The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Music Education in Ukraine

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the most discussed topics, not only medically, but also by different social sciences. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international pandemic state of emergency. Authorities of different countries provided unprecedented lockdown that caused cardinal changes both in lifestyle and functioning of different branches of economics, including culture and education1. These changes have become an object of culturology and sociology investigations aimed to answer a general question—how does the COVID-19 pandemic influence activities of various social groups, institutions, cultural sectors, etc. Obviously, the field of music art in general and music education in particular is not an exception. Before the pandemic, Ukraine had a well-developed network of public music schools and conservatoires where children and adults could learn music