In response to the current political situation in Ukraine, two cultural entrepreneurs, singer Egita Gielen and Steinway Artist and Naxos Records artist Didier Castell-Jacomin join forces to create a benefit concert to raise money for Ukraine, but also to show that music stands above different nationalities, that music connects and offers a bit of comfort in times of stress and unpredictability.

Musicians from countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Poland, France, Canada, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands perform music from all over the world. According to the initiators, this shows that harmony and a peaceful world can exist in the musical landscape. Unity between Kornelia Bervoua, who has just fled Ukraine, and Dimitri Maslennikov is a great example of how music knows no boundaries and can bind people stronger than anything else.

MUSICI
Egita Gielen (sopraan), Didier Castell-Jacomin (piano), Kornelia Bervoua (piano), Dimitri Maslennikov (cello), Michelle Lynne (piano), Nikita Akulov (viool), MSM kwartet, Isabel Rico Repiso (piano), Sandro Rodrigues (gitaar), Eurasia Quartet

PROGRAMMA

John Cage
(piano)

Rachmaninov
Vocalise (cello, piano)

Sor
 Fantaisie Elégiaque op. 59 (gitaar)

Schubert
Impromptu op. 90 no. 3 (piano)

Copland
 Long time ago
 At the River
(sopraan, piano)

Schubert
 Klavierstücke D 946 no. 2 (piano)

Johann Sebastian Bach /Wilhelm Kempff
Sicilienne BWV. 1031 (piano)

PAUZE

Johann Sebastian Bach
 Chaconne de la Partita no. 2 en re mineur, BWV 1004 (viool)

Vīgners
Krēslā (au crépuscule) (sopraan, piano)

Mediņš
Ir viens vakars ( C’est un soir )
Narciss (la jonquille)
(sopraan, piano)

 Zoltán
Élégie (piano, cello)

Giacomo Puccini
 sélection de préludes de l’opus 28 (Eurasia quartet)

Source and ticket: Theater aan het Vrijthof Website