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Past events — 2008

Classical music | Dance | Visual arts | Literature, theatre, film
Opera | Popular music | Traditional | Memory

Classical music
4 Dec 2008 Valeriy Sokolov (violin) - one of 25 musicians taking part in a concert to celebrate the 50th birthday of pianist Kathryn Stott. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
26 Nov - 4 Dec 2008 Kirill Karabits conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Poole, Portsmouth, Bristol
22 Nov 2008 Alexei Grynyuk (piano) playing Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra. Albert Hall, Nottingham
14 Nov 2008 Lisa Beznosiuk - flute soloist with the English Concert in a programme of baroque works. Handel House Museum, London
12 Nov 2008 Concert given by classical guitarist Galina Vale. Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
7 Nov 2008 Lisa Beznosiuk - flute soloist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a programme of baroque masterpieces. Hall for Cornwall, Truro
3 Nov 2008 Maxim Rysanov (viola) with Katya Apekisheva (piano) playing works by Bach, Bridge and Brahms. Wigmore Hall, London
31 Oct 2008 Piano recital by Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk. St Hilda's College, Oxford
23 - 26 Oct 2008 A series of four concerts featuring Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin) with the Avison Ensemble. Halifax, Beverley, Guisborough, Gosforth
9 Oct 2008 Concert given by Yevgeniy Kostrytskyy (violin) and Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk (piano) featuring works by Brahms, Leclair, Vitali, Kreisler, Schubert and Mozart. In aid of the Chernobyl Relief Foundation in the United Kingdom. Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes
4 Oct 2008 Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in two concerts at the Kings Place Opening Festival. Kings Place, London
13 Sep 2008 Piano recital by Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk featuring works by Schubert, Debussy, Bach, Haydn and Chopin. A Steyning Music Society concert. The Steyning Centre, Steyning
13 Sep 2008 Concert given by the London Piano Trio (pianist - Olga Dudnik) at the Gibbs Music Festival 2008. Parish Church, Danbury
2 Aug 2008 John Daszak - tenor soloist in a performance of Elgar's The Apostles by the Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra part of the 2008 Worcester Three Choirs Festival. Worcester Cathedral
31 Jul 2008 Concert by classical guitarist Andriy Ostapenko. Leighton House Museum, London
27 Jul 2008 Pavlo Beznosiuk directing the Avison Ensemble in a series of three concerts. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Durham
27 Jul 2008 Concert given by Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk at the Cambridge Summer Music Festival. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
19 Jun 2008 Concert given by classical guitarist Galina Vale. Instituto Cervantes, Manchester
12 Jun 2008 Alexei Grynyuk (piano) accompanying Ruth Palmer (violin) in a BBC Radio 3 lunchtime concert. LSO St Luke's,  London
12 Jun 2008 Lunchtime piano recital by Roman Rudnytsky. Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
5 Jun 2008 Concert given by Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk at the 2008 Bledington Music Festival. St Leonard's Church, Bledington
29 May 2008 Concert given by the London Piano Trio (pianist - Olga Dudnik). Lichfield Garrick
20, 21, 24 May 2008 Pavlo Beznosiuk directing the Academy of Ancient Music from the violin in a series of three concerts. Inverness, Durham, Beverley
14 May 2008 Pavlo Beznosiuk with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
13 May 2008 Concert given by Valeriy Sokolov (violin) with Eric Ferrand N'Kaoua (piano). Wigmore Hall, London
13 May 2008 Recital by Ukrainian pianist Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
8 May 2008 Pavlo Beznosiuk with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. St George's Bristol
6 May 2008 Pianist Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk wins the 2008 Guildhall School of Music and Drama Gold Medal competition. Playing with the Guildhall School Orchestra led by Yevgeniy Kostrytskyy. Barbican Hall, London
23 Apr 2008 Concert given by the London Piano Trio (pianist - Olga Dudnik). Cranleigh School, Surrey
18 Apr 2008 Lunchtime concert given by Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk (piano). Town Hall, Birmingham
9 - 13 Apr 2008 A series of piano recitals by Roman Rudnytsky. Hull, Brighton, Stafford, Lydbury Nth
12 Apr 2008 Serhiy Salov playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 with the Yorkshire Chamber Orchestra. The Brindley, Runcorn
2 Apr 2008 Mid-day concert given by Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk (piano). Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
29 Mar 2008 Recital by Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk (piano), award-winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. Royal Festival Hall, London
11 - 17 Mar 2008 Yevgeniy Kostrytskyy (violin) leading the Guildhall School orchestra in a production of Offenbach's operetta La Vie Parisienne. Guildhall School Theatre, London
13 -16 Mar 2008 John Daszak is the tenor soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a series of 'Classical Spectacular' concerts. Royal Albert Hall, London
15 Mar 2008 Ukraine-born Taras Zanchak (cello) accompanying Susanna Gregorian (violin). Wigmore Hall, London
6 Mar 2008 Yevgeniy Kostrytskyy (violin) and other Guildhall School musicians in a performance of Ernst von Dohnányi's Piano Quintet in C minor. Guildhall School, London
1 Mar 2008 Valeriy Sokolov - soloist in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in a concert by the Finchley Chamber Orchestra. Trinity Church, North Finchley, London
14 Feb 2008 Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk - one of ten pianists competing in the 2008 Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarships final. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
13 Feb 2008 Valentina Lisitsa (piano) accompanying Hilary Hahn (violin). Cadogan Hall, London
9 Feb 2008 Recital by pianist Igor Tchetuev. St Christopher's Church, Haslemere
8 Feb 2008 Piano recital by Alexander (Sasha) Grynyuk. Guildhall School, London
2 Feb 2008 Recital by Valeriy Sokolov (violin) and Kathryn Stott (piano). Community Hall, Banstead
31 Jan 2008 Lunchtime concert by the Thwaites Piano Trio (violinist - Dmytro Tkachenko). St John's, Smith Square, London
29 Jan 2008 Recital by Valeriy Sokolov (violin) and Kathryn Stott (piano). Westholme Theatre, Blackburn
21 Jan 2008 Valeriy Sokolov (violin) with the Hermitage String Trio and pianist Nikolai Demidenko. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
     
