Andriy Tchaikovsky – violin
Andrii Tchaikovsky – Honored Artist of Ukraine, soloist, and concertmaster of the orchestra of the Lviv National Theater of Opera and Ballet. In 2001, he graduated from Solomia Krushelnytska music school (I.I. Shutko class). He continued his studies at the LMNA, which was named after M.V. Lysenko (prof. L. O. Shutko’s class), and he also completed postgraduate studies at the academy. He attended orchestra master-classes in Poland under the direction of Arvo Pärt and at the Berlin Philharmonic.
He is active in solo activities in philharmonics and concert venues in Ukraine, Europe, and Latin and Central American countries (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala). He participated as a soloist in the festivals “Khmelnytskyi Camera-Fest” and “Virtuosos” (Lviv).
He is the Co-founder and creative director of the chamber orchestra of the Lviv National Theater of Opera and Ballet named after S. Krushelnytska.
In 2019, Andrii Tchaikovsky was awarded a commendation for significant achievements that contribute to the strengthening of cultures and partnerships between the United States and Ukraine, as well as support for cultural diplomacy.
He regularly collaborates with the Lviv Virtuosi Academic Chamber Orchestra. His creative work includes the recording of CDs: “Music for Everyone-2” and “Ukrainian Quintet” by Borys Lyatoshinskyi.
The multiple award-winning conductor Theodore Kuchar is the most recorded conductor of his generation and appears on over 140 compact discs for the Naxos, Brilliant Classics, Ondine, Marco Polo, Toccata Classics and Centaur labels. He was recently appointed Principal Conductor of the Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine and has served as the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of two of Europe’s leading orchestras, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the Czech Radio Orchestra) while also serving as the Principal Conductor of the Slovak Sinfonietta. In the 2011-12 season he commenced his tenure as the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela and prior to that served as the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra in Brisbane, Australia. In addition to his conducting activities he has served as the Artistic Director of two of the world’s pre-eminent chamber music festivals, The Australian Festival of Chamber Music (1991-2007) and the Nevada Chamber Music Festival (2003-2018). In September, 2021 he commenced duties as the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of The Thomas de Hartmann Project, a concert and recording project which BBC Radio 3 recently described as “arguably the most important recording project by a major, yet relatively unknown, composer of this new decade.” The project will be divided between record labels including Pentatone, Toccata Classics and Nimbus and including soloists Joshua Bell and Matt Haimovitz.