Musician Felix Shinder, Reminisces Over His School Days
From first to sixth grade, I attended this school – School #20.
I sat behind a desk, looked out of the window, and wondered how...
Who Says There’s No Sound in Space?
Modern music has always been somehow connected with the topic of space. The phenomenon began when the first ‘electro’ musicians created soundtracks for sci-fi...
A Short Biography Of Ukraine’s Hottest Musical Icon
Over the last year, ONUKA has shot to critical and popular success both at home and in Europe. But front-woman Nata Zhyzhchenko’s greatest accomplishment may...
Jazz Improv, Odessa-style
Yuri Kuznetsov, Odessa’s great Jazz man sadly passed away in May of 2016. The Odessa Review is commemorating Kuznetsov through the words of his friend Sergei...
80 Years Of The Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra
The Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1937, and belongs today to the most prominent musical ensembles in Ukraine.
During the Soviet era the orchestra...
“Thank you, Yura, the jazz is ours!”: Odessa Jazz Fest 2016 recap
The international jazz festival in Odessa is a well-established tradition which is eagerly expected every year by all Odessites and jazz lovers. On September...
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...
Do You Hear What I Hear: Holiday Music Traditions That Bring Communities Together
Cultural traditions, especially near-universal and well-established ones surrounding the winter holidays, offer an avalanche of stimuli for the senses — the scents and flavors...
SINOPTIK: Music Against War
The band SINOPTIK first formed in Donetsk in 2011. Almost three years ago, they were forced to leave their home city by the war...
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...
