Beethoven, Silvestrov, Stankovych, Ravel
Chamber music recital by Queen Elisabeth Competition laureate Dmytro Udovychenko and pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi. Introductory talk by Ihor Sukhorukov
Violinist Dmytro Udovychenko, winner of the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition, joins pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi for a captivating programme featuring Ukrainian chamber works by Stankovych and Silvestrov, framed by a youthful Beethoven sonata and aa sonata 'with blues' by this year’s jubilarian, Maurice Ravel.
Yevhen Stankovych was inspired by Ukrainian folk music. In his triptych Na Verhovyni (“In the Highlands”), he weaves elements of Hutsul ritual music—rooted in the Carpathian Mountains and preserved through a distinctive dialect and culture—into a powerful and evocative soundscape.
Valentin Silvestrov’s Post Scriptum is, in the composer’s own words, “a postscript to Mozart and the entire classical tradition.” As he says:
“The text has already been written. We merely add our annotations, thoughts, questions, consternation, astonishment, and regret.”
Stankovych’s piece dates from the early 1970s and Silvestrov’s from the early 1990s—works that together span the final two decades of Ukraine under Soviet occupation.
Before the concert, cultural historian Ihor Sukhorukov will explore the artistic and historical context of 1970s–1990s Ukraine, through the work of artists from Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, and Kyiv.
Dmytro Udovychenko - violin
Antonii Baryshevskyi - piano