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Artist Dies on Stage
Kyiv. The conductor of the Ukrainian National Opera, Oleh Riabov,
died suddenly from a heart attack during an opera rehearsal of
"Cavalleria Rusticana". The distinguished musician had worked in
the national opera for over 30 years. On March 22nd, the opera
theater paid homage to this well-known artist with a performance
of Verdi's Requiem which was performed instead of the planned
opera program.
--Yaroslav Davydovsky, UAM.
World Bank Grant
Lviv. The World Bank will allot a grant totaling 590 thousand
dollars during a three-month period for the restoration of five
buildings in the historic part of Lviv. According to statistics
provided by the Mayor's office, sixty-six architectural monuments
in Lviv require full restoration.
--"Vysokyj Zamok".
Icon Collection Restored
Ivano-Frankivsk. Artist Mykola Kanius along with students of the
Art-Graphics Department of Prykarpatskyj University have restored
a collection of icons dating from the 17th-19th centuries. This
collection, which presently belongs to the Ivano-Frankivsk
Regional Museum, was saved from total destruction during the
post-war period when churches in Halychyna were completely closed
down. Many of the restored icons depict local professional and
primitivist styles representative of the various iconography
schools in Kosiv, Rohatyn and Dolyna.
--"Uriadovyj Courier".
Spivakov's "Virtuosi" in the Capital
Kyiv. "The Virtuosi of Moscow" under the direction of Volodymyr
Spivakov will collaborate with the Italian choir Santa-Cecilia
and soloists from Poland, Germany, and the United States in a
concert performance of Mozart's Requiem. The performance will
take place on April 22nd at the Ukrainian National Opera.
--Anushavan Mesropian, UAM.
Variation of Style '96
Zaporizhia. The aroma of French perfumes greeted the spring
season in this industrial center of Eastern Ukraine. An
atmosphere of European charm dominated the Glinka Concert Hall
with a theatrical fashion show "Variation of Style '96" where
models from Kyiv, Zaporizhia, and the Kharkiv filial of Slava
Zaytseva's House of Fashion participated.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Youth Art Competition
Kyiv. The Center of Information and Documentation of the Council
of Europe, Ukrainian Legal Foundation, and the International
Media Center "Internews" announce the youth art competition
dedicated to Europe Day. The themes of this competition are:
"Ukraine-Europe in the XXI century"; "The world dies, when
silent"; "Everyone is different, everyone is equal"; and "Let's
save the world from mis-understanding".
The competition will only announce the laureates, and best works,
which will also form the principal part of an exhibition of youth
art in various European countries.
--"Uriadovyj Courier".
Drawings, decorative works, and other artistic handicrafts
(included with a letter with the artist's name, address, and
title of composition) should be sent to the following address by
April 30th: CID Coucil of Europe, Kostolna Street 3, Kyiv 252001,
Ukraine.
Ricercare
Ivano-Frankivsk. A recital presenting the works of two young
composers Andrij Lehkyj and Vitalij Manyk took place in the
Ivano-Frankivsk music college on March 27th.
The concert, an unusual attraction for Ivano-Frankivsk, was
entitled "An Evening of Avant-Garde". The event was at the same
time a presentation of a newly-formed ensemble of new music
"Ricercare" (from the Italian "to search" from which originates
the musical term "ricercare", a polyphonic form of the early
baroque period).
The most impressive compositions were presented by Andrij Lehkyj
"Obiter dictum" for flute, clarinet, trombone, and percussion,
"Double Fly" for two violins, and an unexpected folk piece "Song"
for four voices, 2 violins, cello, and piano.
--Pavlo Hrechka, UAM.
Horowitz's Laureates Tour America
New York. The winners of the First International Competition of
Young Pianists dedicated to the memory of Volodymyr Horowitz (see
UAM Volume 1, Issue 17) were invited to the United States for a
series of concert performances. Among the invited participants
were the competition's head jury member, composer and pianist
Ivan Karabits, as well as laureates of the first and second
prizes, Oleksij Yemtsov and Oleksij Koltakov. They will begin
their regional concert tour in major art centers including New
York, Philadelphia, Washington DC and other cities.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Mykhailo Brylynsky
Lviv. An evening dedicated to the 100th birthday anniversary
celebration of well-known Ukrainian employer and owner of the
only Ukrainian "Bell Foundry" in Halychyna, Mykhailo Brylynsky,
took place on March 22nd in the People's House.
The solemn evening was organized by the "Prosvita" Organization,
Shevchenko Scientific Society, and the Brylynsky family. The
program included performances by Lviv musicians and the Lviv
chamber choir "Gloria". Those present also had the opportunity
to hear musical performances by members of the Brylynsky family:
Bohdan (violin), Maksym (diplomate of the International
Competition of Young Violinists Bohodar Kotorovych), Halyna
Brylynsky-Blazhkevch (laureate of the All-Ukrainian Competition
of Pianists named after Mykola Lysenko).
