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Sweden's Radio Symphony Orchestra meets Ukrainian musician colleagues on Ukraine's Independence Day. We will feel the presence of Ukrainian folk music, including in the newly composed Reflections on a Folk Song by Leonid Desyatnikov, but also experience music that borrows tones from completely different times and places, as in the modern classic Der Bote , where Valentin Silvestrov weaved together music by Mozart with a contemporary tonality. The music knows no borders, but the heart of this concert is in Ukraine.

Looking towards Ukraine

SR Berwaldhallen

Praised for the “electrifying intimacy” of their playing (The Guardian), pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy have been performing as a duo since 2009 in addition to their flourishing solo careers. For their Carnegie Hall piano-duo debut, they present the fiendish original four-hands version of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring together with Leonid Desyatnikov’s Trompe-l'œil, commissioned for them by the Aldeburgh Festival in 2023. This is followed by Schubert's F-Minor Fantasie, a masterpiece of the four-hands repertoire.

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Pavel Kolesnikov, Piano Samson Tsoy, Piano

Carnegie Hall

A world premiere ballet by Tiler Peck, a longtime principal dancer known for her astute sense of musicality, joins works from Resident Choreographer Justin Peck and Alexei Ratmansky, who joins the Company in an official capacity for the first time for the 2023-24 Season, as artist in residence. Peck’s Rotunda, with a commissioned score by the prominent American composer Nico Muhly, is infused with a sense of community and togetherness, while Ratmansky’s Odesa, danced to incidental music from the 1990 Russian movie Sunset, features an intriguing musical mix ranging from tango to klezmer, and nods to the movie’s roots in Isaac Babel’s tales of Jewish gangsters in the titular city.

New Combinations

Lincoln Center

ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky invites audiences to experience a festive village gathering.  Set to the music of Leonid Desyatnikov, Songs of Bukovina explores the folk traditions of the Eastern European mountains.

Leonid Desyatnikov

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Aug 24, 2024

Looking towards Ukraine · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Feb 13, 2024

Pavel Kolesnikov, Piano Samson Tsoy, Piano · Carnegie Hall

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