Myroslav Skoryk News
Ukrainian composer
- piano
- opera, classical music
- Soviet Union, Ukraine
- composer, musicologist, music teacher
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2023-10-13 08:26:00
Review of Hallé concert conducted by Anja Bihlmaier with soloist Maxim Rysanov
[…] be as coherent as possible as a musical structure. It certainly had a fiery presto to finish. In between the Beethoven pieces there was Maxim Rysanov with Bartók’s Viola Concerto (as completed by Tibór Sérly) – played with artistry and assurance and gathering a fair old head of steam in the gypsy-style passages of its finale – and followed by an encore for the soloist, himself Ukrainian-born, and the Hallé strings led by Roberto Ruisi: Myroslav Skoryk’s Melody, a piece which has become a symbol of lament and horror at the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After the break came Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza, a short series of shocks and surprises apparently inspired by Beethoven’s music, in which a notable feature was versatility of Erika Öhman on various percussion instruments (which, in addition to her role as timpanist for the rest of the programme, makes her worthy of the woman-of-the-match award […]
2022-04-19 10:49:00
The Hermitage Piano Trio has recorded and released a musical tribute to the people of Ukraine. The group performs the first known piano trio arrangement of composer Myroslav Skoryk's "Melody," which was originally written for the film High Pass in 1981. Skoryk, a renowned Ukrainian composer, passed away in June 2020. The trio is […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2022-04-16 04:23:00
Classical Music News of the Week, April 16, 2022
[…] Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, and Boston, the concert is dedicated to the people of Ukraine. The program includes performances by the New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation Klezmer Ensemble; the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Roots, Jazz and American Music (RJAM) program; and music from the Colburn School’s Ziering-Conlon Initative for Recovered Voices, dedicated to reviving works by composers suppressed by the Nazi regime. The concert also features works by Schubert, Bartók, Paul Taffanel, Miroslav Skoryk, and David Popper by students of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, the New World Symphony, and The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School.--Lisa Bellamore, Crescent CommunicationsNew Artistic Leadership Team for Helsinki Philharmonic OrchestraThe Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra is renewing its artistic leadership model with a three-member Artistic Leadership Team. This team will comprise Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Co-Director Pekka Kuusisto, […]
2022-04-08 08:59:45
When words fail music speaks
Solace : Concert in Support of SOS Children's Villages Ukraine Relief is an event bringing together a number of distinguished musicians in support of the SOS Children Villages' Ukraine Appeal. Organised by the Polish Cultural Institute along with several partners, the concert takes place at Wigmore Hall on 21 April 2022, and will feature Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Lucas Krupinski (piano), Leticia Muñoz Moreno (violin), Kacper Nowak (cello), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Maria Tarasewicz (piano) and members of the Orion Orchestra. The programme features music by composers who themselves experienced the fate of migrants, refugees, and were vocal critics of war and violence, including works by Frederic Chopin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991), Roxanna Panufnik and the Ukrainian composers Platon Mayborda (1918-1989) and Myroslav Skoryk (1938-2020). The event is in response to the refugee crisis that is touching tens of thousands of children and vulnerable families affected by war in Ukraine. More than 162,000 Ukrainian children […]
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