Solidarity Performances 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.
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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.
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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.
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