Opera AMANDANTE. European tour

Already next week "AMANDANTE" European journey will start!

Don`t miss this incredible music , that was made with a big love and will be performed the same way, "andante con amore".

October 5th, 20.15 – Korzo, The Hague, Netherlands

October 10th, 20.00 – Musikbrauerei, Berlin, Germany

October 12th, 19.00 – Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

October 14th, 19.00 – Augustinerkirche, Zurich Music Festival, Switzerland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9oQwT0FInE

Love comes in many forms and manifestations: love in friendship, or in romance. Love between a parent/caregiver and child, love for a particular object. It makes sense that the Dutch-Ukrainian Maxim Shalyigin wanted to incorporate that enormous theme into his music for this chamber opera. Because opera traditionally goes in all directions. Four singers take us along in ‘Symposium’: one of philosopher Plato’s most famous written conversations. But he adds an act of love himself: because even the characters who were not given a voice in the conversation, are given a voice by Maxim. Even if you’ve never been into opera, this is simply a beautiful musical trip. If you are still not convinced, we quote the NRC about the premiere: “An unforgettable experience”.

Composition: Maxim Shalygin

Libretto: Paul van der Woerd

Lighting design: Nico de Rooij

Ensemble: Nova Opera 

Soprano: Maryana Golovko 

Soprano: Anna Kirsh 

Baritone: Andrii Koshman 

Baritone: Ruslan Kirsh 

Piano: Antonii Baryshevskyi

Violin I: Fiona Robertson

Violin II: Ernst Spyckerelle

Viola: Oksana Mukosii

Cello: Ketevan Roinishvili

Double bass: Silvia Gallego

Conductor: Mikheil Menabde 

Mriya orchestra

Amandante is a production by Muziekgebouw Productiehuis in collaboration with Nova Opera, the Greek National Opera and Stichting Ensemble Shapeshift. 

Antonii Baryshevskyi is a new resident of Splendor

I'm so thrilled to share with you the wonderful and also unexpected news - from now on I became a permanent resident of Splendor !

It is a place, where I embodied so many ideas already, (including very dear ro my heart project SplenDoor to Ukraine), but most importantly - I've met so many great people, I've got so much support and love.. I am incredibly grateful!

And looking forward to more collaborations, more experiments, and more music!

25 May, 20.00 – ON BOARD

Music of the Sea and Water. All aboard and anchors aweigh: Splendor’s newest members are joining forces for their very first concert together! Tickets and more info here.

(SPLEN)DOOR TO UKRAINE: A Guide to Ukrainian Music

Season 3 of a series of chamber concerts and contemporary/electronic experimental music. The aim of organising this series is to introduce the Dutch public to the hidden gems of Ukrainian music from the second half of the 20th century and to enter into the artistic context of Ukraine at that time.

Antonii Baryshevsky, the Ukrainian pianist and curator of this series, will perform the music.

Ihor Sukhorukov, a Ukrainian culture enthusiast, will help explore the music's context.

Experimental/ Electronic:

1st May, 20.15 – VESNYANKY [SPRING SONGS] Splendor, Amsterdam, NL.  More details here.

6th May, 20.00 – VESNYANKY [SPRING SONGS] Goodmesh, Deen Haag, NL. More details here.

Ukrainian folk songs reimagined by an electroacoustic ensemble.

A true spring can only begin when the VESNYANKY—Ukrainian folk spring songs—are sung. Some chase away the lingering winter cold, while others welcome the sun, the birds, and the blossoming earth.

Maryana Golovchenko, voice

Oksana Mukosii, viola

Vladyslav Petryk, clarinet

Anna Antipova, violin, electronics

Antonii Baryshevskyi, piano, synth

---

1st June, 20.15 – CONTEMPORARY UKRAINIAN VIRTUOSITY IN A CONTEXT

Splendor, Amsterdam, NL.  More details here.

Violinist Orest Smovzh, based in Helsinki, presents an evening of bold and thought-provoking music that reimagines what solo violin playing can be in the 21st century. At the heart of the program are three newly-commissioned Ukrainian works—world premieres written in 2024—that stretch the boundaries of traditional virtuosity by embracing fragility, introspection, and theatricality.

These new caprices and études are placed in dialogue with works by European composers who similarly challenge the historical ideals of technical showmanship. The result is a concert that invites listeners to reconsider what it means to be virtuosic today—not only in terms of speed and dexterity, but also in expressive nuance, risk-taking, and emotional depth.

Throughout the performance, Smovzh offers insights and commentary, guiding the audience through the music’s ideas and contexts.

Orest Smovzh, violin

---

Check about previous edition No.2 and edition No. 1 

Highlights from the second edition of the (SPLEN)DOOR TO UKRAINE: A Guide to Ukrainian Music series. 29th January – Liatoshynsky 130 Piano recital with lecture dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the great Ukrainian composer Boris Liatoshynsky.  17th February – ҐІЛЬДЕҐАРДА (Hildegard) Unique reimagining of Hildegard von Bingen's music. It combines the vocal sound production approaches of authentic Ukrainian folk singing with the modular synthesis techniques drawing from high mediaeval polyphony and monophony. Heinali, modular synthesizer.

Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, folk singer.

8th March – LIMBO A heart-to-heart solo program by  Viktoriia Vitrenko for voice and piano.

23d March – BABRYLON The project is fundamentally multi-genre: it includes field recordings, drone music, classical music, jazz, noise, and lo-fi folk performed by Antonii Baryshevskyi.

Photo credits: Artem Sergeev