Dedicated to Ukraine, the young Danish composer Morten Jessen’s work Kyiv, with Ukrainian violinist Nataliia Hordieieva as the soloist, has been a great success in more than twenty cities in Denmark. OUR Recordings, a music label associated with Naxos, has recorded a studio recording of the duet version (scheduled for release in spring 2024). The composer is sincerely convinced that the project will not be fully realized until Kyiv is performed in Ukraine. So this time, the musicians will perform the planned dedication to Ukraine during the Virtuosos Festival.

In addition, they will perform pieces inspired by the composer’s many years of work as a church organist. The title of the program is a symbolic composition by Taras Zdaniuk “7.12. First Air Alert”. The young author dedicated it to all Ukrainians who died in the first hours of the full-scale invasion. Nataliia Hordieieva regularly performs this music during her tours in Europe, as she is convinced that not only Ukrainians should hear the sounds of the air raid and understand their meaning.

Artists:

• Nataliia Hordieieva, violin
• Morten Jessen, piano (Denmark)

Program:

• Morten Jessen. “Your First Testament” in four movements
• Taras Zdaniuk. “7.12. The first air raid”
• Morten Jessen. “KYIV”
  • “Hope”
  • “Stubbornness”
  • “Sadness”
  • “Glory to Ukraine”
• Morten Jessen. “Epilogue”

With the support of:

Dansk Musiker Forbund

Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond

Autor Komponister Og Sangskrivere

Koda Kultur

Solist Foreningen af 1921

Dansk Artist Forbund