Interview with Hobart Earle
Hobart Earle has been the music director and principal conductor of the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra for as long as independent Ukraine has existed. A...
Made in Odessa: On Six Musicians With Odessa Roots
When studying the biographies of famous musicians, composers and singers, unexpected discoveries will be made. It should not surprise anyone that a good deal...
Odessa talent thrills ‘Voice of Ukraine’ judges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUejDKXfhP8
Last year Odessa singer Felix Shinder proved a big hit on popular TV show ‘Voice of Ukraine’. This year 22-year-old Odessite Tatyana Amirova iswell on her...
Should Odessa Host Eurovision 2017?
The victory of Jamala, Ukraine's Crimean Tatar pop star in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm, Sweden has caused some rather predicable diplomatic tensions...
Tracing the History Of Odessa’s Rock Movement
Is there such a phenomenon as an “Odessa sound” in post-Soviet rock n roll? In the same way there was a distinct Chicago sound...
April 21-22 at 7pm – Hobart Earle and the Odessa Philharmonic
It is Prokofiev's 125th birthday this week - so the Odessa Philharmonic will be performing his wonderful "Scythian Suite" under the capable baton...
The Modern Music Scene In Odessa
The Odessa Rock music scene is as healthy and diverse as it has ever been, but the problems facing it are formidable as well.
Despite...
Leonid Utesov: Was He Really Playing Jazz?
Leonid Utesov is Considered by Many to be Greatest Singer of his Generation, the ‘Soviet Sinatra’’. While he Considered Himself to be a Proponent...
Aleksey Gogokhia: Alternative Music Man Extraordinaire
Longtime promoter, radio personality, curator, program director of Odessa's most original radio station — FM1 Radio and Art director of the M1 Club-Hotel. An...
Yurka, Kuzya, Shishman: In memory of Yury Kuznetsov, 1953-2016
Play, play my old friend, don't stiffen, don't fade. Chase the blood of your arteries, tell us about fear, about love. Pianissimo here, and...