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This story is about Halshka Ostrozka (1539–1582), one of the most mysterious and tragic figures of the Ukrainian aristocracy of the 16th century

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Competition “ODESSSIADA”

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OLEKSANDR TOKARCHUK: On the Imagery of Acting Art

MARINA AVDEYEVA: Why It Is Easier to Live with «Leaders»

CARDIAC SURGEON ILLYA YEMETS: «In Medicine, the Most Important Thing Is Who You Are as a Person»

PAVLO HUDIMOV: «At the moment, I am a professional listener, not a musician»

CONSTANTIN SKOPTSOV: The Story of the «Ukrainian Bosch»

ANNA BOHACH: an opera voice of a new generation

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TWO WINGS: about love, society, science, intelligence, and… a pelican

«The sage Seneca, his gray hair tousled, pronounced, as if a testament: „Life is not measured by its length, but… by its meaning.”»

Yefym Veniaminovych Osichniuk

Philosopher

HOW TO LISTEN TO CLASSICAL MUSIC: Bach’s «Goldberg Variations» — The Choice of European Intellectuals

«When performing the Goldberg Variations, the pianist becomes a kind of «glass bead game master» from Hermann Hesse’s novel — a co-creator entering into a living dialogue with Bach’s text»

Alexey Botvinov

Ukrainian pianist, People's Artist of Ukraine

ARTIST VASYL RYABCHENKO: On Mythmaking, Paintings with the «Smell of Borscht», and Friendship with Roitburd

«I create my works inspired by feelings that leave no room for evil — love, kindness, happiness, beauty, and harmony — the very feelings I wish to fill the future of Ukraine and the surrounding world with»

Painter, graphic artist, photo artist

Vasyl Riabchenko

THE MASTER, MARGARITA, AND FREEDOM: Mikhail Lokshin on Cinema and Censorship in Art (Part II)

«Like the hero of the film, I have come to truly believe that one can lose everything in life except freedom and faith.»

Mykhailo Lokshyn

director and author of the film The Master and Margarita

VALENTIN SILVESTROV: «Silence Can Be the Most Valuable Thing on Earth»

«In 20th-century music, a strange phenomenon appeared — the fear of silence. But, as it turned out, silence can be the most valuable thing on earth. The greatest idea is a quiet, peaceful life.»

Valentyn Sylvestrov

Composer, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, laureate of the Shevchenko Prize.

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