First academic history of the Ukrainian electroacoustic movement — 320 pages. Release 14 June 2026 at Pinchuk Press publishing house.
Alla Zahaikevych presents the academic monograph 'Electroacoustics: Ukrainian Experience 1990-2025' on 14 June 2026 at Pinchuk Press publishing house. This is a 320-page first academic history of the Ukrainian electroacoustic movement, based on the author's 35 years of compositional and research experience. The book contains over 150 musical transcriptions, 80 photographs, and an index of 220 names. Book structure: 5 parts: I. 'Prehistory: 1960-1989' (predecessors, Soviet period restrictions); II. 'First Movement: 1990-2000' (founding of Studio of Electroacoustic Music at Kyiv Conservatory in 1997); III. 'Institutionalization: 2001-2013' (first permanent festivals, educational programmes); IV. 'Maidan and War: 2014-2025' (scene transformation, new generation); V. 'Future: 2025+' (new KNUKiM master's programme — see separate news). The book contains exclusive interviews with 18 leading Ukrainian composers and performers: Andrey Kiritchenko, Edward Sol, Heinali (see separate PR8 news), Sviatoslav Lunov, Oleksii Shmurak, and others. The preface was written by Yevhen Stankovych (People's Artist of Ukraine — see PR4), afterword by Helmut Lachenmann (Germany, Siemens Prize laureate). First print run — 4000 copies (hardcover), price — 720 UAH. English translation is planned through German Schott Music publisher in 2027.
