National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Concert -Mechanics Hall, Worcester 
Friday, February 17, 2017

 Volodymyr Sirenko, Artistic Director & Conductor
Theodore Kuchar, Principal Guest Conductor

free pre-concert lecture at 7pm in Washburn Hall - open to all ticket holders

Formed by the Council of Ministers of Ukraine in November of 1918, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is considered to be one of the finest symphony orchestras in Eastern Europe. Its first conductor was Oleksander Horilyj. Natan Rachlin was the Artistic Director of the Orchestra from 1937 until 1962. Stefan Turchak, Volodymyr Kozhuchar, Fedir Hlushchenko, Igor Blazhkov and Theodore Kuchar consequently conducted the Orchestra as its Principal Conductors. Other conductors who worked with the NSOU include Leopold Stokowski, Igor Markevitch, Kurt Sanderling, Evgeny Mravinsky, Kiril Kondrashin, Evgeny Svetlanov, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Soloists who performed with the NSOU include Artur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Gidon Kremer, OlehKrysa, Monserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, and Juan Diego Flores.

Their Worcester performance will feature piano soloist Alexei Grynyuk, who will take the lead on Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto.

PROGRAM
Verdi - Overture to La Forza del Destino
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World"

Tickets
Adult: $49.00
Student: $17.50 
Youth: $7.50
*all price levels subject to order fees*

Mechanics Hall
319 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608-1511 

508-754-3231

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