On October 24, ARTE will present The Mothers of Kherson, an opera, and a documentary exploring the circumstances that inspired its creation. The special presentation will air on Saturday, October 24, at 11:10 p.m. on ARTE and will also be available on arte.tv from October 24.

Conducted by Maestro Wilson, the opera is a co-production between the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Polish National Opera (Teatr Wielki), where it received its staged premiere on October 16.

Rather than portraying the women of Kherson as mythologised heroines, Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets adopts a restrained musical language rooted in Ukrainian musical traditions, even encorporating a few traditional folk songs. Eschewing unnecessary complexity, his music reflects the unadorned realities of the lives at the heart of the opera. The libretto, written by American playwright George Brant, draws on numerous interviews with mothers, grandmothers and young people who have since returned home. On stage, a children's choir embodies the children who were forcibly taken away.

The accompanying documentary follows people whose lives have been profoundly shaped by the war and who have become closely involved in the opera's creation. Among them are Ukrainian documentary filmmaker Sasha Andrusyk; composer Maxim Kolomiiets, who is currently living in exile in Leipzig; and singer Mariia Udovenko, who was forced to bring members of her family to safety in Poland.

The film also brings to light the personal accounts that underpin the opera's libretto. One of these is the story of Yulia Radzevilova and her son, Maxim, who was twelve years old at the time. In an effort to shield him from the attacks on Kherson, Yulia sent him to a summer camp in Crimea. However, he was not permitted to return. Following an arduous journey, she eventually succeeded in bringing her son home. At a preview performance in Kyiv, mother and son witness their own experience re-enacted on the grand stage, transforming their deeply personal ordeal into a work of collective remembrance.

Photo: Karpati and Zarewicz

Following its concert premiere in Kyiv earlier this year, The Mothers of Kherson by Ukrainian composer Maksym Kolomiets will receive its fully staged world premiere at Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw on October 16, with Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson conducting. 

With a libretto by American playwright George Brant, The Mothers of Kherson tells the story of Ukrainian mothers who travel thousands of kilometers through several countries and Russian-controlled territories to bring their daughters home from Crimea. The opera addresses the forced removal and deportation of Ukrainian children, while also exploring the bonds between mothers, the strength found in community, and the extraordinary lengths to which people will go to protect those they love.

The Warsaw production is directed by Barbara Wysocka, with sets by Barbara Hanicka, costumes by Julia Kornacka, lighting by Marc Heinz, and video by Artur Sienicki. The production features the Chorus and Orchestra of the Polish National Opera and the Artos Children’s Choir. The cast includes Izabela Matuła as Kateryna, Hanna Sosnowska-Bill as Lilia, Kamila Dutkowska as Dasha, Weronika Wojtkowska as Olena, Elissa Pfaender as Tetiana Borysowa, Małgorzata Walewska as Olha and Olafur Sigudarson as the bus driver.

For Maestro Wilson, the premiere continues her sustained commitment to Ukrainian music and musicians. As founder and Music Director of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and Music Director of the Kyiv Camerata, Wilson has played a central role in bringing Ukrainian musical voices to audiences around the world. She conducted the first concert version of highlights of The Mothers of Kherson in Kyiv in June 2026 and performed the suite from the opera on the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s 2025 and 2026 tours.

Listen to Suite from The Mothers of Kherson: II. Sostenuto, rubato here.

Performances take place on October 16, 18, 23, 25, and 27, 2026. The two-act opera is a co-production between the Polish National Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. 

Read more about The Mothers of Kherson here.

Listen to Keri-Lynn Wilson’s BBC interview about The Mothers of Kherson here. 

Tickets and additional information are available here.

Maestro Wilson’s 2026/27 season underscores her devotion to Ukraine, from the world premiere of The Mothers of Kherson in October in Warsaw with the Polish National Opera to multiple concerts in Ukraine and across Europe with her two Ukrainian ensembles, The Kyiv Camerata and the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, to guest appearances with the symphony orchestras of Kyiv and Lviv. She’ll also be returning to the Staatsoper in Berlin for two different operas, making her debut at the Hamburg Opera, guest conducting the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, and returning to the Metropolitan Opera in New York to conduct the premiere of Richard Jones’ production of Puccini’s masterpiece, La Fanciulla del West. Throughout the season, Maestro Wilson continues her role as an artist performing for a free Ukraine and for a better world.

