A beautiful evening of Ukrainian classical music to support EmbraceMe Foundation and its cause.

Please joins us for welcome drinks and canapés starting at 19:30. Performance will start at 20:00. Carriages at 21:30.

Our Performers for the evening are:

• Soprano – Oksana Sliubyk
• Piano duo – Svitlana Shamina and Kristina Fedorniak
• Cello – Yaroslava Trofymchuk
• Piano – Maya Irgalina
• Plus Special Guests

Details of the program and biography of the performers will be sent closer to the event date.

Please visit EmbraceMe Foundation to view our activities www.embracemefoundation.com

A private performance of the theatrical recital at Elgar Music School in Worcester.

RAVEL     Miroirs

1. Noctuelles
2. Oiseaux tristes
3. Une barque sur l’ocean
4. Alborada del gracioso

BEETHOVEN   Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2,  ‘The Tempest’

1. Largo – Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegretto

 RACHMANINOV Moments Musicaux Nos. 1 & 4

Yevgeny Kutik (violin)
Maya Irgalina (piano)

Mendelssohn: Violin sonata in F (1838) (22′)
Allegro / Adagio / Vivace  

Bach: Chaconne from Partita no 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (14′)

Achron: Hebrew Melody (5′)

Ravel: Tzigane (10′)

Yevgeny Kutik has captivated audiences worldwide with an old-world sound that communicates a modern intellect. Praised for his technical precision and virtuosity, he is also lauded for his poetic and imaginative interpretations of both standard works and newly composed repertoire. A native of Minsk, Belarus, Kutik began violin studies with his mother and immigrated to the US at the age of five. An advocate for the Jewish Federations of North America, he regularly speaks and performs across the country to promote the assistance of refugees. Kutik’s discography, all on Marquis Classics, includes The Death of Juliet and Other Tales (2021), Meditations on Family (Marquis Classics 2019), Words Fail (2016), Music from the Suitcase (2014), and Sounds of Defiance (2012). In 2021, Kutik made his debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra led by Leonard Slatkin, performing the world premiere of Schwantner’s Violin Concerto, an expansion of The Poet’s Hour written specifically for Kutik. In 2019, he made his debuts at the Kennedy Center, presented by Washington Performing Arts, and at the Ravinia Festival. Kutik made his major orchestral debut in 2003 with Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops as the First Prize recipient of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition. In 2006, he was awarded the Salon de Virtuosi Grant as well as the Tanglewood Music Center Jules Reiner Violin Prize. Kutik holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory and currently resides in Boston. Kutik’s violin was crafted in Italy in 1915 by Stefano Scarampella.

Mendelssohn: Violin sonata in F (1838) (22′)
Allegro / Adagio / Vivace  

Bach: Chaconne from Partita no 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (14′)

Achron: Hebrew Melody (5′)

Ravel: Tzigane (10′)

Yevgeny Kutik has captivated audiences worldwide with an old-world sound that communicates a modern intellect. Praised for his technical precision and virtuosity, he is also lauded for his poetic and imaginative interpretations of both standard works and newly composed repertoire. A native of Minsk, Belarus, Kutik began violin studies with his mother and immigrated to the US at the age of five. An advocate for the Jewish Federations of North America, he regularly speaks and performs across the country to promote the assistance of refugees. Kutik’s discography, all on Marquis Classics, includes The Death of Juliet and Other Tales (2021), Meditations on Family (Marquis Classics 2019), Words Fail (2016), Music from the Suitcase (2014), and Sounds of Defiance (2012). In 2021, Kutik made his debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra led by Leonard Slatkin, performing the world premiere of Schwantner’s Violin Concerto, an expansion of The Poet’s Hour written specifically for Kutik. In 2019, he made his debuts at the Kennedy Center, presented by Washington Performing Arts, and at the Ravinia Festival. Kutik made his major orchestral debut in 2003 with Keith Lockhart and The Boston Pops as the First Prize recipient of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition. In 2006, he was awarded the Salon de Virtuosi Grant as well as the Tanglewood Music Center Jules Reiner Violin Prize. Kutik holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory and currently resides in Boston. Kutik’s violin was crafted in Italy in 1915 by Stefano Scarampella.

A private charity recital with Ukrainian Soprano Oksana Sliubyk

repertoire TBC

The premiere of a vaudeville and musical crossing of a voice accompanied by a piano. Back and forth within a life, multiple lives and the entire universe, so magical and so cruel. WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? 

Performance to take place at “La Rêverie”
Lanfian Creis – 29120 Tréméoc – France

It is now confirmed that Maya will return to teach in the Piano Week Masterclasses at Rugby School

We are excited to prepare a fairytales themed programme of voice and piano music.

Details TBC

Maya will perform solo and will join soprano Oksana Sliubyk at the beautiful Windsor Guildhall for a fundraising concert.
Repertoire TBA

Maya Irgalina will perform in Hidden Gems recital series together with Veronica Chacón (mezzo soprano),  programme to include songs by Poulenc, Weil, Satie and the following solo works:

Beethoven: Caprice, ‘Rage Over A Lost Penny’ Op 129
Chopin Rondo  op. 73 in C Major
Mompou El Lago from Paisajes
Kapustin Variations op. 41
Kapustin ‘Paraphrase on Aquarela do Brazil’
Hiromi Uehara Show City, Show girl and Daytime in Vegas from Viva! Vegas cycle.
Hiromi Uehara: ‘The Tom and Jerry Show’

Beethoven – Tempest Sonata op. 31 n. 2

Schubert/Liszt songs – Ständchen, Der Doppelganger, The Erlkönig

Maurice Ravel – Une Barque sur l’Ocean