Virtuosos 44. MYROSLAV SKORYK: IN MEMORIAM

Artists:

• Antonina Lisohorska, soprano
• Oleksandr Zozulia, baritone
• Nazarii Pylatyuk, violin
• Mykola Hubchuk, baritone
• Choir of the Opera Studio of the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Academy of Music
• Student Choir of the Lysenko Lviv National Academy of Music (Artistic Director: Serhiy Yakobchuk)
• Symphony Orchestra of the Opera Studio of the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Academy of Music (Artistic Director: Yurii Bervetskyi)
• Student Symphony Orchestra of the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Academy of Music (Artistic Director: Tetiana Lysenko-Didula)
• Bohdan Dashak, conductor

Program:

• Myroslav Skoryk (1938–2020)
  • Prologue from the opera Moses
  • Violin Concerto No. 7
  • Cantata Spring

Host – Mariia Levkovych

Like a breath of spring beneath the heavy shadow of history, three works by Myroslav Skoryk reveal three facets of his artistry — merging into an evening of hope and spiritual strength.

The majestic Prologue from the opera Moses is a musical address — to a people in search of a path, and to a prophet leading them through trials. Symbolically, this piece is entrusted to the young artists of the Lviv Academy — who not only perform the score, but also inherit the baton of cultural memory.

The Violin Concerto No. 7 represents another dimension of Skoryk. Both intellectual and emotional, it shimmers with color, tension, and flight. The final Cantata “Spring” is more than music — it is the echo of awakening. The voices of the choir, Mykola Hubchuk’s baritone, and the soloists intertwine in a unified, life-affirming gesture. It is music in bloom, believing in the future — even when winter still lingers.