The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

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Dates:	Friday, February 17, 2017 - Friday, February 17, 2017
Hours:	8:00pm-10:00pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Please join us for a pre-concert lecture at 7pm in Washburn Hall by Dr. Paul Shannon, free to all ticket holders.

Volodymyr Sirenko, Artistic Director & Conductor Theodore Kuchar, Principal Guest Conductor Alexei Grynyuk, Piano Soloist

Formed by the Council of Ministers of Ukraine in November of 1918, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is considered to be one of the finest symphony orchestras in Eastern Europe.

Its first conductor was Oleksander Horilyj.

Natan Rachlin was the Artistic Director of the Orchestra from 1937 until 1962.

Stefan Turchak, Volodymyr Kozhuchar, Fedir Hlushchenko, Igor Blazhkov and Theodore Kuchar consequently conducted the Orchestra as its Principal Conductors.

Other conductors who worked with the NSOU include Leopold Stokowski, Igor Markevitch, Kurt Sanderling, Evgeny Mravinsky, Kiril Kondrashin, Evgeny Svetlanov, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Soloists who performed with the NSOU include Artur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Gidon Kremer, OlehKrysa, Monserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, and Juan Diego Flores.

Their Worcester performance will feature piano soloist Alexei Grynyuk, who will take the lead on Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto.

COST

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Adult: $49.00Student: $17.50 Youth: $7.50*all price levels subject to order fees*

WEBSITE

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www.musicworcester.org/MW/events/schedule-and-tickets/ukraine/

LOCATION

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321 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01608 map
Phone: 5087543231

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