Kyrylo Karabits

Ukrainian conductor (born 1976 in Kyiv). Son of Ukrainian composer Ivan Karabits (1945-2002). Educated at the Kyiv Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the Vienna Music Academy. Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 2009-2022 — the longest tenure in the modern history of the orchestra. Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Oper Berlin. General Music Director of the Weimar State Capella 2016-2022. Founder of the I, Culture Orchestra (2011) — a Polish-Ukrainian-Belarusian-Moldovan-Lithuanian initiative of young orchestral musicians from Eastern Europe. Artistic Director of the Kyiv festivals of contemporary Ukrainian music 'Premieres of the Season'.