Irena Stecura

On September 30th composer Volodymyr Runchak conducted the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra in a program of Shukh, Part, Gubaidulina and his own Chamber Symphony No. 1 in memory of Borys Lyatoshynskyi (1985) at the National Philharmonia. At 45, Runchak is simply one of the most talented and most successful...

Program: April 28, 7 pm — at the Philharmonia: Berlioz — Overture “Le corsaire”, op. 21, Brahms — Violin Concerto, Op. 77, Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, op. 55. April 29, 4 pm — at the Philharmonia: Brahms Symphony No. 4, Stravinsky: “Petrouchka”. This was a triple feast. Roman Kofman —...

An evening of the music of Volodymyr Runchak, a young Ukrainian composer, will be performed on Tuesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at the Kyiv Philharmonic Hall of Columns by the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Runchak himself, as well as by the British violinist Peter Sheppard, the Polish...

As a former westerner, but now a 6- year resident of Ukraine, I was asked to comment on the changes I had observed in the academic (“classical” or non-pop) music in Ukraine. Well, no changes whatsoever have taken place. Ten years after the collapse of the USSR we obediently live, work and...