On October 25, 2023, an art event of the Kropyvnytskyi Museum of Musical Culture named after K.Szymanowski "IN MEMORIAM was held in the O.O.Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum. Musical projects of Andrii Nadezhdin", dedicated to the memory of the honored artist of Ukraine Andriy Nadiezhdin (1963 - 2022), as part of the XXI festival "Autumn with the music of Karol Szymanowski".
    Director of the museum and head of the public organization "Union of Poles "Polonia" named after Karol Szymanowski" Oleksandr Poliachok talked about the long-term cooperation with the leading researcher of the O.O.Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum and the Honored Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadiezhdin in the creation of musical projects, in particular, the design of the performance "Music of the Ukrainian Nativity Scene", which was successfully presented by the chamber ensemble "Yelisavegrad musical college" in the memorial hall of the museum at the end of the 1990s, and the design of the logos of the festivals "Neuhaus musical meetings", "Perekotipole" and posters of the concerts of the folklore group "Mlynochok".
    "A year ago, in October 2022, the heart of an artist who loved and felt music in a subtle way, willingly collaborated with musicians-performers and gave them his paintings, as well as mock-ups of posters and decorations, stopped beating," Oleksandr Poliachok noted during the speech and presented the improvised art an exhibition of paintings by Andrii Nadiezhdin from his own collection and the collection of the Museum of Musical Culture named after K. Szymanowski, supplemented with paintings from the funds of the O.Osmerkin Art Memorial Museum, including "Self-Portrait" and "Ukrainian Lyrical".
    Memories of the talented artist were shared by musicians, artists and museum workers. Svitlana Kontsedalova, a teacher at the Kropyvnytskyi College of Music, who at one time led the chamber ensemble "Yelisavetgrad Music College" and is currently the co-leader of the folk group "Mlynochok", spoke about the unique project "Music of the Ukrainian Nativity Scene", which combined the musical compositions of the Christmas event, illustrated by paintings and graphic works of Andrii Nadiezhdin, who personally hosted the event and read literary texts on religious topics. And in order to feel this peculiar artistic mystery, one of the main attributes of which is the Christmas star made by Andrii Nadiezhdin, which is still used during the New Year holidays, together with her husband Oleksandr Poliachok, she sang carols and other songs about angels - iconic characters in Andrii Nadezhdin's works.
    Liudmyla Demydenko, a talented portraitist and member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, recalled her years of study at the Dnipropetrovsk State Art  School named after E.V. Vuchetych together with his friend Andrii Nadiezhdin.
    A well-known local historian, chief custodian of the funds of the museum of musical culture named after K. Szymanowski Olena Klassova shared how in her time, when she worked in the O.Osmerkin museum, she witnessed the writing of poems by Andrii Nadiezhdin, which were recently published by the Imex-LTD publishing house in the 2-volume collection "Thoughts Aloud", illustrated by the artist's works, by the way, the author's layout of this book was donated to the museum funds by the director of the publishing house, Tamara Samyliak, who was also present at the event.
    Special emotions were caused by the presentation of a slide film of numerous photos of Andrii Nadiezhdin, which was presented for the first time in the I.K.Karpenko-Kary Literary Memorial Museum during the opening by the director of the museum, Larysa Hosiainova, of the thematic exhibition "My friend left without closing the door, leaving a passage to the horizon ...", dedicated to the memory of the Honored Artist of Ukraine Andrii Nadiezhdin, on the International Day of Friends on June 9, 2023.
    Everyone who came to the memorable art event talked for a long time, among them were the artist's sister, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Oksana Zhuravel-Nadiezhdina, directors of the city music schools No. 1 named after H.G.Neuhaus Yevhenia Maliavkina and No. 2 named after Y.S.Meitus Olena Nadutenko, of the Children's Art School Andrii Tsarenko, students and teachers of Oleksandr Osmerkin art school led by the school's director Hanna Tymofienko, fans of visual arts and music.