Dance
21 Dec 2008 Sergei Polunin as The Prince in The Royal Ballet's staging of The Nutcracker. Royal Opera House, London
17, 20 Dec 2008 Ivan Putrov as The Prince in The Royal Ballet's staging of The Nutcracker. Royal Opera House, London
4, 27 Nov 2008 Ivan Putrov as Des Grieux in The Royal Ballet's staging of Kenneth Macmillan's Manon. Royal Opera House, London
4, 5 Nov 2008 Oxana Panchenko with the Balletboyz in a programme featuring their greatest hits. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
3 - 24 Oct 2008 Oxana Panchenko with the Balletboyz in a programme of selected audience favourites. UK tour
28 May, 9 Jun 2008 Sergei Polunin in The Royal Ballet's staging of Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering. Royal Opera House, London
28 May 2008 Ivan Putrov as Oberon in The Royal Ballet's staging of Frederick Ashton's The Dream. Royal Opera House, London
7 - 10 May 2008 Oxana Panchenko with the Balletboyz in a programme of selected audience favourites. Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
26 Apr - 6 May 2008 Ivan Putrov as Prince Florimund in The Royal Ballet's staging of The Sleeping Beauty. Royal Opera House, London
4, 11 Mar 2008 Ivan Putrov in The Royal Ballet's staging of Jerome Robbins's Afternoon of a Faun. Royal Opera House, London
28 Feb, 5 Mar 2008 Ivan Putrov in The Royal Ballet's staging of Frederick Ashton's A Month in the Country. Royal Opera House, London
15 - 20 Feb 2008 Ivan Putrov in The Royal Ballet's staging of Kenneth MacMillan's Different Drummer. Royal Opera House, London
12 - 19 Jan 2008 Ivan Putrov as The Prince in The Royal Ballet's staging of The Nutcracker. Royal Opera House, London
19 Dec 2007 - 13 Jan 2008 The Kiev Classical Ballet on tour with The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf, Carnival of the Animals and Romeo and Juliet. Cardiff, Dorking, Croydon
     
Visual arts
5 Nov - 5 Dec 2008 Exhibition of paintings by Grygoriy Shyshko. Chambers Gallery, London
25 Sep - 12 Oct 2008 Born in the USSR - Exhibition of oil paintings and pastels by prominent Ukrainian artists. Kinblethmont Gallery, Arbroath
11 - 21 Aug 2008 Treasures of Deserted Villages - exhibition presented by Ukrainian Art Galleries. Part of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Counting House, Edinburgh
1 - 15 Aug 2008 Exhibition of new works by Scottish-born artist Michael Murphenko, now based in Ukraine. Randolph Gallery, Edinburgh
10 - 27 Jun 2008 Exhibition of paintings by Grygoriy Shyshko, including a selection of previously unseen works from the artist’s family and private collections. The Arts Club, London
2 - 8 Jun 2008 Exhibition of paintings by Ukrainian artist Serhiy Savchenko. Gallery 54, London
Apr, May 2008 A series of short talks by Ulyana Gumeniuk about her preparation of a painted copy of Van Huysum's Flowers in a terracotta Vase. National Gallery, London
10 - 16 Mar 2008 Exhibition of paintings by Ukrainian artist Anton Yakutovych. Galley 54, London
21 - 24 Feb 2008 A selection of paintings by Ukrainian artists offered by Danusha Fine Arts at the second 20|21 International Art Fair. Royal College of Art, London
7 Jan - 14 Feb 2008 Exhibition of paintings by Anna Yevtukh-Squire. Malvern Hills Gallery, Malvern
15 Nov 2007 - 11 Jan 2008 Exhibition of impressionist paintings by Grygoriy Shyshko. Organised by Danusha Fine Arts. Chambers Gallery, London
9 Nov 2007 - 30 Mar 2008 Several items by Ukrainian artists or from Ukrainian cities included in the exhibition Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937. British Library, London
     
