Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUKiM) launches Ukraine's first master's programme in electroacoustic music. Curator — Zahaikevych. Start 1 September 2026.
Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUKiM) announced on 18 January 2026 the founding of Ukraine's first master's programme in electroacoustic music. Programme curator — Professor Alla Zahaikevych. The programme lasts 2 years (4 semesters) and starts 1 September 2026. This is Ukraine's first specialized electroacoustic educational programme (previously it was only integrated into general composition programmes). Programme structure: 4 semesters with focus: 1) Foundation of electroacoustics (history, main techniques); 2) Composition with technology (MaxMSP, OpenMusic, Spat, and others); 3) Live performance and improvisation; 4) Thesis project — full work. First admission — 8 master's students selected from 64 applications (from 12 countries, mostly Ukrainians plus Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania). Teaching staff: Zahaikevych (head), Andrey Kiritchenko (invited from Lviv, see PR8), Volodymyr Sirenko (conductor, for performance aspects), and 2 invited foreign: Helmut Lachenmann (Germany, 2 masterclasses per year) and Christian Fennesz (Austria, 4 lectures per year). Graduation works will be presented in concert-spectacle format in KNUKiM's Great Hall (1200 spectators) in June 2028 (end of first graduation). The programme is free for Ukrainian students (funded by state budget and Ukrainian Cultural Foundation). Foreign students pay €4800/year. Graduates receive the academic title 'Master of Electroacoustic Music' — a new official Ukrainian academic degree.
