Ukraine at Budapest Ritmo

For the second year in a row, Ukrainian content will be featured at the international showcase festival and conference Budapest Ritmo. As part of the conference, Marichka Chichkova will participate, presenting the festival Make Music Day Lviv. This will be a wonderful opportunity to gain new strategic international partnerships, draw attention from the international community to cultural and artistic phenomena happening in Ukraine despite the war, and expand the geography of partners through networking events at the conference. 

Make Music Day Lviv is the largest non-commercial festival in Ukraine that resonates worldwide. Since 2013, organisation has encouraged professional and amateur musicians and groups, musical institutions, public spaces, and communities to organise free concerts. Avoiding formalities, Fête de la Musique genuinely promotes the democratisation of musical culture and provides space for creative aspirations rather than consumerist habits.  

Make Music Day Lviv has been held yearly since 2013 despite pandemic restrictions and war. In 2023, over 100 musicians and bands in 46 locations participated in the festival in one day. 

“My goal is to invite as many foreign musicians to Ukraine as possible and accordingly establish connections and find partners who can finance the stay of these musicians or create joint projects. I see a pressing need to restore Ukraine’s ties with players in the European music market because after 2 years of pandemic and 2 years of active hostilities, Ukraine has been forgotten as a country worth visiting. Ukrainian voices are heard all over the world, but it is also necessary for foreigners to come to Ukraine and see with their own eyes the uniqueness and strength of our country,“ says Marichka Chichkova.