“Gratitude from UA to UK”
With this Message will present Art Festival in Oxford from September 28 till October 01.
Classical music concerts, celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov, photo exhibition “War”, Ukrainian film screenings, music performances, public talks.
This Festival organaised by Ukrainian culture Representatives are with huge Gratitude from UA to UK. “Great Britain was among the first countries in the world to claim its stance clearly and uncompromisingly in unprovoked cruel war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine. It has been providing great invaluable support to Ukraine since day one of the war. The festival is our gratitude to British People and our cultural gift to Ukrainian Culture Weeks”, — told in Ukrainian Cultural Centre Dom Master Class, thet is organaiser’s “Bouquet Kyiv Stage in Oxford”.
The Ukrainian Culture Weeks 2022 initiative was launched by Cherwell College Oxford, Oxford University Ukrainian Society, Ukrainian Cultural Centre Dom Master Klass with the aim of supporting Ukrainian culture and heritage.
The season will be opened by Ukrainian Art Festival Bouquet Kyiv Stage coming from Kyiv to Oxford on this occasion. The festival will be held in a partnership with British Council, Ukrainian Institute, UK/UA Seasons.
The highlight of the festival will be the celebration of the renowned Ukrainian Maestro Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukraine’s best-known living composer, on the occasion of his 85th birthday on September 30. Valentyn Sylvestrov will be an honour guest of the Festival, and his choral and piano works will be featured in the programme.
The Festival programme includes:
- 7 concerts of classical music among them
September 28 the concert-opening, music of Valentin Sylvestrov performed by the Kyiv Chamber Choir.
30th September the British choir Apollo5 will perform 2 world music premieres of Ukrainian composers Victoria Poleva and Anna Kuzina-Rozhdestvenska.
30th September The Grand Concert of the Orchestra of St John’s, conducted by John Lubbock at one of the most celebrated venues in Oxford — the Sheldonian Theatre. The Kyiv Chamber Choir and Ukrainian leading violinist Bohdana Pivnenko will join the Orchestra of St John’s for the Grand Concert.
- Exhibition “War” of the documentary photographer Oleksandr Glyadelov’s work Photographs were taken by the artist in Irpin, Bucha, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and other ruined cities of Ukraine. Glyadelov’s works have been featured on the covers of the world’s leading publications and media.
- Visual music performance celebrating the renowned Ukrainian artist Maria Primachenko. Ukrainian museum with the collection of Maria Primachenko’s masterpieces was burnt down by russian occupants in February 2022.
- “Face the Future” a music performance staged by the innovative Ukrainian fashion designer Fedir Vozianov
- Key speaker at the Public Talks lecture series will be Nelia Kykovalska, the General Director of Ukraine’s main museum complex and the UNESCO World Heritage Site: St.Sophia of Kyiv National Reserve.
Proceeds from event tickets will help support humanitarian initiatives in Ukraine.
The Full programme displays at https://www.cherwell-college.co.uk/events, https://bouquetstage.com/oxford