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Program

May 15, 19:00

Pre-Opening & Magic Flute

Tickets
  • János Bálint, flute (HU)
  • Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra (UA)
  • Serhiy Burko, conductor (UA)

Program

  • Felix Mendelssohn. Concerto in D minor for Flute and String Orchestra
  • Edward Elgar. Serenade for Strings
  • Franz Xaver Mozart. Rondo in E minor for Flute and String Orchestra
  • Ottorino Respighi. “Ancient Airs and Dances”, Suite No. 3
May 16, 19:00

Grand Opening

Tickets
  • Oleg Kaskiv, violin (Switzerland—Ukraine)
  • Alessio Pianelli, cello (Italy)
  • Andriy Drahan, piano (Switzerland—Ukraine)
  • Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra (UA)
  • Taras Krysa, conductor (USA-Ukraine)

Program

  • Ludvig van Beethoven. Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano with Orchestra in C major
  • Johannes Brahms. Symphony No. 3 in F major
May 17, 19:30

Feastly Hustulia

Tickets
  • Hight Castle Instrumental Ensemble (artistic director - Andriy Yatskiv)
  • Hutsul Chapel from Kosmach Village
  • Family Ethno-Group Zazulchak from Yaremche
  • Ostap Kostiuk, traditional hustsul wind instruments
  • Anna Koshka, folk singing
  • Yarema Pavliv, violin
  • Bohdana Savyuk, violin
  • Andriy Kushnir, violin
  • Yuriy Zazulchak, violin

Program

  • Musical treasures of hutsul folklore
May 18, 18:00

Enescu. Genin. Shostakovich

Tickets
  • Valeriy Sokolov, violin (UA)
  • Jovica Ivanovic, button accordion (RS)
  • INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra (UA)
  • Vitaliy Protasov, conductor (UA)

Program

  • George Enescu. Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major
  • Vladimir Genin. Concerto for accordion and orchestra (world premiere)
  • Dmitry Shostakovich. Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 in A minor
May 18, 20:30

World's highlights

Tickets
  • Lund University Male Chorus (SE)
  • Staffan Lindberg, tenor (SE)
  • Natalia Pasichnyk, piano (UA—SE)
  • Andreas Lönnqvist, conductor (SE)

Program

  • Works by M. McGlynn, Perotin, V. Tormis, K. Stetsenko, J. Sibelius, A. Hillborg, M. Mimiya, R. Thompson, C. Debussy, E. Grieg, B. Joel, M. Hogan, as well as Ukrainian and Swedish folk music
19 травня 17:00

Olga and Nataliya Pasichnyk. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Tickets
  • Olga Pasichnyk, soprano (UA—PL)
  • Nataliya Pasichnyk, piano (UA—PL)
  • Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra (UA)
  • Serhiy Khorokvets, conductor (UA)

Program

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The Fair Melusine Overture
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Infelice, Concert Aria for Soprano and Orchestra
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Symphony for Strings No. 10 in B minor
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor
May 19, 19:30

Suomi — greatness and beauty of Kalevala

Tickets
  • Maria Forsström, soprano (SE)
  • Gabriel Suovanen, baritone (SE)
  • Lund University Male Chorus (SE)
  • Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra (UA)
  • Theodore Kuchar, conductor (US—UA)

Program

  • Jean Sibelius. Kullervo symphony for soloists, male choir and orchestra
May 23, 19:00

Michael Kimber & Best for Viola

Tickets
  • Marcin Murawski, viola (PL)
  • Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra (UA)
  • Serhiy Burko, conductor (UA)

Program

  • Michael Kimber:
    • Adventure Overture
    • Traveling Music
    • Rustic Dances
    • Fantasia Hispana
    • Night Music
    • Odyssey Overture
    • Traveling for string orchestra
    • Variations on a Polish folk song “Ty pójdziesz górą” for viola and orchestra
    • Dreamily from Evocations for viola and orchestra
    • My cute kitten

With support from Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Lviv

May 24, 19:00

Fantastic Concerto

Tickets
  • Nazariy Pylatiuk, violin (UA)
  • Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra (UA)
  • Viktor Ploskina, conductor (BY—UA)

Program

  • Dmitry Shostakovich. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in C♯ minor, Op. 129
  • Hector Berlioz. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
May 25, 17:00
Lviv Organ Hall

Retrospective

Dedicated to the 60-th anniversary of Lviv Chamber Orchestra

Tickets
  • Andriy Karpiak, flute (UA)
  • Academy Lviv Chamber Orchestra (UA)
    • Artur Mykytka, concertmaster, director (UA)
  • Ihor Pylatiuk, conductor (UA)

