Season 2 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.
Designs by Natella Shavadze
29th January, 20.15 – Liatoshynsky 130. Piano recital with lecture dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the great Ukrainian composer Boris Liatoshynsky. Splendor, Amsterdan, NL. More details here.
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Antonii Baryshevskyi, piano
17th February, 20.15 – ҐІЛЬДЕҐАРДА (Hildegard) a 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. This innovative approach, brought to life by Oleh Shpudeiko, known as Heinali, an electronic music composer reimagining Early music in modular synthesis, and Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, a singer practising authentic Ukrainian vocal tradition, brings to the fore the paradoxical viscerality inherent to Hildegard's visionary writing.
Splendor Amsterdam, NL. More details here
LIMBO is heart-to-heart solo program by Viktoriia Vitrenko for voice and piano. With music from five song cycles by Ying Wang, Sven-Ingo Koch, Alla Zagaykevych, Maxim Shalygin and Agata Zubel.
23d March, 20.15 – BABRYLON. Piano recital with music by A. Shmurak
The project is fundamentally multi-genre: it includes field recordings, drone music, classical music, jazz, noise, and lo-fi folk. "Babylon" explores the magical and playful in urban space, where gigantic industrial landscapes alternate with intimate inner experiences.
Aleksei Shmurak, composer
Antonii Baryshevskyi, piano, synthesizer
