UCMF 2020
The 2020 edition of the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival in New York: 3 programmes, 20 composers.
Fifty Years of Ukrainian Culture · Feb 28
Virko Baley — A Journey After Loves
Dominik Belavy (Baritone), Eric Sedgwick (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Hanna Havrylets — The Sun Was Burning
Ukrainian Chorus “Dumka” of New York (Chorus) Watch on YouTube ↗
Ihor Shcherbakov — Canzone for Two Violins (1999)
Iryna Kit (Violin), Anastasia Antoniv (Violin) Watch on YouTube ↗
Myroslav Skoryk — Three Extravagant Dances
Shelest Piano Duo (Piano four hands) Watch on YouTube ↗
Yevhen Stankovych — Kupala Songs (1979)
Ukrainian Chorus “Dumka” of New York (Chorus) Watch on YouTube ↗
Talk: Mark Andryczyk — Introductory remarks — Fifty Years of Ukrainian Culture Watch on YouTube ↗
Talk: Olena Martynyuk — Introductory remarks — Fifty Years of Ukrainian Culture Watch on YouTube ↗
Talk: Oksana Nesterenko — Introductory remarks — Fifty Years of Ukrainian Culture Watch on YouTube ↗
Music and Revolution in Ukraine · Feb 29
Anna Korsun — Song of a Fish
Anna Korsun (Voice) Watch on YouTube ↗
Svyatoslav Lunyov — New Russian Dances
Shelest Piano Duo (Duo piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Ostap Manulyak — Oracle (2014)
Lindsey Eckenroth (Flute), Gleb Kanasevich (Clarinet), Erin Lensing (Oboe), Tessa Pettit (French horn), Rémy Taghavi (Bassoon) Watch on YouTube ↗
Yevhen Stankovych — Maidan Fresco (2014)
Solomiya Ivakhiv (Violin), Quynh Nguyen (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Valentyn Sylvestrov — Three Songs
Joanna Mieleszko (Soprano), Pavel Gintov (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Valentyn Sylvestrov — Kitsch Music (1977)
Anna Shelest (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Ivan Taranenko — Global Bells (2014)
Claudia Knafo (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Karmella Tsepkolenko — Cycle of the Black Moon
Iryna Kit (Violin), Pavel Gintov (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Ludmila Yurina — Shadows and Ghosts
Pavel Gintov (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Serhii Zazhytko — To Samuel Beckett
Tristan Kasten-Krause (Double bass), Joanna Mieleszko (Actor) Watch on YouTube ↗
Nikolai Roslavets — Meditation for Cello and Piano (1919–1924)
Valeriya Sholokhova (Cello), Yuliya Basis (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Lecture: Peter Schmelz — Meditations on Sylvestrov, from Revolution to Revolution Watch on YouTube ↗
Lecture: Inessa Bazayev — Experiments with Synthetic Chords: Roslavets' Middle Period Works Watch on YouTube ↗
Lecture: Leah Batstone — Constructing a National Canon: Ukraine's Musical Landscape since 2014 Watch on YouTube ↗
Panel Q&A: Panel (Bazayev · Schmelz · Batstone) — Music and Revolution in Ukraine — Q & A Watch on YouTube ↗
Composers' Roundtable · Mar 1
Daniil Hetman — With Its Feet It Cuts Its Path
NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble (Ensemble), Allison Philips (Trumpet), Emma Reber (French horn) Watch on YouTube ↗
Leonid Hrabovsky — Trio for Violin, Bass and Piano
Iryna Kit (Violin), Tristan Kasten-Krause (Double bass), Alexander Chaplinskiy (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Maxim Kolomiiets — Vinyl Snails (2015)
NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble (Ensemble), Allison Philips (Trumpet), Emma Reber (French horn) Watch on YouTube ↗
Anna Korsun — Wehmut
Jennifer Gliere (Soprano), Joanna Mieleszko (Voice I), Anna Korsun (Voice II), Heather O'Donovan (Voice III), Joshua Miller (Voice IV), Iryna Kit (Violin), Tristan Kasten-Krause (Double bass), Alexander Chaplinskiy (Piano)
Svyatoslav Lunyov — Zehn Stücke (2008)
Adrienne Munden-Dixon (Violin), Carrie Frey (Viola), Helen Newby (Cello), Margarita Rovenskaya (Piano), Erin Lensing (Oboe), Gleb Kanasevich (Clarinet) Watch on YouTube ↗
Ivan Nebesnyy — Seven Messages from Wild Nature
Jennifer Gliere (Soprano), Lindsey Eckenroth (Flute), Erin Lensing (Oboe), Gleb Kanasevich (Clarinet), Leah Asher (Violin), Adrienne Munden-Dixon (Violin), Carrie Frey (Viola), Helen Newby (Cello), Margarita Rovenskaya (Piano), Whitney George (Conductor) Watch on YouTube ↗
Serhii Pilyutikov — Quintet
NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble (Ensemble), Allison Philips (Trumpet), Emma Reber (French horn) Watch on YouTube ↗
Volodymyr Runchak — Fingerprints on Strings, Keys and Valves (2019)
Susanna Loewy (Flute), Leah Asher (Violin), Dr. Julia Biber (Cello), Ari Livne (Piano) Watch on YouTube ↗
Ludmila Yurina — Silicon Interferences (2014)
NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble (Ensemble), Allison Philips (Trumpet), Emma Reber (French horn) Watch on YouTube ↗
Lecture: Ludmila Yurina — Educating Ukraine's Composers: Generational Perspectives Watch on YouTube ↗