October 18, 7 pm (Kyiv time) or 6 pm (CET) – VERE MUSIC FUND YouTube channel.
Program:
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
4 Preludes, VL294–297, Op. 21 (1906).
1. Agitato.
2. Tranquillo.
3. Presto.
4. Appassionato.
Alemdar Karamanov
Ave Maria.
Hennady Sasko
“St. Sophia of Kyiv” and “Babyn Torzhok” from the “Echoes of Centuries” (1981).
Usein Bekirov
Etude No. 9 (2019).
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Prelude, VL 311 (1907).
Vasyl Barvinskyi
The Love Cycle (1915). “To My Wife”.
1. Loneliness. Longing for Love.
2. Serenade.
3. Pain. Fight. The Victory of Love.
Sofiia Kvasnytsia, Oleksandr Oliinyk (piano)
“Ukraine – Lithuania: connected by Čiurlionis” is supported by the European Union under the House of Europe program.
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Sofiia Kvasnytia was born in 2007 in Donetsk. She studied at Music School No. 1 (class of Olena Melnyk), and since 2022 has been a student at the Gliere Municipal Academy of Music in Kyiv (class of Malvina Zarudianska).
She is a winner of numerous international competitions, including the ČIURLIONIS PIANO COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS (2025).
Participant of the chamber music master class by Simon Bernardini as part of the VERE MUSIC ACADEMY.
She is a participant in the project “Ukraine – Lithuania: сonnected by Čiurlionis,” performing in Vilnius, Druskininkai, Kaunas, and Palanga (Lithuania).
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Oleksandr Oliinyk was born in Poltava. He has been involved in music since the age of five.
He studied at the Poltava Professional College of Arts named after Mykola Lysenko (class of Liudmila Bubnova). He is currently a student at the Ukrainian National Academy of Music (class of Professor Maria Pukhlianko).
At the same time, he is learning to play the harpsichord (class of Olha Shadrina-Lychak).
He is a laureate of national and international competitions, such as the ČIURLIONIS PIANO COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS, Ukrainian Piano Award, and Uke Piano (2023, 2025).
He is a participant in the Music Festival “Dynasty” (2023) and the music theory project Creative Workshop for the Interpretation of Contemporary Music (2022, 2024).
He has played with such Ukrainian ensembles as the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Poltava Symphony Orchestra, the Poltava Chamber Orchestra named after Dmitrii Akhsarumov, the National Chamber Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists,” and the Symphony Orchestra of the Luhansk Regional Philharmonic. He has collaborated with conductors such as Volodymyr Sirenko, Ričardas Šumila, Vitalii Skakun, Oleh Tyshchyk, and Ihor Puchkov.
He performed on stage at the Lviv National Philharmonic and the VERE MUSIC HUB chamber hall (2024) in the concert program “Ukrainian Music & Prague School,” where he performed little-known works by Fedir Yakimenko solo and in a duet with pianist Violina Petrychenko.
He was a member of the piano quartet in the project “Liatoshynskyi. Symphonies for Piano,” with which he performed three times at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and toured extensively throughout Ukraine.
He is an active participant in master classes by Anfisa Bobylova, Klára, Kateryna Diadiura, Jean Rondeau, and Jörg Zwicker (harpsichord).
He participated in the Kyiv Baroque Fest at the concert “Baroque Workshop: Dreamers” (2023).
He is a participant in the project “Ukraine – Lithuania: сonnected by Čiurlionis,” performing in Vilnius, Druskininkai, Kaunas, and Palanga (Lithuania).
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VERE MUSIC FUND
Founded in 2017 by Tetiana Verevska, the VERE MUSIC FUND is a charitable organization that provides grants to Ukrainian musicians, enabling them to participate in international competitions and masterclasses. The Fund also organizes festival projects, educational initiatives, and supports international music competitions held in Ukraine.