10th International Music Festival
Odessa Classics 2024
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) |
Alexey Botvinov
President and Art Director of the Festival, People's Artist of Ukraine
Daniel Hope
Violin
Michael Guttman
Violin
Simos Papanas
Violin
Thomas Hampson
Baritone
Jing Zhao
Cello
Hans Christian Aavik
Violin
Janusz Wawrowski
Violin
Olari Elts
Conductor
AIR group
Virtuosos of the chamber orchestra
Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra
One of the most important cultural organizations in Greece
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
The oldest and most respected regular symphony orchestra in Estonia
Oksana Madarash
Conductor
«Artehatta»
Chamber ensemble