On September 21 at 6:00 PM, Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson returns to the National Philharmonic of Ukraine in Kyiv to conduct the opening concert of the Kyiv Camerata’s season. The concert, entitled Voices: An Evening of Premieres, includes two world premieres and three Kyiv premieres. This concert marks the continuation of Maestro Wilson’s tenure as music director of the ensemble and her continued support of Ukraine in its fight for its liberty.

The evening opens with acclaimed American composer Nico Muhly’s virtuosic Shrink for violin and orchestra, featuring Ukraine’s celebrated violinist Bohdana Pivnenko, followed by Hanna Havrylet’s heavenly Stabat Mater for choir and orchestra, performed with the Kyiv Choir.

The second half features the world premiere of Victoria Poleva’s In Memory of Oleh Pavliuchenkov, a poignant tribute to the Ukrainian filmmaker, photographer, and cultural figure who passed away in May. Volodymyr Zubytsky’s Colomyika la vita for bandura and orchestra, performed by Iryna Lytvynenko, follows before the evening culminates with world premiere of Zoltan Almashi’s Chamber Symphony arrousing We Will Win. 

Read more about the concert in the Kyiv Post article here.

Tickets and additional information are available here. 

“White hot intensity as Verdi Requiem shakes St. Paul’s vast dome…Wilson leaned in towards the musicians, her focus on them seemingly total, their sound overwhelming.”

The Guardian

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, under founder and conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, concluded its 2026 Invincible Tour with two triumphant concerts at Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City. On 25 August they were joined by Lise Davidsen - the most celebrated soprano of her generation - in Strauss’s Four Last Songs as well as presenting the US premiere of Bohdana Frolyak’s Gloria, in honor of soldiers who have died fighting at the front, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. The following evening, Maxim Kolomiiets’s “Suite from The Mothers of Kherson”, ahead of its full operatic premiere in October, was followed by a tumultuous Verdi’s Requiem with the orchestra joined by a stellar quartet of soloists: soprano Ailyn Pérez, mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, tenor René Barbera, and bass Soloman Howard. 

The tour, the UFO’s fifth, had commenced on 16 August at the orchestra’s home from home in the Teatr Wielki-Opera Narodowa in Warsaw with the world premiere of Frolyak’s Gloria, Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder sung by soprano Julia Kleiter and Beethoven’s Seventh. Two days later, St Paul’s Cathedral in London witnessed a monumental Verdi’s Requiem with the Guardian describing orchestral climaxes that “would surely have registered on a seismometer as they gathered into a thrillingly elemental roar before dissipating as a series of echoed convulsions into the vast dome above.” With soprano Emily Pogorelc joining for the Rückert-Lieder, three more packed out halls with three more standing ovations followed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the National Concert Hall in Dublin before the orchestra travelled to New York for the tour’s climax.

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will reunite for its sixth tour in the summer of 2027.

On 16 August the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra began its fifth tour under founder and conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson with a packed concert at its home from home in the Teatr-Wielki Opera Narodowa in Warsaw. The world premiere of Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak’s Gloria, in honor of soldiers who have died fighting at the front, was followed by soprano Julia Kleiter’s achingly acute account of Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and finally a rousingly triumphant Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Two days later, St Paul’s Cathedral in London witnessed a monumental Verdi’s Requiem with a stellar quartet of soloists - Natalya Romaniw, Natalie Lewis, René Barbera and Jongmin Park - the Guardian describing orchestral climaxes that “would surely have registered on a seismometer as they gathered into a thrillingly elemental roar before dissipating as a series of echoed convulsions into the vast dome above.” Two more sell-out concerts with two more standing ovations have followed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The orchestra now moves to Dublin and then two concerts at Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City, where they will be joined by Lise Davidsen - the most celebrated soprano of her generation - in Strauss’s Four Last Songs as well as performances of Frolyak’s Gloria, Beethoven’s Seventh and Maxim Kolomiiets’s “Suite from The Mothers of Kherson”, ahead of its full operatic premiere in October.

