This event will be held in English.
This series is co-sponsored by Columbia Global Centers | Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the 1991 Project, the Ukrainian Embassy, and Les Amis de la culture ukrainienne en France.
The Reid Hall Caféothèque will be open before the event with wine and snacks for sale.
The 1991 Project presents musical duo Matteo Cimatti, violin, and Hanna Khmara, piano, for a classical music concert celebrating Ukrainian and French composers.
Program (1h10)
- Yevhen Stankovych, On the Verkhovyna Plateau, triptych, 1972
- Myroslav Skoryk, Spanish dance from the Suite to Lesya Ukrainka's drama "Fireplace Master", 1971
- Valentyn Silvestrov, Songs without words, 2004
- Maurice Ravel, Sonata No.2 in G major, 1923-27
- Claude Debussy, Fantoches, 1891
- Claude Debussy, La Fille aux cheveux de lin, 1910
- Maurice Ravel, Tzigane, 1924
Matteo Cimatti is a frequent guest at some of the most prestigious and interesting festivals and collaborates with foundations and associations in Italy and abroad, such as the Associazione Piero Farulli. Since 2019 he has been a young artist of Musica Insieme Bologna. Among the most recent engagements, in June 2023 Matteo will be among the protagonists of their Summer Music Festival. Since 2019 he has been one of the most requested artists by the International Lyceum Club of Firenze, and was recently invited for a recital in collaboration with the Amici della Musica di Firenze.
Hanna Khmara has performed various solo parts as a pianist in orchestras, playing compositions by Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Niels Gade, Astor Piazzolla, Igor Stravinsky, and many other composers. She is also experienced in playing the organ, harpsichord, and celesta. Chamber music plays a significant role in Hanna's career, and she has been giving concerts since 1994 in Ukraine and abroad. Recently, Hanna Khmara has been working on a thesis focused on the instrumental music of Ukrainian composers from the 18th century. She has published several articles in specialized publications and magazines for a wide audience.Hanna has actively participated in numerous conferences, presenting various aspects of music-making during the 18th century.
1991 Project
The 1991 Project is the 2023/24 project-in-residence of the Reid Hall Displaced Artist Initiatives.
The 1991 Project is a non-profit association whose purpose is to safeguard and promote Ukrainian music, by helping Ukrainian musicians preserve their artistic skills in France and in the Western world. It is led and inspired by Anna Stavychenko, a musicologist, music critic and classical music producer. The production of concerts, cultural, and educational events gives visibility to the Ukrainian musical repertoire, in its tight connections to European cultural traditions.
The initial programs of the project target the most urgent needs of Ukrainian musicians, exiled in France with their families, by providing income, psychological support, and social assistance. These musicians are some of the best performers and they come from the best orchestras in Ukraine, such as the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the National ensemble of soloists "Kyivska kamerata," or the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra.
The first major event presented by the 1991 Project was the Silvestrov Days in Paris in May and June 2023, co-organized with Columbia Global Centers | Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the Ukrainian Culture Center in Paris, and the Embassy of Ukraine in France. The festival was dedicated to one of the greatest Ukrainian contemporary composers, Valentyn Silvestrov.
The 1991 Project is currently preparing the 2023/2024 season, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Embassy in France, Columbia Global Centers | Paris, Reid Hall, UNICEF, the University Paris 8.
The place
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This event will take place in the Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc, built at Reid Hall in 1912 and extensively renovated in 2023 thanks to the generous support of Judith Ginsberg and Paul LeClerc.
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