Ukrainian Music Initiative. Consonance: Ukrainian Composers and the Western Canon

The Shevchenko Scientific Society is thrilled to welcome Ukrainian Music Initiative as they launch their second season back to where it all started.  You don’t want to miss contralto Vira Slywotzky, cellist Valeriya Sholokhova, pianist Pavlo Gintov and pianist Margarita Rovenskaya as they celebrate two centuries of musical dialogue and cultural exchange between Ukrainian composers and their counterparts further west in an all new program featuring works by Theodore Akimenko, Oleg Bezborodko, Dmytro Bortniansky, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Vladimir Dyck, Bohuslav Martinu, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Stefania Turkewich.

Ukrainian Music Initiative was created in 2025 to elevate Ukrainian classical music to its rightful place in the Western canon and to fill a significant gap in the US’ cultural and educational landscape. This is being accomplished by having skilled and knowledgeable musicians of Ukrainian heritage perform and educate about Ukrainian music and composers in accessible venues on a regular basis.  Ukrainian Music Initiative also collects and makes available music scores and composer biographies through various media.  Since its inaugural concert, Ukrainian Music Initiative has performed to standing room only audiences throughout the US.  Come experience Ukrainian classical music at its finest at the iconic Shevchenko Scientific Society! This concert is presented by Vira + Friends in partnership with Shevchenko Scientific Society.

ArtWine wine-tasting reception to follow