On June 21, World Music Day, Arte will broadcast "Europiano”, an eight hour concerto marathon celebrating some of the greatest European piano concertos played by world renowned artists, including Martha Argerich. The broadcast’s grand finale is Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky's "Slavic Concerto" with Ukrainian pianist Maksym Shadko, and accompanied by members of the Kyiv Camerata and Kyiv Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson. The concert was recorded on June 3rd in Kyiv’s Philharmonic Hall between air attacks on the city. 

Watch the concert here.

On May 26 at 6:00 PM, the National Ensemble of Soloists “Kyiv Camerata” will present a program of contemporary Ukrainian and American music at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine under the baton of Music Director Keri -Lynn Wilson.

The concert will feature works by , Ukrainian and American composers . Three of the four works will receive their Ukrainian premieres.

Soloists of the evening are Bogdana Pivnenko (violin) and Dmytro Tavanets (tylinka, flute, recorder).

The program opens with the Kyiv premiere of Suite No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra by Dmytro Klebanov — one of the founders of the Kharkiv school of composition in the 20th century. The concert will also feature the Ukrainian premiere of Victoria Poleva’s “Magic Tylynka,” commissioned by the Bach Festival in Schaffhausen.

The evening’s culmination will be the Ukrainian premiere of Violin Concerto “Shrink” by Nico Muhly — one of the leading contemporary American composers.

On May 26 at 6:00 PM, the National Ensemble of Soloists “Kyiv Camerata” will present a program of contemporary Ukrainian and American music at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine under the baton of Music Director Keri -Lynn Wilson.

The concert will feature works by , Ukrainian and American composers . Three of the four works will receive their Ukrainian premieres.

Soloists of the evening are Bogdana Pivnenko (violin) and Dmytro Tavanets (tylinka, flute, recorder).

The program opens with the Kyiv premiere of Suite No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra by Dmytro Klebanov — one of the founders of the Kharkiv school of composition in the 20th century. The concert will also feature the Ukrainian premiere of Victoria Poleva’s “Magic Tylynka,” commissioned by the Bach Festival in Schaffhausen.

The evening’s culmination will be the Ukrainian premiere of Violin Concerto “Shrink” by Nico Muhly — one of the leading contemporary American composers.

WORLD PREMIERE OF THE OPERA in a concert performance

THE MOTHERS OF KHERSON by Maksym Kolomiets

Libretto by George Brant

The Metropolitan Opera, the Polish National Opera, the National Opera of Ukraine, and the Lviv National Opera present the world premiere of a concert version of an opera about Ukrainian women who traveled thousands of kilometers to bring home children taken by Russia.

Conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson. Soloists from the National Opera of Ukraine and the Lviv National Opera will perform alongside the Orchestra, Chorus, and Children’s Chorus of the National Opera of Ukraine, as well as the Kyiv Camerata ensemble.

New York — Kyiv (May 7, 2026) — On June 4, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., the National Opera of Ukraine will present the world premiere of the concert version of the opera “The Mothers of Kherson” by Maksym Kolomiets, based on a libretto by American playwright George Brant (Ukrainian translation by Myroslav Laiuk). Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson.

The project features the Orchestra, Chorus, and Children’s Chorus of the National Opera of Ukraine, as well as the Kyiv Camerata ensemble. The leading roles are performed by Mariana Mazur, Anastasia Povazhna, Sofia Soloviy, Anastasia Dovbius (soprano), Angelina Shvachka (mezzo-soprano), Vitaliy Rozdaygora (tenor), and Taras Berezhansky (bass).

Maestro Wilson returns to the Staatsoper Berlin to conduct Puccini's masterpiece Madama Butterfly from April 22nd - 30th, 2026. This is the conductor's second series of performances at the famed opera house, having made her debut last season conducting another opera by Puccini: Turandot. In this video, Maestro speaks about her debut, and the joy she finds in working with the Staatsoper's orchestra and chorus.

