Name: 1991 Project Concert: Olena Zhukova and Yulia Vash
Start: 2024-10-20T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-10-20T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Reid Hall

1991 Project Concert: Olena Zhukova and Yulia Vash

TheColumbia Global Paris Centeraddresses pressing global issues that are at the forefront of international education and research: agency and gender; climate and the environment; critical dialogues for just societies; encounters in the arts; and health and medical science.Nestled in the Montparnasse district,Reid Hallhosts several Columbia University initiatives:Columbia Global Centers | Paris, theInstitute for Ideas and Imagination,Columbia Undergraduate Programs,M.A. in History and Literature, and theGSAPP Shape of Two Cities Program. This unique combination of resources is enhanced by our global network whose mission is to expand the University's engagement the world over through educational programs, research initiatives, regional partnerships, and public events.The Paris Center is part of Columbia Global, which brings together major global initiatives from across the university to advance knowledge and foster global engagement. Its mission is to address complex global challenges through groundbreaking scholarly pursuits, leadership development, cutting-edge research, and projects that aim for social impact. Its long-term goal is to reimagine the university’s role in society as not only a nexus for learning and intellectual exploration but also as a catalyst for creativity and impact locally, regionally, and globally. Columbia Global includes eleven Global Centers, as well as the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the Committee on Global Thought, and Columbia World Projects.

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The 1991 Project presents a chamber music concert featuring contemporary  Ukrainian works for harpsichord.

Reid Hall

Ukrainian Resonance: Chamber Music Concerts

The series aims to promote Ukrainian music and highlight its deep connections to European cultural trends,  featuring performances by Ukrainian musicians affected by war, as well as their renowned international colleagues.

