This event will be held in English.
This series is co-organized by the Columbia Global Paris Center, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the 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 1991 Project presents a program of piano trios that reflect composers' responses to the challenges and upheavals of their respective eras, spanning from the 19th to the 21st centuries.
Program (85m)
Yevhen Stankovych, Red Forest Music, 1992
Valentyn Bibik, Little Concerto for Piano Trio, op. 26, 1976
Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio, M. 67, 1914
Franz Schubert, Trio Nr. 1 B flat major op. 99, 1827
Musicians
Anna Khmara has performed various solo parts as a pianist in orchestras, playing compositions by Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Niels Gade, Astor Piazzolla, and many other composers. She is also experienced in playing the organ, harpsichord, and celesta. Chamber music plays a significant role in Anna’s career, and she has been giving concerts since 1994 in Ukraine and abroad. Recently, Anna 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. Anna has actively participated in numerous conferences, presenting various aspects of music-making during the 18th century.
Antonina Krysa is a Ukrainian solo, chamber and orchestra violinist. She played in the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, which is known for performing traditional classical repertoire as well as works by contemporary composers. She has been on many tours, nationally and internationally (Europe, Japan, South-Korean). Upon moving to France from Ukraine in May 2022, she began working at the Orchestre National de France as part of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project that supports Ukrainian musicians exiled in France. She is also a member of the Quatuor Bleu et Or that popularizes the Ukrainian repertoire.
Askar Ishangaliyev was born in 1985 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he began studying the cello at the age of 7. Noted for his musical abilities, he decided to continue his studies in France where he entered the class of Philippe Muller in Aulnay Sous Bois and then the CNSM in Paris. Askar notably plays in trio with Jean-Noël Molard and Jean Angliviel, or as a soloist with the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, the Orchester de Tours, Halle Staatskappele, the Lille National Orchestra. He is supported by the Meyer Foundation and ADAMI. Actively performing contemporary repertoire, Askar Ishangaliev has worked with musicians such as Pierre Boulez, Mauricio Kagel, Peter Eötvös, Michaël Lévinas, Bruno Mantovani, Martin Matalon and Heinz Holliger, and since 2008 he has been the cello soloist of the Le Balcon ensemble.
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: the Columbia Global Paris Center, 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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