Donemus has signed an exclusive deal with Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets. He took part in the International Young Composers Academy in Tchaikovsky city (2013), and reading sessions by Ensemble MusikFabrik. He is the winner of the national competitions Gradus ad Parnassum (Kyiv, 2000), Step to the Left (Saint Petersburg, 2012), Skoryk Competition (Lviv, 2021) and III Prize on Varele Komponistenpreis (Oldenburg, 2015).
In 2019 he taught as a composer at the Course International Master Classes of New Music in Lviv. In 2020 he was selected to the catalogue of the Ukrainian Institute that presents the highlights of the Ukrainian contemporary music scene.
In 2020 he was invited as a member of the jury at the III International Competition-Laboratory of productions of young directors Musical Art Project. Maxim is the author of two operas. One of them was presented in a concert version in October 2020 by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Luigi Gaggero as conductor.
His music has been performed at the international festivals: MATA-Festival (New York), Summe New Music Courses in Darmstadt (Darmstadt), New Talents (Cologne), Donaueschinge Musiktage, Warsaw Autumn (Warsaw), World Music Days (Leuven), Other Space (Moscow), Gogolfest (Kyiv), Contrasts (Lviv), Randfestspiele (Zepernick), Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival (New York) etc.
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