Madama Butterfly is a work that Maestro has returned to multiple times in her career, including recently at the Canadian Opera Company. This marks the second time that she conducts Puccini this season, having lead La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera earlier this season.

Performances take place on April 22, 24, 26, 30, 2026. Tickets and additional information can be found here.

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra to reconvene for its fifth summer tour

Program to feature Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony in an affirmation of the defiance and invincibility of the human spirit

Lise Davidsen—the most celebrated soprano of her generation—will join the orchestra for a concert at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City

The tour spans six countries across Europe and the United States, with return visits to New York’s Lincoln Center, London’s St Paul’s Cathedral, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, and the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw

The 2026 tour follows Deutsche Grammophon’s release on February 24, 2026—the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine—of the orchestra’s live recording of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Maxim Kolomiiets’s Suite from The Mothers of Kherson

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra is proud to be again under the patronage of Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, continuing its vital role as a cultural ambassador for Ukraine’s artistic resilience

POLOVYI AND POLOVA

On April 9, a special concert dedicated to the revival of the music of the now almost forgotten Ukrainian composer Valerii Polovyi will take place at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.

The event is part of the large-scale project “Liberated Music,” aimed at decolonizing the Ukrainian musical space and restoring names that had long been pushed out of historical memory.

Valerii Polovyi’s name has long disappeared from concert programs, and his works remained silent pages of Ukrainian history. On this evening, the composer’s music will once again be heard from the stage, returning to audiences the name of an artist who, having endured the harsh Stalinist repressions, remained true to his creative calling.

The concert is presented with the support of Dom Master Klass.

The Kyiv Camerata will perform under the baton of Canadian-Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, featuring leading soloists — violinists Bohdana Pivnenko and Kyrylo Bondar, as well as the Shchedryk Children’s Choir (artistic director Marianna Sablina).

The program brings together the work of two generations of Ukrainian artists. It will feature compositions not only by Valerii Polovyi, but also by his daughter — the outstanding contemporary composer Victoria Polova, whose musical imagery continues tradition while opening a new Ukrainian aesthetic.

Valerii Polovyi (1927–1986) was born in Odesa into an artistic family. His father, Petro Mohyla (stage name Petro Polovyi), was a singer with the Hryhorii Veryovka Ukrainian National Choir; his mother, Mariia Mohyla, was an actress and director; his brother, Hennadii Polovyi, became a well-known graphic artist; and his daughter Victoria became a prominent contemporary composer.

Polovyi’s life path was difficult. In 1950, he graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory, where he studied under Borys Liatoshynsky. This mentorship shaped the composer’s openness to new artistic ideas and experimentation.

In his music, Polovyi continued the traditions of the Ukrainian compositional school while exploring the synthesis of the arts. In particular, he studied the interaction between color and music, effectively creating “color music,” a subject on which he also wrote a book.

Immediately after graduating from the conservatory, the composer was arrested on fabricated charges of anti-Soviet activity. From 1950 to 1954, he and his brother were exiled to the copper mines of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. Even there, the artist continued to compose, sketching future works with charcoal on rough cement paper. After his rehabilitation, he worked as a teacher in music schools, an editor at music publishing houses, and a consultant for the Union of Composers of Ukraine.

Valerii Polovyi’s oeuvre spans many genres. The concert will feature his String Quartet No. 2 and Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra.

Both works have a unique history of creation: their ideas originated during his exile. The violin concerto was completed only in 1985–1986, though its first sketches appeared in the camp. String Quartet No. 2 was written entirely there.

“The Second Quartet was written by my father in a concentration camp around 1953–1954, with a second version appearing in 1973. For writing, he used cement sacks, smoothing them out and composing at night. He worked in a copper mine and tried to reflect this in the music. The theme of the second movement is a memory of love. The first, though partial, performance took place in the camp under the direction of Heorhii Kozakov,” recalls the composer’s daughter.

