Kyiv Symphony arrives in Poland at start of Europe tour

Kyiv Symphony arrives in Poland at start of Europe tour

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norman lebrecht

April 13, 2022

We are relieved to learn that 100 musicians and their families have reached Poland safely after the men received special permission to leave from the the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, and the Ministry of Defence.

They will play dates in Warsaw and Lodz next week, followed by seven cities in Germany.

No UK concert hall has issued an invitation. Please feel some shame.

‘We find it an honour and responsibility to be the true and resonant voice of Ukraine in the world. In Warsaw, our musicians will play together for the first time since the war broke out,’ said Anna Stavychenko, the orchestra’s executive director. ‘In the last weeks we were scattered all around the country, yet today – united – it is with pride that we begin to tell the tale of our fight for independence.
Also of our exceptional culture that has always been part of the main European cultural processes, and our cultural heritage organically inscribed in the varied map of the great European family. We want our concerts to give us all hope for a peaceful future, and faith that Ukraine will rise stronger and more beautiful than ever before.’

Comments

  • Myshkin says:

    Norman, why do you have such resentment against one of the last bastions of civilisation—Russia? What do the artists and the Russian soul have to do with imperialist politics?

  • pvl says:

    Will all members of the orchestra defect to the West or only some of them? – that is the question 🙂

    • S Corn says:

      They maybe happy if their families can stay in the West, it would be a big worry off their shoulders if it were possible.

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