{"id":4947,"date":"2016-10-04T17:51:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/?p=4947"},"modified":"2017-08-18T19:25:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T19:25:06","slug":"memorial-concert-held-kyiv-commemorating-75th-anniversary-babyn-yar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/memorial-concert-held-kyiv-commemorating-75th-anniversary-babyn-yar\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Concert held in Kyiv Commemorating 75th Anniversary of Babyn Yar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A memorial concert dedicated to the 75<\/span>th<\/span> anniversary of Babyn Yar was held at the Kyiv Opera House on September 29. \u00a0Engaging artists from all over the world, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra performed Max Bruch\u2019s \u201cKol Nidrei\u201d, a form of Jewish prayer, the \u201cKaddish-Requiem\u201d by Yevhen Stankovych, based on the poems of Dmytro Pavlychko and \u201cA German Requiem\u201d by<\/span> Johannes Brahms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Participating in the concert were the renowned Ukrainian Dumka Chorus and operatic stars Gal James of Israel, Canada\u2019s Benjamin Butterfield and Pavlo Hunka of England. The concert also featured Canada\u2019s Roman Borys and the remarkable Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv, who works with the Bavarian State Opera. The concert was staged by opera director Annechien Koerselman of the Netherlands. <\/span><\/p>\n

The concert was sponsored by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter as part of a series of four separate events the organization held in Kyiv from September 23-29 commemorating the anniversary. The other events included a student conference, a public symposium and an international landscape design competition to create a memorial park at Babyn Yar.<\/span><\/p>\n