This event will be held in English.
This series is co-organized by Columbia Global Centers | Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, and 1991 Project. With the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in France and Les Amis de la culture ukrainienne en France.
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The Reid Hall Caféothèque will be open before and after the event with wine and snacks for sale.
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The 1991 Project presents cello duo Olga Driga and Nataliia Ivanovska for a concert dedicated to the play of styles and genres that unite composers internationally, from the Baroque period to today.
Program (1h)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (Olga Driga)
- Zoltan Almashi (b. 1975), Suite No. 1 for Cello Solo (Olga Driga)
- Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), Duo for Two Cellos, op. 52, no. 3
- Jean-Baptiste Barrière (1707-1747), Sonata for Two Cellos in G Major
- Victoria Poleva (b. 1962), Gulf stream for Two Cellos
Musicians
Olga Driga is a Ukrainian solo and orchestra cellist. She played in the National ensemble of soloist “Kyiv Kamerata”, the New Era Orchestra, and took part in the Musikfestspiele Königswinkel Füssen, the Music Festival Kassel, the Kyiv Music Fest, and other festivals in Bahrain, Lebanon, Moldova, Romania, India, Germany.
Olga is a founding member of the exiled ensemble MRIYA founded in 2022 that had sensational success in the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg (live recorded by the NDR Kultur), the Berlin Philharmonic, and other prestigious concert venues.
Nataliia Ivanovska is a Ukrainian chamber and orchestra cellist. She played in the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra. Since the full-scale war started, she is a temporary resident of the Orchestre de Paris as part of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project, as well as a member of the Quatuor Bleu et Or that popularizes the Ukrainian repertoire.
Organizers
The 1991 Project is a non-profit association whose purpose is to promote Ukrainian music 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. Most of the musicians with whom the 1991 project collaborates are participants of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project that helps Ukrainian musicians exiled in France.
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Venue
Nestled in the Montparnasse district, Reid Hall hosts several Columbia University initiatives: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Columbia Undergraduate Programs, M.A. in History and Literature, and the GSAPP Shape of Two Cities Program. This unique combination of resources is enhanced by our global network whose mission is to expand the University's engagement the world over through educational programs, research initiatives, regional partnerships, and public events.
This event will take place in Reid Hall’s the Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc, built in 1912 and extensively renovated in 2023 thanks to the generous support of Judith Ginsberg and Paul LeClerc.
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