Sound landscape of Ukrainian fashion — how composers shape runway emotion
Behind every major Ukrainian Fashion Week show stands a composer who shapes the dramatic arc: from silence to crescendo. We tell about 5 musicians who set the tone for Ukrainian fashion.
A Ukrainian fashion show is not just clothing. It's dramaturgy, where music does the same work as a film score: shapes the viewer's emotional arc in 8-12 minutes. In 2026, only 5 composers shape 90% of the musical landscape of leading Ukrainian shows.
The leader in this direction is the electronic duo ARTBAT (Artyom Bondarenko and Batist). For last year's Andrii Korets show, they created the original composition 'Resilience' — a 9-minute electronic suite with fragments of Ukrainian soldiers' voices. The composition went viral and later appeared on their EP. 'This is not a runway soundtrack, this is a separate art piece born at this show,' explains Bondarenko.
Also actively working in this direction is composer Anna Luniova — her company Sonic Atelier serves 70% of Ukrainian Fashion Week shows. She specializes in adaptive music — music that changes tempo depending on the rhythm of model passage. The technology was developed by a Ukrainian startup that invested in her company in 2024.
