Odessa Classics

Odessa Classics
The 10th international music festival

march — november 2024

Odesa, the pearl of the Black Sea, has hosted seven music festivals, the Odessa Classics, every June from 2015 to 2021. After a huge success from the very beginning, Odessa Classics has rightfully taken its rightful place as a European festival of the highest level, with world classical music stars: Daniel Hope, Yevgeny Kisin, Pinchas Zukerman, Joshua Bell, Maxim Wengerov, Mischa Maisky, Matthias Görne, Michael Guttman, Thomas Hampson, as well as chamber orchestras from Zurich, Berlin, Brussels and many others.

But the war changed everything, and since 2022 it has become impossible to hold a large-scale international festival in Ukraine. In 2022-2023, the Odessa Classics found a new temporary home in Europe, holding 35 concerts in six countries: Switzerland, Estonia, Greece, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania.

In 2024, the Odessa Classics celebrates its 10th anniversary. The festival’s concerts will take place in Vilnius (March 28), Zurich (April 4-9), Lucerne (June 25), Bremen (September 24-29) and other countries.

«I am delighted to announce the news of close creative cooperation with the wonderful Odessa Classics festival from 2019. Alexey Botvinov and his team have done a great job in creating this festival in their beautiful historic city. I am incredibly excited and inspired when I think about my musical idols and their role in Odesa’s musical life: Petro Stolyarsky, David Oistrakh, Nathan Milstein, Busia Goldstein, Emil Hillels, Sviatoslav Richter, Zakhar Bron and many others. I look forward to new musical meetings in Odesa!»

Daniel Hope