{"id":5423,"date":"2023-08-02T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=5423"},"modified":"2023-08-22T17:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:46:23","slug":"ukrainian-freedom-orchestra-european-tour-2-3-sept-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2023\/08\/02\/ukrainian-freedom-orchestra-european-tour-2-3-sept-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra European Tour, 2nd-3rd Sept UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>2nd &amp; 3rd September, Locations: Snape Suffolk &amp; London<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Following its acclaimed 2022 inaugural tour of&nbsp;Europe and the US, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra conducted by&nbsp;its Canadian-Ukrainian Music Director Keri-Lynn Wilson, will regroup this August and September for a&nbsp;tour of&nbsp;major European festivals and cities in&nbsp;a continuing demonstration of&nbsp;Ukrainian artistry as&nbsp;the nation fights for its freedom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The UFO was formed in 2022 by conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera and Polish National Opera. Composed of refugees, Ukrainian members of European orchestras and some of the top musicians from across Ukraine, the orchestra is at the forefront of the fight to defend the nation\u2019s cultural legacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The 74-piece orchestra includes Ukrainian musicians from across the country, some of&nbsp;the male members having received special permission from the Ukrainian government to&nbsp;serve their nation through their music, as&nbsp;well as&nbsp;Ukrainian refugee musicians and Ukrainian members of&nbsp;European orchestras. Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov will be&nbsp;the soloist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The tour starts with two concerts in&nbsp;Poland, in&nbsp;Warsaw and Gda\u0144sk, and will take the orchestra to&nbsp;Europe\u2019s most important music venues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/whats-on\/2023\/event\/ukrainian-freedom-orchestrakeri-lynn-wilson\">concluding in the Barbican in London<\/a>. The ensemble will mark Ukrainian Independence Day, 24th of August, with a special open-air concert in Berlin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now, under the patronage of&nbsp;Ukraine\u2019s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, UFO defends Ukraine\u2019s artistic legacy on&nbsp;the cultural front. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The two Polish concerts, at&nbsp;the Polish National Opera, which co-produces the tour, and at&nbsp;the Baltic Philharmonic Hall in&nbsp;Gda\u0144sk, are held under the patronage of&nbsp;Agata Kornhauser-Duda, the Spouse of&nbsp;the President of&nbsp;the Republic of&nbsp;Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>UK Concerts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The orchestra&#8217;s two UK concerts will take place in Snape Maltings on the 2nd of September 2023 and the Barbican in London on the 3rd of September 2023, the latter being the final concert in the orchestr&#8217;as European Tour. More details below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Saturday 2nd September 2023, 19:30, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This new programme centres on Beethoven\u2019s towering Eroica Symphony, \u201ca revolutionary work provoked by both personal crisis and geopolitical turmoil\u201d (Houston Symphony), alongside Verdi\u2019s Force of Destiny Overture and two pieces from Ukrainian composers, including Skoryk&#8217;s Melody \u2013 which is frequently described as the spiritual hymn of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino (7\u2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Yevhen Stankovych:Violin Concerto No.2 (23\u2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Skoryk:Melody in A minor (5\u2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Beethoven:Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 \u2018Eroica\u2019 (50\u2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">More information and ticket booking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brittenpearsarts.org\/events\/heroic-the-ukrainian-freedom-orchestra\">Heroic: The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra | Britten Pears Arts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Sunday 3rd September 2023, 14:00, The Barbican London<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Art over adversity: the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra returns to London with a programme of music by Ukrainian composers plus one of Beethoven\u2019s most epic symphonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">More information and ticket booking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/whats-on\/2023\/event\/ukrainian-freedom-orchestrakeri-lynn-wilson\">Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra\/Keri-Lynn Wilson | Barbican<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>More about Ukraine Freedom Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The orchestra\u2019s musicians are drawn from the Kyiv National Opera, National Symphony Orchestra of&nbsp;Ukraine, Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kharkiv Opera, among other Ukrainian ensembles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Outside