Program

  • Myroslav Skoryk. Prayer
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Divertimento for string quartet in B♭ minor K. 133
  • Franz Xaver Mozart. Rondo for Flute and Strings
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck. Chaconne from Paride et Elena
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Serenade for Strings
May 25, 19:00

Vesnivka: Guests from Toronto

Tickets
  • Vesnivka Women’s Choir (CA)
  • Toronto Ukrainian Male Chamber Choir (CA)
  • Halyna Kvitka Kondracki, conductor (CA)
  • Olha Bileichuk, piano (CA)

Program

  • Works by Roman Hurko, Zenia Kupsheta, Larysa Kuzmenko, Yudif Rozhavska, Zenoviy Lavryshyn, Ihor Bohdan Vesolovskyi
May 26, 18:00

Love & Heroic Beethoven

Tickets
  • Vladimir Tsypin, violin (US)
  • INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra (UA)
  • Sándor Károlyi, conductor (AT)

Program

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major
  • Anthony Louis Scarmolin. “Whispers of Love” for violin and orchestra (arr. by John Sichel)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven. Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major (“Eroica”)
May 26, 20:00
Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Висока меса

Tickets
  • Aldona Bartnik, soprano (PL)
  • Bożena Bujnicka, soprano (PL)
  • Joanna Dobrakowska, alto (PL)
  • Maciej Gocman, tenor (PL)
  • Szymon Komasa, bass (PL)
  • National Forum of Music Choir (Wrocław, PL)
    • Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, artistic director (PL)
  • Wrocław Baroque Orchestra (PL)
    • Jarosław Thiel, artistic director (PL)
  • Andrzej Kosendiak, conductor (PL)

Program

  • Johann Sebastian Bach. Mass in B minor BWV 232
May 29, 19:00

Best Concertos & Japan Soloists

Tickets
  • Yuki Yoshida, violin (JP)
  • Yusuke Inada, cello (JP)
  • Mai Odori, piano (JP)
  • Teruhisa Maruo, piano (JP)
  • Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra (UA)
  • Shungo Moriyama, conductor (JP)

Program

  • Camille Saint-Saëns. Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Violin Concerto in D major
  • Robert Schumann. Piano Concerto in A minor
  • Ludvig van Beethoven. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
May 31, 19:00

Imaginative Romantics

Tickets
  • Oksana Rapita, piano (UA)
  • Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra (UA)
  • Mario Košik, conductor (SK)

Program

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Hebrides Concert Overture
  • Serhiy Rachmaninoff. Piano Concerto No. 4
  • Antonín Dvořák. Symphony No. 5
June 01, 18:00

Festival Virtuoso - Danylo Saieneko

Tickets
  • Danylo Saienko, piano (UA)

Program

  • Franz Schubert. Sonata in E minor, D 556
  • Alexander Scriabin. Fantaisie in B minor, Op. 28
  • Alexander Scriabin. Sonata No. 9, Op. 68, Black Mass
  • Robert Schumann. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
  • Maurice Ravel. Gaspard de la nuit
June 01, 21:00
Concert Hall Foyer

Vesilla (Wedding)

Theatrical play by "The Garden of Divine Songs" project

Tickets
  • Actors:
    • Solomiya Kyrylova (UA)
    • Maria Kmit’ (UA)
    • Olya Preobrazhenska (UA)
    • Nataliya Polovynka (UA)
  • Author of the project, director: Nataliya Polovynka (UA)
  • Visual artist: Serhiy Savchenko (UA)
  • Assistant director: Yulia Tarasovych (UA)
  • Lighting: Bohdan Dvornyk (UA)
  • Costumes: Oksana Karavanska (UA)
June 02, 19:00

Opera Gala

Shikoku Nikikai Opera Company Presents

Tickets
  • Miki Urushihara, soprano (JP)
  • Hisano Ikegami, soprano (JP)
  • Satomi Hayashi, soprano (JP)
  • Kazumi Murakawa, alto (JP)
  • Kenji Wakai, tenor (JP)
  • Masaya Matsuzawa, baritone (JP)
  • Shikoku Nikikai Opera Choir (JP)
  • Galician Chamber Choir (UA)
  • Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra (UA)
  • Shungo Moriyama, conductor (JP)

