International Festival of Modern Art

The festival has been organized and held by the International public organization Association New Music, the Ukrainian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music. The annual International Festival of Modern Art Two Days and Two Nights of New Music is one of the largest festivals for new music and performing art in Ukraine. This is unique because it has been designed upon the logic of composer's thinking and author's conception as a grandiose 48-hour event, where various kinds of art are organically combined, a non-stop music spectacle, a grandiose composition-performance with an especial atmosphere that performers and audience enthusiastically participate in. During the festival's existence hundreds of Ukrainian and foreign artists have participated in the events held by the ANM. The annual audience has included many thousands of Odessites and guests coming from other cities of Ukraine and from abroad. The Odessa event's ideas and actions have surpassed their geographical limits; they have been spread to other regions and countries resulting in new joint international projects. National and international mass media cover all these events. Best recordings from the Festival were released on the CDs. The event's fame has been increasing from year to year, attracting attention and interest of experts and amateurs. Top performers and composers want to come to Odessa in order to demonstrate their oeuvres. At the Odessa festival, Ukrainian new music is not inferior to contemporary worldwide achievements. New trends and forms of music as well as performing, visual and multimedia art are presented in Ukraine already at the equal level with any other country. Contemporary Ukrainian art can be really recognised at the festivals, which establish priorities and define trends of art development. This festival gives to Ukrainian music a good chance to enter the repertoire of foreign performers. During many years of the Festival has stably co-operated with foreign and international foundations and cultural centres.  Ukraine is presented as a reliable and valuable partner of the European cultural community. The foreign participants, directors and representatives of European cultural institutions have been convinced that Europe can regard Odessa as an established venue for showing new music and art.