of&nbsp;Ukraine, players come from ensembles including the Tonkunstler Orchestra of&nbsp;Vienna, the Belgian National Orchestra, and the Staatskapelle, Berlin. Once again, the Ministry of&nbsp;Culture and Information Policy of&nbsp;Ukraine is&nbsp;supporting the project by&nbsp;addressing the organisational issues of&nbsp;allowing male members of&nbsp;the orchestra to&nbsp;leave the country and to&nbsp;deploy their musical excellence as&nbsp;part of&nbsp;the wider war effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u2018The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra is&nbsp;the musical voice of&nbsp;Ukraine. Universal and understandable without translation, music is&nbsp;a language we&nbsp;can use to&nbsp;speak to&nbsp;the world. I&nbsp;invite you to&nbsp;attend the concerts of&nbsp;the UFO 2023 Summer Freedom Tour to&nbsp;hear the timeless message of&nbsp;liberty contained in&nbsp;the eternal classics of&nbsp;their program. Music will speak to&nbsp;silence aggression,\u2019<\/em> said First Lady of&nbsp;Ukraine Olena Zelenska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Founding conductor and music director of&nbsp;the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Keri-Lynn Wilson said, <em>\u2018As Ukraine continues its brave fight on&nbsp;behalf of&nbsp;the free world it&nbsp;needs our support now more than ever. And with this summer\u2019s freedom tour of&nbsp;the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, I\u2019m proud to&nbsp;join the brave musicians of&nbsp;the Orchestra once again as&nbsp;we defend Ukraine\u2019s cultural legacy. We&nbsp;will not rest until the war is&nbsp;won.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The 2022 inaugural Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra tour was one of&nbsp;the most significant cultural events of&nbsp;last year. The orchestra attracted critical acclaim and rapturous audience reactions as&nbsp;well as&nbsp;almost unprecedented media coverage for an&nbsp;orchestral tour of&nbsp;this type. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Three of&nbsp;the thirteen concerts were broadcast on&nbsp;television \u2013 by&nbsp;the BBC from the Proms, Arte from Warsaw and PBS from the Kennedy Center, Washington \u2013 and concerts in&nbsp;France and Germany were broadcast on&nbsp;radio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The orchestra\u2019s journey was followed in&nbsp;a prime time BBC documentary and there was extensive feature coverage in&nbsp;newspapers all over the world including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Guardian, The Times, Le&nbsp;Monde, Die Welt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and many others. Television news coverage of&nbsp;the orchestra included NBC Evening News, CNN, BBC, NOS, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sponsors include Bloomberg Philanthropies.The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra tour is&nbsp;managed by&nbsp;the Polish National Opera with Askonas Holt, one of&nbsp;the world\u2019s leading management agencies, acting as&nbsp;booking agency. Money raised from the tour will go&nbsp;to support Ukrainian artists. Donations can be&nbsp;made to&nbsp;the Ministry of&nbsp;Culture at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/restore.mkip.gov.ua\/\">https:\/\/restore.mkip.gov.ua\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2nd &amp; 3rd September, Locations: Snape Suffolk &amp; London Following its acclaimed 2022 inaugural tour of&nbsp;Europe and the US, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra conducted by&nbsp;its Canadian-Ukrainian Music Director Keri-Lynn Wilson, will regroup this August and September for a&nbsp;tour of&nbsp;major European festivals and cities in&nbsp;a continuing demonstration of&nbsp;Ukrainian artistry as&nbsp;the nation fights for its freedom. 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Once again, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine is supporting the project by addressing the organisational issues of allowing male members of the orchestra to leave the country and to deploy their musical excellence as part of the wider war effort.\\n\u2018The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra is the musical voice of Ukraine. Universal and understandable without translation, music is a language we can use to speak to the world. I invite you to attend the concerts of the UFO 2023 Summer Freedom Tour to hear the timeless message of liberty contained in the eternal classics of their program. Music will speak to silence aggression,\u2019 said First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska.\\nFounding conductor and music director of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Keri-Lynn Wilson said, \u2018As Ukraine continues its brave fight on behalf of the free world it needs our support now more than ever. And with this summer\u2019s freedom tour of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, I\u2019m proud to join the brave musicians of the Orchestra once again as we defend Ukraine\u2019s cultural legacy. We will not rest until the war is won.\u2019\\nThe 2022 inaugural Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra tour was one of the most significant cultural events of last year. 