Program

  • Franz Lehár. “Freunde, das leben ist lebenswort!” from “Giuditta”
    • Kenji Wakai, tenor
  • Francesco Cilea. “Io son l’umile ancella” from “Adrian Lecouvreur”
    • Satomi Ikegami, soprano
  • Gioachino Rossini. “Largo al factotum” from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
    • Masaya Matsuzawa, baritone
  • Camille Saint-Saëns. “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” from “Samson et Dalila”
    • Kazumi Murakawa, alto
  • Amilcare Ponchielli. “Suicidio!” from “La Gioconda”
    • Hisano Ikegami, Soprano
  • Giacomo Puccini. “Mario Mario son qui!“ / “Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore” from “Tosca”
    • Miki Urushihara, soprano
    • Masaya Matsuzawa, baritone
  • Hideo Kobayashi. Karamatsu (Larch trees)
    • Miki Urushihara, soprano
  • Kozaburo Hirai. Kujūkuri hama (Kujūkuri beach)
    • Kenji Wakai, tenor
  • Giacomo Puccini. “Un bel di vedremo” from “Madama Butterfly”
    • Satomi Hayashi, soprano
  • Giacomo Puccini. “Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio” from “Madama Butterfly”
    • Satomi Hayashi, soprano
    • Kazumi Murakawa, alto
  • Giacomo Puccini. “In un coupe” from “La Bohème”
    • Kenji Wakai, tenor
    • Masaya Matsuzawa, baritone
  • Giuseppe Verdi. “Va, pensiero sull’ali dorate” from “Nabucco”
    • Shikoku Nikikai Opera Choir and Galician Chamber Choir
  • Georges Bizet. “Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre” from “Carmen”
    • Masaya Matsuzawa, baritone
    • Shikoku Nikikai Opera Choir and Galicia Academic Choir
June 05, 19:00

Pradies & Peri. Festival Premiere

Tickets
  • Steffi Lehmann — Peri, soprano (DE)
  • Martin Lattke — Jüngling, tenor (DE)
  • Ludmyla Ostash, soprano (UA)
  • Liliya Nikitchuk, alto (UA)
  • Serhiy Kutepov, tenor (UA)
  • Yuriy Gadzetsky, baritone (UA)
  • Galician Chamber Choir (UA)
  • Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra (UA)
  • Volodymyr Syvokhip, conductor (UA)

Program

  • Robert Schumann. Das Paradies und die Peri

Concert supported by German Embassy in Ukraine

June 06, 19:00

Tango of the Last Hope

Tickets
  • Nazariy Pylatiuk, violin (UA)
  • Anton Sopiga, guitar (UA)
  • Petro Dovhan, piano (UA)
  • Academia Lviv Chamber Orchestra (UA)
    • Artur Mykytka, concert master, director (UA)
  • Ihor Pylatiuk, conductor (UA)

Program

  • Samuel Barber. Adagio for Strings
  • Tomaso Antonio Vitali. Chaconne
  • John Williams. Kraków Ghetto - Winter ‘41 (from Schindler’s List)
  • Astor Piazzolla. Adios Nonino
  • Ye. Peterburzky. Dedication to A. Piazzolla. “T.O.N. Tango of the Last Hope”
  • Anton Sopiga. Lagrima & Promenade
  • Richard Galliano. Tango
  • Astor Piazzolla. S. V. P. Tango
  • Astor Piazzolla. Muerte del ángel
  • Astor Piazzolla. Primavera Porteña (Spring in Buenos Aires)
  • Myroslav Skoryk. A Pleasant Promenade
June 07, 19:00

Young Virtuosos

Tickets
  • Toma Bervetsky, violin (FR—UA)
  • Rostyslav Fedyna, piano (UA)
  • Symphony Orchestra of the Opera Studio of Lviv National Academy of Music (UA)
  • Yuriy Bervetsky, conductor (UA)

Program

  • Dmitry Shostakovich. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
June 08, 18:00

Boris Bloch Klavier Recital

Tickets
  • Boris Bloch, piano (DE—UA)

Program

  • Frédéric Chopin
    • Polonaize in F♯ minor, Op. 44
    • Ballade No. 3 in A♭ major
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    • Preludes Nos. 4 and 5 from Op. 23
    • Prelude No. 8 from Op. 32
    • Moment Musical No. 4 from Op. 16
  • Franz Liszt
    • Polonaise No. 1 in E major
    • Sposalizio (Deuxième Année de Pèlerinage: Italie, No. 1)
    • Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este (Troisième année de Pèlerinage, No. 4)
    • Two Concert Études S.145
June 09, 18:00

Elias. Grand Closing

Tickets
  • Sofia Soloviy, soprano (UA)
  • Daria Kniazeva, mezzo soprano (UA)
  • Michael Nowak, tenor (DE)
  • Roman Antoniuk, baritone (UA)
  • Konzertchor LGV Nürnberg (DE)
  • Lviv Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra (UA)
  • Tarmo Vaask, conductor (EE—DE)

Program

  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Elias Oratorio