Two Days and Two Nights of New Music

Summary

Two Days and Two Nights of New Music (Ukrainian: Два дні й дві ночі нової музики) or 2D2N (Ukrainian: 2Д2Н) is an annual 48-hour music festival held in Odesa, Ukraine. The festival features new music from both Ukrainian and international artists, mostly in the experimental music genre.[1] Founded by Karmella Tsepkolenko in 1995, it is organized by the Association for New Music, the Ukrainian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music.[2] The current president of the festival is German composer and conductor Bernhard Wulff. Having grown steadily since its inception, 2D2N is considered one of the largest music festivals in Ukraine. It is funded through government support, private donors, and various of international government agencies and projects, including those of Israel, Sweden, and Switzerland.[3] The festival primarily features works of classical avant-garde and postmodernism created in recent years, representing various trends in both live and electronic, computer and acoustic music. On the other hand, the festival does not shy away from new or unusual art forms for Ukrainian audiences, such as traditional art from Armenia, Korea, Mongolia, or Alaska. In general, the festival aims to develop new forms of communication between musicians, between musicians and the public, to theatricalize musical art along with all other arts, and to synthesize different types of art. The festival promotes international cooperation in such a way that the works of Ukrainian composers are performed by foreign musicians, and the works of foreign composers are performed by Ukrainian performers.[4]

Two Days and Two Nights of New Music
The Odesa Philharmonic Theater, the festival's main venue[1]
GenreExperimental
Datesmid-April
Location(s)Odesa, Ukraine
Years active1995–present
Organized byAssociation for New Music
Website2D2N

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  1. ^ a b "The Twenty-Fifth International Festival of Modern Art: Two Days and Two Nights of New Music" (PDF). Antonina Nezhdanova Odessa National Music Academy. 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Association Info". Association for New Music. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ "International Festival of Modern Art " Two days and Two nights of New Music"". UNESCO. 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Публікації". 2d2n.art. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.