Classical Music and Opera News, Performance Reviews and Interviews in 2008
December 9, 2008
Classy Classics
What do we need to do in order to ensure that our young talent doesn’t move abroad?…
…opera conductor Myron Yusypovych… has proposed that an association of young talented performers be created, in order to create opportunities for young performers to perform in the cities of Ukraine ….
Vysokyj Zamok /Tetyana Kozyryeva/
November 24, 2008
Requiem – Holodomor
… That evening, the Stanislav Lyudkevych Concert Hall of the Lviv State Oblast Philharmonia was filled to capacity with grey-haired seniors, as well as many young people. They came to remember the events of those awful years, to be led in prayer by a priest, to listen to chamber music and to simply contemplate by the light of a candle.
The music performed by the classical orchestra «Lviv Virtuosos» (Serhiy Burko, artistic director) was dedicated to the memory of the bitter past. The orchestra performed works by Vasyl Barvinsky, Yakiv Stepovy, Yevhen Stankovych, Oksana Herasymenko, Ottorino Respighi, Samuel Barber, Tomaso Albinoni…
The audience honoured the memory of the Holodomor, as well as the many kobzars (bandura players), whom the State had executed.
The event was under the artistic, stage and musical direction of Myron Yusypovych.…
«Svoboda» Press-Service
November 2, 2008
Requiem – Holodomor
…The evening will include performances by… the chamber orchestra “Lviv Virtuosos”… Oksana Herasymenko (bandura), Myron Bloshchyshchak (Ukrainian nay flute) and readings by Sofiya Fedyna.
The evening’s artistic director and conductor is Myron Yusypovych.
“Svoboda” Press Service
September 18, 2008
Vienna Opera Singers
Today (September 18) at 6:30pm, there will be a Gala-Concert Vienna Classical Music in Lviv in the Lviv National Solomiya Krushelnytska Opera and Ballet House. Opera singers from the Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) will perform… under the direction of M.Yusypovych…
ZIK – Western Information Agency
/Viktoriya Sadova/
September 15, 2008
Vienna Days in Lviv
…September 17… a musical-drama by Alexander Kukelka in German.
…September 18… Gala-Concert Vienna Classical Music in Lviv… under the direction of Myron Yusypovych.
…September 19 to October 12… Austrian Art Pieces exhibit… from the Otto Mauer Foundation collection.
…September 23 to October 23… Vienna: Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Architecture exhibit.
…September 23 – 24… Lviv – Vienna: UNESCO World Heritage Sites conference.
Lviv City Press Office
August 27, 2008
Vienna Days in Lviv
… A Gala-Concert, Vienna Classical Music in Lviv, will take place on September 18 at 6:30pm in the Lviv Solomiya Krushelnytska Opera and Ballet Theatre. Opera singers from the Vienna State Opera, ballet dancers and the orchestra of the Lviv National Opera and Ballet House will perform at the event under the direction of M.Yusypovych…
Lviv City Press Office
August 26, 2008
Strauss and Lehar – “Little Vienna”
…The music of J.Strauss and F.Lehar will be heard at a Gala-Concert conducted by the program’s producer, – Myron Yusypovych. Included in the program will be opera singers from the Vienna State Opera, as well as ballet dancers and the orchestra musicians of the Lviv National Opera and Ballet Theatre. The Lviv audience will be able to enjoy the voices of Siphiwe McKenzie Edelman (soprano) and Sebastian Reinthaller…
Western Information Agency (ZIK)
/Viktoriya Sadova/
July 4, 2008
Book Day in Lviv
... That day in the evening, from 8:00 to 9:30pm in the downtown area on Rynok Square, there will also be the opportunity to listen to the works of Antonio Vivaldi performed by the chamber orchestra “Lviv Virtuosos”. The program will contain some of the most well-known works by this Italian composer , as part of the year long activities in the world marking the 330th year of his birth....
... conductor – Myron Yusypovych....
ZIK – Western Information Agency
July 4, 2008
Honoring Antonio Vivaldi
On July 6, 2008, as part of the outdoor festival Summer on Rynok Square… there will be two concurent events: a book festival and a concert honouring the famous composer – Antonio Vivaldi…
…the event is organized as part of year long festivities honouring the 330th birthday of the famous composer – Antonio Vivaldi. The chamber orchestra “Lviv Virtuosos” will perform on Rynok Square… ; Myron Yusypovych conducts. Soloist is Lidiya Futorska (violin), prize winner of international competitions. The concert program Viva Vivaldi will contain famous pieces by Antonio Vivaldi, including The Four Seasons, which brought fame to the composer …
V Lvovi
v.lviv.ua
June 21, 2008
Multicultural Festival
The 6th Multicultural Festival Galicja has begun in the Transcarpathian region. For the next two weeks, in several places including the city of Lviv, there will be concerts, fairs, exhibits, theatre, shows and film screenings. The countries of Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and the Czech Republic will be represented….
