Natalia Khmilevska

Music director of the Liatoshynskyi Capella. Ukrainian conductor, choirmaster, soprano, musicologist, and cultural manager. and cultural manager. She specializes in historically informed performance of Ukrainian and Western European music of the 17th and 18th centuries. Since 2026, she has served as Music Director at Liatoshynskyi Capella, National House of Music of Ukraine, following her selection through an open competition. She works with the Capella’s Choir, Orchestra, and Early Music Ensemble as conductor, soprano, and programme curator, developing concert, educational, and audiovisual formats for early music presentation. Her work at the National House of Music includes performances of Handel’s Messiah (2024, 2025) and Bach’s St John Passion (2026), as well as programme series such as Baroque Education and Early Music in Museums. She also leads the residency Early Music Weekend and contributed to the project Concerto grosso with positive organ by Yevhen Petrychenko, incorporating augmented reality and presented across multiple Ukrainian cities: Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Kropyvnytskyi. Co-founder and Artistic Director of Open Opera Ukraine, where she develops artistic strategy and leads music theatre productions. Her projects include the first Ukrainian entreprise production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (GRA Award, 2018), Handel’s Acis and Galatea (2019), and the semi-staged version of King Arthur (2024). She has overseen the creation of more than 30 baroque concert programmes. Artistic Director of the vocal ensemble PARTES and initiator of the MUSICA SACRA UKRAINA platform, dedicated to Ukrainian polyphonic (partes) repertoire of the 17th–18th centuries. Under her direction, the ensemble combines research, performance, and recording. Its releases include Musica Sacra Ukraina (2020), Ukrainian Baroque: Concordacii Animos (2023), awarded the REMA Award – Heritage of the Year (2024), and Vnemlite, lyudiye: Rachynsky / Berezovsky (2024). Her work integrates conducting, research, and editorial practice, including the preparation of modern performing editions based on archival sources. Alongside her artistic activity, she is engaged in education and professional development, leading masterclasses in baroque singing and participating in international academies and residencies. In 2024, she was selected for the International Visitors Programme of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), focused on international cultural exchange and networking. She graduated from the National Music Academy of Ukraine (class of Lev Venediktov) and and received her PhD in Art History (2013). She is the recipient of national and international awards, including the REMA Award 2024 and the Ukrainian national ranking “Infoboom – Classical Music”.