This November Lviv’s Opera and Ballet theatre will host a gala performance by celebrated show ballet troupe ‘Todes’ directed by Russian choreographer Alla Duhova. Todes offers a sensual trip through the world of dance with performances featuring all manner of sound effects and contemporary dance tracks while the lithe dancers themselves offer an intimate interpretation of erotic interplay. If you enjoy aesthetically pleasing performances and are excited by clever choreography then this could be the show of the season for you. For more information and ticket booking please call (032) 235-77-88.

Picasso began Autumn 2010 in jazzy mood and this will continue with the appearance of the Sounds of Brazil quintet featuring Duduka Da Fonseca, Helio Alves, Craig Handy, Jorge Continentino and Ark Ovrutski together with the event’s special guest, Grammy Award 2001 nominee Brazilian musician Filo Machado

December 2—12 at Kvartyra (apartment) 35 (35 Virmenska Str.) Philharmonic Concert Hall (7 Chaykovskogo Str.) and Picasso Club (88 Zelena Str.) Lviv’s annual Jazz Bez Festival is among the biggest in Eastern Europe. The festival opens up new horizons every year and unites music lovers of many countries.

As part of West Ukrainian efforts to raise HIV/AIDS awareness ahead of this year’s International Anti-AIDS Day on December 1, this November will see the opening of an exhibition of artworks inspired by the theme of combating ignorance about the health threats posed by the epidemic.

The guest of honour at the sixth season of Lviv Fashion Week (LFW) shows was celebrated Japanese designer Kenzo Takada. The seventy one year old founder of the Kenzo fashion house was paying his first ever visit to Ukraine and was clearly impressed by his first experience of the Lviv high society scene – enthusing over everything from the quality of the collections on display to the elegance of the city’s ladies and the beauty of its architecture. Kenzo is the biggest name yet to guest star at LFW and his appearance illustrates the growing prestige of this relatively new regional fashion initiative. Within the space of the past three years, LFW has become a fixture on the local high society calendar and has succeeded in establishing itself as a credible regional alternative to the traditional Ukrainian Fashion Week shows in Kyiv.

Hidden far away behind the Carpathian Mountains is one of Ukraine’s most picturesque and hospitable cities

Work began in October on an international-quality highway which will link Lviv with the Polish and EU border.

On November 5 Lviv Philharmonic Hall hosted a concert from remarkable Tatar guitarist Enver Izmailov, a man who first developed his distinctive tapping technique long before ever hearing about the great Stanley Jordan.