A separate emotional dimension of the program will be formed by the works of Victoria Polova. Her Missa brevis for children’s choir and chamber orchestra was written in 1986 — the year of her father’s death — and dedicated to his memory. In it, the composer combines the sacred tradition of the Latin Mass with a contemporary musical language. The work is perceived as a musical prayer-requiem, where personal memory and spiritual concentration become a shared experience of grief and inner purification.

Another work by Victoria Polova — “Blessing of Sadness” for two violins and strings — was created during wartime. This performance gains particular symbolism, as it unites the personal and the universal — a reflection on the past and an experience of present reality.

In a difficult time for the country, the question of national memory becomes especially acute. The return of Polovyi’s music testifies to the strength of Ukrainian culture — its ability to survive, to be reborn, and to sound again.

This concert will become an act of justice and a meaningful addition to the narrative of Ukrainian music history.

On March 5 and 8, 2026, Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine in two performances in France: at the Auditorium de Bordeaux (March 5) and at the Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers (March 8). She is joined by Ukrainian soprano Olga Syniakova.

The programme features Dnipro by Yevhen Stankovych, Songs and Dances of Death by Modest Mussorgsky, and Symphony No. 8, Op. 65 by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Tickets and additional information for the March 5 performance in Bordeaux can be found here.

Tickets and additional information for the March 8 performance in Poitiers can be found here.

CONCERT IN STRASBOURG MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA’S FULL-SCALE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE

On 24 February 2026, Strasbourg in Palais des Fetes de Strasbourg “Kyiv Camerata” will present a special concert "Lumiere sur l'Ombre" dedicated to the anniversary of russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.

The event is part of Ukraine’s cultural programme at the Council of Europe and represents an important act of cultural diplomacy. It aims to honour the memory of the victims of the war, to affirm the resilience of the Ukrainian people, and to highlight the role of culture as a language of truth, remembrance, and resistance.

The concert programme features works by prominent Ukrainian composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Zoltan Almashi, Oleksandr Kozarenko, Volodymyr Zubytsky, Yevhen Stankovych, Hanna Havrylets, Oleksandr Rodin, and Borys Lyatoshynsky.

The performance will be presented by the “Kyiv Camerata” under the baton of internationally renowned conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, with leading Ukrainian soloists Bohdana Pivnenko and Dmytro Tavanets.

The programme offers a profound artistic reflection on war, loss, and hope, while affirming the enduring strength and vitality of Ukrainian culture within the European context.

Held on the eve of the anniversary of the full-scale invasion, the concert stands as a gesture of solidarity from the European community with Ukraine and a reminder of shared values — freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human dignity.

Through the universal language of music, Ukraine continues its dialogue with Europe, reaffirming its place within a shared European cultural and values-based space.

Deutsche Grammophon (DG) will release the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra (UFO) and conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson’s emotionally charged performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 on February 24, 2026, to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The recording, captured live in Vilnius, Lithuania, during the UFO’s 2025 Resilience Tour, is dedicated to the Ukrainian people and their struggle. It follows the success of the orchestra’s unique Ukrainian-language version of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, which DG released in 2024. Beethoven’s Fifth is accompanied by the premiere of a powerful new work by Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets, Suite from The Mothers of Kherson. This suite is a moving tribute to the Ukrainian women who made a 3,000-mile journey behind enemy lines to rescue their children forcibly detained by Russian authorities. The suite has been adapted from a new full-scale opera by Kolomiiets and librettist George Brant, which will have its world premiere at the Teatr Wielki–Polish National Opera in Warsaw in October 2026, before its Metropolitan Opera premiere in New York in the 2027–28 season.

Pre-save the album here: https://dgt.link/Wilson-UFO-Beethoven

Maestro Wilson returns to the Opéra national de Paris to conduct multiple performances of Bizet’s Carmen from February 7 through March 19, 2026.

Stéphanie d'Oustrac sings Carmen with Russell Thomas as Don José from February 7 to March 3, and Victoria Karkacheva sings Carmen with Jean‑François Borras as Don José from March 7 to 19. Amina Edris appears as Micaëla, and Erwin Schrott performs as Escamillo.

