Arts Manager Nikita Makarenko’s initiative, the Ilkhom RockFest has been a welcomed addition to the slate of activities offered by the internationally regarded Ilkhom Theatre of Mark Weil in Tashkent. In addition to producing the festival, Nikita is a musician and journalist who, in 2014, produced a textbook The Standards of Western Journalism for Arts Journalists which he then converted to an on-line resource.
During his residency, he hoped to gain familiarity with administration, fundraising, and the technical aspects of festival and music production in the US.
