Mr. Anton Kushnir (Ukraine)

Anton Kushnir

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.