Performances take place on February 7, 10, 13, 19, 22, 25, 28 and March 3, 7, 10, 13, 16, and 19, 2026.Tickets and additional information can be found here.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE 

On December 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine held the Honorary Ambassador of Ukraine 2025 award ceremony, honouring individuals and teams who strengthened Ukraine’s position worldwide.

Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! They are:

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra – Honorary Ambassador in the field of Cultural Diplomacy

Oleksandr Usyk – Honorary Ambassador in the field of Sports Diplomacy

Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen – Honorary Ambassador in the field of Expert Diplomacy

Felicity Spector – Honorary Ambassador in the field of Culinary Diplomacy

MHP – Honorary Ambassador in the field of Economic Diplomacy

The team of the Faculty of Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy – Honorary Ambassadors in the field of Scientific and Educational Diplomacy

Caolan Robertson – Honorary Ambassador in the field of Digital Diplomacy

Vyshyvanka Day – winner in the field of Cultural Heritage

Yurii Shevelov – winner in the “Cause of Life” category (posthumously)

The ceremony took place on Diplomatic Service Day and was attended by First Lady Olena Zelenska, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, diplomats, artists, public leaders, and media representatives.

Andrii Sybiha emphasised that Ukrainian diplomacy has united the world around Ukraine and that cultural diplomacy is a key part of this process. He noted that Ukrainian culture is an element of national security.

The event was held with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Ukraine.

After her acclaimed run leading La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Ms. Wilson returns to Ukraine to perform concerts in Lviv and Kyiv in solidarity with the brave artists and citizens of the embattled country. This will be Ms. Wilson’s eighth visit to perform in Ukraine since the start of the invasion. 

On November 27th, Ms. Wilson makes her debut with the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra at the Lviv Philharmonic Hall, performing Skoryk’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with soloist Bohdana Pivnenko and the Lviv premiere of Yevhen  Stankovych’s Requiem , a new work by the esteemed 83-year-old composer that was written in response to the invasion. 

Tickets and additional information can be found here. 

Ms. Wilson then reunites with the Kyiv Camerata for a concert in Kyiv, as she continues her duties as the Kyiv Camerata Music Director. The performance in Kyiv at the National Philharmonic Hall on December 2nd is a replacement concert for the performance earlier this fall that was cancelled due to Russian air attacks. The all-Ukrainian program includes works by V. Zagortsev, O. Gonobolin and B. Frolyak, and includes the world premiere of Victoria Poleva’s  "Sofia" for choir and orchestra, and the world premiere of O. Bezborodko's Concerto "Steel. Violet. Rage." for piano four hands and string orchestra. 

Tickets and additional information can be found here.

Ms. Wilson and the Kyiv Camerata then travel to Lviv on December 7 for a program of Ukrainian and American works,  including John Corigliano’s Red Violin Suite and Missi Mazzoli’s Bass Concerto “ Dark with accessible bright”. 

Ms. Wilson’s three week tour of Ukraine concludes at the Lviv National Opera on December 12th, where she conducts Yuli Meitus’ opera, Stolen Happiness.

 Tickets and additional information can be found here. https://opera.lviv.ua/en/shows/ukradene-shhastya/ https://opera.lviv.ua/en/shows/ukradene-shhastya/

Penderecki’s Piano Concerto

“Resurrection” was recorded live from a performance at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall in September 2021, with Lithuania’s legendary pianist Muza Rubackyté as soloist and the Lithuanian National Symphony conducted by Maestro Wilson.

Poland’s most celebrated contemporary composer,  

Penderecki, worked on this concerto in 2001-2002 and dedicated it to the events of September 11th, 2001, expressing in his own words:

“The title Resurrection should be understood in a broader, symbolic and universal context. It arises from the chorale that crowns the work and expresses the victory of life over death. I composed the chorale, a symbol of comfort and faith, immediately after the tragedy in New York. It was a purely human gesture and a sign of protest against cruelty.”

The recording is now available on your preferred streaming platform.