Vivat Vita: European Award for Ukrainian Classical Crossover Performer Arina Domski — A Voice in Support of Life

Ukrainian classical crossover performer Arina Domski has received the Gold Medal of the European International Music Award (EIMA) in the Best Classical Crossover EP category for the mini-album Vivat Vita, recorded in Kyiv in December 2025.

The distinction of this work lies not only in its musical level but also in the conditions of its creation.
The singer noted that the recording took place between air raid sirens, in a space where music became not just art, but a form of internal resilience and support.

The EP includes six works from the classical repertoire in Domski's original interpretation:

— Antonio Vivaldi
— George Frideric Handel
— Franz Schubert
— Jacques Offenbach
— Alfredo Catalani

This selection creates a musical arc across eras — from the Baroque to Romanticism — and turns the release into an artistic statement about the continuity of European cultural memory.

The European International Music Award competition is focused on supporting independent and young performers and primarily evaluates artistic quality and originality of interpretation. The victory of the Ukrainian vocalist in the classical crossover category highlights an important trend of recent years: a resurgence of interest in the genre that bridges academic tradition and modern stage expressiveness.

The album's title sounds like an artistic formula of the time:

Vivat Vita — Long live life.

And it is precisely this meaning that fills the story of its creation.

Today, when music is recorded in cities living under the conditions of sirens, it becomes not only an aesthetic event — it becomes a testament to the presence of culture even where space attempts to narrow down to the silence of waiting.

There is music that passes through eras not because it belongs to the past.

It remains beside a person precisely when it is especially important to remember life.

The classics have survived wars, changes, and turning points in history — and each time they sounded as a sign that culture continues to breathe along with the people.

Therefore, this European award today sounds not only as a recognition of musical mastery.

It sounds as a sign to those who choose life — no matter what.

And that is exactly why classical music remains the music of life, moving with a person through the events of time and restoring a sense of stability and meaning.

As Ludwig van Beethoven said:

"Music should strike fire from the heart of man."