9th Days of Ukrainian Music in Warsaw
DAYS OF UKRAINIAN MUSIC
The 9th DAYS OF UKRAINIAN MUSIC IN WARSAW will take place on 3, 5 and 10 September 2023. In the jubilee year of the 25th anniversary of the “Pro Musica Viva” Foundation, we continue to promote Ukrainian music in the deep conviction of the importance of introducing Ukrainian high culture to the Polish audience.
In 1863, the Minister of the Interior of the Russian Empire, Peter Valuyev, wrote: “the Malo-Russian language was not, is not, and cannot be”. Today, this philosophy of Ukrainian non-existence is continued by modern Russia with its aggression against the Ukrainian state. We are proving how wrong they are!
For the second time, we enjoy the trust of our FESTIVAL MAIN PARTNERS – Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and Most the Most Foundation. This year we have received another 3-year grant from the City of Warsaw – we will be able to invite you to our Festival also in 2024 and in 2025. We are supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in cooperation with the National Institute of Music and Dance, the the Society of Authors ZAiKS, the MAGOVOX Foundation and the Union of Performing Artists STOART.
This year we have the honour of cooperating with the National Forum of Music in Wrocław.
9TH DAYS OF UKRAINIAN MUSIC IN WARSAW
Roman Rewakowicz – Artistic Director
Festival Programme:
Sunday, 3.09.2023 – 19:00
Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, 59 Modzelewski St.
Piano Duo Recital
KYIV PIANO DUO
Oleksandra Zajtseva and Dmytro Tavanets
Programme:
Part I – works for 4 hands
– Yevhen Stankovych – “Ancient mountain dances of Verkhovina”
– Zoltan Almashi – “Carpathian song”
– Yevhen Orkin – “In the land of gnomes”, “Rosa de Barcelona” from the cycle “Mosaics”
– Oleg Bezborodko – “Fanfare and fugue”
– Bohdan Sehin – “Ru-um-bambar”
– Mykhailo Shved – “Echo”
– Myroslav Skoryk – “Sad blues”, “Kankan” from an old gramophone record”.
Part II – pieces for 2 pianos
– Hennadiy Lashenko – “And the bells of strange sounds, and the flutter of leaves in the wind…”
– Igor Shcherbakov – “Barcarolle”
– Bohdana Frolyak – “Suite in C: Intrada – Romanza – Toccata – Nocturne
– Konstantin Vilensky – “Dance of the Devil”.
Tuesday, 5.09.2023 – 19:00
Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, 59 Modzelewski St.
Choral concert
WROCŁAW BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
ANDRZEJ KOSENDIAK – conductor
Programme:
Mykola Dylecki (1630?-1690?)
– “Funeral Liturgy” for 8-voice choir,
– “Canon of the Resurrection” for 8-voice choir
Sunday, 10.09.2023 – 6 p.m.
Atrium of the SENATOR Office Building, 12 Bielańska Street
Symphonic concert
IGOR LESCHISHIN – oboe (USA)
ProMODERN Vocal Sectet
WROCŁAW PHILHARMONY NFM Orchestra
ROMAN REWAKOWICZ – conductor
Programme:
– Bohdana Frolak (b. 1968) – Concerto for oboe and symphony orchestra (2022) – premiere *
– Olena Ilnytska (b. 1977) – ‘To Victory’ for vocal sextet and symphony orchestra (2023) – premiere **
* Work dedicated to Igor Leschishin
** The piece, entitled ‘To Victory’, was commissioned by the Pro Musica Viva Foundation in collaboration with the Most the Most Foundation and thePolish Development Bank (BGK)
Organiser:
Main Festival Partners:
Financial support of the Festival:
Subsidised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture – a state purpose fund, within the framework of the “Music” programme, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance
