The world's most prestigious classical festival Salzburg Festival invited Khor Khreshchatyk to Salzburger Dom. Performance 14 August 2026.
Salzburg Festival — the world's most prestigious classical festival — announced on 14 January 2026 the inclusion of Khor Khreshchatyk in the programme of the festival's 100th-anniversary edition. The choir's performance is scheduled for 14 August 2026 at Salzburger Dom (17th-century Baroque residence, known for acoustically optimized choral space). This is Salzburg Festival's first-ever Ukrainian choir in the formal sacred-music programme (previously Salzburg mostly hosted Western Catholic tradition). Performance programme — 80-minute a cappella concert: I. Ukrainian sacred Baroque motifs (4 songs from new 'Hippolytus Maksymovych' album — see separate news); II. 'Western-Eastern Dialogue' (4 exchange songs — Bach, Mozart in Ukrainian arrangement + Ukrainian composers in Western arrangement); III. Special premiere — new composition by Alla Zahaikevych (see separate PR9 news about IRCAM residency) for choir and live electronics, written specifically for Salzburg's space, lasting 18 minutes. Recording of the 14 August performance will be available in formats: live streaming on Salzburg Festival website, plus on DVD/Blu-ray 'Salzburg Festival 100: Live Recordings' (release December 2026, with 24 festival performances on 3 DVDs). This is part of the historic anniversary format — for Salzburg Festival's 100th anniversary it hosts 24 choirs from all 5 continents, of which Khor Khreshchatyk is one of 3 from Eastern Europe (alongside Polish Krakow Chamber Choir and Czech Prague Cathedral Choir).
