1991 Project Presents: Piano trio with Anna Khmara, Antonina Krysa, and Nataliia Ivanovska

The 1991 Project presents a program of piano trios that reflect composers’ responses to the challenges and upheavals of their respective eras, spanning from the 19th to the 21st centuries.

Program (85m)

Yevhen Stankovych, Red Forest Music, 1992

Valentyn Bibik, Little Concerto for Piano Trio, op. 26, 1976

Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio, M. 67, 1914

Franz Schubert, Trio Nr. 1 B flat major op. 99, 1827

Musicians

Anna Khmara has performed various solo parts as a pianist in orchestras, playing compositions by Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Niels Gade, Astor Piazzolla, and many other composers. She is also experienced in playing the organ, harpsichord, and celesta. Chamber music plays a significant role in Anna’s career, and she has been giving concerts since 1994 in Ukraine and abroad. Recently, Anna Khmara has been working on a thesis focused on the instrumental music of Ukrainian composers from the 18th century. She has published several articles in specialized publications and magazines for a wide audience. Anna has actively participated in numerous conferences, presenting various aspects of music-making during the 18th century.

Antonina Krysa is a Ukrainian solo, chamber and orchestra violinist. She played in the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra, which is known for performing traditional classical repertoire as well as works by contemporary composers. She has been on many tours, nationally and internationally (Europe, Japan, South-Korean). Upon moving to France from Ukraine in May 2022, she began working at the Orchestre National de France as part of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project that supports Ukrainian musicians exiled in France. She is also a member of the Quatuor Bleu et Or that popularizes the Ukrainian repertoire.

Nataliia Ivanovska is a Ukrainian chamber and orchestra cellist. She played in the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra. Since the full-scale war started, she is a temporary resident of the Orchestre de Paris as part of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project, as well as a member of the Quatuor Bleu et Or that popularizes the Ukrainian repertoire.

Organizers

The 1991 Project is a non-profit association whose purpose is to promote Ukrainian music in France and in the Western world. It is led and inspired by Anna Stavychenko, a musicologist, music critic and classical music producer. The production of concerts, cultural, and educational events gives visibility to the Ukrainian musical repertoire, in its tight connections to European cultural traditions. Most of the musicians with whom the 1991 project collaborates are participants of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project that helps Ukrainian musicians exiled in France.

This series is co-organized by Columbia Global Center Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the 1991 Project. With the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in France and Les Amis de la culture ukrainienne en France

This event will take place in Reid Hall’s Grande Salle Ginsberg-LeClerc, built in 1912 and extensively renovated in 2023 thanks to the generous support of Judith Ginsberg and Paul LeClerc.