Kontrasty or Contrasts is an international festival of contemporary music held in Lviv, Ukraine, annually since 1995.
[4] The founders of "Contrasts" are Polish conductor Roman Revakovich, composer Yuri Lanyuk, and musicologist Yarema Yakubyak.
The art council also included Myroslav Skoryk (chairman) and Alexander Shchetynsky.
The program of "Contrasts" includes works by contemporary composers, in particular premieres, as well as classics of the 20th century and past eras.
[6] Krzysztof Penderecki (1996 and 1999), Gia Kancheli (2014), Arvo Pärt (2001), Sofia Gubaidulina (2012), Sigmund Krause (2008), Saulius Sondeckis (2006), Leonid Grabovsky (2010), Bohuslav Schaeffer (2005), Elzbieta Sikora (2011) and others are among the famous participants of the festival.