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Maxim Shalygin: Khôra

Friday, 29 May 2026   |   19:30 - 21:00

Maxim Shalygin: Khôra

Join us in Switzerland for an evocative CD presentation by acclaimed harpsichordist Dmytro Kokoshynskyy. Celebrating his latest release, Music for These Troubled Times, the concert highlights the premiere of Maxim Shalygin’s “Khôra.” Written specifically for the harpsichord, this contemporary piece serves as a profound link between the present day and the Renaissance. Through a curated selection of 16th and 17th-century English works, the performance delves into the beauty of melancholy, offering music as a timeless sanctuary for the soul.

  • Composer(s) Maxim Shalygin
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Khôra
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Dmytro Kokoshynskyy, harpsichord
Date
May 29 2026
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Time
19:30 - 21:00
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Location
Basel, Zunftsaal Schmiedenhof, Switzerland
Basel, Zunftsaal Schmiedenhof, Switzerland
Rümelinspl. 4, Basel 4001, Switzerland
Website https://www.ggg-basel.ch/service/vermietung-schmiedenhof/
Composer

Maxim Shalygin

"Creativity is an unconscious act of insanity, in a burst of which the truth is born. No matter how beautiful or disgusting it may seem to people far from madness, its value is beyond doubt, both for the author and for those able to sense its invisible beauty. After all, gratitude for endless trials and suffering brings joy and blissful emptiness… Being shocked by music is about pain turning into beauty and getting under your skin, taking away your breath; about everything stopping to move. I want to be scratched inside by sound and experience the fleeting, invisible beauty." - Maxim Shalygin

His compositions include chamber, vocal, symphonic, electro-acoustic music, as well as music for theater, ballet and film.
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