Events

Concert for Peace. In memory of the victims of the bombing and the destruction of the theater in Mariupol...

We are honored to invite you to a chamber music concert "Between the Worlds". Featuring distinguished artists: Nikolay Pushkarev (Piano), Stas Sagdeyev (Viola), Hayk Sukiasyan (Cello)...

Exhibition - Landscapes of Emergency - the Impact of War on the Environment and Architecture in Ukraine, autumn 2024

Swiss-based Ukrainian designer and architect Elena Orap’s work on the impact of Russia’s war on architecture and environment in Ukraine was shown September 14 - December 31, 2024 in a specially produced outdoor exhibition at the Swedish Airforce Museum in Linköping. It was a further development of her research project "Ukraine: Architectures of Emergency" at EPFL in Lausanne. 

The Holodomor Memorial Concert took place on November 22, 2024, at the Yehudi Menuhin Forum in Bern.

This commemorative event, organized by the Ukrainian Society of Switzerland, brought together celebrated musicians to honor the memory of the victims of Holodomor, the tragic man-inflicted famine in Ukraine.

On August 24, Ukraine’s National Day, Parliament Square in Bern (Bundesplatz) was transformed into a beautiful open-air concert stage!

The "Visions of Peace, Future and Sustainability Art Camp" is a unique initiative designed to harness the transformative power of art to foster emotional healing, cultural exchange, and personal development among youth.

A large number of civil society organizations and individuals met in Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 15, 2024, on the margins of the ‘Summit on Peace in Ukraine’, convened by the Swiss Government on Bürgenstock. There were discussion panels, a flash mob of choirs and a manifestation in favor of prisoners of war.

90 Ukrainian singers and musicians from Switzerland performed Beethoven's famous "Ode to Joy" in support of the Ukraine Peace Summit, which took place on Bürgenstock, Switzerland.

The ensemble Terra Barocca of the Lviv National Philharmonic had the honour of  performing the final concert of the 2024 Stockholm Early Music Festival (SEMF). It was an evening which demonstrated the close musical connections between Ukraine and other parts of Europe. 

The Academy of Bologna was an “intersection point” for composers from different countries. In 1670, seventeen-year-old Italian Arcangelo Corelli entered the Academy. A few years later, the Ukrainians Dmytro Bortnianskyi and Maksym Berezovskyi, as well as the famous Austrian, a very young Mozart at that time. Next to their recognized compositions, the evening featured the German composer Georg Friedrich Telemann. The networking of European musicians formed the basis of professional success in the Baroque period, which is also why the composers’ creative influences are so noticeable in this program. The ensemble also performed works by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Fontana and a violin sonata by Swedish composer Olof Åhlström performed in a duet between nyckelharpa and harpsichord. The concert concluded with a unique musical example: the chant. The genre, typical of the Ukrainian Baroque, was reinterpreted by contemporary Ukrainian composer Bohdan Sehin. The lyrics were based on the words “Mother of mercy, from the fierce enemy, keep me always”, which accorded with the prayers of Ukrainians today.

On 9 May, Europe Day, an ensemble of 150 Ukrainian singers performed in Bern. On this day of hope and humanity, they sang Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", based on Schiller's poem of the same name. This melody was adopted as the anthem of the Council of Europe in 1972 and became the official anthem of the future European Union in 1986.

On March 14, 2024, an insightful online workshop titled "Capacity Building: How to Apply for Funding" brought together Ukrainian cultural practitioners to discuss fundraising strategies for projects and events in Switzerland or in collaboration with Swiss partners.

Concert at the Hallwyl Palace in Stockholm – a dialogue between Ukrainian and Italian music traditions, June 5 2023