In cooperation with Weigold & Böhm International Artists & Tours and De Vries Artists
Soloists:
Bortniansky Il Quinto Fabio
Dvořák Cellokonzert
Dvořák Sinfonie Nr. 9
Soloist: R.Gromes
Bortniansky Il Quinto Fabio
Dvořák Cellokonzert
Dvořák Sinfonie Nr. 9
Soloist: R.Gromes
Bortniansky Il Quinto Fabio
Dvořák Cellokonzert
Dvořák Sinfonie Nr. 9
Soloist: R.Gromes
Bortniansky Il Quinto Fabio
Dvořák Cellokonzert
Dvořák Sinfonie Nr. 9
Soloist: R.Gromes
Stankovych "Mountain Dances of Verkhovyna"
Dvořák Cellokonzert
Sibelius 3. Sinfonie
Soloist: R.Gromes
Bortniansky Il Quinto Fabio
Dvořák Cellokonzert
Mendelssohn Sinfonie Nr. 3 „Schottische“
Soloist: R.Gromes
Poleva "Langsam"
Schumann Klavierkonzert
Dvorak Sinfonie Nr. 9
Soloist: N. Mukumi
Lyatoshynsky 'Grazhyna'
Liszt Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
Schumann Sinfonie Nr 4
Kolodub Ukrainian Carpathian Rhapsody
Soloist Nuron Mukumi
Mozart Ouvertüre zu „Die Hochzeit des Figaro"
Sibelius Violinkonzert Beethoven Sinfonie Nr. 8
Kolodub Ukrainian Carpathian Rhapsody
Soloist: Mira Foron
Lyatoshynsky “Grazhyna‘
Brahms double concerto
Sibelius Symfonie Nr. 2
Soloists: Liza Ferschtman & Ivan Karizna
Lyatoshynsky 'Grazhyna'
Chopin Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
Schumann Sinfonie Nr. 4
Kolodub Ukrainian Carpathian Rhapsody
Soloist Bruce Liu
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Lyatoshynsky 'Grazhyna' Liszt Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 Kolodub Ukrainian Carpathian Rhapsody Beethoven Sinfonie Nr. 8 Soloist Olga Scheps |
Lyatoshynsky 'Grazhyna'
Bruch Violinkonzert Nr. 1 Sibelius Sinfonie Nr. 2
Soloist Diana Tishchenko
Stankowytsch Sinf. Nr. 2
Liszt Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
Schumann Sinfonie Nr. 4
Soloist Nuron Mukumi
Formed by the Council of Ministers of Ukraine in November of 1918, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is considered to be one of the finest symphony orchestras in Eastern Europe. Its first conductor was Oleksander Horilyj. Natan Rachlin was the Artistic Director of the Orchestra from 1937 until 1962. Stefan Turchak, Volodymyr Kozhuchar, Fedir Hlushchenko, Igor Blazhkov and Theodore Kuchar consequently conducted the Orchestra as its Principal Conductors. Other conductors who worked with the NSOU include Kostiantyn Simeonov, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Markevitch, Kurt Sanderling, Kiril Kondrashin, Kurt Masur, Hermann Abendroth, Willy Ferrero and others. Soloists who performed with the NSOU include Artur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Gidon Kremer, Oleh Krysa, Monserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli and Juan Diego Flores.
The NSOU was entrusted with the premier performances of the works of the following composers: Borys Liatoshynsky, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Myroslav Skoryk, and Evhen Stankovych.
The Orchestra has gained international recognition over a remarkably short period of time.
Since 1993, the NSOU has released more than 100 sound recordings which include both Ukrainian and international repertoires. Most of these recordings have received the highest international acclaim. In 1994, the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) rated NSOU’s recording of Boris Lyatoshynsky’s Symphonies No. 2 and No. 3 as «The Best Recording of the Year.» The CD of Sylvestrov’s «Requiem for Larissa» was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005. The CD of Bloch and Lees’ Violin Concertos was nominated for a Grammy Award four years later.
The NSOU has performed in successful concert tours throughout Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.
Since April of 1999, Volodymyr Sirenko has been the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the NSOU. Since June of 2006, Alexander Hornostai has been its Managing Director and Producer.
«... A program rich with energy and unusually adventurous placed the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in a highly favourable light when it gave its only Sydney concert during its Australian tour on Friday. This is an orchestra with many virtues. Its strings can conjure up a vibrant songfulness; the woodwinds have a fruity, penetrating ripeness; the brass could endanger the walls of Jericho; the percussion might wake the dead...»
«The Sydney Morning Herald»
“…The most striking characteristic of this orchestra was how bold their timbre was. This quality was immediately evident in Giuseppe Verdi’s overture to La forza del destino, which opens with large brass figurations; although the brass players performed powerfully and fearlessly, they still contributed to effective dynamic contrasts afterwards; throughout the piece, they supported the rest of the orchestra (and certainly made themselves heard) but did not obliterate them. For Alvaro’s theme, the unison clarinet line—a treacherous proposition—was excellently tuned, and their sound was bright yet sensitive…”
kcmetropolis.org
Kansas City, MO
“…The second major work, Stravinsky's suite from the ballet "The Firebird" was a thrilling performance, with an oboe solo played elegantly in the second section. Section three was a thunderous hell-raiser, every note crisp and exact, with strong performance by the horns. The last section had a particularly eloquent horn solo.”
“Times Union”, Troy, NY
Volodymyr Sirenko was born on 1960 in the Poltava region of Ukraine.
His conducting debut took place at the Kyiv Philharmonic Hall in 1983 with works by Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Boulez. In 1989 Sirenko graduated from the Kyiv Conservatoire where he studied conducting under Prof. Allin Vlasenko. In 1990 he was a finalist at the International Conducting Competition in Prague. A year later he was appointed as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra, a position which he held until 1999. During this period he made over 200 recordings that are kept in the funds of the Ukrainian Radio and include Mozart Symphonies Nos. 38 and 41, Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Brahms A German Requiem, Dvorak Symphonies Nos. 7 and 9, R. Strauss “Macbeth”, Janacek “Taras Bulba”.
From 1999 he is the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Highlights among hundreds of programmes that he has performed with the orchestra since then were cycles Gustav Mahler’s Complete Symphonies, Bach’s all four Passions and Mass in B Minor, Liatoshynsky’s Complete Symphonies, Honegger's "Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher", Berlioz's "La damnation de Faust", Debussy's "Le Martyre de St. Sebastien".
He recorded over 50 compact discs and the CD of Silvestrov's Requiem for Larissa was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005. He premiered many works by Ukrainian composers including Sylvestrov's Symphonies Nos. 7, 8, 9, Stankovych's Symphony No. 6, oratorios “A Tale of Igor’s Campain” and "Taras Passion".
Sirenko has toured Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Turket, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
He has worked with many international orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Warsovia, NOSPR (Katowice), the Bratislava Radio Symphony, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel Sinfonietta, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic.
Sirenko has appeared in numerous concert halls around the world, including Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Berliner Philharmonie, Brucknerhaus (Linz), Barbican Hall and Cadogan Hall (London), Theatre des Champs-Elysees and Opera Comique (Paris), Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Seoul Art Center, Palau de la Musica in Valencia and Centro Manuel de Falla in Granada, Filharmonia Narodowa (Warsaw), the Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto), the Tokyo City Opera and the Osaka Symphony Hall.