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Composed of refugees, Ukrainian members of European orchestras and some of the top musicians from across Ukraine, the orchestra is at the forefront of the fight to defend the nation\u2019s cultural legacy. \nThe 74-piece orchestra includes Ukrainian musicians from across the country, some of the male members having received special permission from the Ukrainian government to serve their nation through their music, as well as Ukrainian refugee musicians and Ukrainian members of European orchestras. Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov will be the soloist.\nThe tour starts with two concerts in Poland, in Warsaw and Gda\u0144sk, and will take the orchestra to Europe\u2019s most important music venues, concluding in the Barbican in London. The ensemble will mark Ukrainian Independence Day, 24th of August, with a special open-air concert in Berlin. \nNow, under the patronage of Ukraine\u2019s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, UFO defends Ukraine\u2019s artistic legacy on the cultural front. \nThe two Polish concerts, at the Polish National Opera, which co-produces the tour, and at the Baltic Philharmonic Hall in Gda\u0144sk, are held under the patronage of Agata Kornhauser-Duda, the Spouse of the President of the Republic of Poland.\nUK Concerts\nThe orchestra's two UK concerts will take place in Snape Maltings on the 2nd of September 2023 and the Barbican in London on the 3rd of September 2023, the latter being the final concert in the orchestr'as European Tour. More details below:\nSaturday 2nd September 2023, 19:30, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk\nThis new programme centres on Beethoven\u2019s towering Eroica Symphony, \u201ca revolutionary work provoked by both personal crisis and geopolitical turmoil\u201d (Houston Symphony), alongside Verdi\u2019s Force of Destiny Overture and two pieces from Ukrainian composers, including Skoryk's Melody \u2013 which is frequently described as the spiritual hymn of Ukraine.\nVerdi: Overture to La forza del destino (7\u2019)\nYevhen Stankovych:Violin Concerto No.2 (23\u2019)\nSkoryk:Melody in A minor (5\u2019)\nBeethoven:Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 \u2018Eroica\u2019 (50\u2019)\nMore information and ticket booking:\nHeroic: The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra | Britten Pears Arts\nSunday 3rd September 2023, 14:00, The Barbican London\nArt over adversity: the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra returns to London with a programme of music by Ukrainian composers plus one of Beethoven\u2019s most epic symphonies.\nMore information and ticket booking:\nUkrainian Freedom Orchestra\/Keri-Lynn Wilson | Barbican\nMore about Ukraine Freedom Orchestra\nThe orchestra\u2019s musicians are drawn from the Kyiv National Opera, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kharkiv Opera, among other Ukrainian ensembles. \nOutside of Ukraine, players come from ensembles including the Tonkunstler Orchestra of Vienna, the Belgian National Orchestra, and the Staatskapelle, Berlin. Once again, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine is supporting the project by addressing the organisational issues of allowing male members of the orchestra to leave the country and to deploy their musical excellence as part of the wider war effort.\n\u2018The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra is the musical voice of Ukraine. Universal and understandable without translation, music is a language we can use to speak to the world. I invite you to attend the concerts of the UFO 2023 Summer Freedom Tour to hear the timeless message of liberty contained in the eternal classics of their program. Music will speak to silence aggression,\u2019 said First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska.\nFounding conductor and music director of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Keri-Lynn Wilson said, \u2018As Ukraine continues its brave fight on behalf of the free world it needs our support now more than ever. And with this summer\u2019s freedom tour of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, I\u2019m proud to join the brave musicians of the Orchestra once again as we defend Ukraine\u2019s cultural legacy. We will not rest until the war is won.\u2019\nThe 2022 inaugural Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra tour was one of the most significant cultural events of last year. The orchestra attracted critical acclaim and rapturous audience reactions as well as almost unprecedented media coverage for an orchestral tour of this type. \nThree of the thirteen concerts were broadcast on television \u2013 by the BBC from the Proms, Arte from Warsaw and PBS from the Kennedy Center, Washington \u2013 and concerts in France and Germany were broadcast on radio. \nThe orchestra\u2019s journey was followed in a prime time BBC documentary and there was extensive feature coverage in newspapers all over the world including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Guardian, The Times, Le Monde, Die Welt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and many others. Television news coverage of the orchestra included NBC Evening News, CNN, BBC, NOS, and more.\nSponsors include Bloomberg Philanthropies.The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra tour is managed by the Polish National Opera with Askonas Holt, one of the world\u2019s leading management agencies, acting as booking agency. 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