National Union of Composers of Ukraine, Music organization in Kiev, Ukraine.
The National Union of Composers of Ukraine is a music organization based in Kyiv that brings together composers from across the country. The headquarters serves as a workspace where members collaborate, present new compositions, and organize cultural events.
The union traces its roots to the 1922 Music Society named after Mykola Leontovych, but its founding date is November 1932, when the Union of Soviet Musicians of Ukraine was created by a Communist Party decree. It was renamed the Union of Soviet Composers of Ukraine in 1939 and the Union of Composers of Ukraine in 1959. It received national status in 1998.
This is where Ukrainian composers connect to share their work and find support for their creative projects. It serves as the main meeting place for the nation's musical community.
The union is a membership organization, not a public venue, so there are no visiting hours or tours; its building at 32 Yevhena Chykalenka Street is an office and the second-floor concert hall has been sublet to the Kyiv Camerata ensemble. To hear members' music, look instead to the festivals it runs, such as Kyiv Music Fest, Premières of the Season and Forum of Young Music.
The journal "Muzyka" has been published since 1972, not 1970, jointly by the union, the Ministry of Culture and the Music Society of the Ukrainian SSR. It continues the tradition of earlier periodicals: "Muzyka" (1923–1927), "Muzyka masam" (1928–1931) and "Radyanska muzyka" (1933–1941).
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