The Third Kyiv Festival will take place 20 - 27 April 2006 in Kyiv at the National Philharmonic Hall and the National Music Academy and will continue the trends established by the earlier festivals.

Background
Once again works by Ukrainian and other composers will be performed by a number of distinguished international artists. In addition, the Festival will pay special tribute to W. A. Mozart whose 250th anniversary is celebrated this year worldwide. Mozart’s works will be strongly featured as well as music by 20th and 21st century composers who were particularly inspired by Mozart’s genius such as Alban Berg, Benjamin Britten and Valentine Sylvestrov.

Most importantly, the Festival will consistently place Ukrainian music within a pan-European framework, since the development of a strong profile for Ukraine in the family of leading world nations is only possible through an active promotion of unique Ukrainian culture in an international context.

20 April, Thursday, 19:00
Opening Concert at the National Philharmonia with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Victor Ploskina. Soloist – Valeria Kucherenko. Programme to include works by Brahms and Mussorgsky.

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21 April, Friday, 19:00
Concert at the National Philharmonia with the Kyiv Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mykola Diadiura. Soloist – Dima Tkachenko (violin). Programme to include works by Mozart, Skoryk, Berg and Britten.

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22 April, Saturday, 17:30
Piano recital by Stephen Gutman (Great Britain) at the Maly Hall, National Music Academy. Programme to include works by Berg, Sylvestrov, Tippett and a selection of piano versions of Ukrainian folk songs specially written for the concert by Ukrainian composers O.Bezborodko, Y. Braha, M. Denysenko, M. Kovalinas, H. Liashenko, O. Skrypnyk, I. Taranenko and V. Yantso (world premieres).

Free admission

24 April, Monday, 10:00
“Johanna Hondius Prize” – winner announcement, award ceremony, concert and reception – at the Embassy of The Netherlands in Ukraine.

By invitation only

24 April, Monday, 12:00
Stephen Gutman’s piano masterclass at the Choir Hall, National Music Academy.

Free admission

25 April, Tuesday, 19:00
Concert at the Great Hall, National Music Academy, with the Chamber Ensemble Kyiv Soloists conducted by Bogodar Kotorovych. Soloists – Myroslava Kotorovych (violin) and Oleg Bezborodko (piano). Programme to include works by Mozart and Britten.

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26 April, Wednesday, 12:00
“Violin Queen of Music, or what distinguishes instruments of great makers” – masterclass and meeting with the violin maker Florian Leonhard (Germany – Great Britain) at the Choir Hall, National Music Academy. All welcome! Bring your instrument!

Free admission

27 April, Thursday, 19:00
“Quo vadis” - commemorating 20 years from the Chornobyl tragedy - in association with the Embassy of Russia, the Fund Promoting Development of Arts (Ukraine) and the Michael Tariverdiev Foundation (Russia)

Closing Concert at the National Philharmonia with the Choir of the Kyiv Municipal Theatre of Opera and Ballet for Children and Youth under Angela Maslennikova and the Kyiv Camerata Chamber Ensemble conducted by Valery Matiukhin.

Soloists – Taras Bahynets (organ), Oleksandr Gurets (tenor), István Matias (organ), Max Rysanov (viola), Andriy Tuchapets (viola) and Taras Shtonda (bass). Programme to include works by Britten, Hulak-Artemovsky, Mozart, Stankovych, Sviridov and Tariverdiev.

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