management
Lyudmila Matyash, Music Theory and History Tutor at the Khmilnyk School of Arts, (Vinnytsia region)
Lidia Melnyk, PhD, Dr Habil, music critic, Associate Professor at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Olena Mykhailenko, Head of the Music Theory and History Department at the Khoroshiv Music School (Zhytomyr Region)
Angela Mishanina, the General Piano Committee Chair at the Drohobych Vasyl Barvinsky State Music College
Natalia Mozgalova, Dr Habil, Professor, Head of the Music, Performing and Dance Studies Department at the Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Teachers University
Michael Moser, Professor at the University of Vienna, President of the International Association of Ukrainianists
Tetiana Molchanova, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), Professor, Head of the Piano Accompaniment Department at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Lilia Nazar-Schevchuk, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Music History Department at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Olesya Naydiuk, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies
Ivan Nebesnyy, composer
Stas Nevmerzhytskyi, music journalist
Oleh Nedashkivskyi, a student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, winner of international and national music competitions, artist of Kyiv Opera Theatre Orchestra
Serhii Nesteruk, conductor, Kyiv National Operetta House
Yuliia Nikolaievska, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor at the Kharkiv Ivan Kotliarevsky National University of Arts
Mark-Yefrem Novakovych, musicologist, organist, a bachelor student and Chairman of the Medianta Student Scientific and Creative Society at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Myroslava Novakovych, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor in the Department of the Studies in Medieval and Ukrainian Music at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Tetiana Novytska, musicologist, a bachelor student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Music Theory and History Tutor at the Kyiv Fortieth Music School for Children
Lidia Novodvorska, General Piano Tutor at the Ivano-Frankivsk Denys Sichynsky State Music College
Ivanna Oliinyk, musicologist, art manager, a postgraduate student in the Department of a Global Music History at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Halyna Omelchenko-Agai Kuhi, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Arts Education Department, Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University
Ivan Ostapovych, conductor, composer, Co-Manager at the Lviv Organ Hall, Member of the Board at the Galician Music Society, Co-Founder of the Ukrainian Festival Orchestra
Oleksandr Ostrovskyi, Co-Founder of The Claquers, a classical music media, a postgraduate student in the Theory and History of Culture Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Vitaliy Okhmanyuk, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine, PhD in Art Studies, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Culture and Arts at the Volyn Lesya Ukrainka National University (Lutsk)
Yuliia Paltsevych, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor at the Kyiv Metropolitan Academy of Circus and Performing Arts
Dilja Pak, a student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Anna Petrashek, Tutor at the Lviv Solomiya Krushelnytska State Music Lyceum
Eugene Petrychenko, composer, tutor
Anastasia Pilatyuk, violinist, PhD in Art Studies, Merited Artist of Ukraine, the Principal Second Violin in Orquestra Comunidad Valenciana
Alina Plakhtiienko, music critic, a reviewer at The Claquers, cultural manager
Victoria Poleva, composer, The Taras Shevchenko National Prize Winner
Natalia Ponomarchuk, Chief Conductor of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine
Khrystyna Popovych, ethnomusicologist, Assistant in the Department of Folklore at the Institute of Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Co-Founder of the Hurba Music Workshop NGO
Svitlana Postovoitova, musicologist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Music Theory and History Tutor at the Kyiv Ninth Music School for Children
Tetyana Postolovska, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, a tutor and teaching supervisor of the Music History Committee at the Kyiv Reinhold Glière Metropolitan Music Academy
Tetyana Prokopovych, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor at the Institute of Arts, Rivne State University for the Humanities
Marian Pukaliak, clarinettist at the National Opera of Ukraine Orchestra, Principal Clarinett, the Kyiv Opera Theatre Orchestra
Ilya Razumeiko, composer, The Taras Shevchenko National Prize Winner, a PhD student at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Natalija Reitel, violinist, Music Department Co-Founder, Ukrainian Free University (Munich)
Valentyna Redya, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine, Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Roman Repka, pianist, tutor
Maksym Rymar, Principal Cello, Lviv National Opera
Vladyslav Rokosh, a tutor and teaching supervisor, the Folk Musical Instruments Committee Chair at the Lutsk Teachers College, a member of the National All-Ukrainian Music Society
Volodymyr Romanko, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Music Theory Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Yana Romanchuk, musicologist, a bachelor student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Volodymyr Runchak, composer
Dmytro Savon, conducter
Dzvenyslava Safian, musicologist, a Master’s student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at The Claquers, a classical music media
