Russian-born Maya Fridman performs Canti d’Inizio e Fine by Ukrainian composer Maxim Shalygin
At 21:00 you are cordially invited to a free memorial concert in the context of the Remembrance Day, in the Royal. During this concert, Russian-born cellist Maya Fridman will play Canti d’Inizio e Fine, a moody, penetrating work by Ukrainian composer Maxim Shalygin.

Canti d’Inizio e Fine
The Angels of Death form the names of the six movements in the work, concluded by the epilogue of the Todesfuge, where Maya simultaneously sings and plays her cello. Each part symbolizes one of the death angels of Jewish mythology.

Maxim Shalygin composed this piece for ‘a solo performer who can feel, play, sing, scream, moan, swear, breathe, squeal, whisper, bleat, hiss, dream…’ and dedicated it to Maya Fridman.

Stories
The music is interspersed with poems and stories about war and liberation. These are nominated by Manouk Pluis.

“Rend your clothes, you all, sprinkle your head with ashes,
run through the streets and dance in madness.”
— Rabbi Jakub Szulman in a letter, January 1942

Maya Fridman is the winner of the Dutch Classical Talent Award 2019.

This is a co-production with PLT and Theater Royal, commissioned by the municipality of Heerlen in collaboration with Stichting Comité 4&5 mei Heerlen.

Source : PLT Website