DEFENSE - defiance - dedication

THURSDAY MARCH 28, 2024 | 7PM

DIMENNA CENTER FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC | 450 W 37TH ST

Since the start of Russia’s current war against Ukraine in 2014, Ukrainian music has taken on new purposes. Each of the works on this program has a function, but their utility goes beyond conventional music for use, such as entertainment or education. In the face of a decade of Russian aggression these works reveal how music can serve new purposes for composers and their audiences.

Roman Grygoriv, Langsam 9M27K

Karmella Tsepkolenko, Cantata “Reading History”

Maxim Kolomiiets, Footprints on the Sun

Zoltan Almashi, Maria’s City

Olga Zaitseva-Herz, Bakhmut Rhapsody [WORLD PREMIERE]

Leonid Hrabovsky, EQVIN

FEATURING Fima Chupakhin, Forrest Eimhold, Marichka Marczyk, Sofia Nowik, NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble, Margarita Rovenskaya, Valeriya Sholokhova, Vira Slywotzky, Alexander Yakub and Olga Zaitseva-Herz.