Also, tomorrow in Krasiczyn, the highlight of the festival – the concert Viva Galicja – will take place. Opera and ballet performers from Poland, Ukraine and the Budapest Opera will be accompanied by the Lviv Opera House symphony orchestra. It all takes place in the courtyard of Krasiczyn Castle.
Wiadomosci Onet
June 5, 2008
Mikolow Music Finale
The “Unicorn” ensemble from Vienna will perform on Thursday, June 5 in the Mikołow Evangelical Church…
The XVIII Mikołow Music Days will conclude at St. Adalbert Church (Kościół św. Wojciecha) on Saturday, June 7 with a performance by an orchestra from Lviv….
INSO-Lviv (International New Symphony Orchestra) was founded by the Swiss conductor G.Mattes. It’s main mandate is to perform beyond Ukraine’s borders….
The concerts in Mikołow will be conducted by Myroslaw Skoryk and Myron Jusypowicz…
M.Skoryk’s very popular, melodic, film-type “Melodia” was recently performed in Mikołow by the chamber orchestra “Lviv Virtuosos”. This time, the composer will conduct his Partite No.6 for Strings.
Additionally, the INSO-Lviv Orchestra will perform the Violin Concerto in E Minor by F.Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Symphony No.3 in F Major, op.90 by J.Brahms. The orchestra will be led by Myron Jusypowicz, who, until 2002, was the Artistic Director of the Lviv Opera House.
First the Viennese, then the musicians from the former capital of Galicia. And thus, Austro-Hungary reigns at this year’s festival.
Gazeta Mikołowska
/Marek Brzeżniak/
May 15, 2008
Virtuosi – International Music Festival
Mozart Gala
Olga Pasichnyk – soprano (Poland); Natalya Pasichnyk – piano (Sweden); Lviv Virtuosos – chamber orchestra; Myron Yusypovych – conductor.
W.A.Mozart – Overture to the opera Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro); Piano Concerto No.21 in C (Elvira Madigan); Arias – “Bella mia fiamma, addio,” K.528; “Nehmt meinen Dank,” K.383; “A questo seno deh vieni…Or che il cielo,” K.374; Recitative and Rondo for soprano, piano and orchestra “Ch’io mi scordi di te…” K.505
Lviv Oblast Tourism and Culture Authority
February 5, 2008
Pavlo Karmalyuk – Opera Singer
An evening dedicated to the memory of a famous male opera singer took place at the Lviv Opera….
The evening concert began with a recording of the song “If only I were an eagle, if only I had wings” performed by Pavlo Karmalyuk. Out of respect, the audience listened to the recorded voice while standing….
The concert was conducted by the people’s artist Yurij Lutsiv, merited artists Ivan Yuziuk, Myron Yusypovych and Taras Mykytka (from Donetsk), as well as the merited cultural artist Mykhailo Dutchak.
Pavlo Karmalyuk’s daughter and son-in-law were in attendance…
Karmalyuk had an unsurpassed voice and his timbre compelled everyone to listen to him. He had all the standard opera baritone parts in his repertoire. In addition to talent, Karmalyuk had incredible musical intuition.
That evening, a single strand ran through all the remiscences and recollections about the famous opera singer for Karmalyuk lives and continues to influence our musical life, particularly through his students….
Vysokyj Zamok
/Tetyana Kozyryeva/
January 29, 2008
Pavlo Karmalyuk Memorial Concert
“Pavlo Karmalyuk (1908 – 1986), People’s Artist of Ukraine and the only one who became a People’s Artist of the USSR, is particularly revered in our theatre. Our main make-up room is dedicated to the memory of Pavlo Karmalyuk and houses his sculpted portrait by sculptor Vasyl Odrekhivsky made in 1977.
…we decided to plan a particular type of concert, an evening of reminiscences. The professor’s former students will participate: … Stepan Fitsych…, Alexandr Gromysh, … Stephan Pyatnychko, … Natalia Datsko, … Halyna Vilkha, … Stepan Tarasovych… lecturers from the Lyudkevych Lviv State Musical Institute, Bohdan Kosopud … Volodymyr Tchayka and Volodymyr Ihnatenko… will share their memories.
…the evening will be conducted by four maestros: … Juriy Lutsiv, … Ivan Yuziuk and Myron Yusypovych, … Mykhailo Dutchak. An introduction about Pavlo Karmalyuk will be made by musicologist Oleksandr Zelinsky”, said Nadiya Trush.
ZIK – Western Information Agency
/Viktoriya Sadova/