Memorial concert features stellar cast

NEW YORK - A special concert in memory of Yara Kuzmych Sydorak (1946-1999) was held as part of the "Music at the Institute" series at the Ukrainian Institute of America on February 26.

The concert, which brought together a most distinguished group of musicians (see caption below), featured works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Wagner-Liszt, Kolessa and Piazzola.

The late Yara Kuzmych Sydorak, along with her husband Mark, was a dedicated supporter of music among whose many philanthropic activities was financial support of the "Music at the Institute" concert series.

A resident of Port Washington, N.Y., Mrs. Sydorak worked as a research assistant to Dr. Merill Chase, Nobel Prize nominee, at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research; quality assurance manager for Diagnostic Technology, serving as the firm's national marketing manager; and since 1987 as a CPA and full partner and later owner of the Sydorak accounting firm in Manhattan.

Among the institutions that benefited from her philanthropic support are the Harvard Ukrainian Studies Fund, The Ukrainian Museum, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and Plast-Pryiat. Mrs. Sydorak also set up a scholarship fund for students in Ukraine.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 5, 2000, No. 10, Vol. LXVIII

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