Ukraine owing to her experiments with the academic music, which eventually formed the orchestra’s individual style. In 2003, Kalinichenko completed an opera-symphonic conducting course led by Professor V.Gnedash in Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. She also worked as a conductor in the studio «Young Opera» patronized by NMAU and in Dnipropetrovsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (2004–2006). From 2004 to 2010 Kalinichenko was a conductor of the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine. Since 2007, Kalinichenko has become the art director and conductor of the New Era Orchestra and since 2010 she has also been artistic director of the project MK Classics in the House of Arts and Education «Master Klass». Soloists The orchestra actively collaborates with the best Ukrainian soloists of the new generation, among which are: Andrey Pavlov – violin. He graduated from NMAU and Glier Kyiv Institute of Music. He has a lot of concerts in Ukraine and abroad (Netherlands, Spain, Germany, France, Austria, in Radiokulturhaus in Vienna, in UNESCO House in Paris). Andrey Pavlov and Valeria Shulga, as the members of the duet «Sonoro», became the laureates of such contests as Johannes Brahms competition (Austria), Salieri-Zinetti (Italy), Stasys Vainiunas competition (Lithuania), Dmitry Bortniansky competition (Ukraine). Since 2016 Andrey has been the musician of the National Chamber Ensemble «Kyiv Soloists» Kyrylo Sharapov – violin In 2006 he completed the violin course in Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine and attended the assistant traineeship in 2009. 2010 was another year of training for him but this time it was in Netherlands String Quartet Academy. Odyssey and Proquartet Scholar (France, 2007). International Chamber Music Academy Scholar (Lower Saxony, Germany, 2008-2009) and International Music Academy Scholar (France, 2008). He is a laureate of international competitions (1995-2008), musician and co-organizer of the Kiev-Tango-Project (2011). Artem Poludennyi – cello Having studied cello, orchestra department, in Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, he became the soloist of the Lviv National Philharmonic. Musical Bridges project The project «Musical Bridges» is a long-term initiative aimed at fostering the cultural exchange between leading Ukrainian and foreign musicians in the field of contemporary and classical academic music. The main goal of the project is to integrate Ukraine into the global cultural space and promote high-quality audio arts in Ukraine. In 2019 the project is held as a part of Bilateral Cultural Year Austria-Ukraine 2019, supported by Ukrainian cultural foundation, Austrian Embassy Kyiv (Österreichische Botschaft