Among others, the orchestra has performed with renowned soloists such as Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Avi Avital and Danjulo Ishizaka.

The orchestra’s international activity was initiated by Evgenii Utkin, investment IT-holding «KM Core» president, and the «Master Class» house of arts and education founder.

In Ukraine, the New Era Orchestra was the first to perform music of such composers as: John Adams (US), Philip Glass (US), Michael Nyman (UK), Sir John Tavener (UK), Iannis Xenakis (France), Avner Dorman (Israel/US), Takashi Yoshimatsu (Japan), Marjan Mozetich (Canada), Georgs Pelēcis (Latvia) and Arturs Maskats (Latvia).

The orchestra often performs with leading Ukrainian soloists, for instance Kyrylo Sharapov (violin), Dmytro Marchenko (vibraphone), Roman Repka (piano), Artem Poludenny (cello), Solomia Prymak (soprano) and many others.

In 2003, Kalinichenko completed an opera-symphonic conducting course led by Professor V. Gnedash in Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine.