Four Italian cities with five concert performances have been visited by the musicians of Mariupol Chamber Philharmonic as part of a combined symphony orchestra. They took part in the festival of classical music devoted to the Christmas celebrations.
As the director of the cultural and social development of the City Council Diana Trima told, Mariupol musicians took part in the festival at Italian side invitation. Nazar Yatskiv, the conductor of the symphonic orchestra of Lugansk Regional Philharmonic (Severodonetsk) acquainted with the concert organization. The receiving party defrayed all the expenses.
‘The only condition was the participation of not a chamber, but a symphony orchestra. For this we have assembled such an orchestra from all over Ukraine. It is based on "Renaissance" chamber and the musicians of the brass band of Mariupol Philharmonic. There were 20 more people who were the musicians from the Dnieper, Lviv, Uzhgorod, Kiev, Zaporozhye, Kharkov. Thus, a combined symphony orchestra was formed. Vasiliy Kryachok headed it, ‘ Diana Trima said.
They prepared three concert programs of the European level. The repertoire consisted mainly of works by Strauss. Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Verdi plays were also performed.
The Ukrainian band played five concerts.In addition to Vasily Kryachok, three famous Italian conductors were conducted. One of them was Paolo Scibilia. He showed interest in our orchestra and expressed a desire to visit Mariupol.
‘This is the first time we have risen to such a high international level. A symphony orchestra was gathered from different parts of Ukraine. We spoke everywhere, there were full halls. There were a lot of young people. It was a pleasant surprise,’ Diana Trima emphasized.
