A 1991 Project x Reid Hall Concert Series
The 1991 Project presents musical duo Antonina Krysa, violin, and Olga Vardanyan, piano, for a concert of Western European and Ukrainian baroque and classical music.
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata for violin and keyboard No. 4 in C minor BWV 1017, 1717-23
Dmytro Bortniansky, Sonata for harpsichord in B major, 1784
Maksym Berezovsky, Sonata for violin and harpsichord in C major, 1772
Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663 - 1745), Chaconne in G minor
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Gavotte
Antonina Yusha-Krysa studied violin at the Oster Music School. She continued her studies in Kyiv, at the Kyiv Lysenko State Music Lyceum, named after MV Lysenko. There, she studied with Alexander Panov. In 1996, she entered the Academy of Music in Kyiv, where she studied under the supervision of Ukrainian violinist Olga Rivnyak. In 1999, she integrated the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, which is known for performing traditional classic repertoire as well as contemporary works, and where she still plays. She has been on many tours, nationally and internationally (Europe, Japan, South-Korean). Upon moving to France from Ukraine in May 2022, she began working at Orchestre National de France.
Olga Vardanyan is a Ukrainian pianist with Armenian roots. As a soloist, she has performed with orchestras such as the Kyiv Classic Orchestra, National Kyiv Camerata Orchestra, and the Chernivtsi Symphony Orchestra (CSO). She is a regular participant in concerts and festivals across Ukraine, Armenia, Switzerland, and France. Her performances have graced prestigious venues including the National Opera of Ukraine, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, the National House of Music in Kyiv, the House of Chamber Music in Yerevan, and the Centre culture l d'Ukraine en France in Paris. Since the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, she has been a consistent participant in charity concerts aimed at raising funds for war victims and promoting Ukrainian music. In 2021, Olga Vardanyan attained a PhD of Study of Art degree, successfully defending her dissertation on the subject of genre and style in Aram Khachaturian's concert works.
Organizers
The 1991 Project is a non-profit association whose purpose is to promote Ukrainian music in France and in the Western world. It is led and inspired by Anna Stavychenko, a musicologist, music critic and classical music producer. The production of concerts, cultural, and educational events gives visibility to the Ukrainian musical repertoire, in its tight connections to European cultural traditions. Most of the musicians with whom the 1991 project collaborates are participants of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project that helps Ukrainian musicians exiled in France.
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