The Hardkiss
A sensational Ukrainian band that got noticed by the The New York Times and NME magazine, The Hardkiss, will present its debut album and celebrate the band’s three-year birthday on a Kyiv stage this October. Most of their songs are in English, and the music is a mixture of rock, metal, pop, dance and electronic. It’s a combination worth hearing.
The Hardkiss concert. Oct. 9, 7 p.m. Stereo Plaza (119 Chervonozoryany Ave.). Hr 150-600
Shadows performance
The German Helianthus shadow theater debuts in Kyiv this fall. Its new show “The Fantastic Shadows” will amaze the viewers with black-and-white stage show, the talent of the performers, the dance of the shadows and the story of the humankind told right on the stage. The nucleus of the performance script is Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy, discovered in his work “Thus Spoke Zarathustra.”
The Fantastic Shadows performance. Oct. 9-10, 7 p.m. Zhovtnevy Palace (1 Instytutska St.). Hr 100-1,000
Finding ‘Made in Ukraine’
The exhibition “Finding ‘Made in Ukraine’” will take place in Kyiv for the second time. The event will showcase Ukrainian producers of various goods, thus helping the businesses attract new clients. The visitors of the exhibition will get a closer look at a huge range of Ukrainian-produced items – from clothes, footwear, underwear, household chemicals, beauty products to cell phones and furniture.
Finding “Made in Ukraine”. Oct. 11-12, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. NSC Olimpiysky (55 Chervonoarmiyska St.). Free
Animated movies music by Cantabile Orchestra
A brilliant show of the Cantabile Orchestra, famous for being a participant and winner of many international festivals, will feature soundtracks of the most famous animated movies like “Shrek”, “Tangled”, “Frozen”, “Lion King”, “Madagascar,” and many others. Dive into the sound of the symphonic orchestra performing the music of the childhood.
Cantabile Orchestra Soundtrack Performance. Oct. 11, 6 p.m. Budynok Khudozhnyka (1-5 Artema St.) Hr 50-275
Allan Harris Quartet
The Ukrainian tour of the world-class jazz performer Allan Harris finishes with a concert in Kyiv. Dubbed master of jazz interpretations, Harris completely knocks you off your feet. Being a three-time winner of the New York Night Life Award as an “Outstanding Jazz Vocalist,” Harris is a participant of many music festivals worldwide and has already gained popularity and passionate fans in Europe, Russia and Far East.
Allan Harris Quartet performance. Oct. 12, 7 p.m. Kyiv Conservatory (1-3 Horodetskoho St.). Hr 100-400
Temuri Papiashvili Exhibition
The first exhibition of Georgian impressionist Temuri Papiashvili will take place in Kyiv this October, supported by the Foundation for Promotion of the Arts and the Embassy of Georgia in Ukraine. “For the viewer to actually hear a painting, to hear the music which emanates from a canvas, that’s my ultimate goal,” Papiashvili has once said in an interview. Indeed, his painitngs seem to evoke feelings and emotions. The freedom one rarely gets in the real life, but often explores in his dreams, is something to be discovered in Papiashvili’s paintings.
Temuri Papiashvili Exhibition. Oct. 4-9, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Budynok Khudozhnyka (1-5 Artema St.). Free
