Olha Bekenshtein is a music curator and cultural producer from Luhansk/Kyiv. Active in Ukraine, Europe & the USA, she is the founder of Time Based (previously, Am I Jazz? Festival), a co-founder of the non-profit organization OK Projects and part of the team that runs Kyiv’s club/art center Closer with its electronic music festivals Strichka and Brave! Factory, the largest and most internationally-recognized in Ukraine. Her curatorial approach centers on cross-sectoral, multi-genre contemporary music programming; presenting vanguard artistic projects and commissioning experimental collaborations. As a Fulbright scholar, she earned an MA in Arts Administration from the University of New Orleans in 2020. In her theoretical research, she focuses on decolonization, politically aware performance and ethics in the music industry.