Alla Zagaykevych: “Signs of Presence” for Soprano and Piano to text by Iya Kiva (2021)
Annotation
“Signs of Presence” for Soprano and Piano
to text by Iya Kiva (2021)
In 2018, a book by the famous Ukrainian poetess Iya Kiva entitled ” A Little Further from Heaven ” was published in Kyiv. And the title of the preface was: “Notes about the concept of Limbo”. Yes, from the summer of 2014 – from the time of escape from occupied Donetsk for this poetess began her own Limbo. How it began in some time, say, for Paul Celan.
The way of reading “signs of presence” – passes through the sound..
Remembering forgotten melodies of lullabies, some children’s songs, or old cries.. Approaching the instrument – we listen to the world around us, cling to its vines, its trees … we listen to all its signs, we recognize ourselves in it.
(I am writing this annotation in Kyiv on December 31, 2021. In the morning in the newspaper I again saw the announcement on the collection of troops of Russia to the borders of Ukraine… And it’s part of my “signs of presence”)
- Composer(s) Ying Wang, Sven-Ingo Koch, Alla Zagaykevych, Maxim Shalygin und Agata Zubel
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Title(s) of the Work(s)
Limbo project
A singer accompanies herself on the piano. In this situation of absolute vulnerability, she interprets songs about isolation and uncertainty by composers from Ukraine, Germany, China, and Poland. Limbo is the name of this heart-to-heart program by Viktoriia Vitrenko. It is dedicated to her colleague and friend, Maryja Kalesnikava, a Belarusian opposition activist.Vitrenko and Kalesnikaba initiated cultural projects together in Stuttgart until the latter returned to her home country following the protests against the Lukashenko regime. In September 2021, she was sentenced to eleven years in prison for her activism. Last year, Kalesnikava was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in absentia at ORF musikprotokoll. Limbo shows how deeply war inscribes itself into the political, social, and cultural fabric of a society.
With music from five song cycles by Ying Wang, Sven-Ingo Koch, Alla Zagaykevych, Maxim Shalygin, and Agata Zubel
- Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Victoriia Vitrenko
Date
- Oct 06 2024
- Expired!
Time
- 15:00 - 16:30
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Location
- Leonhardstraße 19, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Website
https://www.kug.ac.at/universitaet/campus-und-gebaeude/theater-im-palais-tip
