BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:255@razomforukraine.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260412T180000 DTSTAMP:20260324T135513Z URL:https://www.razomforukraine.org/events/introductions-at-all-souls/ SUMMARY:INTRODUCTIONS at All Souls DESCRIPTION:\nINTRODUCTIONS\nAll Souls NYC New York\, NY\n\n\nSunday\, Apr 12 from 5 pm to 6 pm\n\nTickets: HERE\n\n\n\n\nOverview\nUkrainian Music I nitiative performs a concert of Ukrainian classical music.\n\n\n\n\n\nUkra inian Music Initiative's mission is to elevate Ukrainian classical music t o its rightful place in the Western canon through performance and educatio n. INTRODUCTIONS features the musicians of the ensemble - contralto Vira Slywotzky\, cellist Valeriya Sholokhova and pianists Pavlo Gintov and Marg arita Rovenskaya - performing their favorite chamber works from the Ukrain ian classical repertoire. This sampling showcases the breadth of two centu ries of composition and includes music by living composers. Enjoy sumptuou s\, dramatic\, tender\, moving\, poignant\, reflective\, fun and\, always and most importantly\, beautiful melodies from Theodore Akimenko\, Andrii Didorenko\, Mykola Lysenko\, Valentin Silvestrov\, Ihor Sonevytsky\, Yakiv Stepovy\, Kyrylo Stetsenko\, Stefania Turkewich and Olga Zaitseva-Herz.\n \nThis event is presented in partnership with All Souls NYC.\n\nUkrainian Music Initiative is sponsored by Vira + Friends\, a nonprofit corporatio n under the auspices of the Ukrainian American Educational Center of Bost on\, a 501(c)(3).\n\nQuestions? Email info@ukrainianmusicinitiative.org.\n \nAbout the performers...\n\nUkrainian American contralto Vira Slywotzky  has performed principal roles with major American companies including Se attle Opera\, Chautauqua Opera and Sarasota Opera and has sung concerts\, recitals and cabarets in NYC venues from The Duplex to Weill Hall at Carne gie Hall and on tour all over the United States. Internationally Slywotzky has been heard in Canada\, France\, Hungary\, Sweden and Wales. A champio n of new music\, she has workshopped and premiered more than 30 compositio ns including songs\, full scale opera and narration with orchestra. Slywot zky collaborates with many Ukrainian organizations and since 2022 her perf ormances have raised over $250\,000 to support Ukrainians in their fight f or an independent\, democratic and peaceful existence. Participant in nume rous competitions and winner of awards\, most significantly Slywotzky was the sole representative of the USA at the 2009 BBC Cardiff Singer of the W orld Competition. She has run the concert series Vira + Friends since 2018 and is Member Emeritus on the board of the Berkshire Opera Festival. Slyw otzky received her MM in vocal performance from Mannes\, The New School fo r Music and her BA in music from Yale. www.viraslywotzky.com\n\nUkrainian -American cellist Valeriya Sholokhova is a sought-after soloist and cham ber musician based in New York City. She has performed at prestigious venu es such as Carnegie Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, The Kennedy Center\, and Saturda y Night Live\, and has toured across Europe and the US. In 2022\, she co-f ounded Trio Fadolin\, which has received Chamber Music America’s Ensembl e Forward Grant and recorded an album of commissioned works. A laureate of international competitions\, Valeriya holds principal positions with The New Orchestra of Washington and The Refugee Orchestra Project. A full-scho larship graduate of The Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music \, Valeriya is also active in community outreach through Sing for Hope. h ttps://www.valeriyasholokhova.com/\n\nFollowing his debut at the Kyiv Phil harmonic Hall at the age of 12\, when he performed Mozart Concerto in D mi nor K 466 with Kyiv Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Roman Kofman\, Uk rainian American pianist Pavlo Gintov has been touring throughout Europ e\, Asia\, Africa\, South America and the United States\, appearing at suc h stages as Carnegie Hall in New York\, Berlin Philharmonic Hall\, Teatro Verdi Nationale in Milan\, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory and Kioi Hall in Tokyo. He has been a soloist with Tokyo Royal Chamber Orchestra\, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine\, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra\, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa\, the National Symphony Orchestra of the Domi nican Republic and Manhattan Chamber Orchestra under such conductors as Mi chiyoshi Inoue\, Victor Yampolsky\, Thomas Sanderling\, Volodymyr Sirenko and Tomomi Nishimoto.\n\nMr. Gintov has appeared on WFMT radio station of Chicago\, WCLV of Cleveland\, WPR of Wisconsin as well as numerous radio a nd TV stations in Europe\, Japan\, and Ukraine.\n\nA native of Ukraine\, M r. Gintov won a First Prize in the Premiere Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan\, where in addition he was awarded four special prize s. An avid chamber music performer\, he has worked with such distinguished musicians as violinists Nina Beilina and Alena Baeva\, cellist Yehuda Han ani\, tenor Neil Rosenshein\, pianist Mykola Suk\, woodwind quintet Windsc ape and many others. He regularly performs together with his sister\, viol inist Iryna Gintova.\n\nMr. Gintov graduated with honors from the Moscow S tate Conservatory\, where he was a student of Lev Naumov and Daniil Kopylo v. He holds a Doctor of Musical Art degree from the Manhattan School of Mu sic in New York City\, where he studied with Nina Svetlanova. http://www. gintov.com/\n\nUkrainian American pianist Margarita Rovenskaya has perfo rmed extensively in the US and abroad\, with performances in Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall\, Steinway Hall\, DiMenna Center\, and the Ukrainia n Museum\, among others. She is a prizewinner of competitions including th e Constantine the Great International Competition\, Mary Smart Internation al Concerto Competition\, and Chopin Society Malaysia Competition. Dr. Rov enskaya champions the music of Czech composers\, as well as Ukrainian comp osers. She performs annually in the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival\ , which celebrates Ukrainian culture\, music\, and avant-garde Ukrainian c omposers. Dr. Rovenskaya is the President of the Piano Teachers Congress o f New York.\nBorn in Ukraine\, Margarita Rovenskaya began studying the pia no at the age of six in Chicago. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Oberlin Conservatory\, her Masters in Piano Studies at NYU \, and earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts at Rutgers University. Her tea chers include Efrem Briskin\, Peter Takacs\, Eteri Andjaparidze\, and Vlad imir Valjarevic. https://www.margaritarovenskaya.com/\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.razomforukraine.org/wp-content/uploa ds/2026/03/image.webp CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:All Souls NYC\, 1157 Lexington Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10075\, Un ited States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1157 Lexington Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10075\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=All Souls NY C:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR