On August 13, the famous Ukrainian pianist, soloist of the Lviv National Philharmonic Violina Petrychenko presented a recital in Berlin. The program was called “Dialogue with Silence”, where the pianist once again performs the best examples of Ukrainian chamber music, popularizing it abroad. The second part of the concert was dedicated to the work of the celebrated contemporary author Valentyn Sylvestrov. A gem of the program was the world premiere of his recent work, a dedication to his Georgian colleague, Giya Kancheli.

On August 15, an online magazine about classical music, The Claquers, published an interview with the composer. In a conversation after the concert, Dzvenyslava Safian asked Sylvestrov one question: Can melody and war coexist?

“I remember the words of Shevchenko that: “Remember, be human, because disaster will come to you”, and the second: “The judgment will come, Both the Dnipro and the mountains will speak…” – this is music relevant now. And also “And on the renovated land There’ll be no enemy, no rival, There will be son and will be mother, There will be people on the land!” These people are God themselves, and not the person who sits there alone with a beard and cannot do anything. And people, because their life is a value that nothing can replace. They say, when somewhere “an icon has cried”, it is a miracle. No, to be alive now is a miracle, there simply cannot be anything else. And if music is alive, then it is a miracle too.”

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