Twenty-volume academic edition with the participation of 18 musicologists from 6 countries. The first volume releases 15 June 2026.
The Musicology Institute of Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine (though carefully — the academy was renamed in 2024) launches publication of the 20-volume academic edition 'Maksym Berezovsky: Opera Omnia' on 15 June 2026. The first volume ('Sacred works for choir') contains 8 of the 25 known works of the composer in critical edition with English-language apparatus. The total project volume is 20 volumes over 2026-2034 (approximately 2-3 volumes per year). An international collective of 18 musicologists from 6 countries works on the edition: 7 from Ukraine (project leader — Olena Sydorenko, KNU), 4 from Italy (Alessandro Meliotti, Bologna University, and others), 3 from Germany (Helmut Beck, Hamburg University), 2 from Britain (Cambridge), 1 from the USA (Harvard Music School), 1 from Poland. Publishing partner — German academic publisher Bärenreiter, known for Bach, Mozart, Beethoven editions. A particular detail: the project is funded by 3 sources — Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (40%), Erste Foundation (Austria, 35%), private patron Volodymyr Bohutskyi (25%). Electronic versions of all 20 volumes will be available free on the Music Academy of Ukraine educational portal for academic and non-profit purposes. This is the largest Ukrainian musicology project of the post-independence period.
