In its first visit to the United States since 1998, Kyiv Camerata, Ukraine’s leading chamber ensemble, will perform an all-Ukrainian program of North American premieres conducted by Canadian Ukrainian Keri-Lynn Wilson featuring acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the New York based Ukrainian Chorus Dumka New York, directed by Vasyl Hrechynsky, at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall on Sunday, April 28 at 5PM. The benefit program is presented by USA for Ukraine, a not-for-profit organization that supports humanitarian and animal causes in Ukraine.
The 24-member Kyiv Camerata will perform the North American premieres of works by leading Ukrainian composers, including Zoltan Almashi, Oleksandr Kozarenko, Yevhen Stankovych, Volodomyr Zubytsky, Victoria Poleva, and Valentin Sylvestrov. Shchetynsky’s Requiem, Skoryk’s Melody, and Sylvestrov’s Prayer for Ukraine are the only works on the program not receiving their North American premieres.
Program :
● Maria’s City, Zoltan Almashi, composer
● Concerto Rutheno, Oleksandr Kozarenko, composer
Dmytro Tavanets, piano
● Legend from the Mountains, Yevhen Stankovych, composer
Kateryna Suprun, viola
● Violin Concerto No.1,Volodymyr Zubytsky, composer
Bohdana Pivnenko, violin
● No Man is an Island, Victoria Poleva, composer
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo soprano
● Requiem, Oleksandr Shchetynsky, composer, Dumka Chorus of New York
● Melody, Myroslav Skoryk, composer
● Prayer for Ukraine, Valentin Sylvestrov, composer, Dumka Chorus of New York
Kyiv Camerata
Kyiv Camerata was founded in 1977 as the Chamber Music Ensemble of the Union of Composers of Ukraine. It is regarded as Ukraine’s leading chamber ensemble and has been hailed for its contributions showcasing living Ukrainian composers. Since 2023, it has been led by violinist Bohdana Pivnenko, who in addition to performing with the ensemble is also its General and Artistic Director.