INSTEAD OF WORDS. CONCERT FOR UKRAINE

There is a deep wound in our souls, caused by the brutal russian invasion of independent sovereign Ukraine. Perhaps, today music would help to understand and express what cannot be conveyed with words. In thoughts with all Ukrainians who have passed and those who are suffering in the arms of russian aggression. All money raised from ticket sales and donations will go to volunteers in Ukraine.

#StandWithUkraine #StopWarInUkraine #SupportUkraine

PROGRAM

The program includes some of the most prominent and acclaimed Ukrainian composers. Music will follow short introductions of the pieces and composers.

B. Lyatoshinsky - String Quartet no. 4, op. 43

B. Lyatoshinsky - Prelude in Fis Moll

V. Barvinsky - Prelude in E Minor 

N. Nyzhankivsky - Waltz in Cis Minor 

V. Kosenko - Poem-legend no.1 op.12

V. Kosenko - Etude no.3 op. 8 

M. Lysenko - Elegy for cello and piano

B. Lyatoshinsky - Melody for violin and piano

Folk Song - Hey, Plyve Kacha.

ON STAGE

Young classical musicians from Ukraine, Sweden and Finland.

Kamilla Hurkovszkij

Piano

Kamilla is a Ukrainian pianist who has received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Mykola Lysenko National Musical Academy in Lviv. She is currently pursuing her second Master's at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, studying with Anders Kilström.

Kamilla has won prizes in several competitions, including for best interpretation of Victor Kosenko's etude at the Kosenko competition in Lviv 2015. She has been awarded third prize at the competition 'Art21' in Trenčín, Slovakia, 2016, and has received awards at the International Piano Master Classes in Sanok and Łódź, Poland, 2017 and 2018. She has also participated in various master classes with Natalya Pasichnyk, Andrzej Jasínski and Maria Korecka-Soszkpwska.

Sofia Kolupov

Violin

A Ukrainian violinist born in London, Sofia has performed in many of the city’s venues, including Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, Buckingham Palace, Cadogan Hall and the Royal Festival Hall in solo performances, as a chamber musician and in an orchestra. She is currently the leader of the Fantasia Orchestra, a London-based orchestra of professional young musicians with whom she has also appeared as a soloist.

A student of Macej Rakowski since 2012, Sofia furthered her studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Since moving to Sweden in 2019, some of her recent performances include Brahms Violin Concerto as a soloist with Gävle Symphony Orchestra, string quartet concerts at Musikaliska and Stockholms Stadshus and freelance work with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Musica Vitae.

Sofia plays on a 1670s Bussetto violin kindly loaned to her by David Roth (Allegri Quartet).

Elisar Riddelin

Violin

Conductor Elisar Riddelin has worked in a variety of masterclasses and festivals such as Rheinland-Phalz Philharmonics, Hoffer philharmonics, Vaasa- , Joensuu-, Lappeenranta-, Mikkeli- and Jyväskylä city orchestras.

Upcoming collaborations in the Season 2021/22 include concerts with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra of Norrlands Opera, Dalasinfoniettan, Västersås Sinfonietta, The Royal Swedish Army Band, Savonlinna city orchestra, KammarensembleN, and Norrbotten NEO. In October 2021 Riddelin conducted extracts from Daniel Nelssons opera Pride and Prejudice with the Swedish Royal Academy of Music to celebrate their 250th anniversary year. 

Highlights of the next season will include chief conductor post for two years with Golden Monrepos Salon-orchestra and two opera productions with Opera Academy of Stockholm. Riddelin studied his Master's degree in orchestra conducting at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm at the class of B. Tommy Andersson.

Miranda Nordqvist 

Viola

Miranda started playing the violin at the age of five in Uppsala and at the age of 13, she started playing the viola. In 2016 she was accepted to Lilla Akademiens Music High School in Stockholm. Since the autumn of 2019, she has been studying at Edsberg Castle / Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm for Ellen Nisbeth and Mats Zetterqvist. During her studies, Miranda has regularly participated in masterclasses and courses all over Europe where she has worked with musicians such as Hartmut Rohde, Lars Anders Tomter, Matthias Buschholz, Soon-Mi Chung and more. She is an experienced soloist and chamber musician and has participated in several festivals both in Sweden and abroad.

Miranda has been awarded a number of scholarships from Ingrid and Per's Youth Scholarship, the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, Uppsala Region, Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien and more. Today, Miranda plays a viola generously on loan from Welinfonden.

Katariina Kolehmainen

Cello

Katariina is a Finnish cellist and a music pedagog. At the moment she is living and freelancing in Stockholm. Katariina is finishing up a Master's degree at Kungliga Musikhögskolan with teachers Kati Raitinen and Johannes Rostamo. Previous studies have included orchestra internships with Kungliga Hovkapellet and Swedish Radio Orchestra. She has also played with a.o. Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Vaasa City Orchestra and Baltic Sea Philharmonic. 

One of Katariina’s greatest passions is to play chamber music with friends. With different ensembles she has gotten many possibilities to travel and perform all around Europe and Scandinavia. 

Bozhena Lipova

Cello

Bozhena first got her passion for music in her hometown of Ternopil, Ukraine. 

She moved to Sweden 5 years ago, finished a music gymnasium in Stockholm, and is currently pursuing her studies in Lilla Akademien Music High School. Apart from cello, she frequently enjoys playing the jazz bass.