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At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra’s programme shows us two opposing sides of Robert Schumann. The composer’s Third Symphony, his ”Rhenish“, is vital, rapturous and enthusiastic, and is considered the epitome of the Romantic symphony. His violin concerto, with its dark and melancholic profundity, is completely different. The solo part will be performed by Dmytro Udovychenko, winner of the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition. The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, for which the Berliner Philharmoniker took on patronage in 2023, will open the concert with Svyatoslav Lunyov’s sensual and flowing string piece Tristium.
Artists
Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
Felix Krieger conductor
Dmytro Udovychenko violin
Programme
Svyatoslav Lunyov
Tristium for strings
Robert Schumann
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor
Dmytro Udovychenko violin
Interval
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 97 “Rhenish”
Chamber Music Hall
11 to 29 €
Biographies
Felix Krieger
The founder and artistic director of the Berlin Opera Group is internationally active as a conductor of opera, ballet and concerts. Born in Freiburg, Felix Krieger studied conducting, piano and music theory in Hamburg and in Italy with Carlo Maria Giulini; in 1996 he became Claudio Abbado’s assistant with the Berliner Philharmoniker, and was later director of studies at the Bayreuth Festival.
He has conducted Mozart’s Magic Flute at the Semperoper Dresden and La clemenza di Tito at the Teatro São Pedro in São Paulo, Swan Lake at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Verdi’s Stiffelio at the Opera Bellas Artes in Mexico City. In concert, he has conducted orchestras such as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the London Sinfonietta. He has also regularly conducted the Staatskapelle Berlin as a guest conductor.
Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra (KSO) is known for its commitment to Ukraine’s musical heritage and plays an important role in representing Ukrainian culture on the international stage. Founded in 1979, the orchestra’s repertoire ranges from the 16th century to the younger generation of contemporary composers, and the ensemble regularly presents Ukrainian works in dialogue with the Western European repertoire.
In 2022, the orchestra’s European tour included performances at the Rudolfinum in Prague, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Philharmonie Berlin, the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, the Philharmonie in Paris and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra found a temporary home in Gera, Thuringia, in the summer of 2022; in 2023, the Berliner Philharmoniker took over patronage of the orchestra. Since August 2024, the KSO has been in residence in Monheim am Rhein as part of the Monheimer Kulturwerke.
Dmytro Udovychenko
Born in Kharkiv, Dmytro Udovychenko has won numerous prizes at international competitions, most recently first prize at the prestigious 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Ukraine, Germany and Lithuania. Born in 1999, he attended a music boarding school in his home town before moving to the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen to study with Boris Garlitsky at the age of 14.
He has studied at the Kronberg Academy with Christian Tetzlaff since October 2022, and has participated in masterclasses with Ana Chumachenco, Leonidas Kavakos, Natalia Boyarskaya and others. Dmytro Udovychenko is supported by the Ukrainian Vere Music Fund, the Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz and the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.
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