Mr. Kushnir – flute professor of the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy
of Music, PhD.
Anton Kushnir is the professor of flute class, dean of the faculty of orchestral
instruments of Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music (UNTAM),
PhD, the author of scientific studies with issues of history, theory, methods of
performance on flute.
A. Kushnir is an Art Director of the International Flute Festival and Competition
“Kyiv Flute Days” and co-founder of the Ukrainian Flute Society. Of the most
significant recent events together with the Ukrainian pianist Maria Pukhlianko, it
should be noted participation as guest-professor in the Erasmus+ program in
Monopoli, Italy (2022), Trieste, Italy (2023), Hengshui University, China (2022-
2023), a concerts of Ukrainian music at the International festival “Weimar Flute
Days” (Germany, 2022), “Freiburg Flute Festival” (2023) as well as the
publication of Ukrainian pieces for flute solo by the Edition Svitzer (Denmark,
2023).
A. Kushnir successfully combines pedagogical activity and varied performing
activity - he is a soloist of The Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic
of Ukraine.