The event will take place at VERE MUSIC HUB (Kyiv, , 21/8 Malopidvalna str.) after the master class.
Admission to the event is free with prior registration: https://forms.gle/28PvGaEk4vEMrrfz5.
The event will feature a pre-premiere screening of the feature-length documentary *My Ukrainian Rhapsody*, which Lukas filmed in Ukraine during the war while exploring the Ukrainian part of his identity.
The master class, open to both soloists and chamber ensembles, will take place the day before the meeting at VERE MUSIC HUB (Kyiv, , 21/8 Malopidvalna str.).
Link to the master class: https://www.facebook.com/events/1619675892649427/.
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Lukas Stasevskij is a Finnish cellist and film director of Ukrainian descent. He studied at the Sibelius Academy – University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland) and the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel (Switzerland) under the guidance of Arto Noras, Martti Rousi, and Ivan Monigetti.
The musician has performed at the most prestigious music festivals in Finland – the Naantali Music Festival, the Turku Music Festival, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, and the Mikkeli Music Festival. In 2011, he won the fourth prize at the Witold Lutosławski International Competition, and in 2013, he won the Penderecki Prize at the International Paulo Cello Competition. He also worked as a resident chamber musician at Lincoln Center in New York.
As a cultural figure, he is best known as the founder and artistic director of the Game Music Collective — Europe’s first professional video game music orchestra.
In 2021, Lukas moved to Ukraine to explore the Ukrainian part of his identity and study film directing. After the full-scale invasion began, he remained in the country and began filming his debut feature-length documentary “My Ukrainian Rhapsody”. Since the start of the war, he has been performing concerts for military personnel and civilians in various regions of Ukraine.
Together with his brother, pianist and journalist Justas Stasevskij, and his sister, conductor Dalia Stasevska, the musician received the Finnish honorary award “European of the Year in Finland” in 2025 for his cultural activities in support of Ukraine.
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VERE MUSIC ACADEMY is an ongoing program of master classes by VERE MUSIC FUND. It offers Ukrainian performers access to the best educational practices, for which they used to have to spend a lot of time, effort, and money. But now it is possible to attend master classes by world-renowned teachers and musicians without leaving Ukraine – absolutely free of charge.
VERE MUSIC FUND is a charitable fund established in 2017 by Tetiana Verevska. The Fund provides grants to Ukrainian musicians to participate in international competitions and master classes, and implements festival projects and educational initiatives. It also supports international music competitions in Ukraine.