​To All Resurrected –  A Living Anthology of Ukrainian Music

The Resilience of Ukrainian Music

​​The Ukrainian Institute and Classical NOW! present To All Resurrected. The Chamber Orchestra of the North will showcase the richness and resilience of Ukrainian music in an impressive programme. The sixteen musicians will play under the direction of composer and conductor Maxim Shalygin, who was selected for the NRC's top ten music list in 2024. Ukrainian master pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi and singer Maryana Golovchenko will also perform. Spectacular lighting design by Nico de Rooij adds an extra dimension to the music. 

During the concert, the Ukrainian Institute will present its new publication, Anthologies of Ukrainian Music, featuring scores of music that was suppressed during the Soviet era and is now being rehabilitated. 

The concert will focus on new Ukrainian music. Maxim Shalygin will conduct his own work: Satarsa, inspired by the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar, and Drop after Drop, a composition which gained worldwide recognition as part of Festivals for Compassion. Antonii Baryshevskyi will play Shalygin's monumental etude To All Resurrected. You will hear an impressive portrait of the Dnieper River, the lifeline of Ukraine, in Tristium, a three-part masterpiece for string orchestra by Svyatoslav Lunyov. ​

The publication of the Anthologies of Ukrainian Music is an important step in the rehabilitation of forgotten music. Many Ukrainian composers were branded ‘too cosmopolitan‘ and ‘too modernist‘ by the Soviet regime. Much of their music was banned. Antonii Baryshevskyi performs a key work from the anthologies: Fractured Surfaces by Vitaliy Hodiatskyi, an avant-garde pioneer from Kyiv who was silenced by the regime in the 1960s. In the programme, singer Maryana Golovchenko embodies the timeless soul of Ukrainian folk music.

Current Urgency
The programme begins with an in-depth presentation on preserving cultural heritage in times of war. Liubov Morozova from the Ukrainian Institute discusses the rediscovery of Ukrainian musical works that were hidden from view for a long time due to censorship and repression. Journalist Hubert Smeets reflects on the historical persecution of Ukrainian culture prior to independence. A representative of Cultural Emergency Response will discuss their work to protect cultural heritage in Ukraine during times of conflict.

About Maxim Shalygin
Born in Ukraine in 1985, Maxim Shalygin is one of the most striking composers of his generation. Born in Ukraine, he has been based in the Netherlands since 2010 and has developed an extremely personal musical language. His music strikes a balance between spirituality and emotional power, stillness and explosion, and grows organically. His adventurous style is deeply rooted in tradition, with a spiritual layering that is reminiscent of his Eastern European roots.
Shalygin composes in a variety of genres, including chamber music, vocal works, electroacoustic compositions and music for film and theatre, as well as his first opera: Amandante. His compositions have been performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Klarafestival, De Doelen and Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.