UIA announces new music series

NEW YORK - The 1992-1993 "Music at the Institute" (MATI) series, sponsored by the Ukrainian Institute of America, starts its fourth season with a program of five concerts and seven master classes.

Serving as MATI's artistic director is Oleh Krysa, with Andriy Paschuk, executive director, and Vrirko Baley, artistic advisor.

Serving on its advisory board are: Gary Graffman, Thomas Hrynkiv, Jacob Lateiner, Mark P. Malkovich III, William Noll, Paul Plishka, Robert Sherman, Maxim Shostakovich and Ihor Sonevytsky.

The season opens with a concert by the Chamber Music Society of the Institute to be held on Saturday, January 23, at 8 p.m., - featuring Oleh Krysa, violin; Natalia Khoma, cello; Theodore Kuchar, viola; Alexander Slobodyanik, piano; Tatiana Tchekina, piano - in a program of works by Mozart, Stankovych, Ravel, Brahms.

• Pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky appears in a debut recital, Saturday, February 13, at 8 p.m., playing Beethoven, Yakymenko, Chopin and Brahms.
  
  
• Pianist Mykola Suk and the Leontovych String Quartet, with members: Yuriy Mazurkevich, violin, Yuriy Kharenko, second violin, Borys Deviatov, viola, and Volodymyr Panluhyteleyev, cello, will perform, on Saturday, March 6, at 8 p.m., in a program of works by Mozart, Leontovych-Hrabovsky (U.S. premier) and Dvorak.
  
  
• Soprano Oksana Krovytska will appear in a debut recital, with piano accompaniment by Mr. Vynnytsky, on April 3 at 8 p.m., in a program of works by Scarlatti, Cesti, Puccini, Sichynsky, Liatoshynsky and Barvinsky.
  
  
• A gala closing concert, on Saturday, May 22, at 8 p.m., will feature the Chamber Music Society of the institute, with guest pianist Evgeny Kissin. Program to be announced.

Master classes will be held at the institute, by the following artists: Mr. Slobodyanik, piano, Saturday, January 30; Mr. Vynnytsky, piano, February 19; Ms. Khoma, cello, March 13; Mr. Suk, piano, March 27; Ms. Krovytska, soprano, April 10; Leonid Hrabovsky, composer, April 24; Mr. Krysa, violin, May 8. The classes are held 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and admission is free.

Donations for the individual concerts are: $20; senior citizens, $10; students, $5. Donation for the gala closing concert is $35. A series subscription to the five concerts is $100. Tickets may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope together with a check made payable to: UIA-MATI to: Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., New York, NY 10021 or by calling Mr. Paschuk, (212) 772-2884 or (212) 288-8660. All seating is reserved by row and seat number.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 10, 1993, No. 2, Vol. LXI

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