Olha Senyk, musicologist, a tutor and teaching supervisor at the Drohobych Vasyl Barvinsky State Music College, a member of the Scientific and Methodology Committee in the State Higher Education Department, as a part of the Scientific and Methodological Council, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Liubov Syniak, PhD in Art Studies, President of the Ukrainian Edvard Grieg Society, Reference Group Member of the International Edvard Grieg Society, Head of the Full-Time Study Department at the Zhytomyr Victor Kosenko State Music College
Lesya Syrotynska, pianist, Tutor at the Lviv Fifth School of Arts
Natalia Syrotynska, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor in the Musicology and Choral Art Department at the Lviv Ivan Franko National University
Anastasia Sysenko, composer, a student at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Nataliia Sikorska, pianist, harpsichordist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Piano Accompaniment Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Tutor at the Kyiv First Yakiv Stepovy Music School for Children
Yelyzaveta Sirenko, music theorist, music critic, a Master’s student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Co-Founder of The Claquers classical music media
Tetiana Sitenko, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Music Education Department at the Kyiv Ivan Karpenko-Karyi National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television
Tetyana Skobalo, musicologist, Tutor at the Lviv Solomiya Krushelnytska State Music Lyceum
Andriy Stashevsky, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor, Head of the Folk Music Instruments Department at the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture
Mariia Stokolias, pianist, jazz vocalist, soloist at the MedOrchestra Band, a Master’s student and a member at the Medianta Student Scientific and Creative Society at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Anna Stoianova, musicologist, composer, PhD in Art Studies, a member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine
Bogdan Siuta, PhD, Dr Habil, Professor, Member of the Board of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine, Kyiv Academy of Arts Vice-Rector
Dmytro Terebun, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Department of Music and Socio-Cultural Activities at the National Taras Shevchenko University Chernihiv Collegium
Victor Tymozhynsky, composer, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine, Volyn Branch Chairman of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine, the Music Theory and History Committee Chair at the Volyn State Culture and Arts College (Lutsk)
Kateryna Tkachenko, a student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Tutor at the Music Academy Studio
Kateryna Tokalo, choirmaster, Choral Conducting Tutor at the Lutsk Teachers College, Director of the Credo Church Chamber Choir, a member of the National All-Ukrainian Music Society
Sofiia Trusenko, musicologist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Iryna Tukova, musicologist, PhD, Dr Habil, Associate Professor in the Music Theory Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Nadiya Ustyzhanina, musicologist, a Master’s student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Music Theory and History Tutor at the Kyiv Seventh Ihor Shamo Music School for Children
Khrystyna Fleychuk, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Choir, Opera Company and Symphony Orchestra Conducting Department at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Nadiia Khanis, ethnomusicologist, ethnosinger, musicologist, a Master’s student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Music Theory and History Tutor
Nataliia Khmilevska, Open Opera Ukraine Art Director
Roman Kholmatov, violinist, an international violin competitions winner, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Yurii Chekan, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), a member of the National Society of Composers of Ukraine, Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine
Maryna Cherkashyna-Hubarenko, PhD, Doctor of Arts (Dr Habil), Professor, a full member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Founder and Head of the Kyiv Wagner Society
Anna Chernous, ethnomusicologist, community leader, entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Head of the Hurba Music Workshop NGO
Mykola Chornyi, Merited Figure of Arts of Ukraine, a teaching supervisor, the Orchestra Wind and Percussion Instruments Committee Chair, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and Brass Band at the Volyn State Culture and Arts College
Antonina Chubak, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor in the Music Theory Department at the Lviv Mykola Lysenko National Music Academy
Tetiana Shved (Bezkorovaina), S.T.ART Foundation Producer and Owner
Anastasiia Sharina, pianist, musicologist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv), winner of international music competitions
Inna Shvorak, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Ukrainian Musical Ethnology researcher, art manager
Solomia Shevchuk, musicologist, Tutor at the Lviv Solomiya Krushelnytska State Music Lyceum
Petro Shymansky, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor at the Volyn Lesya Ukrainka National University (Lutsk)
Anna Shkolnikova, composer, musicologist, a member of the National All-Ukrainian Music Union, Author and Head of the Young Composers of the World International Project
Yana Shliabanska, composer, sound-artist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Igor Shcherbakov, composer, Chairman of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine, The Taras Shevchenko National Prize Winner
Dmytro Shchyrytsia, composer, musicologist, PhD in Art Studies, Associate Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)
Marichka Yanyshyn, musicologist, a postgraduate student at the National Music Academy of Ukraine (Kyiv)