Liverpool will host a never before seen two-week programme, EuroFestival, to celebrate the Eurovision Song Contest.
EuroFestival presents 24 commissions - 19 of which are collaborative projects between UK and Ukrainian artists - to showcase the uniting power of music and art.
Ukrainian Eurovision Song Contest winner and singer-songwriter Jamala will premiere an extraordinary and poignant new album of music, based around Crimean Tatar folk songs and accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as part of QIRIM on May 11.