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Svitlana Azarova: Hyperion

Friday, 17 October 2025   |   20:30 - 22:30

Svitlana Azarova: Hyperion

Arvo Pärt, Galina Ustvolskaya and Svitlana Azarova are musically connected in militancy. Pärt’s minimalism and Ustvolskaya’s penetrating symphonies reflect the power of art in times of oppression. Azarova’s Hyperion is a manifesto for hope. The Ukrainian-Dutch composer wrote the work as a call for a new world after the destruction of war.

With her new work Hyperion, Svitlana Azarova sketches a future after destruction and conflict. Is music a promise of hope, or a mirror of our deepest fears?

Program:

Galina Ustvolskaya – Symphony nr.5 ‘Amen’
Arvo Pärt – Stabat Mater
Svitlana Azarova – Hyperion (world premiere)
Arvo Pärt – Fratres

  • Composer(s) Svitlana Azarova
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Hyperion
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra New European Ensemble, Keren Motseri soprano, Carina Vinke alt, Georgi Sztojanov tenor

Date

Oct 17 2025

Time

20:30 - 22:30

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Location

Tilburg, Schouwburg Concertzaal
Tilburg, Schouwburg Concertzaal
Louis Bouwmeesterplein 1, 5038 TN Tilburg
Website
https://www.schouwburgconcertzaaltilburg.nl
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Composer

Svitlana Azarova

Svitlana Azarova is a Ukrainian/Dutch composer of contemporary classical music. She was born on January 9, 1976, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union and is currently living in The Hague.
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My collaboration with the New European Ensemble, after their earlier performances of some of my works, has now continued with the commission of a new composition. The conception sparked extensive discussions, as we aimed to reflect the condition of today’s world, caught in the midst of a paradigmatic transition.
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