This event will be held in English.To be notified of upcoming Paris Center events, we invite you to<a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters" title="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-newsletters" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> sign up for our twice monthly newsletter</a>.This series is organized by the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/1991_project_official" title="https://www.instagram.com/1991_project_official" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">1991 Project</a> with the <a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris" title="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia Global Paris Center</a> and <a href="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" title="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Institute for Ideas and Imagination</a>. This event has the additional support of <a href="https://en.kcmd.eu/" title="https://en.kcmd.eu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kyiv Contemporary Music Days</a>, the <a href="https://fondspodiumkunsten.nl/en" title="https://fondspodiumkunsten.nl/en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Performing Arts Fund NL</a> and the <a href="https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-education-culture-and-science" title="https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-education-culture-and-science" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands</a>.—The 1991 Project presents a chamber music concert featuring contemporary Ukrainian works for harpsichord.ProgramOlena Zhukova<ul><li>Yurii Ishchenko (1938 – 2021) Partita for harpsichord (2004) [9'] Three Gavottes (2004) [8']</li><li>Svyatoslav Krutykov (b. 1944) Little Monkey: Ten Snapshots (2014) [7'] Five Recollections for Harpsichord (2000) [6']</li><li>Svyatoslav Lunyov (b. 1964) Mozartino (2003) [10']</li><li>Zoltan Almashi (b. 1975) Oda (2009) [3']</li></ul>5-minute break for setupYulia Vash<ul><li>Hommage à Jean-Philippe Rameau (Electroacoustic Improvisation) [20']</li></ul>PerformersOlena Zhukova is a prominent advocate for baroque music in Ukraine. She holds a PhD and is an Associate Professor in the Chamber Ensemble Department at the National Music Academy of Ukraine. She also founded the harpsichord class at the Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music. A winner of numerous international competitions, Olena's accolades include First Prize in the "Section Solo" and the Absolute First Prize for the "Bach Concerto for Harpsichord with Orchestra" at the Wanda Landowska Harpsichord Competition (Bari, Italy, 2014), First Prize at the International Tadini Competition (Lovere, 2016), and Second Prize at the Pietro Argento Competition.As part of the "Two Violins Project," Olena represented Ukraine at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang and Seoul (Feb 2018) and the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has collaborated with internationally acclaimed artists such as Philippe Herreweghe and Hugo Reyne. Olena released her debut album, Harpsichord Mystery, in 2017, and in 2024, she will release the CD Pal Hermann: Complete Surviving Music, Volume 3 – Chamber, Instrumental, and Vocal Music.Julia Vash (Ukraine/Germany) is a pianist, harpsichordist, performance artist, and baroque dancer. She studied piano at the National Music Academy of Ukraine and later pursued graduate studies in musicology. She holds a master's degree in piano and a PhD. In 2020, Julia graduated as a harpsichordist from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig, specializing in Early Music. Julia performs across a range of formats and genres. In Ukraine, she worked with the Ukho Ensemble and participated in the NOVA OPERA project. She was also the harpsichordist for the early and contemporary music group LUNA Ensemble. In Germany, she has collaborated with the Bach Museum, the Grassi Museum, the Festival of Early Music, and several contemporary composers' projects.Ukrainian Resonance: Chamber Music Concerts at Reid HallThe 1991 Project presents a chamber music concert series featuring performances by Ukrainian musicians affected by war, as well as their renowned international colleagues, who are popularizing the Ukrainian repertoire. The series aims to promote Ukrainian music and highlight its deep connections to European cultural trends.As the 2023-24 project-in-residence at the Reid Hall <a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/displaced-artists-initiative" title="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/displaced-artists-initiative" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Displaced Artists Initiative</a>, the 1991 Project has organized six concerts, as well as co-organized events in partnership with Eastern Circles, the Arts Arena, the Zadkine Museum, and the Centre international Nadia et Lili Boulanger. This followed their inaugural series, the Silvestrov Days in Paris in spring 2023, which celebrated one of Ukraine’s greatest contemporary composers.This series is organized by the <a href="https://instagram.com/1991_project_official" title="https://instagram.com/1991_project_official" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">1991 Project</a>, the <a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris" title="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia Global Paris Center</a> and the<a href="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" title="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Institute for Ideas and Imagination</a>.OrganizersThe <a href="https://www.instagram.com/1991_project_official" title="https://www.instagram.com/1991_project_official" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">1991 Project</a> is a Paris-based initiative that aims to explore and popularize unknown or rarely performed repertoire and to support endangered talents. Its core principles are social entrepreneurship and feminist leadership. The project is led by Anna Stavychenko, a scholar in musicology, opera critic, and classical music curator, former executive director of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Harriman Resident of the Institute for Ideas &amp; Imagination from Columbia University during the season 2022-2023. The project’s main focus is the Ukrainian musical repertoire from classicism to the present day.The <a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris" title="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia Global Paris Center</a> addresses pressing global issues that are at the forefront of international education and research: agency and gender; climate and the environment; critical dialogues for just societies; encounters in the arts; and health and medical science.Each year the <a href="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" title="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Institute for Ideas and Imagination</a> brings together a cohort of 14-15 Fellows, half of them Columbia faculty and post-docs, the other half artists and writers from around the world, to spend a year together in work and conversation. The Institute fosters intellectual and creative diversity unconstrained by medium and discipline through the interaction of the arts and academia.The Paris Center and Institute are part of <a href="https://global.columbia.edu/" title="https://global.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia Global</a>, which brings together major global initiatives from across the university to advance knowledge and foster global engagement. Those initiatives include the <a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/" title="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia Global Centers</a>, <a href="https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/" title="https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia World Projects</a>, the <a href="https://cgt.columbia.edu/" title="https://cgt.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Committee on Global Thought</a>, the<a href="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" title="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Institute for Ideas and Imagination</a>, and <a href="https://global.undergrad.columbia.edu/studyabroad" title="https://global.undergrad.columbia.edu/studyabroad" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Undergraduate Global Engagement</a>.SponsorsThis event is organized with the additional support of <a href="https://en.kcmd.eu/" title="https://en.kcmd.eu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kyiv Contemporary Music Days</a>, the <a href="https://fondspodiumkunsten.nl/en" title="https://fondspodiumkunsten.nl/en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Performing Arts Fund NL</a> and the <a href="https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-education-culture-and-science" title="https://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-education-culture-and-science" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands</a>.VenueNestled in the Montparnasse district, <a href="https://reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu/" title="https://reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reid Hall</a> hosts several Columbia University initiatives:<a href="https://paris.undergrad.columbia.edu/" title="https://paris.undergrad.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a>the <a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris" title="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/paris" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia Global Paris Center</a>, the<a href="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" title="https://ideasimagination.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Institute for Ideas and Imagination</a>, the <a href="https://paris.undergrad.columbia.edu/" title="https://paris.undergrad.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Columbia Undergraduate Programs</a>, the <a href="https://historyandliterature.columbia.edu/" title="https://historyandliterature.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">M.A. in History and Literature</a>,<a href="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/6-new-york-paris-certificate" title="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/6-new-york-paris-certificate" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a>and the <a href="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/6-new-york-paris-certificate" title="https://www.arch.columbia.edu/programs/6-new-york-paris-certificate" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GSAPP Shape of Two Cities Program</a>. This unique combination of resources is enhanced by our global network whose mission is to expand the University's engagement with the world through educational programs, research initiatives, regional partnerships, and public events.This event will take place in Reid Hall’s <a href="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/grande-salle-ginsberg-leclerc" title="https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/grande-salle-ginsberg-leclerc" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc</a>, built in 1912 and extensively renovated in 2023 thanks to the generous support of Judith Ginsberg and Paul LeClerc.The views and opinions expressed by speakers and guests do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of the Columbia Global Paris Center or its affiliates.

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