Among the foundry's products included a bell for St. George's
Cathedral in Lviv, bas-reliefs of Taras Shevchenko and Markian
Shashkevych, and memorial statues. Mykhailo Brylynsky was
murdered by the NKVD in 1941.
--Antony Potoczniak, UAM.
Art Berezillia '96
Kyiv. The Fifth International Festival of Experimental Theaters
"Art Berezillia '96" commenced on March 27th, also observed
throughout the world as International Theater Day. This year's
festival, which features play performances, workshops, and
exhibitions, is dedicated to the theme of "creative collaboration
and the problems of theater synthesis".
The festival began with a performance by the Ukrainian Spiritual
Theater "Voskresinnya" and will conclude with a "festival within
a festival" with the production of "Ecology of the Soul" which
raises the issues of individuality in extreme situations.
Difficulties accompanying the festival, according to organizer
Sergey Proskuryn, should not influence the great variety of this
year's festival repertoire: the Polish theater of "Eight day",
Saint Petersburg "Litsediyi", and Japanese theater. Numerous
theatrical premieres and art exhibitions should present
theater-goers with a bouquet of diverse impressions and pleasant
moments.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Vadym Pysaryev's Benefit Concert
Kyiv. Ballet star Vadym Pysaryev (see UAM Volume 2, Issue 1)
recently organized a benefit concert in the National Opera of
Ukraine. The event was also a presentation of his first major
work as choreographer in a Ukrainian-Norwegian joint project in
the production of the ballet "Peer Gynt". The music to this
ballet was written by Edvard Grieg.
The Adagio movement of this new ballet, as seen in the
performance by Pysaryev and his constant dance partner and
wife Inna Dorofeyeva, promises to give birth to a harmonious
combination of diverse dance styles: modern dance and
contemporary movements of Marta Grechen and Morris Bezhar,
Norwegian folk dances, and the "good-old" classics.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Ukrainian Manuscript Book
Kyiv. A new encyclopaedic publication by Professor Jakym Zapaska
"The Ukrainian Manuscript Book" was presented on March 6th in the
National Museum of Ukrainian Literature. This monumental work is
an attempt to trace chronologically the development of national
book art in Ukraine. The best-known Ukrainian manuscripts dating
from the Kyiv princely eras to the 18th century are analyzed and
described in this publication.
During the 11th century, court scribes of the great Kyivan
princes provided a large body of art manuscripts which remain
today significant cultural relics of Kyiv-Rus history. Today
Kyiv has very few of these cultural treasures in its possession.
At present, the only extant manuscript in Kyiv is an Old-Slavonic
missal "Kyiv Hlaholychni Lystky".
Many works such as the Ostromyrova Yevanhelia [Ostromyrov Gospel]
(1056-1057), Izbornyk Sviatoslava (1073), as well as other
well-known artistically decorative and ancient manuscripts of
Slavonic culture are presently located in Moscow. A matter of
fact, a similar fate befell many other ancient writings of
Ukraine.
The work by Jakym Zapaska, prepared for publication by the Lviv
Publisher "Svit" and printed in Priaev, Slovakia by "Polygraf",
is illustrated with 250 masterpieces of national and
international significance, including the Ostromyrov Gospel, a
unique family portrait of the Kyiv Princes of Sviatoslav, and
Renaissance decorations of the excellent Perecopytskyj Gospel.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Contact: Doroshenko 41, Lviv 290000, Ukraine
Ihor Melnyk, Editor in Chief of "Svit"
Telephone +38 (0322) 726-890, 743-145
Ilarion Sventsynsky
Lviv. Art circles will celebrate the 120th birthday anniversary
of Ilarion Sventsynsky, well-known activist of Ukrainian museum
matters, scholar, and long-time director of the Lviv National
Museum in April of this year.
A scientific conference and exhibition dedicated to his memory
will take place on April 7th. A memorial plate will also be
affixed on the building of the National Museum.
--"Vysokyj Zamok".
Address: Doroshenko 42, Lviv
Spring Flood '96
Cherkassy. Ten talented artists from Cherkassy organized an
exhibition "Spring Flood '96". Fantastic paintings by Tamara
Gordova, decorative canvasses by Neonila Nedosenko, batiks by
Tatyana Kasyan, ceramics by Ludmila Gansenko, and works by other
artists create a unique Spring bouquet. Tamara Gordova's drawing
"Two Fairy Birds Cherish the Bright Easter Egg" became the symbol
of this exhibition.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Vision Art
Kyiv. The Kyiv Union of Photographers of Ukraine and the
artistic society "New Culture" are presenting an analytic
exhibition under the title "Vision Art" in the National Art
Museum. This exhibition demonstrates the symbiosis and mutual
influence of photography with other diverse art forms from new
technological means of creation (video art and computer
graphics) to more traditional genres (painting, graphics,
and sculpture).
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
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