Charlie Hunter Trio, International Culture and Arts Centre (1 Institutska), 19 October at 18.00 Charlie Hunter is one of the world's most original and best guitarists. This incredible virtuoso plays a guitar with eight strings, on which he plays basslines

Moses', National Opera (50 Volodymyrska), 16 October at 19.00 Modern Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk's opera 'Moses', based on the Franko poem of the same name, tells the story of an unacknowledged prophet who dies without being taken seriously. The work

International Contest of Young Pianists, National Philharmonic (2 Volodymyrsky Uzviz), 24 October at 19.00 For a long time now the International Contest of Young Pianists, dedicated to the memory of the great pianist and Kyiv son Vladimir Horowitz, has annually

Pochayna Chapel Choir in concert, House of Organ and Chamber Music (77 Chervonoarmiyska), 20 October at 19.00 The Pochayna Chapel Choir was founded in 1995 at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, with the goal of reviving the academy's traditional standing as a Ukrainian

Art Kyiv Fair, Ukraine House (2 Khreschatyk), from 30 October The annual Art Kyiv Fair is back at Ukraine House, meaning that every corner of the venue will be packed full of art from Ukrainian galleries and collectors. The goal

Call them the Building Wars: the struggle between residents of the fine city of Kyiv and the shady builders covering parts of town with dubious constructions. (Most local builders, of course, are not shady.) Last week the Wars actually got

Christina Aguilera, Ukraine Palace (103 Chervonoarmiyska), 20 October at 19.30 Okay. First Christina Aguilera was definitely coming to play Kyiv. We reported that. Then, like the Rolling Stones before her, she cancelled. We reported that, too. Now we're promised that

Avishai Cohen Vocal Project, International Culture and Arts Centre (1 Institutska), 18 October at 17.00 The talented Israeli jazz bassist, composer and arranger Avishai Cohen brings his music and his virtuosity to Kyiv. Having gotten his start playing with the

It was a tricky enough situation when the Ukrainian cargo ship Faina was seized by pirates last month off Somalia, a sort of Times Square for contemporary pirates - there have been a whopping 61 pirate attacks in those waters

Love and Death by Mozart and Salieri, Kyiv Soloists chamber ensemble, Tchaikovsky Music Academy (13 Horodetskoho), 16 October at 19.00 The legend of Mozart and Salieri - that the mediocre latter hated the ingenious former, and in fact probably killed

Vocal Zone festival, International Culture and Arts Centre (1 Institutska), 15 October at 19.00 The pure human voice and nothing else - that's what you'll get at this, a festival of a cappella music that's being held in Kyiv for

Assia Akhat in concert, Palace Ukraine (103 Chervonoarmiyska), 12 October at 19.00 Assia Akhat, the raven-tressed pop star whose records are always on sale at Furshet, comes to play that funky electric violin of hers and sing on the nation's

Concert of Schubert songs, Sofia Cathedral, Khlibnya Museum (24 Volodymyrska), 12 October at 19.30 Franz Schubert, the short-lived Romantic wunderkind, is famous for a lot of musical things, but one of the things he's most famous for are his songs.

Outstars in concert, 44 club (44b Khreschatyk), 11 October at 22.00 At the recent Fight Fest independent music festival, Outstars had the public grabbed from the first chords they blasted off. Now they're coming back to Kyiv to follow up

Aquarium International, National Opera House (50 Volodymyrska), 14 October at 20.00 The legendary Boris Grebenshikov, the man behind the band Aquarium, standard-bearers of Russian rock, has gathered 20 musicians from Ireland, the USA, England, Poland and India for his new

Ukrainian Fashion Week, ACCO International (40 Peremohy Pr.), 15-21 October Ukrainian Fashion Week is a unique professional fashion event that twice a year keeps pushing the country closer to Western pret-a-porter standards. Come see the best Ukrainian and foreign designers,

That's not very nice. I have in mind the story making its way through the media about an anti-construction protest in Pechersk that turned nasty. Guards attached to the site allegedly became rather aggressive and brutalised at least several of

How sick is the Yushchenko-Tymoshenko relationship? This is how sick. Last week Prime Minister Tymoshenko flew up to Moscow to sign a deal with Prime Minister Putin that will keep Russian natural gas flowing into this country and solidify Ukraine's

Cut Glass exhibition, Format Dio design salon (85-87 Chervonoarmiyska), from 23 October till 23 November The company Lalique is something of a wonder with cut glass, and its products have earned it worldwide renown. This month, Lalique's best works are

Irina Bilyk in concert, Palace Ukraine (103 Chervonoarmiyska), 7 November at 19.00 For 20 years the top local music star Irina Bilyk has been making her fans happy with catchy, intelligent pop. On this evening she'll give a concert commemorating