10th International Music Festival
Odessa Classics 2024

🇩🇪 Germany September 24 — 29

🇧🇪 Belgium September 12

🇩🇪 Germany August 21

🇨🇭 Switzerland June 25

🇪🇪 Estonia June 10

🇨🇭 Switzerland April 4 — 9

🇱🇹 Lithuania March 28

Artists Artists of the Odessa Classics festival

Bremen Broadcasting Hall

📅 September 24, 20:00

Alexey Botvinov (piano)
Myroslava Ktorovych (violin)
“Artekhatta” Ensemble
Oksana Madarash (conductor)

Concert Program
Myroslav Skoryk	Melody
Zoltan Almashi	“Refarefa” (Dedicated to the warriors of the Heavenly Hundred)
Edvard Grieg	Holberg Suite, op.40 (“From Holberg’s Time”)
Victoria Polyova	“Metta”
Valentin Silvestrov	Trio
Philip Glass	“Tirol Concerto” for piano and orchestra

Bremen Broadcasting Hall

📅 September 26, 20:00

Janusz Wawrowski (violin)
Alexey Botvinov (piano)

Concert Program
Johannes Brahms	Scherzo from “F.-A-E-” sonata
Valentin Silvestrov	Melodies of the Moments – Cycle III: I. “Lullaby”
Francis Poulenc	Sonata for violin and piano
Grazyna Bacewicz	Melody
Cesar Franck	Sonata for violin and piano

Die Glocke Concert Hall, Bremen

📅 September 29, 19:00

Alexey Botvinov (piano)
Nora Steierwald (viola)
Bremen City Choir
Odessa Classics Orchestra
Antonius Adamske (conductor)

Concert Program
Johannes Brahms	Schicksalslied, op.54
Sergei Rachmaninoff	Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18
Johannes Brahms	Gesang der Parzen, Op.89;Alt-Rhapsodie, Op.53; Begrabnisgesang, Op.13; Nanie, Op.82

Odessa Classics at the Ghent
Festival Viernulvier Theatre Hall, Ghent

📅 September 12, 20:30

New Ideas Chamber Orchestra (NICO)
Gediminas Gelgotas (NICO artistic director)
Diana Malaya (poetry)
VJ Videomatics (video installations)
Inna Bilash (dance)
Burhan Öçal (percussion)
Alexey Botvinov (piano and artistic director)

Concert Program
Valentin Silvestrov	Nostalghia
Philip Glass	From Glassworks: Opening
Johann Sebastian Bach	From Orchestral Suite no. 3, BWV 1068, second mouvement: Air (arr. Alexey Botvinov)
Alemdar Karamanov	Ave Maria
Max Richter	From Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons: Winter
Gediminas Gelgotas	Transitory
Gediminas Gelgotas	Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean
Max Richter	From Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons: Summer
Ludovico Einaudi	Nightbook
Gediminas Gelgotas	To the Skies
Modest Mussorgsky	From Pictures at an Exhibition, no. 9: Baba Yaga
Philip Glass	Metamorphosis
Sergej Prokofiev	From Piano Sonata no. 7 in B-flat Major: III. Precipitato
Sergej Rachmaninov	10 Preludes, op. 23 no. 5 in G minor
Myroslav Skoryk	Melody
Poetry by Lesya Ukrainka, Lina Kostenko and Halyna Mohylnytska
Video installations by VJ Videomatics

BTHVN – Beethoven-Haus, Bonn

📅 August 21, 17:00

Alexey Botvinov (piano)

Concert Program
Bach	4 Preludes and Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier I Part: C major C minor C sharp minor D minor
Beethoven	Sonata No.8 Op.13 C minor “Pathetique”
Chopin	Nocturnes and Waltzes (selection)
Tchaikovsky	From “The Seasons” op.37a: June. Barcarolle November. Troika December. Christmas
Silvestrov	“3 Waltzes with Postludium” Op.3
Karamanov	“Night Prayer”

KKL Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne

📅 June 25, 19:30

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

Concert Program
Beethoven	Beethoven
Chopin	Nocturne No.2 in F sharp minor, Op.48; Fantasy in F minor, Op.49
Brahms	Four Ballades, Op.10
Prokofiev	Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.14

Estonia Concert Hall, Tallinn

📅 June 10, 19:00

Alexey Botvinov (piano)
Myroslava Ktorovych (violin)
Oleksandra Fedosova (violin)
Hans Christian Aavik (violin)
Karolina Aavik (piano)
Marcel Johannes Kits (cello)

Concert Program
Valentin Silvestrov	Pastoral. Homage to Beethoven
Valentin Silvestrov	3 Waltzes with Postlude, Op. 3
Valentin Silvestrov	Hommage a J.S.B.
Valentin Silvestrov	Melodies of the Moments, Cycle III
Valentin Silvestrov	Melodies of the Moments, Cycle VI
Valentin Silvestrov	Postlude III
Valentin Silvestrov	Pastorals (2023)

Tonhalle, Zurich

📅 April 4, 19:30

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)
Alexey Botvinov (piano)
“NICO” Ensemble, Gediminas Gelgotas (composer, conductor, piano)

Concert Program
Bedrich Smetana	The Vltava
Antonio Vivaldi / Max Richter	«Four Seasons Recomposed» (selection)
Johann Sebastian Bach	Prelude B minor, BWV 855a (Charles Coleman version for a symphony orchestra)
Gediminas Gelgotas	«Never ignore the cosmic Ocean»; «Transitory»; «Mountains. Water. Freedom»
Valentin Silvestrov	«Hymn 2001»
Johannes Brahms	Concerto for piano and orchestra No.1 in D minor, Op.15Bedrich Smetana The Vltava

Kunsthaus Festsaal, Zurich

📅 April 7, 17:00

Ilva Eigus (violin)
Roman Fedyurko (piano)

Concert Program
Hofmann	«Kaleidoskop»
Revutsky	4 Preludes
Shumann	Piano Sonata No.2 in G Minor, Op.22
Ysaÿe	Violin solo Sonata No.4 in E minor
Brahms	Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in D Minor, Op.108

St. Peter’s Church, Zurich

📅 April 9, 19:30

Janusz Wawrowski (violin)
Alexey Botvinov (piano)

Concert Program
Grieg	Violin Sonata No.3, Op.45
Silvestrov	Melodies of the Moments – Cycle III: I. “Lullaby”
Poulenc	Sonata
Bacewicz	Sonata No.2

Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius

📅 March 28, 19:00

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra (artistic director and chief conductor Modestas Pitrenas)
Vilnius Choir (artistic director and chief conductor Arturas Dambrauskas)
Alexey Botvinov (piano)
Modestas Pitrenas (conductor)

Concert Program
Johannes Brahms	Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Valentin Silvestrov	Hymn for string orchestra
Alexander Shchetynsky	Requiem for mixed choir and string orchestra
Myroslav Skoryk	Melody (for choir and strings)