Symphony Orchestra of the Tchaikovsky Music Academy Kiev

7 pm: Pre-concert Lecture in the Werner-Otto-Saal
Free for ticket holders (admission at 6:45 pm)
Moderation: Lea Fink
In cooperation with the Körber Foundation.

PROGRAMME

For months, the Ukraine has been in the headlines, with Russia’s political influence causing severe problems for the country. Culture, on the other hand, tries to send a positive signal, not least classical music. This art form flourished as early as the 19^th century in the Ukraine and received plentiful attention during the Soviet years up to 1991. Accordingly, the Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Kiev and its Symphony Orchestra, which now makes its third appearance at Young Euro Classic, look back on a long tradition. The music students from the Ukrainian capital offer a very attractive programme: the rarely-heard Symphony No. 2 by the Academy’s namesake Tchaikovsky, in which he used Ukrainian folk melodies, and two very recent works by Ukrainian composers differing strongly from the other and thereby shedding a powerful light on the country’s current music scene, Andrey Merkhel and Yevhen Stankovych.