⚡️ September 18, 7 pm (Kyiv time) or 6 pm (CET) – YouTube-channel VERE MUSIC FUND
🎶 Program:
Robert Schumann
Dances of the League of David, Op. 6 (1837/1850). Dedicated to Walther von Goethe.
1. Lively (Florestan and Eusebius).
2. Poignantly (Eusebius).
3. With humor (Florestan).
4. Impatiently (Florestan).
5. Simply (Eusebius).
6. Very quickly (Florestan).
7. Not fast (Eusebius).
8. Freshly (Florestan).
9. Lively (Florestan).
10. In ballad style – very quickly (Florestan).
11. Simply (Eusebius).
12. With humor (Florestan).
13. Wildly and merrily (Eusebius and Florestan).
14. Gently and singingly (Eusebius).
15. Freshly (Florestan and Eusebius).
16. With good humor (attacca 17).
17. As if from afar (Florestan and Eusebius).
18. Not fast (Eusebius).
Mariia Matsiievska (piano)
Mariia began studying piano at the age of five at the Stefan Turchak Kyiv School of Arts, where she studied with Margarita Pakhomova. In 2016, she continued her studies at the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Music Lyceum in the class of Borys Fedorov.
She earned her Bachelor’s degree from the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, studying with Hisako Kawamura. She also studied at the Hochschule für Musik FHNW in Basel, Switzerland, in the class of Filippo Gamba.
Mariia has participated in masterclasses with Milana Chernyavska, Andreas Staier, Claudio Martínez-Mehner, Antti Siirala, Thomas Hell, Bernd Goetzke, Grigory Gruzman, Yakov Kasman, Willem Brons, Oleksii Hryniuk, Oliver Schnyder, Vitaliy Pyssarenko, Stanislav Khristenko, and others.
She is a laureate of numerous international competitions, including the International Volodymyr Krainev Competition for Young Pianists (Ukraine, 2013, 2016, 2019), Förderpreis Steinway & Sons Düsseldorf (Germany, 2022), Köhler-Osbahr Wettbewerb (Germany, 2023), Klavierwettbewerb Medenus (Germany, 2022), Piano Talents International Competition Milano (Italy, 2016), Kyiv International Piano Competition (Ukraine, 2018), and the Viktor Kosenko Competition for Young Pianists (Ukraine, 2014).
As a soloist and chamber musician, Mariia has performed at festivals and concert venues in Germany, Italy, Poland, and other European countries, including Gezeiten Festival, Klavierfestival Ruhr, Festiwal Muzyki Karola Szymanowskiego, Appuntamenti Musicale a San Dionigi, Weltklassik am Klavier, Große Klaviermusik, Kammermusik am Marientor, Un piano per la città Festival, Fortissimissimo Firenze Festival, and Incontri Musicali La Mortella.
She has collaborated with leading Ukrainian orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.
Maria has performed extensively in Ukraine and abroad, including in Germany, Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Georgia, and Greece.
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VERE MUSIC HUB
This is an artistic ecosystem – a space for young musicians and listeners created by the VERE MUSIC FUND. It consists of an upper hall with 100 seats for concerts, recordings, master classes, lectures, etc. and a lower rehearsal hall. The venue is located at 21/8 Malopidvalna Street, Kyiv.
VERE MUSIC FUND
A charitable fund established in 2017 by Tetiana Verevska. The Fund provides grants to Ukrainian musicians to participate in international competitions and master classes, and implements festival projects and educational initiatives. It also supports international music competitions in Ukraine.