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 1991 Project presents Quatuor Bleu et Or and Anna Khmara for a performance of renowned works written for piano quintet.
In “Dumka,” the second movement of Dvořák's quintet, the composer reinterprets the popular genre of Ukrainian folklore. In Lyatoshynsky’s “Ukrainian Quintet,” written far from home during WWII, the composer creatively conveys his homesickness using the intonations of Ukrainian folk songs.
Program (80m)
With a 5-minute intermission
Borys Lyatoshynsky, Ukrainian Quintet op. 42, 1942 and 1945
Antonín Dvořák, Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op. 81, 1887
Musicians
Quatuor Bleu et Or was founded in 2022 by Anna Stavychenko to promote the Ukrainian classical music repertoire in France and in the Western World. Three musicians of the quartet—Yanzhyma Morozova, Antonina Krysa, and Nataliia Ivanovska—had to leave Ukraine at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. They became temporary residents of the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre National de France as part of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project that helps Ukrainian musicians exiled in France. The ensemble's violist, Andrii Malakhov, has maintained close ties with France for many years, collaborating with Le Balcon and the Quatuor Élysée.
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. She has published several articles in specialized publications and magazines for a wide audience, and has actively participated in numerous conferences, presenting various aspects of music-making during the 18th century.
Most recently, she has been working on a thesis focused on the instrumental music of Ukrainian composers from the 18th century.
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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