Literature, theatre, film
2 Dec 2008 Marina Lewycka and Guto Harri discuss their experiences and perceptions of cultural identity in an increasingly multi-cultural world. Institut Français, London
7, 8 Nov 2008 Na perekhresti / At the Crossroads: A Festival of Comporary Ukrainian Film, organised by the Ukrainian Studies initiative at the University of Cambridge. Includes screenings of Mamay (2003) and Car Washers (2000). Cambridge
6. 8 Oct 2008 Screenings of The Orange Chronicles, a documentary film by Damian Kolodiy and Peter Zielyk examining Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution. LSE and UCL SSEES, London
1 - 25 Aug 2008 Hutsul's Year, a fable set in the Hutsul region of the Carpathian mountains, presented by a theatre group from Kolomyia in Western Ukraine. Part of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Universal Arts Theatre, Edinburgh
19 Jun 2008 "The Writer and Society in Post-Soviet Ukraine". A round-table discussion featuring Ukrainian authors Katerina Khinkulova, Rio Kunder and Andrei Kurkov. Presented by the Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies. Ukrainian Institute, London
9 May 2008 A Night with Taras Shevchenko - Vera Rich reading from her recently published translations of poetry by Taras Shevchenko. Nuffield College, Oxford
25 Apr 2008 Chornobyl: The Survivors - a 90-minute production by British video journalist Roman Revkniv who follows Oxford post-graduates into Chornobyl's radiation zones. St Antony's College, Oxford
24 Apr 2008 Awards Ceremony to announce the winners of the 2008 Orwell Prize. Marina Lewycka's book Two Caravans was shortlisted in the Books category. Foreign Press Association, London
11, 12 Apr 2008 Deadstock - a play by Steven Dykes about pain, isolation and escape, inspired in part by the plight of Eastern European migrants in the UK and featuring the character of Andriy, a Ukrainian illegal migrant worker who finds himself in an unusual situation. Rose Bruford College, Sidcup
     
Opera
5 - 22 Nov 2008 John Daszak as Don José in a Glyndebourne on Tour production of Bizet's Carmen. Woking, Stoke, Milton Keynes
5 Sep 2008 Pavel Baransky as Ivan Korolevich in a concert performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Kashchey the Immortal. A BBC Proms concert. Royal Albert Hall, London
19 Jun - 11 Jul 2008 Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits directing the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a Glyndebourne Festival Opera production of Eugene Onegin. Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes
27 Jun 2008 The Golden Penguin by Alla Sirenko - a fairy tale music show for all the family. Fairfield Halls, Croydon
7 Feb - 13 May 2008 The Odesa Opera Company touring the UK with performances of Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Verdi's La Traviata. UK tour
25, 26 Jan 2008 Theatrical highlights from The Golden Penguin, an opera by Alla Sirenko. The Space, London
14 Jan 2008 The voices and players of the Kiev Academic Orchestra performing selections from a variety of popular operas. Cadogan Hall, London
     
Popular music
31 Oct 2008 Live concert by the popular Ukrainian rock group Okean Elzy. indigO2, London
24 May 2008 Ani Lorak representing Ukraine in the final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. BBC
19 - 25 Feb 2008 Chango Spasiuk (accordion) with Sebastián Villalba (guitar/vocals) and Victor Renaudeau (violin) on tour in Southern England. Various venues
     
Traditional
1 - 27 Nov 2008 The Boyan Ensemble of Kyiv on tour in the UK for the 17th consecutive year with a programme of Eastern rite sacred music and Ukrainian folk songs. UK tour
21 - 25 Oct 2008 The Orlyk dance group performing in a staging of the musical Fiddler on the Roof by the Urmston Musical Society. Urmston Leisure Centre, Manchester
16 May 2008 Performance by the Manchester-based Orlyk Ukrainian folk dance ensemble. Community Centre, Frodsham
1 - 25 Apr 2008 The Kiev Singers, a trio of professional singers and musicians from Kyiv, Ukraine, on tour in the UK with a programme of Ukrainian and other European sacred music and Ukrainian folk songs. UK tour
     
Memory
Dec 2008 An exhibition on the Holodomor (1932-33 famine in Ukraine). Institute of Criminology, Cambridge